RTDNA Announces 2024 Region 8 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 8 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 8 comprises Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
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
The Covenant School Shooting
WTVF-Nashville NewsChannel 5
Nashville, TN
Continuing Coverage
Who Failed Ariel Rose
WZTV FOX 17 News
Nashville, TN
Digital
WCNC Online: Facts, Depth and Context
WCNC-TV
Charlotte, NC
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ghosts in the Stadium
WRAL News
Raleigh, NC
Excellence in Innovation
WCNC Bringing Weather to Life
WCNC-TV
Charlotte, NC
Excellence in Video
A Hero's Heart
WSMV
Nashville, TN
Excellence in Writing
Maureen Wurtz
WJZY Queen City News
Charlotte, NC
Feature Reporting
From Drug House to Recovery House
WAVE
Louisville, KY
Hard News
Uncovering the Crime
WSMV
Nashville, TN
Investigative Reporting
Patient Dumping Probe
WAVE
Louisville, KY
News Documentary
Caitlin Can Remember
WGHP-TV
Greensboro, NC
News Series
Kids and Crime
WREG-TV
Memphis, TN
Newscast
Eyewitness News at 6: Southpark Fire
WSOC
Charlotte, NC
Podcast
Monster Coming Out
WSMV
Nashville, TN
Sports Reporting
They're Getting a Leader
WDRB News
Louisville, KY
Overall Excellence
WHAS11 Louisville
WHAS-TV
Louisville, KY
Breaking News Coverage
Regal Apartments Fire
WCHS
Charleston, WV
Continuing Coverage
False Security
WSAZ
Charleston-Huntington, WV
Digital
WKYT News
WKYT
Lexington, KY
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Cross Burning in Conway
WMBF
Myrtle Beach, SC
Excellence in Innovation
A Tennessee Waltz: Ray Blanton’s Last Dance
WVLT
Knoxville, TN
Excellence in Video
Painting the Preserve
WPDE ABC15
Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC
Excellence in Writing
Pat Simon Storytelling
WOWK
Charleston, WV
Feature Reporting
The Story of Jamestown
WMBF
Myrtle Beach, SC
Hard News
The Story of Serial Rapist Charles Woods
WCHS
Charleston, WV
Investigative Reporting
The Secret Next Door
WSAZ
Charleston-Huntington, WV
News Documentary
A Tennessee Waltz: Ray Blanton’s Last Dance
WVLT
Knoxville, TN
News Series
False Security
WSAZ
Charleston-Huntington, WV
Newscast
Scott County Sheriff's Deputy Murdered 11pm Newscast May 22nd, 2023
Lex 18
Lexington, KY
Podcast
1on1 with Jon Evans - 'Righting the Wrong from 1968: Williston’s Legacy Graduation'
WECT-TV
Wilmington, NC
Sports Reporting
A Mental Game
WKYT
Lexington, KY
Overall Excellence
WVLT News
WVLT
Knoxville, TN
Breaking News Coverage
UNC-Chapel Hill Shooting
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Continuing Coverage
Legal Loopholes: THC Products for Sale
WFAE
Charlotte, NC
Digital
WUNC Digital
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Let's Talk About It: Skills for Better Conversation
88.5 WFDD
Winston-Salem, NC
Excellence in Sound
On Game Day vs. Duke, a UNC Fanatic Tagged Along with Rameses, the Tar Heels' Live Mascot
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Excellence in Writing
A Look Back at Winston-Salem’s Costly and Controversial Hydroponic Greenhouse Project
88.5 WFDD
Winston-Salem, NC
Feature Reporting
Alive Day
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Hard News
North Carolina Considers New Casinos as Money Flows Across Virginia Border
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Investigative Reporting
How Tennessee’s Justice System Allows Dangerous People to Keep Guns — with Deadly Outcomes
Nashville Public Radio
Nashville, TN
News Series
In Focus: Corridors of Opportunity
WFAE
Charlotte, NC
Newscast
WUNC Newscast
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Podcast
Embodied's 'Mixed' Episode
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Sports Reporting
North Carolina Moves to Ban Trans Girls from School Sports
WFAE
Charlotte, NC
Overall Excellence
WFAE News
WFAE
Charlotte, NC
Breaking News Coverage
Regal Apartment Fire
WCHS-MetroNews
Charleston, WV
Continuing Coverage
Continuing Coverage of JCPS' Transportation Meltdown
Louisville Public Media
Louisville, KY
Digital
Eastern Standard
WEKU
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Us & Them: The ‘Toxic Stew’ Of School Discipline
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Charleston, WV
Excellence in Innovation
We Tried to Drive a JCPS Bus Route. Here’s How it Went.
Louisville Public Media
Louisville, KY
Excellence in Sound
The Magical Mating Display of a Special Firefly Species
WUOT
Knoxville, TN
Excellence in Writing
Kentucky Arts and Culture - Cheri Lawson
WEKU
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Feature Reporting
Battle of Richmond
WEKU
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Hard News
Lexington Council Asked to Take a Stand
WUKY
Lexington, KY
Investigative Reporting
'Secret Sauce' Expired: The Ramada Inn Conversion for Asheville's Unhoused
Blue Ridge Public Radio
Asheville, NC
News Documentary
Dirty Business
Louisville Public Media
Louisville, KY
News Series
How Merger Reshaped Louisville
Louisville Public Media
Louisville, KY
Newscast
The West Virginia Morning News
WCHS-MetroNews
Charleston, WV
Podcast
Us & Them: Compassion Fatigue
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Charleston, WV
Sports Reporting
A Very Special Olympics
WUKY
Lexington, KY