RTDNA Announces 2023 Region 9 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 9 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 9 comprises Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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
December Tornado Outbreak
WDSU
New Orleans, LA
Continuing Coverage
Sinful Situation: Housing Horrors
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Digital
WWL-TV Digital
WWL-TV
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
New Isle
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Innovation
WVUE Live Drone Coverage
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Video
Shifting Stewardship
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Writing
Bill Wood says, 'Write this Way, Please.'
WGNO-TV
New Orleans, LA
Feature Reporting
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Cleanliness
WGNO-TV
New Orleans, LA
Hard News
Critical Mission
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Investigative Reporting
Drained
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
News Documentary
Wounded City
WWL-TV
New Orleans, LA
News Series
Ida Strikes
WWL-TV
New Orleans, LA
Newscast
WVTM Newscast
WVTM13 News
Birmingham, AL
Sports Reporting
Ida Strikes
WWL-TV
New Orleans, LA
Overall Excellence
WVUE
WVUE
New Orleans, LA
Breaking News Coverage
Nursing Home Evacuated Due to Flash Flooding
WAPT
Jackson, MS
Continuing Coverage
No Power, No Water, No Hope at Big Country Chateau
THV11
Little Rock, AR
Digital
Taylor Parker Trial
KTAL
Shreveport, LA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
LSU African & African American Studies
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Excellence in Video
Critical Mass
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Excellence in Writing
Caitrin Assaf: Courage, Compassion, and 'Cash'
KARK 4/FOX 16
Little Rock, AR
Feature Reporting
Letters to Nurses
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Hard News
Critical Mass
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Investigative Reporting
Holding Louisiana State Police Accountable
WBRZ TV
Baton Rouge, LA
News Documentary
Lasting Impact
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
News Series
Baton Rouge Crime: Stories & the Numbers
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Newscast
WPMI NBC 15
WPMI NBC 15
Mobile, AL
Podcast
County Road 41
KARK 4/FOX 16
Little Rock, AR
Sports Reporting
Future of Dickey-Stephens
KATV
Little Rock, AR
Overall Excellence
WAPT
WAPT
Jackson, MS
Continuing Coverage
Reproductive Rights in the Deep South
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Digital
Sean Payton Steps Down as Head Coach of the New Orleans Saints
WWL Radio
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
After Years in a Museum Exhibit, Alabama Is Giving Native Americans Their Cultural Items Back
Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM, MPB and WWNO)
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Innovation
Louisiana School for the Deaf
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Writing
From Pig Ears to Vegan Food, Jackson’s Oldest Black Business District Finds New Life
Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM, MPB and WWNO)
New Orleans, LA
Feature Reporting
How 3 Gulf South Country Stores Are Adapting to High Inflation
Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM, MPB and WWNO)
New Orleans, LA
Hard News
Privacy Researcher Worries About a ‘Scenario Where Everyone is a Sheriff’ Post-Roe
Recorded Future News (in partnership with Gulf States Newsroom)
Birmingham, AL
Investigative Reporting
The Imbalanced Scales of Immigration Justice
Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM, MPB and WWNO)
New Orleans, LA
Podcast
The Thanh Report Podcast
WWL Radio
New Orleans, LA
Sports Reporting
Deion Sanders Has Ushered in a New Era of HBCU Football. Will the SWAC Capitalize on It?
Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM, MPB and WWNO)
New Orleans, LA
Continuing Coverage
LGBTQ Laws
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Mississippi Edition - 2022 Confederate Memorial Day
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jackson, MS
Excellence in Sound
'Hello, I’m Johnny Cash': His Arrest in Starkville Impact the Legacy for Both the Singer and City
WMSV-FM
Starkville, MS
Excellence in Writing
No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama
Alabama Public Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
Feature Reporting
Alabama Gray Bat Summer Cave
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Hard News
Teens Say Birmingham’s Gun Violence Takes a Heavy Toll
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
News Documentary
No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama
Alabama Public Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
News Series
No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama
Alabama Public Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
Newscast
September 28, 2022 Newscast
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Podcast
Deliberate Indifference
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Sports Reporting
What is Korfball? A Look into the World Games Sport and Birmingham
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL