Edward R. Murrow Awards
RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow’s pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession. In 2009, 540 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards were handed out and of those 540, 79 went on to win National Edward R. Murrow Awards.
We encourage you to enter your best work and be honored with an Edward R. Murrow Award.
New in 2010!
--Online News Organizations are welcome to enter any of the categories. This means that audio and video that appeared exclusively online is eligible to win in each of the categories. Entrants will be identified as Small Market Radio Station, Large Market Radio Station, Radio Network/Syndication Service/Program, Small Market Television Station, Large Market Television Station, Television Network/Syndication Service/Program and Online News Organization. Click here for specifics on each of these designations.
--All entries must be submitted online. All accompanying media must be uploaded. DVDs/CDs will not be accepted. If the accompanying media can be found online, links to that media can be provided for judging. However, that media is subject to the same entry requirement as if it were uploaded --i.e. if the entry media provided goes over the time limit, the entry will be disqualified. For specifics on each category, click here. For technical requirements for upload, click here.
--Upon completion, instructions to upload your entries will be emailed to the address on file of the person entering. If technical assistance is needed, please submit a trouble ticket to deal with technical personnel directly.
--Time limits for some categories have changed. All the time limits will be on each of the individual category pages or, for all the specifics for each award in one document, click here.
Questions?
Stacey Staniak - category questions, general questions
staceys@rtnda.org
202.467.5214
Tara Sheehan - technical assistance, membership questions
taras@rtnda.org
202.834.1270
Calendar
February 17, 2010
The deadline for entries to be submitted and media uploaded.
April 2010
Regional Edward R. Murrow Winners Announced
June 2010
National Edward R. Murrow Winners Announced
October 2010
RTDNA Awards Dinner in New York
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Wolf Blitzer and the "Department of Jihad" on CNN
As documented and shown by blogger Glenn Greenwald today, Wolf Blitzer covered the campaign by Liz Cheney's organization to tar Justice Department lawyers as Al Qaeda sympathizers with screen teasers reading, "Dept. of Jihad?", "Al Qaeda 7", and "Are Justice Dept. Lawyers Disloyal?"
Liz Cheney's campaign is almost a direct script from Senator Joe McCarthy's rant about "210 card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the Department of State". It is more than reprehensible that Wolf Blitzer, a former recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award would besmirch that name by doing exactly what Edward R. Murrow defied Alcoa and his superiors to stop: A political smear campaign based on innuendo attacking government and other workers by impugning their patriotism.
I demand that you ask Mr. Blitzer to return the award, and ask him for an apology.
How far you have fallen.
By ondelette on Mar 04 2010
Wolf Blitzer
I second the remarks of the previous writer. CNN\'s Wolf Blitzer has disgraced his profession, and seems determined to debase American journalism with each gimmicky, irresponsible report or interview he does. How does such a man merit an award named after Murrow, who wasn\'t ashamed to display integrity and intelligence in his work? What could this award possibly have to a future recipient if the bar is set so low?
By Mark on Mar 04 2010
Third against Wolf Blitzer
If Edward R. Murrow was offered this award and he learnt that one of its recipients was Wolf Blitzer, he probably would not have accepted it.
For shame! Shame!
By Louis on Mar 05 2010
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