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Canadian TV & radio dominate regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Bell Media has come away with a leading 13 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, announced today by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). Honouring outstanding achievement in electronic journalism since 1971, the awards demonstrate the spirit of excellence Murrow set as a standard for the profession.

With the exception of two categories, Canadian news outlets swept the International division this year with CTV News recognized in eight categories, while Toronto’s Newstalk 1010 (CFRB-AM) won five awards, including the Large Market honour for Best Breaking News Coverage, Continuing News Coverage, Feature Reporting, Hard News, and Best Newscast for the station’s coverage the morning after the Toronto Raptors’ NBA Championship win.

Global News earned five awards with Crime Beat, which originates out of Global Calgary, notably taking the Best Podcast category.

Rogers’ news radio stations came away with four awards, including two for Vancouver’s News 1130 (CKWX-AM) which was recognized in the Multimedia category and for its News Series ‘Still Fighting’ on the Vancouver Pride movement. 680 News (CFTR-AM) Toronto won the award for Overall Excellence (Large Market Radio).

CBC Toronto won in two categories, Excellence in Social Media and TV Feature Reporting (Large Market).

Regional honourees will now go on to be judged at the national level, with winners announced later this year.

Small Market Radio
Newscast
Waterloo Region goes Red
570News
Kitchener, ON
Small Market Television
Overall Excellence
CTV Kitchener
Kitchener, ON
Breaking News Coverage
Fire destroys historic Victoria hotel
CTV Vancouver Island
Victoria, BC
News Documentary
Still Searching: The Disappearance of Mekayla Bali
Global Regina
Regina, SK
News Series
Postcards from Juno
CTV Barrie
Barrie, ON
Newscast
Getting On Track
CTV Kitchener
Kitchener, ON
Sports Reporting
Bonding over Baseball
CTV London
London, ON
Large Market Radio
Overall Excellence
680 NEWS
Toronto, ON
Breaking News Coverage
Toronto Raptors Parade and Shooting
NEWSTALK1010
Toronto, ON
Continuing Coverage
Trudeau Blackface Bombshell
NEWSTALK1010
Toronto, ON
Feature Reporting
Light from Darkness: Work of an OPP Child Exploitation Investigator
NEWSTALK1010
Toronto, ON
Hard News
Conversation with a Killer: The Alek Minassian Police Statement
NEWSTALK1010
Toronto, ON
Multimedia
CityNews1130.com
NEWS 1130 & CityNews Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
News Series
Still Fighting
NEWS 1130
Vancouver, BC
Newscast
The Morning After: Raptors Win
NEWSTALK1010
Toronto, ON
Large Market Television
Overall Excellence
Global News BC
Vancouver, BC
Breaking News Coverage
Australia on Fire
Channel 7 Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC
Continuing Coverage
Discreditable Conduct – Sexual Harassment at the Vancouver Police Department
CTV Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
Excellence in Innovation
Light Rail Transit: By the Numbers
CTV News Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Excellence in Social Media
CBC Toronto
Toronto, ON
Excellence in Video
Tomahawk Town
CTV News Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Feature Reporting
Come Sail Away: Finding Freedom and Camaraderie on the Water
CBC Toronto
Toronto, ON
Hard News
Alaska float plane crash
Global News BC
Vancouver, BC
Investigative Reporting
Disorder In The House – BC Legislature Spending Scandal
CTV Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
News Series
Walking with Pride
Global News AB
Calgary, AB
Newscast
Range and Rampage on Hong Kong Streets as the City Marks Its Handover Anniversary
Television Broadcasts Limited
Hong Kong
Podcast
Crime Beat – Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter
Global News AB
Calgary, AB

 


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Connie Thiessen
Connie Thiessenhttps://broadcastdialogue.com
Connie has worked coast-to-coast as a reporter, editor, anchor and host at CKNW and News 1130 in Vancouver, News 95.7 and CBC in Halifax, and CFCW Edmonton, among other stations. With a passion for music, film and community service, she led News 95.7 to a 2013 Atlantic Journalism Award and regional RTDNA award for Best Radio Newscast. More recently, she was nominated for Music Journalist of the Year at Canadian Music Week 2019. To report a typo or error please email - corrections@broadcastdialogue.com

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