In addition to six awards for the television news division, ABC News Radio won two Edward R. Murrow awards today. ABC News president David Westin sent a note to the staff a few minutes ago:
…we won the Murrow for Overall Excellence, based on one of our World News broadcasts, Diane’s work for GMA overseas and her reporting for 20/20 in Camden, NJ; Terry Moran and Nightline’s coverage of VA Tech; Robin Roberts’ series on breast cancer; Jim Sciutto’s work in Myanmar; Bill Weir’s Key to the World series; and Bill Blakemore’s reporting on the global warming crisis in the Arctic.
The entire note, after the jump…
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From: Westin, David
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:21 PM
To: #ABCTV News ALL
Subject: Murrow Awards
I’m pleased and proud to report that today the RTNDA announced that ABC News has won eight Edward R. Murrow Awards. Taken as a whole, virtually every one of our programs was recognized. And we won the Murrow for Overall Excellence, based on one of our World News broadcasts, Diane’s work for GMA overseas and her reporting for 20/20 in Camden, NJ; Terry Moran and Nightline’s coverage of VA Tech; Robin Roberts’ series on breast cancer; Jim Sciutto’s work in Myanmar; Bill Weir’s Key to the World series; and Bill Blakemore’s reporting on the global warming crisis in the Arctic.
In addition to the Overall Excellence Award, we received individual recognition for:
World News
Hard News/Feature Reporting
Dan Harris for “Children of War”
World News
Videography
Key to the World: Kiribati
ABC News Radio
Continuing Coverage
“Massacre at VA Tech”
ABC News Radio
Sports Reporting
Aaron Katersky for “A Reason to Cheer”
Bob Woodruff Reports
Documentary
“To Iraq and Back”
Good Morning America
Spot News
Chris Cuomo and Dan Harris for “Minneapolis Bridge Collapse”
20/20
Investigative Reporting
Brian Ross for “Prescription for Error”
Congratulations to all who contributed to these distinguished efforts.