RTDNA Announces 2023 Region 6 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 6 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 6 comprises Oklahoma and Texas.
Regional winners automatically advance to the national competition, winners of which will be announced in August.
Congratulations to this year's winners! Learn how to promote your win here.
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Breaking News Coverage
Seminole Tornado
KOCO-TV
Oklahoma City, OK
Continuing Coverage
Telling the Stories of the Uvalde Community
Spectrum News 1 Texas
Austin, TX
Digital
KXAN Investigates – kxan.com
KXAN
Austin, TX
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Taking Back Gulfton
ABC13 Houston
Houston, TX
Excellence in Innovation
Medical Debt Lawsuits: A Catalyst Project
KXAN (in partnership with ClearHealthCosts)
Austin, TX
Excellence in Video
The Big Picture
WFAA
Dallas, TX
Excellence in Writing
Kevin Reece — Arley, R.B. and Sophie
WFAA
Dallas, TX
Feature Reporting
Finding Arley
WFAA
Dallas, TX
Hard News
Tribal Baby
KFOR TV
Oklahoma City, OK
Investigative Reporting
Medical Debt Lawsuits: A Catalyst Project
KXAN (in partnership with ClearHealthCosts)
Austin, TX
News Documentary
Dying for Answers
KWTV
Oklahoma City, OK
News Series
23 Days
ABC13 Houston
Houston, TX
Newscast
Heights High School Hoax
ABC13 Houston
Houston, TX
Podcast
Immigration Podcast
WOAI/KABB
San Antonio, TX
Sports Reporting
'This Almost Didn't Happen'
WFAA
Dallas, TX
Overall Excellence
WFAA
WFAA
Dallas, TX
Breaking News Coverage
Terror at Tulsa Hospital
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK
Continuing Coverage
Abandoned Wells in West Texas
KOSA
Odessa, TX
Digital
Gonzalo Lopez Investigation
KBTX
Bryan TX
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Oldest African American Church in Abilene Celebrates 137 Years of Service and Community
KTAB/KRBC
Abilene, TX
Excellence in Innovation
Gonzalo Lopez Investigation
KBTX
Bryan TX
Excellence in Video
Restoring the River
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK
Excellence in Writing
Simon Writes Stories
KRIS TV
Corpus Christi, TX
Feature Reporting
'A Warm, Fuzzy Red, White and Blue Hug'
KRIS TV
Corpus Christi, TX
Hard News
Girl Scout Murders: Evidence & Answers
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK
Investigative Reporting
Undone
KVIA ABC-7
El Paso, TX
News Documentary
Summer of '42: The Coastal Bend Goes to War
KRIS TV
Corpus Christi, TX
News Series
956 Vanished
KVEO
Brownsville-Harlingen-McAllen, TX
Newscast
News On 6 at 9: Terror at Tulsa Hospital
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK
Podcast
Borderland Crimes - 'We Want to Find Her Body': The Disappearance and Death of Erika Gaytan
KVIA ABC-7
El Paso, TX
Sports Reporting
From Child Slave to Running Free
KJRH
Tulsa, OK
Overall Excellence
KBTX News 3
KBTX
Bryan TX
Breaking News Coverage
December 2022 DFW Tornado Outbreak
KRLD Newsradio 1080
Dallas, TX
Continuing Coverage
Continuing Coverage of the Uvalde School Shooting
Texas Public Radio (in partnership with The Texas Newsroom)
San Antonio, TX
Digital
KUT Digital Entries
KUT-FM
Austin, TX
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Enduring Gap
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX
Excellence in Innovation
Latino Voter Engagement Project
Texas Public Radio (in partnership with The Texas Newsroom)
San Antonio, TX
Excellence in Sound
Mariachi Extravaganza: Meet the Competitors in this Year’s ‘Mariachi Super Bowl’
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX
Excellence in Writing
The Complicated Legacy of César Chávez
Texas Standard
Austin, TX
Feature Reporting
Searching for Sam Houston’s Mysterious Graveside Visitor
Texas Standard
Austin, TX
Hard News
Pace of Harris County Home Buyouts Slower than Hoped for after Hurricane Harvey
Houston Public Media
Houston, TX
Investigative Reporting
The Cutoff
Texas Standard
Austin, TX
News Documentary
Below the Waterlines: Houston after Hurricane Harvey
Houston Public Media
Houston, TX
News Series
Your Teachers Are Not Okay
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX
Newscast
February 2022 Winter Weather Cripples DFW
KRLD Newsradio 1080
Dallas, TX
Podcast
The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout
KUT-FM
Austin, TX
Sports Reporting
Sandlot Baseball Grows in Austin, Attracting its Own All-Stars
KUT-FM
Austin, TX
Overall Excellence
Texas Public Radio News
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX
Continuing Coverage
The Blackwell School's Path to Becoming a National Historic Site
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Digital
Marfa Public Radio's Digital Coverage
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Midland: Our City, Our Stories
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Excellence in Innovation
So Far from Care
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Excellence in Sound
As Droughts Continue across the State, Texas Ranchers Try to Keep Up with Rising Prices
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Excellence in Writing
In West Texas, a Boom in Earthquakes Alongside a Boom in Oil Drilling
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Feature Reporting
Marijuana on the State Line
KTEP
El Paso, TX
Hard News
Military Uses Training, Tests New Virtual Reality Tool to Prevent Suicides
KTEP
El Paso, TX
News Documentary
25 Years Later, Presidio and Redford Remember Esequiel Hernandez Jr.
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Newscast
WTAW Newscast, 11/25/22 at 6:05 a.m.
WTAW
Bryan-College Station, TX
Overall Excellence
WTAW
WTAW
Bryan-College Station, TX