Awards
| Year | Award | Organization | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Bronze Telly | Telly Awards | Coverage of famine in Somalia | Won | |
| 1997 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Coverage of Princess Diana's funeral | Won | |
| 2001 | GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | 20/20 Downtown: "High School Hero" – report on high school athlete Corey Johnson | Outstanding TV Journalism | Won |
| 2005 | Peabody Award | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia | Coverage of Hurricane Katrina | Won | |
| National Headliner Award | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: "Wave of Destruction" – 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami coverage | Coverage of a Major News Event | Won | |
| 2006 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Charity Hospital" | Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Starving in Plain Sight" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Won | |||
| 2007 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Sago Mines" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "High Rise Crash" | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Lighting Direction & Scenic Design | Nominated | |||
| Business & Financial Reporting | Anderson Cooper 360: "Black Market Infertility" | Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story In a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Unapproved Drugs" | Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Chicago Police Brutality" | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | National Order of Honour and Merit | Government of Haiti | Reporting on 2010 Haiti earthquake | Awarded | |
| 2011 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Haiti in Ruins" | Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Crisis in Haiti" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won |
- Year of award unknown
- Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian War
- Bronze Award from the National Education Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam
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