Washington, D.C.’s WTOP was honored with five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, Tuesday, by the Radio Television Digital News Association. The WTOP news team was recognized in the Overall Excellence category for the fifth time in the past seven years for its coverage in the D.C. region. WTOP’s entire staff was also recognized with a regional award for Best Website for exclusive reports on everything from D.C.’s homeless camps to the region’s heroin epidemic, and team coverage of the Pope’s visit to D.C.
Individual accolades were presented to WTOP’s Megan Cloherty, Andrew Mollenbeck and Chris Core. Cloherty was awarded in the Feature Reporting category for “Song for Lexi”; Mollenbeck in the Sports Reporting category for “Roots of a Legend”; and Chris Core in the Writing category for “Core Values.”
Mike McMearty, WTOP’s Director of News and Programming, said, “It’s always an honor to be recognized regionally with an Edward R. Murrow award. It’s especially gratifying to be recognized for Overall Excellence and for Best Website. These are awards shared by everyone in the WTOP newsroom.”
