| Date: | Award: |
| July, 2012 | Lone Star Award, Radio Talk Show; David Martin Davies and Yvette Benavides, KSTX, San Antonio, received this award for their episode, “We Were Not Orphans: Stories from the Waco State Home." The Houston Press Club presented the award. |
| April, 2012 | First Amendment Award, Broadcast; Texas Public Radio News Director David Martin Davies and Yvette Benavides, the hosts and producers of Texas Matters, received this award for their episode, “We Were Not Orphans: Stories from the Waco State Home.” The Society of Professional Journalists, Fort Worth Professional Chapter, presented the award. |
| February, 2012 | Texas AP Broadcasters Award, Radio Documentary; Texas Public Radio News Director David Martin Davies and Yvette Benavides, the hosts and producers of Texas Matters, received this award for their episode, “We Were Not Orphans: Stories from the Waco State Home.” |
| Date: | Publisher: | Article: |
| August 10, 2012 | Oxford University Press | The Oral History Review |
| July, 2011 | Texas Co-op Power | Book provides a stark look inside the now-defunct Waco State Home |
| June 26, 2011 | Waco Tribune Herald | Former residents drawn to Waco |
| March 20, 2011 | The New York Times | The Opinion Pages |
| February 25, 2011 | The Baylor Lariat | Book exposes Waco facility's secrets |
| February 21, 2011 | Waco Tribune-Herald | Book reveals Waco State Home |
| February 12, 2011 | Austin American-Statesman | Family history uncovers Waco State Home's brutal past |
| February 13, 2011 | Waco Tribune-Herald | New Waco State Home history depicts decades of abuse, cover-ups |
| February 11, 2011 | Austin American-Statesman | Family history uncovers Waco State Home's brutal past |
| Date: | Show: | Network: |
| March 3, 2011 | Good Morning Austin | FOX 7 News |
| February 26, 2011 | Daybreak | KVUE 24 News |
| Date: | Show: | Network: |
| May 6, 2011 | Idea Lounge, hosted by Khotan Harmon | KOOP 91.7 FM |
| April 17, 2011 | KAZI Book Review, hosted by Hopeton Hay | KAZI 88.7 FM |
| March 31, 2011 | Morning Edition, hosted by Jennifer Stayton, | KUT 90.5 |
| March 25, 2011 | Texas Music Matters, hosted by Yvette Benavides | Texas Public Radio |
| March 18, 2011 | Viewpoint with Jean Dean | Supertalk 94.1 FM |
| February 25, 2011 | Barbara Dooley Show | WGAU 1340 AM |
| Date: | Publisher/Article: |
| October 6, 2011 | Portland Book Review |
| June 26, 2011 | Austinist.com |
| May 8, 2011 | Out & About, Michael Barnes, Austin360.com |
| April 21, 2011 | 5MinutesForBooks.com |
| April 1, 2011 | Grits for Breakfast |
| March 17,2011 | Book Chase |
| March 2, 2011 | Pen and Palette |
| February 28, 2011 | Buttery Books |