RTDNA Hands Out 2017 National Murrow Awards

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, October 9, 2017

RTDNA handed out its 2017 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, which recognize high quality work produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world, at its annual Awards Gala in New York City. RTDNA awarded 122 national Edward R. Murrow Awards in 15 categories including excellence in innovation, breaking news, investigative reporting, five student awards and more. RTDNA received nearly 4,300 entries during the 2017 awards season.

CBS Radio News and CBS News (television) won the Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence at the network level. CBS' radio team also won in the network newscast category and in breaking news. CBS' television team won in newscast, continuing coverage, writing and investigative reporting. In the network radio division, NPR tied CBS with three awards, including excellence in innovation, feature reporting and continuing coverage.

In large market radio, WNYC/New York and WTOP/Washington, DC, each took home two awards. WNYC won for excellence in innovation and hard news. WTOP won for website and overall excellence. In small market radio, New Hampshire Public Radio earned three awards for feature reporting, news series and overall excellence.

The Washington Post won five awards in the large digital news organization division, including continuing coverage, excellence in social media, writing, hard news and investigative reporting. The New York Times won the award for overall excellence. Among small digital news organizations, The Texas Tribune won four awards, for continuing coverage, excellence in social media, investigative reporting and overall excellence.

A complete list of winners with links to the winning entries, along with complete coverage of the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala can be found at rtdnaedwardrmurrowawards.org.