The entry period for the 2024 Edward R. Murrow Awards opens on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The Murrow Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast and digital journalism at the professional and student […]
The recipients of 133 honors spanning nine categories will be honored at an Awards Gala on Oct. 9 in New York City.
The Radio Television Digital News Association is now accepting entries for the 2023 Edward R. Murrow Awards. The Murrow Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast and digital journalism at the professional and student levels. To be eligible work must have been published between Jan. 1, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2022. The deadline for entry is 5 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The Radio Television Digital News Association today announced the national winners of the 2022 Edward R. Murrow Awards. These awards recognize more than 100 outlets for outstanding work in digital, radio and television journalism in technical and editorial categories. There were more than 5,200 entries this year. TV station winners cited for “Overall Excellence” are WGME Portland, Maine, and KUSA Denver.
Regional winners automatically move on to the national round of consideration, which also includes digital news organization, network and student competitors. Among the most prestigious awards in news, the Murrow Awards recognize local and national news stories that uphold the RTDNA Code of Ethics, demonstrate technical expertise and exemplify the importance and impact of journalism as a service to the community.
The Murrow Awards recognize excellence in broadcast, digital and student journalism. Only work published between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021, will be eligible for entry. The deadline for entry is 5 p.m. ET, Feb. 10, 2022. Regional winners will be announced in late spring 2022 and national winners will be announced in summer 2022. National winners will be honored at the 2022 Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala on Oct. 10, 2022, in New York City.
Exclusives
These awards recognize more than 100 outlets for outstanding work in digital, radio and television journalism in technical and editorial categories. There were more than 5,200 entries this year. In May, RTDNA recognized more than 750 winners of the Regional Murrow Awards, which automatically advanced to the national competition.
RTDNA today announced the regional winners of the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Awards. More than 750 awards recognize over 350 local radio and television stations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and four countries. This year, the awards added Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a new category.
Journalism published by radio, television and digital news organizations as well as by student journalists between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, is eligible for entry.
Among networks, CBS News took home six awards, NBC News four, with ABC News winning for overall excellence in network TV. Among station goups, E.W. Scripps posted six awards, Nexstar four. Here’s the complete list of national winners.
2020 National Murrow Awards To Be Announced Live
Selected from a record of more than 5,000, these 750 regional winners represent the best in local broadcast news. The winning work includes 36 podcasts, a new category for 2020, along with nearly 50 investigative reports and more than 100 examples of excellence in innovation, social media and multimedia.
RTDNA adds podcast and feature-length documentary categories for next year’s journalism competition.
RTDNA presented more than 120 awards to professional and student journalists Monday night. The over 4,600 entries set a record. Dan Shelley, RTDNA executive director: “Celebrate these examples of outstanding responsible journalism. Then, return to your newsrooms to continue the never-ending task of seeking and reporting the truth. Nothing less than the future of our society demands it.”
Storytelling Tips From A Murrow Winner
The 2019 Large Market Television winner for Excellence in Video is a uniquely creative piece of journalism telling the story of a community, its history and its future through the eyes and voices of those who’ve known it longest and best. We asked KUSA DenverDMA’s Corky Scholl to tell us more about the Murrow-winning “Five Points.”
Inspiration from creative, interactive award-winning journalism.
Digital Innovation Takes KNTV To Murrows
Television stations occupy a rare space at the intersection of media’s past, present, and future. TV is a “legacy” product dating back 70 years, yet TV newsrooms are equipped with the essential tools to succeed in the future of media where visuals trump text. Additionally, those well-known anchors and reporters are now de factor social influencers, giving TV stations that embrace digital a rosier outlook on our collective future.
School Investigation Earns KING A National Murrow
From more than 4,600 entries, these awards recognize 100 local and network radio, television and digital news organizations for 122 examples of outstanding journalism in 16 categories. The winners at the national level also include Student Murrow Awards in five categories of audio, video and digital reporting.
Winning Examples Of Regional Murrow Awards
There are 14 different regions of winners, along with links to the examples, in the small and large television markets. Take a look, chose the region, the size market, the station and watch the examples.
Illustrating the devastating impact of opioid addiction on communities, highlighting the hope that recovery can bring, and unveiling the systems complicit in the epidemic’s spread, Murrow Award-winning reports this year covered the opioid crisis from every angle.
With more than 100 documentaries, news series, digital projects, podcast episodes, news packages and more recognized this year, the 2018 National Murrow Award winners are fertile ground for new and seasoned journalists alike looking for examples of the best in the craft of broadcast and digital journalism. In looking at the list of winners from this year, a few patterns emerge. These commonalities are clues into what makes good journalism
Winners from across the country received their awards at Gotham Hall in New York City. RTDNA awarded 122 national Edward R. Murrow Awards in 15 categories.
Stations across the country are recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association for outstanding journalism. Among the many winners are KXAS Dallas and WWBT Richmond, Va., for overall excellence in large market and small market television, respectively.
