Awards Upward mortality Featured in Mother Jones, May/June 2006 2007 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award 2007 National Institute for Health Care Maintenance Foundation Journalism Award finalist Is fear the best way to fight AIDS? Featured in The Nation online, January 6, 2006 2006 GLAAD Media Award nominee Super infector Featured in ColorLines, Winter 2005/2006 2006 New America Media Award AIDS goes gray Featured in City Limits, February 2004 2005 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award

Fellowships Fund for Investigative Journalism and Kaiser Media Fellowship in HIV/AIDS Reporting FIJ and Kaiser supported several months of reporting in 2004 on communicable diseases inside state prisons. Based on that reporting, I published two investigative pieces on hepatitis C treatment, one focusing on New York State and the other surveying the national scene. Learn more about FIJ grants Learn more about Kaiser fellowships George Washington Williams Fellowship Since 2004, I have reported several stories with the support of the GWW Fellowship. Named after the famed black newsman, the fellowship makes it financially feasible for writers to pursue enterprise stories about people of color for independent publications. International Reporting Project IRP lets young journalists step back and pursue an international story that isn't just about U.S. military adventures. I spent four months reporting on AIDS and gay human rights in southern Africa, first based at Johns Hopkins University and then in the region. I published a four-part series on gay life in Zimbabwe, among several other stories. Learn more about this fellowship