This first HSJ Digest of 2025 brings you all the articles published in recent issues of Hydrological Sciences Journal, including several Open Access and ‘Featured’ articles. We announce the winner of the 2024 Frances Watkins Memorial Award, and highlight news from our publisher, Taylor & Francis. We announce the launch of the official Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) page on LinkedIn! Find out too about current Calls for Papers and, in our regular profile of key HSJ people, meet Co-editor Konstantinos Soulis.