Awards and Recognition
Society of Professional Journalists, 2012 and 2013 Dateline awards
  - 1st place spot news, daily newspaper
(Earthquake Jolts East Coast - Massacre at the Navy Yard)
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, 2011
  - James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, 2009 Editorial Contest
  - 1st place local government, Division D: Non-dailies over 20,000
(Commissioners take next step on pay hike)