RTDNA Announces 2024 Region 6 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

Awards,

Murrow 2024

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.


Region 6 Murrow Award Winners
Television | Large Market Radio | Large Market       
Television | Small Market Radio | Small Market       

Television | Large Market
Breaking News Coverage

Hoax Call at OU
KOCO-TV
Oklahoma City, OK

Continuing Coverage

Coffee City Police
KHOU
Houston, TX

Digital

One Year In: Uvalde
KSAT
San Antonio, TX

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Juneteenth 2023: The Freedom to Learn
KHOU
Houston, TX

Excellence in Innovation

TxTag Troubles: A Viewer-Driven Investigation
KXAN News
Austin, TX

Excellence in Video

OutLaw: A Half-Century Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Texans
KXAN News
Austin, TX

Excellence in Writing

Noel, Wyndi, and a Little Christmas Spirit
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Feature Reporting

My Biggest Fear
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Hard News

A Story of Exploration
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Investigative Reporting

Broken Trust
WFAA
Dallas, TX

News Documentary

Let Us Die
WFAA
Dallas, TX

News Series

Driven to Death
NBC5 KXAS-TV
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Newscast

KHOU 11 Morning News
KHOU
Houston, TX

Podcast

Y'all-itics: The Battle Over Immigration
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Sports Reporting

Transcending Time
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Overall Excellence

WFAA
WFAA
Dallas, TX

Television | Small Market

Breaking News Coverage

Southeast Texas Wildfires
KBMT-TV
Beaumont, TX

Continuing Coverage

Covering the Texas Border
KTLM
McAllen, TX

Digital

KRISTV.com
KRIS
Corpus Christi, TX

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Sherman High School Theater Controversy
KXII
Sherman, TX

Excellence in Video

Reign of Terror: Film Shows Life 100 Years Ago
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK

Feature Reporting

From Prison to Peace
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK

Hard News

End of Watch
KCBD-TV
Lubbock, TX

Investigative Reporting

A Questionable Call
KVEO
Harlingen, TX

News Documentary

Reign of Terror
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK

News Series

Reign of Terror
KOTV/News On 6
Tulsa, OK

Newscast

Uvalde: Antes y Despues
KTLM
McAllen, TX

Podcast

Borderland Crimes: The Final Punishment - An Eyewitness Account of a Killer’s Execution
KVIA
El Paso, TX

Sports Reporting

El Gran Regreso
KTLM
McAllen, TX

Overall Excellence

Noticias Telemundo 40: Never Ending Breaking Stories
KTLM
McAllen, TX

Radio | Large Market
Breaking News Coverage

Shooting at the State Fair of Texas 
NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Dallas, TX

Continuing Coverage

The Border Buoys: Abbott v. Biden
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Digital

Pumped: Food, Fuel and the Future of Texas
Texas Standard
Austin, TX

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Less than 1% of U.S. Therapists are Native American. One Texas Group is Working to Fill the Gaps
KERA
Dallas, TX

Excellence in Innovation

JFK: 60 Years to the Moment
NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Dallas, TX

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

The Goatman of Old Alton Bridge
Texas Standard
Austin, TX

Hard News

Up-Close Look at Gov. Greg Abbott’s Floating Wall in the Rio Grande
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Investigative Reporting

Austinites in the Path of Wider I-35 Prepare to be Pushed Out
KUT
Austin, TX

News Documentary

Plains, Trains, and Automobiles: Evading the Texas Abortion Ban
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

News Series

Calibre 60
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Newscast

TPR Noticias al Día 12/21/23
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Podcast

Sugar Land
The Texas Newsroom
Austin, TX

Sports Reporting

Wembymania Takes Over San Antonio 
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Overall Excellence

KRLD
NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Dallas, TX

Radio | Small Market
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A Stranger in Your Own Home
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Excellence in Innovation

Marfa For Beginners
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Excellence in Writing

Descendants of El Polvo’s Founding Families Gather on the Border to Celebrate their History
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Hard News

In West Texas, a Budding Pipeline Fight Highlights Activists’ Changing Tactics
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Investigative Reporting

Toyah Residents Struggle to Access Clean Drinking Water as Boil Water Notice Stretches on for Years
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

News Series

Toyah Residents Struggle to Access Clean Drinking Water as Boil Water Notice Stretches on for Years
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Podcast

So Far From Care
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX

Overall Excellence

Marfa Public Radio
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX