RTDNA Announces 2024 Region 7 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 7 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 7 comprises Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
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
Charter Bus Crash
WBNS 10TV
Columbus, OH
Continuing Coverage
Chicago's Migrant Crisis
WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago
Chicago, IL
Digital
CBS 2 News
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Investigating Injustice: Black Women at Risk
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Excellence in Innovation
Going Vertical for a Purpose
WEWS
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Video
Backyard Glass
WTHR
Indianapolis, IN
Excellence in Writing
CBS 2 News Writes
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Feature Reporting
Dragon Boat Survivors
WJW-TV
Cleveland, OH
Hard News
Former Powerful Alderman Convicted in Corruption Trial
WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago
Chicago, IL
Investigative Reporting
Tarnished Badge
WXYZ-TV
Detroit, MI
News Documentary
Does Line 5 Threaten Great Lakes?
WDIV
Detroit, MI
News Series
Tylenol Murders: The Untold Stories & Unseen FBI Tapes
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Newscast
CBS 2 News at 6: Hope And Healing
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Podcast
Dark Side of the Land
WOIO-TV
Cleveland, OH
Sports Reporting
Chasing 1975
WCPO
Cincinnati, OH
Overall Excellence
CBS 2 News
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Breaking News Coverage
Mass Shooting at MSU
WLNS TV
Lansing, MI
Continuing Coverage
When Justice Becomes an Injustice
WTOL-11
Toledo, OH
Digital
13 Action News
WTVG 13ABC
Toledo, OH
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Waukegan's Woes
Illinois Public Media
Urbana, IL
Excellence in Innovation
13 Action News Now
WTVG 13ABC
Toledo, OH
Excellence in Video
The Great Cabsby
WEEK-TV
Peoria, IL
Excellence in Writing
Excellence in Writing: Deron Molen
WAND TV
Champaign-Decatur-Springfield, IL
Feature Reporting
Geezer Happy Hour - Notes of Joy
WKAR Public Media
Lansing, MI
Hard News
Jayden's Law
WNEM
Saginaw-Flint, MI
Investigative Reporting
Up in Smoke
WTOL-11
Toledo, OH
News Documentary
Navigating the Great Lakes
WLUC-TV
Marquette, MI
News Series
The Hunt for Nancy's Killer
WTOL-11
Toledo, OH
Newscast
Deadly School Bus Crash
WHIO-TV
Dayton, OH
Podcast
Missing Erica Baker: The Search Continues
WKEF/WRGT
Dayton, OH
Sports Reporting
Endurance: The Recovery of Amber Johnson
WAND TV
Champaign-Decatur-Springfield, IL
Overall Excellence
13 Action News
WTVG 13ABC
Toledo, OH
Breaking News Coverage
Major Flooding at Detroit Metro Airport
WWJ Newsradio 950
Detroit, MI
Continuing Coverage
A Year of Transition: The Migrant Dilemma in Chicago
WBBM Newsradio Chicago
Chicago, IL
Digital
Chicago Mayoral Election 2023
WBEZ Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago, IL
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Living for We Podcast
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Innovation
2023 Indiana Legislative Session Bill Tracker
Indiana Public Broadcasting News
Indianapolis, IN
Excellence in Sound
Unspooling Cleveland’s Industrial Film and Musical History
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Writing
Barriers to Health Care
WBEZ Chicago and Mental Health Parity Collaborative
Chicago, IL
Feature Reporting
Who Wants to Get Married in Hell? These Couples Say 'I Do!'
Michigan Public
Detroit, MI
Hard News
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s Polarizing Legacy Lingers 10 Years After Conviction
WDET-FM
Detroit, MI
Investigative Reporting
People Called for Help Outside a Closed Cleveland ER. 911 Dispatchers Couldn't Understand Them
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
News Documentary
Ohio After Roe
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
News Series
The Fight for Education in Porter County
WFYI
Indianapolis, IN
Newscast
WWJ Morning Drive - Shooting at Michigan State University
WWJ Newsradio 950
Detroit, MI
Podcast
When Magic Happens
WBEZ Chicago
Chicago, IL
Sports Reporting
50 Years and Counting, Cleveland Shows it's Still a Champ in the World of Wrestling
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Overall Excellence
WWJ Newsradio 950
WWJ Newsradio 950
Detroit, MI
Breaking News Coverage
Illinois Derecho
Illinois Public Media
Urbana, IL
Continuing Coverage
Tornadoes Devastate Parts of Indiana, Killing at Least 3 People
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Digital
WFIU News
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Points North: Complete With His Language – Kenny Pheasant and the Great Lakes' Original Tongue
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Excellence in Innovation
WFIU News
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Excellence in Sound
Lansing Cyclists Pave the Path to a Safer Biking Network
WKAR Public Media
Lansing, MI
Excellence in Writing
Points North: Rock Rehab
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Feature Reporting
Points North: We Got Jellyfish!
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Hard News
Rural Electric Customers Face Challenges with Prolonged Power Outages
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Investigative Reporting
Investigation: Autopsy Results Show Death Row Inmates Did Not Die 'Peacefully'
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
News Documentary
Points North: No Ice is Safe Ice
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
News Series
It Happens Here: One Woman's Experience with Human Trafficking in Kalamazoo
WMUK-FM
Kalamazoo, MI
Newscast
April 17, 2023 WFIU News Morning Newscast
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Podcast
Rush to Kill
WFIU/WTIU
Bloomington, IN
Sports Reporting
Powerlifters Build Comradery
Tri States Public Radio
Macomb, IL
Overall Excellence
WGLT
WGLT-FM
Normal, IL