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2012 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

Jun 12, 2012  •  Post A Comment

The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the 2012 National Edward R. Murrow Award winners. The awards honor excellence in electronic journalism.

For the fourth consecutive year, NBC News won the Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence in the network television grouping. NBC News also won National Murrows for Video Newscast and Writing.

In the same television grouping, ABC News earned three Murrow Awards in 2012 – for Video Breaking News Coverage, Video Continuing Coverage and Video Reporting: Hard News.

CBS News took the awards for Video Feature Reporting and Video Investigative Reporting in the network television grouping.

In all, 67 news organizations are being honored with 99 awards, listed below.

Television Network/Syndication Service

Overall Excellence
NBC News

Video Breaking News Coverage
ABC News
Target bin Laden: The Death of Public Enemy #1

Video Continuing Coverage
ABC News
Gabrielle Giffords

Video Feature Reporting
CBS News
60 Minutes: The Gardens of the Queen

Video Reporting: Hard News
ABC News
World News with Diane Sawyer, A Cry For Help: Famine in Somalia

Video Investigative Reporting
CBS News
The CBS Evening News: Gunwalker

Video News Documentary
CNBC
Billions Behind Bars: Inside America’s Prison Industry

Video News Series
CNN
Homs: City Under Siege

Video Newscast
NBC News
Blown Away: Southern Tornadoes

Video Sports Reporting
ESPN
E:60 Angel in the Outfield

Use of Video
CNN
Joplin Gawker

Website
CNBC
CNBC.com

Writing
NBC News
American Story with Bob Dotson

Radio Network/Syndication Service

Overall Excellence
CBS Radio News

Audio Breaking News Coverage
ABC News Radio
Osama Bin Laden Killed

Audio Continuing Coverage
ABC News Radio
Arab Spring

Audio Feature Reporting
WNYC-AM/FM/Studio 360
Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell

Audio Reporting: Hard News
BBC World Service
The Death of Mohammed Bouazizi

Audio News Documentary
BBC World Service
Cholera in Haiti

Audio Investigative Reporting
Marketplace/American Public Media
The Chinese Student Syndrome

Audio News Series
CBS Radio News
9/11 — Ten Years Later

Audio Newscast
AP Radio News
Bin Laden is Dead

Audio Sports Reporting
ESPN
The Sporting Life/E:60 "Hero"

Use of Sound
WNYC-AM/FM/Studio 360
Adventures in 3D Sound

Website
National Public Radio
NPR.org

Writing
WNYC-AM/FM/Radio Rookies
Daughter of a Survivor

Online News Operation – National

Overall Excellence
The Associated Press

Video Breaking News Coverage
The Washington Post
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson

Video Continuing Coverage
The New York Times
Surviving Haiti’s Earthquake: Children

Video Feature Reporting
Yahoo!
Field of Inspiration

Video Investigative Reporting
The Associated Press
NYPD Intelligence

Video News Series
GlobalPost
On Location

Use of Video
The Washington Post
Under Suspicion: Voices about Muslims in America

Video Sports Reporting
The Associated Press
Kim Rhode Profile

Website
The Washington Post
WashingtonPost.com

Writing
The Daily Caller
The Horse Soldiers of 9-11

Online News Operation – Local

Video Feature Reporting
The Dallas Morning News – Dallas
An Unending Battle: A Military Family’s Struggle with Traumatic Brain Injury

Video Continuing Coverage
The Boston Globe – Boston
Whitey Bulger Coverage

Video Investigative Reporting
The Boston Globe – Boston
The Boston Globe – Spotlight: Unreasonable Doubt

Audio Investigative Reporting
The Lens New Orleans / GW Center for Independent Journalism – New Orleans
Kisa Holmes

Video Reporting: Hard News
The Boston Globe – Boston
Departure Point

Video News Documentary
Detroit Free Press – Detroit
Living With Murder

Video News Series
StarTribune – Minneapolis
Lost Warriors

Video Sports Reporting
The Boston Globe – Boston
Honoring NBA Great Bill Russell

Use of Video
The Boston Globe – Boston
Video Team Composite

Website
The Texas Tribune – Austin, Texas
The Texas Tribune – An Interactive Approach to Civic Engagement

Writing
The Boston Globe – Boston
Parents React to Boston School Assignments

Television: Large Market

Overall Excellence
WCVB-TV – Needham, Mass.

Video Breaking News Coverage
WTHR-TV – Indianapolis
State Fair Tragedy

Video Continuing Coverage
KING-TV – Seattle
Bully with a Badge

Video Feature Reporting
KUSA-TV – Denver
Adde’s Lesson

Video Reporting: Hard News
KARE-TV – Golden Valley, Minn.
Dramatic Rise in Homeless Teens

Video Investigative Reporting
WBAL-TV – Baltimore
Judging the Judges

Video News Documentary
KING-TV – Seattle
Climb of a Lifetime

Video News Series
KMOV-TV – St. Louis
Selling St. Louis

Video Newscast
KTVU-TV – Oakland, Calif.
The Ten O’Clock News

Video Sports Reporting
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia – Philadelphia
Remembering Richie

Use of Video
WTHR-TV – Indianapolis
Steve Rhodes

Website
KMGH-TV – Denver
theDenverChannel.com

Writing
KARE-TV – Minneapolis
Boyd Huppert

Radio: Large Market

Overall Excellence
KCBS – San Francisco

Audio Breaking News Coverage
KMOX-AM – St. Louis
Good Friday Tornado Hits St. Louis

Audio Continuing Coverage
KUT-FM – Austin, Texas
Texas 2011 Ongoing Drought

Audio Feature Reporting
WCPN-FM – Cleveland
Frank’s Donation

Audio Reporting: Hard News
CFRA-AM – Ottawa, ON, Canada
A Night in the Cell Block

Audio Investigative Reporting
WBUR-FM – Boston
Anatomy of a Bad Confession

Audio News Documentary
WUSF-FM – Tampa, Fla.
Jumping Off the Skyway Bridge…and Surviving

Audio News Series
Mississippi Public Broadcasting – Jackson, Miss.
Smithville Destroyed by Tornado

Audio Newscast
WTOP-FM – Washington
Newscast 5-2-11 6pm

Use of Sound
WBUR-FM – Boston
New BSO Conductor Teaches Kids To Love Classical Music, One Wisecrack At A Time

Audio Sports Reporting
WTMJ-AM – Milwaukee
The First Pitch of the Rest of their Lives

Website
KIRO-AM – Seattle
mynorthwest.com

Writing
WFAE-FM – Charlotte, N.C.
Uncovering The Past: Mecklenburg’s Role In Sterilization

Television: Small Market

Overall Excellence
KCCI-TV – Des Moines, Iowa

Video Breaking News Coverage
WSHM-TV – Springfield, Mass.
Springfield Tornado

Video Continuing Coverage
WVUE-TV – New Orleans
Hiding Behind the Badge

Video Feature Reporting
WHO-TV – Des Moines, Iowa
Sky Rise

Video Reporting: Hard News
KRGV-TV – Weslaco, Texas
Police Threat

Video Investigative Reporting
WBBH-TV – Fort Myers, Fla.
EBT Card Investigation

Video News Documentary
KITV
-TV – Honolulu
Kokoro: Hearts Across the Pacific

Video News Series
WVUE-TV – New Orleans
Swiped

Video Newscast
KHNL/KGMB-TV – Honolulu
Hawaii News Now at 5pm

Video Sports Reporting
WWL-TV – New Orleans
Jay Rink’s Defensive Line

Use of Video
WATE-TV – Knoxville, Tenn.
Mission to Africa

Website
KTVB-TV – Boise, Idaho
KTVB.COM

Writing
KCCI-TV – Des Moines, Iowa
Hanson Compilation

Radio: Small Market

Overall Excellence
Alabama Public Radio – Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Audio Breaking News Coverage
WRVA-AM – Richmond, Va.
Shooting at Virginia Tech

Audio Continuing Coverage
KTTS-FM – Springfield, Mo.
Tornado in Joplin

Audio Feature Reporting
WBOI-FM – Fort Wayne, Ind.
Derby Brats

Audio Investigative Reporting
KUNC-FM – Greeley, Colo.
K12 Inc.: Public Online Schools, Private Profits

Audio Reporting: Hard News
WUFT-FM – Gainesville, Fla.
The Execution of Manuel Valle

Audio News Documentary
WSLU – Canton, N.Y.
The Road From 9/11

Audio News Series
WITF-FM – Harrisburg, Pa.
Facing Cancer Together

Audio Newscast
WTAQ – Green Bay, Wis.
WTAQ’s Morning News

Audio Sports Reporting
WITF-FM – Harrisburg, Pa.
Hope in Handball

Use of Sound
WMSI-WJDX-FM – Jackson, Miss.
The National Memorial

Website
WDEL-AM – Wilmington, Del.
WDEL.com

Writing
KSMU-FM – Springfield, Mo.
‘Angels of Mercy:’ Scenes of Heroism, Lessons Learned Emerge From Hospital Ravaged by Tornado

To watch or listen to winning entries, go to the RTDNA website by clicking here.

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