WLRN News has won nine Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including excellence in innovation, feature, hard news, and investigative reporting.
The Murrow awards, awarded since 1971 by the Radio Television Digital News Organization, recognize stories that put public interest above all else, provide a catalyst for public discussion and adhere to the RTDNA Code of Ethics. They are named in honor of Edward R. Murrow, a pioneer who set the standards for the highest quality of broadcast journalism.
WLRN News was recognized as winner for Region 13 (which includes Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) in the following categories:
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station: Excellence in Innovation: Find Your Way Through The 98 Possible Amendments On The South Florida Ballots (Wilson Sayre)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station: Excellence in Social Media: Zika in South Florida (Staff)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Feature Reporting: Planning Funerals For Children Lost To Gun Violence (Nadege Green)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Hard News: Preventative Colonoscopies Are Free Except When They're Not (Sammy Mack)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Investigative Reporting: School Suspensions Continue Despite Miami-Dade's No-Suspension Policy (Rowan Moore Gerety and Miami Herald's Christina Veiga)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, News Series: PriceCheck
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Sports Reporting: Muhammad Ali In Our Backyard (Luis Hernandez)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Website: WLRN.org (staff)
- Edward R. Murrow Awards - Large Market Radio Station, Overall Excellence: WLRN (staff)
All regional winners move on to the national round in each category. RTDNA will announce those winners in June.
You can see a full list of winners here.
