23 Apr Tribune Broadcasting Stations Win 15 Edward R. Murrow Awards
Eight Stations Honored for Best News Series, Best Feature Reporting, Best Investigative Reporting
KFOR/Oklahoma City Honored for Overall Excellence
Tribune Broadcasting is pleased to announce 8 of its broadcast television stations have been awarded 15 Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio Television Digital News Association, with KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City receiving the highest honor, an award for Overall Excellence.
Tribune Broadcasting’s stations were awarded Edward R. Murrow Awards in the regional categories of News Series, Feature Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Sports Reporting, Documentary and Use of Sound and Video.
RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971; the awards recognize the best journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world.
“We are extremely proud of our hardworking news teams and the award-winning work they produce, we are honored to be recognized by the RTDNA with this prestigious journalism award,” said Larry Wert, President, Tribune Broadcasting.”
The following is a list of Tribune Broadcasting’s honorees:
| Category |
Region |
Story | Station | Market |
| Overall Excellence |
6 |
KFOR | KFOR-TV | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Feature Reporting |
6 |
Survival of Edith Morales | KFOR-TV | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Feature Reporting |
12 |
JFK’s Secret Service Agent | WTVR-TV | Richmond, VA |
| Investigative Reporting |
4 |
Dr. Ripoff | WITI-TV | Milwaukee, WI |
| Investigative Reporting |
5 |
Durham’s Travels | WHO-TV | Des Moines, IA |
| Investigative Reporting |
10 |
Mitochondrial Mystery | Fox Connecticut | Hartford, CT |
| Use of Sound and Video |
4 |
Andrew Konkle | WITI-TV | Milwaukee, WI |
| Use of Sound and Video |
5 |
It Doesn’t Stop Here | WHO-TV | Des Moines, IA |
| Use of Sound and Video |
12 |
The Cuban | WTVR-TV | Richmond, VA |
| News Series |
5 |
Trial By Fire | WHO-TV | Des Moines, IA |
| News Series |
7 |
The Little Sunshine Girl | WJW-TV | Cleveland, OH |
| News Series |
11 |
Shop and Frisk | WPIX-TV | New York, NY |
| News Series |
4 |
Heroin’s Resurgence | WITI-TV | Milwaukee, WI |
| Reporting – Sports |
12 |
Out On The Field | WTVR-TV | Richmond, VA |
| Documentary |
12 |
JFK at 50 | WTVR-TV | Richmond, VA |
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TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. TRIBUNE MEDIA is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in 72 million households, Tribune Studios, and Tribune Digital Ventures, including the websites Zap2it and TVByTheNumbers, and Gracenote, one of the world’s leading sources of TV and music metadata powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices. TRIBUNE MEDIA also includes Chicago’s WGN-AM, the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media.
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Jessica Bellucci
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