2025 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas; Scorched Workers, first place, Community Impact

2025 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas - Liz Schlemmer, Liz Baier, District Losing Students, second place

2025 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Aaron Sanchez-Guerra, Liz Baier, Mexican-Turkish soccer match, second place

2025 Green Eyeshade Award, Illustrations, Scorched Workers zine, second place (all outlets in SE)

2025 Green Eyeshade Award, Multimedia Presentation, Scorched Workers, first place (all outlets in SE)

2025 Green Eyeshade Award, Public Service in Audio/Radio Journalism, Scorched Workers, second place (all outlets in SE)

2025 Public Media Journalist Association, Audience Engagement, team, Scorched Workers, first place

2025 Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Innovation, team, Scorched Workers

2025 Edward R. Murrow Award, News Series, team, Scorched Workers

2024 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Breaking News - staff, UNC-Chapel Hill shooting

2024 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Investigative - Jason deBruyn, Elizabeth Baier, Out of Sight: An Investigation into North Carolina PRTFs

2024 Edward R. Murrow Award, digital, regional, wunc.org

2024 Poynter Women’s Leadership Academy, participant

2023 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Sports - Mitchell Northam, Elizabeth  Baier, Speedway saved: NASCAR returns to its roots at North Wilkesboro,  first place

2023 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Special Report - NC Public Media Partners coordinated by Jason deBruyn, Elizabeth Baier, With $1.5 billion from settlements, North Carolina counties tasked with reversing opioid epidemic, first place

2023 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Light Feature - Liz Schlemmer, Elizabeth Baier, Motherhood inspired her to finish her degree, first place

2023 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Investigative - Jason deBruyn, Elizabeth Baier, Books on race, sexuality among most targeted across N.C. schools, second place

2023 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Breaking News, Staff, Raleigh Mass Shooting Coverage, first place

2023 Green Eyeshade Award, Sports Reporting/Online, Fan Interest in the NC Courage has Wavered, first place (all outlets in SE)

2023 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Investigative Reporting/Radio, One Year After Police Shooting, Elizabeth City Remains Divided, first place (all outlets in SE)

2023 Edward R. Murrow Award, digital, regional, wunc.org

2022 NABJ Salute to Excellence, News Series, Andrew Brown Coverage, staff

2022 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Politics Reporting/ Online - staff, Behind the Lines, second place

2022 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Sports Reporting/Online - Mitch Northam, Elizabeth Baier, North Carolina Courage, third place (all outlets in SE)

2022 Edward R. Murrow Award, News Series, The Lives Lost

2022 Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Sound, Secretive Birds Are 'Canaries In Coal Mines' For Marshes In Outer Banks  - Jason deBruyn, Elizabeth Baier

2021 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, The Lives Lost - Digital Team, first place, Series

2021 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, Vaccine Barriers for Latinos - Jason deBruyn, Elizabeth Baier, first place, Health-Medicine

2021 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Digital Media Presentation, second place (all outlets in SE), https://www.wunc.org/lumberton-undeterred

2021 Edward R. Murrow Award, continuing coverage, regional, Protests for Racial Justice

2021 Edward R. Murrow Award, multimedia, regional, wunc.org

2021 Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence In Innovation, regional, WUNC Election Digtial/Social coverage

2021 Edward R. Murrow Award, News Series, regional, Calling For Change

2020 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Digital Media Presentation, third place (all outlets in SE region), wunc.org

2020 Edward R. Murrow Award, multimedia, regional, wunc.org

2019 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Breaking News Reporting, Radio, first place, staff, Hurricane Florence coverage

2019 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, Best in Division + first place, radio documentary, The Cost of Summer

2019 Edward R. Murrow Award, multimedia, regional, The Cost of Summer

2018 Green Eyeshade Award, SPJ, first place, radio documentary, A State Divided: HB2 and Transgender Rights

2018 Edward R. Murrow Award, news documentary, regional, A State Divided: HB2 and Transgender Rights

2017 NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, Excellence in Radio Award, national, “HB2 Coverage”

2017 Edward R. Murrow Award, best radio station website, regional, “WUNC.org”

2015 Associated Press Broadcast Award, first place, feature, “Would you like prayers with that?”

2014 MN AP Achievement Awards, first place (team award), “Beneath the surface: Minnesota's pending groundwater challenge’'

2013 MN SPJ, first place, feature, “Growing Coders: Rochester programming classes bet on the future”

2013 Knight Science Journalism Food Boot Camp, MIT

2013 Associated Press Broadcast Award, first place, sports reporting, “Granny basketballers: ‘You've got to keep active’”

2013 Northwest Broadcast News Association, general reporting (team award), “The fight over Minnesota’s voter ID amendment”

2012 Northwest Broadcast News Association, award of merit, “Deployment uncertain, couple plan dream wedding in days”

2011 SPJ, first place, mini-documentary/in-depth series, “Austin at a Crossroads”

2011 National Health Journalism Fellowship, University of Southern California

2011 Northwest Broadcast News Association Award, first place, “Austin at a Crossroads”

2010 National Headliner Award, third place (team award), “The Red Bulls: Beyond Deployment” 

2010 Institute for Justice and Journalism Fellowship, University of Oklahoma

2009   Associated Press Broadcast Award, honorable mention, “Speaking without an accent”

2008 Knight Digital Media Center Multimedia Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

2007 FBI Citizens’ Academy (participated as a member of media)

2007 Hispanic HIV Leadership Award, Broward County Dept. of Health, (for coverage of HIV/AIDS issues in Latino and gay communities)

2007 Florida Society of News Editors Award, first place (team award), “Homeless Beatings”

2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of Hurricane Wilma (team award)

2004 Inter-American Press Association Fellowship (one-year fellowship for study in Santiago, Chile)