Radio Television Digital News Directors Association
WFSU Public Media continues its strong journalism traditions in a year marked by social justice protests, a pandemic and unprecedented stress. The WFSU News Team is being honored this year with four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news. The Region 13 recognitions come in the following categories: hard news, video, continuing coverage and news series, and the reporting mirrors some of the biggest stories in North Florida and the nation, last year.
A contentious Presidential election cycle yielded unfounded allegations of voter fraud, and in her report on a Panama City GOP attorney’s attempts to commit voter fraud, Reporter and ATC Host Valerie Crowder found those false allegations of elections malfeasance are leading some people to attempt real fraud. Her story won for continuing coverage.
WFDD Wins Regional Murrow Award For Overall Excellence by WFDD staff
88.5 WFDD has received a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for “Overall Excellence” for its work in 2020.
This is the fourth consecutive year that WFDD has been honored in the “Overall Excellence” category, which spans a year of work that includes the station’s coverage of the pandemic, the local protests after the murder of George Floyd, and a pivotal election. Of note is WFDD’s commitment to bringing listeners the most critical COVID-19 information with a live blog in both English and Spanish to serve our community at large. To connect on a deeper level, WFDD also launched a series of virtual community conversations that invited listeners to discussions about race, education during the pandemic, and how to safeguard your vote.
Wyoming Public Media/RTDNA
The Radio Television Digital News Association has awarded Wyoming Public Radio three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. Wyoming Public Radio is in the small market category in a region that includes all radio stations in Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.
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.
Wyoming Public Radio won first place in the Feature category for a story by former reporter Savannah Maher on the concerns many Native Americans have with the One Shot Antelope Hunt in Lander.
WKMS Ohio Valley Resource Reporter/Assistant News Director Liam Niemeyer recently won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association, or RTDNA, the world s largest professional organization devoted to broadcast and digital journalism.
The winning story focused on a Kentucky town in a moment of reckoning over its racist past. Niemeyer won the Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion category for his December 11, 2020, piece “A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma.”
Niemeyer’s story was based on a Paducah, Kentucky, school official who appeared in blackface as part of a Halloween costume. But rather than make the school official the main focus, Niemeyer framed his story within the context of the larger Black community experience in Paducah. The result was a richer view of the city’s racial history, and a deeper understanding of just why the use of blackface by a trusted public official was so
WMC wins Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for reporting on excessive force complaints (Source: RTDNA) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | May 6, 2021 at 2:30 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 11:59 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - WMC Action News 5 is the recipient of a 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuous Coverage.
Awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association, these are among the most prestigious awards in broadcast and digital news.
RTDNA awarded WMC Action News 5 for our investigative reporting on excessive force complaints within the Memphis Police Department. The stories were produced by Jeremy Jones and featured reporting by Jessica Jaglois and photography by Mike Moore.