13News received top honors in the Feature Reporting, Continuing Coverage and Excellence in Video categories.
Credit: Radio Television Digital News Association Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 12:12 PM EDT May 6, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS The Radio Television Digital News Association honored WTHR with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Thursday. 13News received top honors in the Feature Reporting, Continuing Coverage and Excellence in Video categories.
The feature reporting award recognizes one of the stories from Chuck s Big Adventure in Michigan. Chuck Lofton visited the world-renowned Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School to get a peek at how they were training a new batch of Santas amid a pandemic. Lofton worked with photojournalist Steve Rhodes and special projects producer Megan Simpson.
A week after a gunman killed 8 employees of a FedEx facility, there s still grief, anger and questions We can band together in a community that spreads peace, joy and life and kindness throughout our neighborhood, Greenwood s mayor said at a Thursday vigil. Author: Rich Van Wyk Updated: 6:51 AM EDT April 23, 2021
GREENWOOD, Ind. In Greenwood, people of different faiths and different cultures shared the same grief, the same hopes and the same anger as they gathered for a community prayer vigil.
Sundeep Singh spoke to the crowd. We are all human, as humanity took a dive in this tragedy, he said.
I feel fine : Rich Van Wyk shares his second vaccination experience
Nearly 1 million Hoosiers have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Rich Van Wyk talks about getting his second shot. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 4:41 AM EST February 26, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS 13News reporter Rich VanWyk got his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, and we asked him how it went. It was very well, he said. It was nine minutes from the time I got into the line until the time I walked out the door with the vaccination. Everything was fast and efficient.
We asked if the process differed in any way from the first dose visit.
The FDA has endorsed a third coronavirus vaccine, calling it safe and highly effective. Author: Lauren Kostiuk Updated: 12:09 AM EST February 25, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS A third COVID-19 vaccine could be in the mix as early as this weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration endorsed the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, saying it is safe and highly effective.
“We will waste no time getting this life-saving vaccine into the arms of Americans,” said Jeff Zients, COVID-19 response coordinator.
So far, everything looks promising for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. An FDA advisory panel will meet Friday to vote whether to give it emergency use authorization. If approved, it then goes before the entire FDA before the CDC gives it the green light.