First web organization to win The George Polk Award, in 2007. Tenacious investigative reporting sparked interest by the traditional news media and led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Winner of the 2008 IPI Free Media Pioneer Award, which honors organizations that have fought to ensure freer and more independent media in their country.

The Week Opinion Awards -- Blogger of the Year 2003 and 2007. Through his teams original reporting, imaginative analysis, and creative approach to research, Talking Points Memo played a leading role in the revelations about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys by the Justice Department.

One of the TIME.com's 25 Best Blogs of 2009 Talking Points has become the prototype of what a successful Web-based news organization is likely to be in the future.