In 2024, Hutchings took home several top prizes at the California Journalism Awards, a statewide competition, which are awarded by the California News Publishers Association. 

Her 2024 CNPA awards include: 

• 1st Place, Sports Feature Story 
• 2nd Place, Religion & Faith Writing 
• 2nd Place, Coverage of Youth & Education, Division 4 
• 2nd Place, Coverage of Youth & Education, Division 2 
• 2nd Place, Coverage of Local Government
• 3rd Place, Coverage of Youth & Education, Division 4 
• 3rd Place, Coverage of Business & the Economy
• 5th Place, Public Service Journalism 
• 5th Place, Coverage of Business & the Economy 
• 2nd Place, General Excellence, Grunion Gazette 

Hutchings also won a 3rd Place prize in the Personality Profile category from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2024. 

In 2023, Hutchings was named a finalist for Print Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club. The Press Club, that same year, also awarded her a 3rd Place prize in the News Feature Writing category. 

She also won a 2nd Place prize in the Profile Story category from the CNPAs in 2022. 

Hutchings contributed to BuzzFeed News' "FinCen Files" investigation —  which was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in International Reporting in 2021.