Digital Media Awards Global
Best Use of Audio
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
Awards
45 awards across seven years.
Every honor the project has received since 2020, and the reporting or project for which it was given.
2026
Dan Rather Medal for News and Guts
Professional Award Winner
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
24th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
Outstanding Explanatory Reporting
Podcast & Radio Award
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
Book and Journalism Award
Journalism Grand Prize & Radio Award
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
Digital Media Awards Americas
Best Use of Audio
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
2025
Digiday Media Awards
B50 Media Company of the Year
2025 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Awards
Silver Baton
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
National Edward R. Murrow Award
Excellence in Innovation
Online Journalism Awards
Explanatory Reporting: Small Newsroom
James Beard Journalism Award
Investigative Reporting
Awarded for China: The Superpower of SeafoodIndia: A Growing Goliath in ShrimpThe North Koreans Behind Global SeafoodThe Whistleblower
46th Edition Award of Excellence in Page Design
Investigative and International
Awarded for India: A Growing Goliath in ShrimpThe Whistleblower
Best in Business
Podcast/Audio
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
EPPY
Best Podcast (With fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitor)
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
Signal Awards
Best Writing, True Crime
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 2
2024
Digiday Media Awards
Best Design
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards
Visual Design
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
IAPA Excellence in Journalism
Photography & Video
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Book and Journalism Award
International Print
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Sigma Delta Chi Award
Investigative Reporting
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
National Edward R. Murrow Award
Excellence in Innovation
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Digital Media Awards Americas
Best Journalism Project
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Overseas Press Club Award
Roy Rowan Award for Best Investigative Reporting in any Medium on an International Story
Awarded for China: The Superpower of SeafoodA Fleet Prone to Captive Labor and Plunder
Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia
Excellence in Journalism
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
2023
Dan Rather Medal for News and Guts
Professional Award Winner
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 1
Gold Radio Award
Narrative / Documentary Podcast
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 1
Book and Journalism Award
Nontraditional Media Award
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 1
Best in Business
International Reporting - Small Division
Awarded for China: The Superpower of Seafood
Grand Radio Award
Narrative / Documentary Podcast
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 1
Digital Media Awards Americas
Best Podcast
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean PodcastSeason 1
2022
North American Digital Media Award
Audience Engagement
North American Digital Media Award
Use of Online Video
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall“Get Away from the Target”—Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard
Emmy
Outstanding Crime & Justice Coverage
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall“Get Away from the Target”—Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard
Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
The Michael Kelly Award
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
2021
James Foley Medill Medal
Courage in Journalism
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
Sigma Delta Chi Award
Magazine Investigative Reporting
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible WallPurgatory at SeaThe Smell of MoneyThe Secretive Prisons that Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Tom Renner Award
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
Overseas Press Club Award
International Human Rights Reporting
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
Best of Photojournalism
Short Form & Documentary of the Year
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall“Get Away from the Target”—Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard
Picture of the Year Award
Documentary Journalism
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall“Get Away from the Target”—Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard
Scripps Howard Award
Excellence in Innovation in Journalism
Awarded for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project
The Christopher Dickey Award
Journalism Excellence
George Polk Award
International Reporting
Awarded for Libya: The Invisible Wall
2020
45 awards, 2020–2026