NBC News Wins Fourth Consecutive EDWARD R. MURROW Award
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 12, 2012
The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the 2012 National Edward R. Murrow Award winners. The awards honor excellence in electronic journalism. For the fourth consecutive year, NBC News won the Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence in the network television grouping. NBC News also won National Murrows for Video Newscast and Writing.
In the same television grouping, ABC News earned three Murrow Awards in 2012 – for Video Breaking News Coverage, Video Continuing Coverage and Video Reporting: Hard News.
CBS News took the awards for Video Feature Reporting and Video Investigative Reporting in the network television grouping.
In all, 67 news organizations are being honored with 99 awards, a partial list of winners follows. For complete list of winners and to view winning entries, click here!
Television Network/Syndication Service
Overall Excellence
NBC News
Overall Excellence
Video Breaking News Coverage
ABC News
Target bin Laden: The Death of Public Enemy #1
Video Continuing Coverage
ABC News
Gabrielle Giffords
Video Feature Reporting
CBS News
60 Minutes: The Gardens of the Queen
Video Reporting: Hard News
ABC News
World News with Diane Sawyer, A Cry For Help: Famine in Somalia
Video Investigative Reporting
CBS News
The CBS Evening News: Gunwalker
Video News Documentary
CNBC
Billions Behind Bars: Inside America's Prison Industry
Video News Series
CNN
Homs: City Under Siege
Video Newscast
NBC News
Blown Away: Southern Tornadoes
Video Sports Reporting
ESPN
E:60 Angel in the Outfield
Use of Video
CNN
Joplin Gawker
Website
CNBC
CNBC.com
Writing
NBC News
American Story with Bob Dotson
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