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RTDNA Announces Presenters, Speakers for Edward R. Murrow Awards Dinner

For Immediate Release: September 28, 2010
Contact: Ryan Murphy, ryanm@rtdna.org

WASHINGTON -- The Radio Television Digital News Association has confirmed an exciting lineup of presenters and speakers to honor the winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the RTDNA/UNITY Awards at this year’s dinner on Monday October 11 at the Grand Hyatt in New York.

Award presenters include:
 
                      
    John Roberts                        Jim Sciutto                       Ann Curry
            CNN                                    ABC News                        NBC

                          
         Harry Smith                        Tamron Hall                      Mark Kraham
                CBS                                     MSNBC                         RTDNA Chairman

Among those accepting awards who are expected to make brief remarks are: Cami McCormick, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for CBS Radio News; Steve Capus, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for NBC News; Samuel Fleming, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for WBUR-FM; Keith Connors, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for KHOU-TV; Jim Gilchriest, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for KTVB-TV; and Steve Dodrill, accepting the Overall Excellence Award for WATD-FM.

“What an extraordinary evening for electronic journalists,” said RTDNA Chairman, Mark Kraham. “I’m honored to be one of this year’s presenters and look forward to a night of honoring the best in the business.”

RTDNA’s Edward R. Murrow Awards, now in their 40th year, honor excellence in electronic journalism. In all, 59 news organizations are being honored with 89 awards. The RTDNA/UNITY Awards honor five news organizations this year for their commitment to covering diversity.

NBC News earned five Murrow awards, including the award for Overall Excellence in the network television grouping. NBC also won Murrows for Best Newscast, Breaking News, Writing and Hard News Reporting.

CBS News earned four Murrow Awards in the network television grouping this year, including two for “60 Minutes,” (Feature Reporting and Investigative Reporting) and two for CBS News (News Documentary and News Series.)

For the first time, RTDNA honored audio and video news produced exclusively for online news organizations. The Associated Press won every award presented to an online news organization with a national audience, including the award for News Series with the entry, “Marine’s Diary,” an interactive, three-part video essay.

CNN.com took the award for network television website.

For a complete look at the 2010 Edward R. Murrow National Award Winners, click here.

For a complete look at the 2010 RTDNA/UNITY National Award Winners, click here.

Media Coverage

Journalists wishing to cover the event must pre-register by emailing Ryan Murphy at ryanm@rtdna.org. The dinner will be held on October 11 at the Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenue at Grand Central Station. The reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by a dinner and awards show from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

About RTDNA

RTNDA is the world’s largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTNDA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries.