BLPI programs have won wide recognition and an array of awards including:

SPECIAL JURY AWARD from History Makers for The People v. Leo Frank, 2010.

PRIME TIME EMMY for its contribution to American Experience, Outstanding Non-fiction Series, 1998-1999.

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY FOR INVESTIGATIVE  JOURNALISM , for The Triumph of Evil, Frontline, 1999.

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY FOR DIRECTION, for Angel on Death Row, Frontline, 1996.

DUPONT COLUMBIA AWARD FOR PRODUCER for Inside the Terror Network, Frontline, 2001-2002.

DUPONT COLUMBIA AWARD FOR WRITER AND PRODUCER, for The Triumph of Evil, Frontline, 1998-1999.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT AWARD, for The Triumph of Evil, Frontline,1999.