Will James

Awards

Peabody Awards

• 2024 nominee: Podcast and radio (Lost Patients)

Livingston Awards

• 2021 finalist: National reporting (Outsiders)

Scripps Howard Awards

• 2025 winner: Excellence in audio storytelling (Lost Patients)

• 2023 finalist: Excellence in audio storytelling (The Walk Home)

Sigma Delta Chi Awards

• 2024 winner: Narrative podcast or radio documentary (Lost Patients)

Edward R. Murrow Awards (National)

• 2023 winner: Excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion (The Walk Home)

Edward R. Murrow Awards (Regional)

• 2026 winner: News documentary

• 2025 winner: Excellence in writing (Lost Patients)

• 2025 winner: News documentary (Lost Patients)

• 2025 winner: Podcast (Lost Patients)

• 2023 winner: Podcast (The Walk Home)

• 2023 winner: Excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion (The Walk Home)

• 2023 winner: Hard news

• 2022 winner: News series

• 2022 winner: Breaking news coverage

• 2021 winner: Podcast (Transmission)

• 2019 winner: Feature reporting

• 2017 winner: Feature reporting

Public Media Journalists Association Awards

• 2026 first place: Enterprise

• 2025 first place: Narrative/produced program (Lost Patients)

• 2023 first place: Narrative/produced podcast (The Walk Home)

• 2022 first place: Breaking news

• 2021 first place: Podcast (Outsiders)

• 2021 first place: Collaborative effort (Outsiders)

Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism

• 2024 second place: Audio reporting (large division) (Lost Patients)

National Headliner Awards

• 2025 third place: Digital narrative podcast (Lost Patients)

Ambies

• 2025 finalist: Best documentary podcast (Lost Patients)

Third Coast Awards

• 2021 finalist: Best documentary (Outsiders)

American Journalism Online Awards

• 2021 honorable mention: Best news-based podcast (Outsiders)

Best of the West Awards

• 2025 first place: Audio storytelling (Lost Patients)

Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards

• 2022 first place: Crime and law enforcement reporting (The Walk Home)

• 2022 first place: Collaboration (The Walk Home)

• 2022 second place: Health reporting

• 2021 first place: Audio investigative reporting

• 2021 second place: Audio series

• 2019 first place: Investigative reporting

• 2018 winner: Feature audio reporting

Folio Awards

• 2017 winner: Immigration feature

USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

• 2019 national fellow

Stony Brook University 40 under 40

• 2024 honoree