Internationally recognized for her achievements in journalism, Ms Hu was named one of the World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune in 2017. She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2014 and Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism in 2012. She was listed among Top 100 Influential People of 2011 by Time magazine. The Caixin editorial team under her leadership won the 2011 Shorenstein Journalism Award from Stanford University. In 2009 and 2010, she was twice named one of Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. In 2007, she received the Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. In 2006, Ms Hu was named China’s most powerful commentator by the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal cited her as one of Asia’s Ten Women to Watch. Ms Hu was named International Editor of the Year by the World Press Review in 2003 and one of BusinessWeek magazine’s Fifty Stars of Asia in 2001.
Ms Hu serves as a global board member of United Way Worldwide, a member of the International Media Council of the World Economic Forum, and an honorary adviser of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
She was awarded the honorary doctorate degree from Princeton University in 2016.
她在新闻业界的成就获得了国际社会的认可。2001年，胡舒立入选美国《商业周刊》年度五十名“亚洲之星”。2003年，她被《世界新闻评论》授予“年度国际编辑”的称号。2006年，入选英国《金融时报》和《华尔街日报》“中国最具影响力的专栏作家”和“亚洲最值得关注的十位女性”。2007年，获得哈佛大学尼曼基金会颁发的年度“刘易斯•李仰士新闻责任与正义奖”。2009年和2010年，两度获评美国《外交政策》杂志“世界百名思想者”。2011年，登上美国《时代》杂志“全球最具影响力百人榜”；同年10月，她带领的财新传媒团队作为“独立媒体的先锋”，获得斯坦福大学颁发的“肖伦斯特新闻奖”；同年11月，荣获“星云真善美新闻传播奖”。2012年，荣获“密苏里新闻事业杰出贡献荣誉奖章”。2014年，荣获“拉蒙•麦格赛赛奖”。2017年，获选《财富》年度50位“全球杰出领袖”。
胡舒立担任全球联合之路（UWW）全球理事会成员、世界经济论坛国际媒体委员会委员、亚洲新西兰基金会荣誉顾问。
胡舒立于2016年获颁普林斯顿大学荣誉法学博士学位。