WBUR in Boston topped the Large Market Radio division, winning 10 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards this year, including breaking news, investigative reporting, and feature reporting. WLRN in Miami won nine and KERA in Dallas won eight. In Small Market Radio, KBIA in Columbia, Missouri, dominated with 10 awards, including excellence in innovation, website, and news documentary. Regional winners automatically advance to the national Murrow Awards competition, which will be judged in May. National awards, will be announced in June. The national awards are presented at the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City on October 9.
“Remarkable journalism is being done every day in newsrooms across this country,” said RTDNA Chair Vincent Duffy. “We’re proud to recognize the most outstanding ways journalists are keeping the public informed, holding the powerful accountable and enhancing the quality of life in their communities.”
A complete list of the 2017 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards winners can be found at rtdna.org
