Texas Watchdog has won recognition on both the statewide and national levels.

Honors include:

2011

Best Online Project looking at waste in stimulus weatherization spending (for Texas Watchdog Austin bureau chief Mark Lisheron) -- Fort Worth Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists' annual First Amendment Awards

Runner up for Best Online Project for a project on Texas voter fraud (for Texas Watchdog reporter Steve Miller)

Our Jennifer Peebles was a contributor to one of the installments in the Center for Public Integrity and NPR's report on sexual assault on college campuses. That series has won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a Dart Award and the Peabody Award.

2010

Best Online Project (for Steve Miller and Jennifer Peebles) --  Fort Worth Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists' annual First Amendment Awards

2009

John Aubuchon Freedom of Information Award, Capitolbeat (for Jennifer Peebles)

Open Doors Award (for Jennifer Peebles) -- Fort Worth Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists

Gold Star Texan, Texas Progressive Alliance