Awards, Recognition and Memberships
Awards and Recognition:
Outstanding Journalism Graduate, the Communication Studies Department at UNC Charlotte. April 2009.
Selected by Dean Nancy Gutierrez to participate in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ exclusive mentoring day. February 2009.
National Association of Women Business Owners Susan Z. Ainsworth Scholarship recipient (2008-09).
Student Media Alumni Council, UNC Charlotte, inducted May 2008.
Outstanding Writer of the Year (2007-08), The University Times.
Memberships:
Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Environmental Journalists
Also a member of the steering committee for the SPJ’s Charlotte chapter, which is in the works. If you’re interested in more information on becoming a member, e-mail Rhi here.
Extra honors:
The Sierra Club crowned me “The Queen of Coal” in this very public thank you letter. August 2010.
Presenter at Type/Face: A Live Magazine. June 2010.
Reported on the Jinwright tax evasion trial for WFAE, an NPR affiliate. April 2010.
Panelist on the topic of coal ash at a movie screening for the Catawba Riverkeeper. November 2009.
