WASHINGTON—The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the regional winners of the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Awards, which recognizes outstanding journalism from TV and radio stations.

RTDNA has handed out more than 750 awards to over 350 local TV and radio stations across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and four countries. The awards include 50 Overall Excellence awards, recognition for dozens of digital projects, more than 40 examples of investigative reporting and more than 100 instances of continuing or series coverage of ongoing stories.

Also, new for the 2021 awards, RTDNA introduced a category for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, recognizing more than 40 news outlets for their efforts. This includes things like bilingual reporting, contextual coverage of inequality and discrimination and newsroom-convened community discussions.

Here is the full list of regional winners.

“Local journalists across the country guided Americans through a pandemic, ongoing racial reckoning and a fraught election cycle, despite facing unprecedented operational challenges and an astonishing number of physical attacks during 2020,” said Dan Shelley, RTDNA executive director and chief operating officer. “The persistence of the regional Murrow Award winners we recognize today is a testament to these journalists’ commitment to their First Amendment duty.”

All regional winners automatically move on to the national round, which also includes digital news organization, network and student competitors.

For more information, visit RTDNA’s website. 

WASHINGTON—The 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, from the Radio Television Digital News Association, announced its full slate of winners via a virtual event that took place on Oct. 10.

Recognizing excellence in broadcast and electronic journalism, The Murrow Awards handed out more than 100 national awards and more than 800 regional awards for digital, network, students and, new this year, podcasts.

There were eight Overall Excellence Awards presented in eight categories:

• Small Market Television: WTVR-TV 
• Large Market Television: KMGH-TV 
• Television Network: ABC News 
• Small Market Radio: KBIA 
• Large Market Radio: KNX AM 
• Radio Network: CBS News Radio 
• Large Digital News Organization: The Washington Post 
• Small Digital News Organization: The Marshall Project 

“We know that this year has been extraordinarily tough,” said Dan Shelley, RTDNA executive director, in his opening remarks. “2020 has brought about challenges that have tested us at every level of our professionalism and humanity and I couldn’t be more proud that you are always there, covering it all. That you—despite the previously unthinkable professional and personal challenges you’ve faced—are continuing to serve your communities with distinction and dignity and professionalism.”

The full list of 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Award winners is available online. 

WASHINGTON—There will be two more Edward R. Murrow Awards up for grabs in 2017, as the Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the addition of two categories for participants to compete in. The categories are Excellence in Innovation and Excellence in Social Media.

RTDNA describes Excellence in Innovation as an award for “news organizations that innovate their product to enhance the quality of journalism and the audience’s understanding of the news.” Entries will be judged on innovative use of content, engagement, technology and/or audience experience.

For the social media category, RTNDA looks to reward “news organizations that use social media to enhance the audience’s understanding of a single news story or news event/project, as evidenced by the quality of journalism and the quantity and quality of user engagement.”

New categories have also been added to the Student Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Excellence in Audio Newscast; Audio Reporting; Video Newscast; Video Reporting; and Digital Reporting.

In addition, RTDNA has opened the Excellence in Video category to allow radio stations to enter; inversely, television stations are now eligible to enter the Excellence in Audio category.

RTDNA will begin accepting entries for the 2017 Edward R. Murrow Awards in mid-December and close it in February. Regional winners will be announced in April, followed by national winners in June. For more information, visit www.rtdna.org.

NEW YORK–The Radio Television Digital News Association presented its national Edward R. Murrow Awards at its annual awards gala in New York on Monday. Numerous television winners were among them.

Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, accepts an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Network Newscast

Notably, ABC News Television and ABC News (radio) each picked up an Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence at the network level, for the third year in a row.

Madison, Wisconsin’s WISC-TV took home Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall excellence, best newscast and best feature reporting. In the same small market television division, New Orleans, Louisiana’s WVUE-TV took home Murrow Awards for best news series and best use of video.

On the large television market side, the Canadian station CTV Vancouver took home the Murrow Award for overall excellence. Atlanta, Georgia’s WXIA-WATL-TV took awards for best continuing coverage, best investigative reporting and writing.

Some 400 people were in attendance. The full list of winners can be seen here.

NEW YORK—TV news stations both large and small were recipients of the 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, which have been handed out by the Radio Television Digital News Association since 1971. Per RTDNA’s announcement page: “Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.”

Here are this year’s recipients for television:

Small Market

Overall Excellence: WISC-TV; Madison, Wis.
Newscast: “News 3 at 6: No Charges in the Death of Tony Robinson” – WISC-TV
Breaking News: “Windstorm Slams Quincy” – WGEM-TV; Qunicy, Ill.
Continuing Coverage: “Death in The Chattam County Jail” – WSAV-TV; Savannah, Ga.
Feature Reporting: “Ashamed to Advocate: A Mother’s Lesson in Love” – WISC-TV
Investigative Reporting: “Mental Health 911” – CTV London; London, Ontario
News Documentary: “Trafficked” – WDAY-TV; Fargo, N.D.
News Series: “Swiped: Financial Mismanagement” – WVUE-TV; New Orleans
Reporting – Hard News: “Thoughts, Interrupted” – WBBH-TV; Fort Myers, Fla.
Reporting – Sports: “Hotel Swimmer” – KREM-TV; Spokane, Wash.
Use of Video: “Heart of Louisiana” – WVUE-TV
Writing: Blake Essig – KTUU-TV; Anchorage, Alaska
Website: WGRZ.com – WGRZ-TV; Buffalo, N.Y.

Large Market

Overall Excellence: CTV Vancouver; Vancouver, British Columbia
Newscast: “Clinton Homicides and Manhunt” – KMBC-TV; Kansas City, Mo.
Breaking News: “Baltimore Riots: A City Under Siege” – WJLA-TV; Washington D.C.
Continuing Coverage: “911: Lost on the Line” - WXIA-WATL-TV; Atlanta
Feature Reporting: “Mother Nature, :Let Up!” – WNBC-TV; New York
Investigative Reporting: “Smart ALEC: The Backroom Where Laws are Born” – WXIA-WATL-TV
News Documentary: “Jeremiah” – Alabama Public Television; Birmingham, Ala.
News Series: “The Faces of the Bombing” – KFOR-TV; Oklahoma City
Reporting – Hard News: “Cruel and Unusual: The Texas Prison Crisis” – WFAA-TV; Dallas
Reporting – Sports: “Big Ann” – WZZM-TV; Grand Rapids, Mich.
Use of Video: “Scholl Videography ‘The Motel Life’ – KUSA-TV; Denver, Colo.
Writing: Jaye Watson; WXIA-WATL-TV
Website: NBC10.com – WCAU; Philadelphia

Network Television

Overall Excellence: ABC News; New York
Newscast: “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Nov. 19, 2015” – NBC News; New York
Breaking News: “Baltimore: A City on Edge” – ABC News
Continuing Coverage: “NBC Nightly News: The Death of Freddie Gray” – NBC News
Feature Reporting: “SC Featured: The Courage Game” – ESPN; Bristol, Conn.
Investigative Reporting: “E:60 The Turf War” - ESPN
News Documentary: “Citizenfour” – HBO; Santa Monica, Calif.
News Series: “ABC News Nightline: Face to Face” – ABC News
Reporting – Hard News: “60 Minutes: Iraq’s Christians” – CBS News; New York
Reporting – Sports: “SC Featured: Miraculous” - ESPN
Use of Video: “Inside North Korea” – ABC News
Writing: Steve Hartman; CBS News
Website: ABCNews.go.com; ABC News

To see the full list of winners, including radio and online news, click here.

WASHINGTON—The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the winners of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Awards. The awards recognize outstanding work by student journalists across United States in three categories: audio, video and digital.

“This year’s winners demonstrate a level of excellence we want to encourage in journalism programs across the country,” said RTDNA Chair Kathy Walker in the announcement.

Noel Gasca, winner in the audio category, is a freshman at Emerson College in Boston and has produced work for KUOW in Seattle. Gasca won for her story “Ivy,” an audio adaption of her 2016 Gracie Grand Award-winning story “Why This Teen Stopped Hiding Her Dad’s Abuse.”

The video category winner, Vivian Feke, produced a story titled “Making a Difference.” Feke has just graduated from Kent State University with a dual degree in broadcast journalism and criminal justice. She served as general manager for two years at her school’s television station, which was awarded College Station of the Year honors by the College Media Association.

Student journalists Alexandra Garretón, Jake Nicol and Chris Schodt from the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism won in the digital category for their story “Wiped, Flashed, and Rekitted.” Both Garretón and Schodt are California-based freelance journalists and Nicol works as a video journalist for the Wall Street Journal. All are recent graduates.

To see the winning entries, visit the Student Murrow Awards winners page at rtdna.org. The winners will be recognized at the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala at Gotham Hall in New York on Oct. 10. Winners of the national Edward R. Murrow Awards for professionals will be announced later this month. 

WASHINGTON—The Radio Television Digital News Association is calling for entries for the 2016 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Entries can be submitted via RTDNA's online registration system through Febr. 5. Stories told between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2015 on radio, television and digital media are eligible for entry in the 2016 contest. Complete contest rules are available on the Call for Entries site.

Nominations also are being accepted for the 2016 Kaleidoscope Awards recognizing coverage of diversity issues. According to the RTDNA Kaleidoscope Award page, “the purpose of the award is to encourage and showcase journalistic excellence in covering issues of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity. It is presented annually to news organizations that show an ongoing commitment to covering the diversity of the communities they serve.”

The Student Edward R. Murrow Awards entry period also is open.

The RTDNA said it has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow's pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.

past Murrow Award-winning entries. Regional winners will be announced in April and national winners in June.

MOUNTAINVIEW, CALIF.—While honoring electronic journalism since 1971, the Radio Television Digital News Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards will get in on the act itself with a live stream of this year’s ceremony provided by TVU Networks’ TVUPack TM8200 mobile uplink backpack transmitter.

TVUPack TM8200

The TVUPack is a portable backpack style IP newsgathering product that allows broadcasters to capture and broadcast live HD video over multiple cellular, satellite, microwave, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and BGAN connections. The TVUPack uses Inverse StatMux Plus technology, but it also available with an optional integrated MIMO Microwave for challenging cellular bandwidth environments.

RTDNA previously used the TVUPack TM 8200 to live stream the Paul White and John F. Hogan Awards in September. The Edward R. Murrow Awards will be held Oct. 12 at Gotham Hall in New York. The live stream will be available at www.rtdnaedwardrmurrowawards.org/.