Hearst National Competition
- UNC-CH, 1st Place: National Broadcast Championship
- Avery Harper, 1st Place: TV Hard News
- Mike Rodriguez, 5th Place: Radio News & Features
- Grace Joyal, 6th Place: Radio News & Features
College Television Awards
- WATCH – Victoria Cook, Katie Murray, 2nd Place: Newscast, Carolina Week 11/28/2012
- WATCH – Averi Harper, Lindsey Hawkins, 3nd Place: Newscast, Carolina Week 4/18/2012
SPJ National
- Carolina Connection, National Winner: Best All-Around Radio Newscast
- Carolina Connection Staff, National Finalist: Radio In-Depth Reporting, “Chancellor Thorp’s Resignation” (Series)
SPJ Region 2
- Carolina Connection, 1st Place: Best All-Around Radio Newscast
- Carolina Week, 2nd Place: Best All-Around Television Newscast
- Carolina Connection Staff, 1st Place: Radio In-Depth Reporting, “Chancellor Thorp’s Resignation (Series)”
- LISTEN – Ashley Gunsteens, 1st Place: Radio News Reporting, “UNC Police Urge Pedestrians, Drivers to Pay More Attention”
- LISTEN – Michael Tomsic, Kirsten Chang, John Caisson & Wesley Graham, 2nd Place: Radio News Reporting, “President Obama visits UNC”
- LISTEN – Grace Joyal, 1st Place: Radio Feature, “Cats Find Refuge with Pittsboro Artist”
- LISTEN – Daniel Lane, 2nd Place: Radio Feature, “Student All-Nighters may do more Harm than Good”
- LISTEN – Mike Rodriguez, 1st Place: Radio Sports Reporting, “UNC Uniform Palette Now Includes More Than Carolina Blue”
- LISTEN – Will Rimer, 2nd Place: Radio Sports Reporting, “Soccer Players Face Concussion Risk”
- WATCH – Averi Harper & Alex Giles, 1st Place: Television In-Depth Reporting, “NC a Swing State”
- WATCH – Julian Caldwell, 3rd Place: Television Sports Reporting, “Profile of Hubert Davis”
- WATCH – Mike Rodriguez, 2nd Place: Television Sports Photography, “UVA vs. UNC”
- WATCH – Johnny Gil, 3rd Place: Television Sports Photography, “Late Night with Roy”
National Broadcasting Society
- LISTEN – Carolina Connection, Winner: Audio News Program, “November 17, 2012”
- WATCH – Sports Xtra, Winner: Video Sports Program, “November 19, 2012”
- WATCH – Preston Jones, Winner: Video News Package, “Tuition Hike Controversy”
- WATCH – Brenna Cukier, Winner: Video Sports Package, “Indie Cowie”
- LISTEN – Mark Haywood, Winner: Audio Feature Segment, “The Best BLT in Town”
- LISTEN – Mike Rodriguez, Winner: Audio Sports Package, “UNC Uniform Palette Now Includes More Than Carolina Blue”
- LISTEN – Michael Tomsic, Kirsten Chang, John Caisson & Wesley Graham, Finalist: Audio News Segment, “President Courts Young Voters at UNC”
- WATCH – Patrick Wright, Finalist: Video Feature Package, “New Towing Laws”
Broadcast Education Association
- LISTEN – Grace Joyal, Student Radio News Best of Festival, “Cats Find Refuge with Pittsboro Artist”
- WATCH – Patrick Wright, 1st Place: Television Feature Reporting, “New Towing Law”
- WATCH – Drew Day, 1st Place: Television Weathercaster
- WATCH – Carolina Week, 3rd Place: Television Newscast, “April 18, 2012”
- WATCH – Alex Giles, Honorable Mention: Television News Anchor
Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas
- WATCH – Victoria Cook, 2nd Place: Best Student News Producing, Carolina Week – 3/27/2013
- WATCH – Katie Murray, Sefe Emokpae, 1st Place: Best Student Newscast, Carolina Week 4/17/2013
- WATCH – Will Rimer, Natalia Perez-Segnini, 2nd Place: Best Student Sportscast, Carolina Week Sportscast
- WATCH – Drew Day, 1st Place: Best Student Weathercast
- WATCH – Katie McGee, 2nd Place: Best Student Weathercast
- WATCH – Alex Giles, 1st Place: D. Haney Howell Student Journalist of the Year
- WATCH – Averi Harper, 2nd Place: D. Haney Howell Student Journalist of the Year