The KAZU News team has won multiple journalism awards for their 2025 coverage. The Public Media Journalists Association awarded second place nationally to Elena Neale-Sacks for her series on federal policy impacts on local agriculture.
The Radio Television Digital News Association gave KAZU four regional Edward R. Murrow awards: - Continuing Coverage for the Moss Landing battery plant fire aftermath - Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for a story on Watsonville farmworker doulas - News Series for Erin Malsbury's investigation into fertilizer contamination in Salinas Valley wells - Sports Reporting for Katie Brown's piece on surfing economics in Santa Cruz All regional winners advance to the national competition in August.