My work has been used in federal voting rights litigation, cited in Congressional testimony, and recognized by journalism organizations. It has also influenced state legislation and been featured in national media.
| Year | Type | Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Legal & Policy Impact | ||
| 2025 | Legislative | Mississippi House Bill 1310 prohibits precinct changes within 60 days of elections following five years of Trusted Elections documentation |
| Mar 2024 | Congressional Testimony | NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Janai Nelson cited polling place investigations in testimony to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, "The Right Side of History: Protecting Voting Rights in America." |
| Oct 2022 | Advocacy Action | Coalition letter to Mississippi Secretary of State signed by NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Mississippi, Black Voters Matter, Mississippi Center for Justice, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center, Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, and One Voice demanded polling location accuracy based on Trusted Elections reporting. |
| Journalism Awards | ||
| Jul 2025 | SPJ Arkansas | Awarded first place in Election Coverage - Special Topics - All Media (along with Heather Harrison, Illan Ireland, Torsheta Jackson, Ashton Pittman, and Nick Judin) for our Mississippi 2024 election coverage |
| Jun 2025 | LION Publishers | Public Service Award Finalist, Large Newsroom Division (Trusted Elections 2024 coverage with Ashton Pittman and Heather Harrison) |
| Jul 2024 | SPJ Arkansas | Awarded First Place in Graphics/Illustrations for my work on "State has wrong or missing addresses for 92 voting precincts" |
| Jul 2024 | SPJ Arkansas | Selected Finalist (along with Ashton Pittman and Shaunicy Muhammad) for Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder Public Service Award for our story "Trusted Elections: From problems to solutions" |
| Oct 2023 | LION Publishers | Awarded the Local Journalism Public Service Award (along with Ashton Pittman and Donna Ladd) for our work on the Mississippi Trusted Elections Project |
| Jun 2023 | SPJ Arkansas | Selected Finalist (along with Ashton Pittman and Donna Ladd) for the Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder Public Service Award for our work on the Trusted Elections Project |
| Jun 2021 | SPJ Arkansas | Diamond Award: Third Place Data Visualization for my work on Voting and Confederate Memorials infographics |
| Jun 2021 | SPJ Arkansas | Awarded the Public Service Award (along with Ashton Pittman and Donna Ladd) for our work on the Mississippi Trusted Elections Project |
| Jun 2021 | SPJ Arkansas | Awarded First Place Breaking News - Online Only (along with Ashton Pittman and ???) for our work on Polling place changes |
| National Media | ||
| May 2025 | Television | HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featured welfare scandal timeline and coverage of defamation lawsuits filed by former Gov. Phil Bryant (with Ashton Pittman) |
| Jul 2024 | Publication | Black Enterprise referenced welfare scandal reporting in "The Caucasity: Brett Favre To Ask Judge To Reinstate Defamation Lawsuit Against Shannon Sharpe" |
| May 2024 | Publication | Wisconsin Sports Heroics and Awful Announcing cited welfare scandal coverage of former Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Sports Illustrated |
| Nov 2023 | Publication | NewsOne referenced precinct voting location investigation in story about voter suppression reports in gubernatorial election |
| Oct 2023 | Publication | Yardbarker cited welfare scandal timeline in piece on Brett Favre's continued involvement |
| Dec 2022 | Publication | The Comeback cited welfare scandal reporting in story about Brett Favre's texted appeals to Gov. Tate Reeves |
| Nov 2022 | Publication | Tupelo Daily Journal reprinted polling place investigation finding 97 changes to polling places across Mississippi since 2020 election |
| Sep 2022 | Publication | The Athletic acknowledged "remarkable reporting" on welfare scandal in "The Ink Report" column |
| Sep 2022 | Publication | Welfare scandal coverage cited by Daily Beast, Esquire, Daily Kos, Wonkette, Yahoo Sports (multiple), At The Buzzer, Total Packers, The Sports Column, The Wisconsin Examiner, Urban Milwaukee, The Wausau Pilot and Review, Boardroom, 2 Urban Girls, and Claytoonz |
| Sep 2022 | Citation | American Press Institute report "'Not normal': What local newsrooms can do now to prepare for a series of historic elections" cited MFP/Black Voters Matter partnership as model for the work that can be done through creative election coverage funding |
| 2020 | Television | MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show: COVID-19 data visualizations drew national attention |