1999, 1998-1999 University of Oklahoma, Division of Student Affairs, CSPA Gold Circle Awards: Personality Profile, first place[6] 2004, National Association of Black Journalists, 2004 Journalist of the Year Award.[7][8] 2006, Overseas Press Club (with two of her Baghdad Bureau colleagues), Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper reporting from abroad for "Iraq: America's Failing War." 2008-2009, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University 2009, 30th annual McGill Lecture at the University of Georgia[4]