Graham Media Group’s KPRC and WDIV-Local 4 Win the Prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award
June 19 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Two Graham Media Group television stations are proud recipients
of national 2019 Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the Radio
Television Digital News Association. The Edward R. Murrow Awards
recognize exemplary public service and outstanding journalism by
radio, television and online news organizations.
KPRC 2 News at 6 p.m. was awarded Best Newscast in Large
Market Television for “Tragedy in Santa Fe,” which featured
team coverage of the May 2018 school shootings in Santa Fe, Texas.
The KPRC team worked to provide complete and compassionate coverage
to its community in the immediate wake of such a horrific
event.
“It’s difficult to celebrate an award when so many members of
our community were affected by this senseless tragedy. However, I
am proud of the way our team conducted themselves to bring this
story to our viewers," said KPRC News Director Dave Strickland.
KPRC’s producer Erica Young produced the national award-winning
newscast. The program was eligible for this high honor after being
selected for a Regional Murrow Award earlier in 2019. The KPRC2
team also received two other Regional Murrow Awards this year. One
was for Best News Series in Large Market Television for a
series titled “Inside MS-13” and the other was for the highly
coveted Overall Excellence in Large Market Television.
In addition, the Society of Professional Journalists also
honored KPRC for the breaking news coverage from Santa Fe with a
Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism.
WDIV-Local 4 received the Murrow Award for Excellence in
Sound in Large Market Television for “Criss-Cross Crash,” a
beautifully crafted story that exemplifies the art of audio. Video
Journalists Alex Atwell and Hans Ihlenfeldt enhance the viewer’s
experience of this story using multiple cameras, multiple
microphones and sounds of the crowd’s reaction to car and school
bus racing in Flat Rock, Michigan.
“Our photographers are master storytellers who find special ways
to craft a story. I couldn’t be more delighted to see Alex and Hans
celebrated for their work,” said WDIV-Local 4’s News Director Kim
Voet. “They are both the rare breed of journalists who excel
technically, editorially and creatively in their reporting.”
WDIV-Local 4 is the only large market TV station in Michigan to
win an Edward R. Murrow Award nationally or regionally. This is the
third year in a row WDIV-Local 4 has won the Regional Edward R.
Murrow Award for Excellence in Sound. WDIV also received a
Regional Murrow award this year for Excellence in Social
Media highlighting WDIV’s multiplatform news approach led by
Social Media Manager Ken Haddad.
“We are deeply humbled and honored that the Edward R. Murrow
judges selected two of our stations for this prestigious
recognition,” said Emily Barr, President and CEO of Graham Media
Group. “I’m so proud of our teams at KPRC and WDIV-Local 4, who
always put in extra effort to tell the stories of their regions
with dignity and creativity. This award gives national recognition
to the necessity and value of local reporting.”
The Radio Television Digital News Association has honored
outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward
R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Winners will be honored at the annual
RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala on Oct. 14 in New York City.
Graham Media Group, a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company
(NYSE: GHC), operates seven local media hubs - each in a top-70
market and all recognized as news leaders: KPRC–Houston,
WDIV–Detroit and WSLS–Roanoke (NBC); KSAT–San
Antonio (ABC); WKMG–Orlando (CBS);
WJXT–Jacksonville (fully local), and
WCWJ–Jacksonville (CW). Based in Detroit, Graham
Digital is a digital media and technology development group
widely recognized as a leading industry innovator. Social News
Desk, headquartered in Atlanta, provides its 2500+ worldwide
newsroom-customers with a single dashboard to publish, measure,
curate and monetize local news content on social
platforms. Website: https://www.grahammedia.com/
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