One of his more prominent accolades was his investigation and publication on the Kennedy-Chappaquiddick fiasco wherein he bypassed the conventional reporting of events and delivered the story for what it was: sensational and dubious.
Ed’s initiative and burning desire for truth earned him the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi journalistic award which he graciously shared with his colleagues who had given him invaluable assistance.
Then-Chicago Sun-Times TV and radio critic Robert Feder reviewed the book in May 1988, calling it an "unbelievably detailed, if utterly self-serving, record of chaos at CBS from the moment Dan Rather succeeded Walter Cronkite as nightly news anchorman in 1981 until Joyce's downfall."
Feder also wrote that Joyce was "widely regarded throughout his career as aloof, arrogant and insensitive to others," and that the book did "little to dispel that reputation despite the familiar alibi that he was only following orders."
Also an award winner, he won an Emmy for his investigative report on the proliferation of dangerous reptiles in suburban, southwest Florida.