In April 2014, The Medill Justice Project won a national award from Investigative Reporters & Editors for our investigative journalism. We were honored for our in-depth investigative articles, national database and documentary on shaken-baby syndrome. The IRE Awards are given to the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year. This year's winners were selected from among more than 500 entries.

In May 2014, the Chicago Headline Club, the largest chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, awarded The Medill Justice Project a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism in "Best Non-Deadline Reporting Online" over two other finalists, the Chicago Tribune and DNAinfo.com, for our spotlight on shaken-baby syndrome. The Medill Justice Project was also a finalist in "Online: Best Investigative/Public Service Reporting" and "Online: Best Use of News Video." It was our second consecutive year receiving a Lisagor Award as we won "Best Feature Story Online" in 2013, and it was our third consecutive year being named a finalist. Peter Lisagor was The Chicago Daily News' Washington bureau chief from 1959 to 1976. The Chicago Headline Club established the Lisagor Awards in 1977 to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his example and to recognize superior contributions to journalism.

In April 2014, The Medill Justice Project won two regional Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Awards in "Online In-Depth Reporting" for our shaken-baby syndrome database stories and in "In-Depth Reporting" for our Iowa murder investigation. The Medill Justice Project was also a finalist in "Online News Reporting" for our spotlight on shaken-baby syndrome stories and in "Best Use of Multimedia" for our shaken-baby syndrome documentary. The Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best in student journalism and first place regional winners advance to the national competition.