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 15, 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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