| 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 |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "The Children: Part One and Part Two" | Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | CNN for Coverage of the Tsunami Disaster in South Asia | | 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 |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Black Market Infertility" | Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: "9/11 Anniversary – Afghanistan: The Unfinished War" | Broadcast Television Networks, Cable Networks And Syndicators | Won |
| 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 |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: "Bhutto Assassination" | Broadcast Television Networks, Cable Networks And Syndicators | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Michael Ware 2007 Coverage of Iraq" | Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Keeping Them Honest: Transparent Congress?" | Investigative Reporting | Won |
| GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: "The First Casualty" | TV Journalism – News Segment | Won |
| 2009 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | 60 Minutes: "War against Women" | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | Won |
| CNN's Coverage of the Democratic National Convention | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| CNN's Coverage of Election Night 2008 | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| 2010 | National Order of Honour and Merit | Government of Haiti | Reporting on 2010 Haiti earthquake | | Awarded |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: "Inside the Battle Zone: Afghanistan" | Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event | Won |
| 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 |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | "Taliban" | Documentary or Series of Reports on the Same Subject | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Black or White: Kids on Race" | Investigative Reporting | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think" | Environmental Reporting | Won |
| Overseas Press Club Awards | Overseas Press Club | "Taliban" | Edward R. Murrow Award | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Haiti Earthquake" | David Kaplan Award | Won |
| GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: "Gay Teen Suicides" | Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine | Won |
| 2012 | Peabody Award | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication | CNN's Reporting on the Arab Spring | | Won |
| Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Bullying: It Stops Here" | Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Unrest Escalates in Egypt" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| CNN/CNNi Breaking News Simulcast: "Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps Down" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: "Egypt Uprising" | Coverage of a major news event | Won |
| GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: "The 'Sissy Boy' Experiments" | Outstanding TV Journalism – News Magazine | Won |
| Lew Klein Awards | Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication | | Excellence Honoree | Awarded |
| 2013 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | 60 Minutes: "Three Generations of Punishment" | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture" | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Won |
| CNN: "Election Night in America" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won |
| CNN: "Israel/Gaza Conflict" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | | Vito Russo Award | Awarded |
| 2014 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "Boston Bombing Victim Vows to Dance Again" | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: "Guns Under Fire: An AC360 Town Hall" | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Nominated |
| CNN Newsroom: "CNN's Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long-Form | Nominated |
| 60 Minutes: "Cosmic Roulette" | Outstanding Writing | Nominated |
| 2015 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: "NYC Chokehold Death Protests" | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story-Long-Form | Nominated |