Public Media Claims 43 RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Awards

Public media news organizations won 43 National Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2024, which were bestowed by the Radio Television Digital News Association for outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism. NPR led with eight awards in the Network Radio categories, as public radio stations dominated the Small Market and Large Market categories, claiming 27 of the 32 awards.

Winning reporting ran the gamut, from an NPR interview with an Iraqi man describing the lasting impact of being held at the Abu Ghraib prison to Maine Public’s breaking news about the Lewiston mass shooting to an Alaska Public Media feature on Dale Marshall, the pumpkin-growing king of the Alaska State Fair.

FRONTLINE won two awards, for its Oscar-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a partnership with the Associated Press, and “Inside the Uvalde Response,” a partnership with ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. Wisconsin PBS won two awards in the small market television category, for "Wisconsin in Black & White," a look at systemic racism in Wisconsin, and "Jack the Magnificent," a feature story on a miniature horse who brings joy to residents in Eau Claire.

“These awards affirm the excellence of public media's fact-based journalism, both locally and nationally, and the value of public media to an informed and engaged citizenry,” said Kathy Merritt, CPB senior vice president, Radio, Journalism and CSG Services. “This reporting demonstrates public media's longstanding commitment to serving their communities, and CPB is proud to help make this reporting possible.”  

Winners will be honored at an October 14 gala in New York City.

Network Television

• Feature Documentary: 20 Days in Mariupol, FRONTLINE (PBS) and The Associated Press
• News Documentary: Inside the Uvalde Response, FRONTLINE (PBS), ProPublica, and The Texas Tribune

Network Radio

• Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Racial Reconciliation at Arlington House, NPR
• Excellence in Sound: We Were Interviewing a Palestinian Farmer. Then the Drone and Soldiers Appeared, NPR
• Feature Reporting: One Man, One Song: Coping with Grief and Pushing Boundaries in Post-Lockdown China, NPR
• Hard News: 20 Years after Abu Ghraib, NPR
• Investigative Reporting: Taking Cover, NPR
• News Series: The Birmingham Movement at 60, NPR
• Podcast: White Lies: The Men on the Roof, NPR
• Sports Reporting: Whitewater Rafting is Roaring Back to Life in California After Years of Drought, KVPR (Fresno) and NPR

Large Market Radio 

• Continuing Coverage: Seeking Shelter, WBUR, Boston
• Digital: Field Guide to Boston, WBUR, Boston
• Excellence in Innovation: Elections 2023 Digital Coverage, WHYY News, Philadelphia
  Excellence in Sound: Noise Concerns Amplify as I-35 Expansion in Central Austin Nears, KUT, Austin, TX
• Excellence in Writing: They Come Knocking: A Group of Crows has Visited the Same East Austin Library for Years, KUT, Austin, TX
• Feature Reporting: Alive Day, North Carolina Public Radio WUNC, Raleigh-Durham, NC
• Investigative Reporting: Utility Bill of the Month, Gulf States Newsroom, New Orleans
• News Documentary: A Year Since Club Q, Colorado Public Radio, Denver
• News Series: Investigation: Fulton's Property Tax Collection Ensnares Black Families' Homes and Wealth, WABE News - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
• Podcast: The Gun Machine, WBUR and The Trace, Boston
• Sports Reporting: Pickleball is Growing. Is Seattle Ready?, KUOW, Seattle
• Overall Excellence: KNKX Newsroom, Seattle

Small Market Television

• Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Wisconsin in Black & White, PBS Wisconsin, Madison
  Feature Reporting, Jack the Magnificent, PBS Wisconsin, Madison

Small Market Radio

• Breaking News Coverage: Lewiston Mass Shooting, Maine Public Radio, Portland
• Continuing Coverage: The Pajaro Flood: A Preventable Disaster, 90.3 KAZU, Monterey, CA
• Digital: WUFT News Multiplatform Reporting, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL
• Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Points North: Complete With His Language – Kenny Pheasant and the Great Lakes' Original Tongue, Interlochen Public Radio, Traverse City, MI
• Excellence in Innovation: Marfa for Beginners, Marfa Public Radio, Marfa, TX
• Excellence in Sound, A Pennsylvania Man Saw the True Power of Atomic Annie, WITF, Harrisburg, PA
• Excellence in Writing, It’s not a Record but Dale Marshall Shows Why He’s the Undisputed Giant of Alaska’s Pumpkin Patch, Alaska Public Media, Anchorage
• Feature Reporting: Aboard a Small Plane, This Maui Pilot Takes Animal Rescues to New Heights, Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu
• Hard News, After Botched Executions, Alabama Will Try Lethal Injection Again, WBHM 90.3, Birmingham, AL
• Investigative Reporting: DA Charges Former Ashland Massage Therapist with Sexual Abuse, Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR
• News Documentary: Dirty Business, Louisville Public Media, Louisville, KY
• News Series: Toyah Residents Struggle to Access Clean Drinking Water as Boil Water Notice Stretches on for Years, Marfa Public Radio, Marfa, TX
• Podcast: Thirst Gap: Learning to Live with Less on the Colorado River, KUNC, Fort Collins-Greeley, CO
• Sports Reporting: Dirt Track Racing in Akwesasne, North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY
• Overall Excellence: NCPR North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY

Small Digital Newsroom

• Investigative Reporting: Toxic Labor, Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and Futuro Media

Student

• Audio Feature Reporting, Changes are Coming to Seattle Public Schools' Sex Education Courses, KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media, University of Washington
• Audio Hard News, Mason Galemore, WKMS, Murray State University
• Video Hard News, Inside ICAC, WUFT News, University of Florida

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