Updated: 4:19 PM CDT May 7, 2021
WWL-TV has been honored with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including awards for best digital news coverage, hard news and a special award for excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion.
The awards were announced Thursday by the Radio Television Digital News Association.
WWL’s top award for best digital coverage recognizes content on WWLTV.com, WWL-TV’s app and social media platforms.
The entry included links to multiple stories in the investigative series “Standard of Care,” examining the deadly toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in local nursing homes. The series was produced by investigative reporters Katie Moore and Mike Perlstein and photographer/editors T.J. Pipitone and Derek Waldrip. The station’s COVID-19 tracker and interactive map, overseen by senior digital producer Kevin Dupuy, was also included in the Murrow digital news entry.
KUOW wins Three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
May 6, 2021
Seattle, WA â KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio has won three 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in broadcast and digital journalism. The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the full list of regional winners today. All winners will automatically be entered into consideration for national Edward R. Murrow Awards.
KUOW received awards in the News Series and Digital categories, as well as Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a new category this year. Northwest News Network also received an award in the Feature Reporting category for a story by Tom Banse and KUOW Editor Derek Wang.
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Gray Television First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Hilton Howell. Mr. Howell, you may begin your call.
Hilton Hatchett Howell
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Thank you. Thank you, operator. Good morning. I am Hilton Howell, the Chairman and CEO of Gray Television. I thank all of you for joining us for our second call this week, and our first quarter 2021 earnings call. Happily with me in-person for the first time in 14 months are Gray s fully vaccinated, non-masked executive officers; our President and Co-CEO, Pat LaPlatney; our Chief Legal and Development Officer, Kevin Latek; our Chief Financial Officer, Jim Ryan; and our Chief Operating Officer, Bob Smith. We begin this morning with a disclaimer that Kevin will provide.
TUCSON (KVOA) - News 4 Tucson was awarded two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence and Best Newscast on Thursday.
Since 1971, the Radio Television Digital News Association has been recognizing news organizations for their outstanding work in electronic journalism through the Edward R. Awards. According to organizers, the award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.
“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.”