Philadelphia CBS O&O KYW and New Orleans Fox affiliate WVUE are the 2013 recipients of RTDNA Edward R. MurrowAwards for overall excellence.
“We are very humbled and honored to be recognized for our body of work in 2012,” WVUE news director Mikel Schaefer told TVSpy. “This is a reflection of the hard work and dedication our entire staff has day in and day out, whether covering Hurricane Isaac, investigating corruption or our unique culture.”
In the breaking news category, WNBC in New York City won for coverage of Hurricane Sandy and WHEC in Rochester won for coverage of the four firefighters shot at a house fire in Webster. In the continuning coverage category, KXAS in Dallas won for “Driven to Distraction,” a nine-month series on Texas police officers who crashed while typing on mobile dashboard computers, and KXRM in Colorado Springs won for coverage of the Waldo Canyon fire.
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Murrow Awards for best newscast go to KUSA in Denver and KSPR in Springfield, Mo. Awards for best feature reporting go to KARE in Minneapolis and KHQ in Spokane, and WFAA in Dallas and CTV in Vancouver Island were honored for best investigative reporting.
A full list of the winners is after the jump.
Small Market Television | Large Market Television | ||
Overall Excellence | WVUE Overall Excellence WVUE-TV New Orleans, LA |
CBS 3 Eyewitness News KYW-TV Philadelphia, PA |
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Newscast | Leap Day Tornadoes KSPR-TV Springfield, MO |
Aurora Theater Shooting KUSA-TV Denver, CO |
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Breaking News | Christmas Eve Tragedy WHEC-TV Rochester, NY |
Hurricane Sandy WNBC-TV New York, NY |
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Continuing Coverage |
Waldo Canyon Fire KXRM-TV Colorado Springs, CO |
Driven to Distraction KXAS-TV Fort Worth, TX |
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Feature Reporting | The Eyes of a Hero KHQ-TV Spokane, WA |
Neighborhood of Love KARE-TV Minneapolis, MN |
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Investigative Reporting | Wharfside Restaurant Troubles CTV Vancouver Island Victoria, BC |
Denticaid: Medicaid Dental Abuse in Texas WFAA-TV Dallas, TX |
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News Documentary | Disappearing Defenses WVUE-TV New Orleans, LA |
War Zone: The Destruction of an All-American City KMOV-TV St. Louis, MO |
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News Series | Silver State Secrets KRNV-TV Reno, NV |
From Hell and Back: The Lydia Tillman Story KUSA-TV Denver, CO |
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Reporting: Hard News | Bus Investigation WRGB-TV Niskayuna, NY |
Cahokia School Junket KMOV-TV St. Louis, MO |
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Reporting: Sports | The Ben Weber Story WEHT-TV Evansville, IN |
Soccer Safety Ignored WTSP-TV St. Petersburg, FL |
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Use of Video | Collett’s Compilation KTUL-TV Tulsa, OK |
Michael DelGiudice WNBC-TV New York, NY |
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Writing | Burt Mummolo KTUL-TV Tulsa, OK |
Boyd Huppert KARE-TV Minneapolis, MN |
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Website | KGUN9.com KGUN-TV Tucson, AZ |
8NewsNow.com KLAS-TV Las Vegas, NV |