The Radio Television Digital News Association today announced winners of its 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, recognizing outstanding work produced by radio, television and online news organizations.
For the third straight year, ABC News television and ABC News radio have won the Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence at the network level. ABC’s radio team also won awards for Breaking News and Hard News, and ABC’s television team won for Breaking News, Series, Use of Video and Website.
In the network television division, HBO won a Murrow in the Documentary category for its Oscar-winning feature Citizenfour. ESPN took home three Murrow Awards for Investigative Reporting, Feature Reporting and Sports Reporting. CBS News won for Hard News and Writing, and NBC News won for Newscast and Continuing Coverage.
This year, the 45th anniversary of the awards, the organization received more than 4,300 entries, setting an all-time record for the fourth year in a row, RTDNA says.
The winners will be recognized at the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City on October 10.
The list of 2016 winners in Network Radio and Television:
Network Television
Overall Excellence
ABC News
ABC News
New York, NY
Newscast
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: November 19, 2015
NBC News
New York, NY
Breaking News
Baltimore: A City on Edge
ABC News
New York, NY
Continuing Coverage
NBC Nightly News: The Death of Freddie Gray
NBC News
New York, NY
Feature Reporting
SC Featured: The Courage Game
ESPN Bristol, CT
Investigative Reporting
E:60 The Turf War
ESPN
Bristol, CT
News Documentary
Citizenfour
HBO
Santa Monica, CA
News Series
ABC News Nightline: Face to Face
ABC News
New York, NY
Reporting: Hard News
60 Minutes: Iraq’s Christians
CBS News
New York, NY
Reporting: Sports
SC Featured: Miraculous
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Use of Video
Inside North Korea
ABC News
New York, NY
Writing
Steve Hartman
CBS News
New York, NY Website
Network Radio
Overall Excellence
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio
New York, NY
Newscast
CBS World News Roundup
CBS Radio News
New York, NY
Breaking News
San Bernardino Shooting Rampage
ABC News Radio
New York, NY
Continuing Coverage
Puerto Rico Exports Its Drug Addicts to Chicago
WBEZ & This American Life
Chicago, IL
Feature Reporting
E:60 Love is Stronger
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Investigative Reporting
World War II Secret Mustard Gas Testing
NPR
Washington, DC
News Documentary
The Night in Question
This American Life
New York, NY
News Series
Rain Forest Was Here
NPR
Washington, DC
Reporting: Hard News
Attacks in Paris: One Week Later
ABC News Radio
New York, NY
Use of Sound
Grapes of Wrath: The Forgotten Filipino-Americans Who Led the ’65 Delano Grape Strike
KQED with Food & Environment Reporting Network
San Francisco, CA
Writing
Amid Mourning, Life in Paris Goes On
NPR
Washington, DC
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