The publication shared the Society of Professional Journalists 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for online investigative reporting by an independent media outlet.

[1] The Beachwood Reporter's most regularly updated feature is "The Papers," a column updated five days a week in which founder and editor Steve Rhodes comments on the coverage in local media outlets, especially the Chicago Tribune (one of Rhodes' former employers) and the Chicago Sun-Times.

On Saturdays, "The Weekend Desk Report," a humorous roundup of the week's news, runs on the main page.

The site's other sections are: music, television, politics, sports, books, and people, places and things.

So far, the site has avoided traditional reporting and straight-up reviews in favor of quirky but a\serious angles.