KOMO/Seattle Wins RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Award
August 24 2023 - 1:00PM
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Anchor Eric Johnson Wins Best Sports
Reporting
Sinclair Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SBGI), is proud to announce that KOMO in Seattle, WA has
been honored by the Radio Television Digital News Association
(RTDNA) with a National Edward R. Murrow Award. The Murrow Awards
recognize outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital
journalism.
KOMO News Anchor Eric Johnson and the Eric's Heroes team were
honored in the Sports Reporting/Large Market Television category
for Birth of a Boom, a story about a Bainbridge Island family that
invented the now ubiquitous sport of pickleball, 58 years ago.
Johnson's Birth of a Boom earned him his third consecutive National
Murrow Award win and is the only National Murrow Award winner in
the Seattle market this year.
Earlier this year, 14 of Sinclair’s owned and/or operated
content centers across the country were honored with the
prestigious RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding
Journalism. In total, Sinclair brought home a collective 23 of
these regional awards, a testament to the company’s commitment to
providing the best in local journalism.
“Recognition from the RTDNA with a National Murrow Award is one
of journalism’s highest honors, and we are proud of the
award-winning work consistently produced by KOMO and the Eric’s
Heroes team. This prestigious award recognizes our commitment to
telling stories that impact our communities and beyond,” said Scott
Livingston, Senior Vice President of News at Sinclair.
About Sinclair, Inc.: Sinclair, Inc., (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a
diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and
sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185
television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major
broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks
Comet, CHARGE! and TBD; and owns and provides services to 21
regional sports network brands. Sinclair’s content is delivered via
multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video
program distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator
of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its
website as a key source of Company information which can be
accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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