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National Winners

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Congratulations to all national winners of the 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards! We look forward to celebrating with you at the 
Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala on Oct. 13 at Gotham Hall in New York City. 


Network TV
Breaking News Coverage

Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump
Today, NBC News
New York, NY

Continuing Coverage

Maui Rising: The Fight for Hawai'i's Future
ABC News
New York, NY


Digital

Exposed: Latino farmworkers risk their health working under threat of pesticide exposure
Univision News Digital and Investigate Midwest
Miami, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Sing Sing Chronicles
NBC News Studios
New York, NY

Excellence in Innovation

Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings
CBS News
New York, NY

Excellence in Video

Growing Broke: Forever Chemicals in America's Heartland
NewsNation
Chicago, IL

Excellence in Writing

The CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, On The Road with Steve Hartman
CBS News
New York, NY

Feature Documentary

The Night Won't End
Al Jazeera English
Washington, DC

Feature Reporting

CBS Sunday Morning: Empty Rooms
CBS News
New York, NY

Hard News

The Big Business of Human Smuggling
ABC News
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

Dealing the Dead
NBC News
New York, NY

News Documentary

Social Security's Secret
Cox Media Group and KFF Health News
Atlanta, GA

News Series

The Sing Sing Chronicles
NBC News Studios
New York, NY

Newscast

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt on July 15, 2024
NBC News
New York, NY

Podcast

Ultra
MSNBC
New York, NY

Sports Reporting

College Gameday: Florida Georgia Lifeline
ESPN
Bristol, CT

Overall Excellence

ABC News
ABC News
New York, NY


Network Radio
Breaking News Coverage

Live Coverage of the July 13 Trump Assassination Attempt
NPR
Washington, DC

Continuing Coverage

Far-Reaching Costs: Continuing Coverage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Marketplace
Los Angeles, CA

Digital

Myanmar's Gen Z fighting for a nation's future
Radio Free Asia
Washington, DC

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nyah Mway: The boy who will forever be 13
Radio Free Asia
Washington, DC

Excellence in Innovation

NPR Student Podcast Challenge: 'The Monsters We Create'
NPR
Washington, DC

Excellence in Sound

Girl v. Horse
30 for 30 Podcasts
New York, NY

Excellence in Writing

A town marked the past and solved a murder
NPR
Washington, DC

Feature Reporting

Escaping Putin’s War Machine
Reveal and The Associated Press
San Francisco, CA

Hard News

Start Here: A Syrian Prison
ABC News
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

Judging Juveniles
Baltimore Public Media and APM Reports
Baltimore, MD

News Documentary

Ideas: Imprisoned Syrian Poet
CBC
Toronto, ON


News Series

The Current: America Votes - Stories from the Arizona border, its politics and its people
CBC
Toronto, ON

Newscast

World Report in Georgia: US Election 2024
CBC
Toronto, ON

Podcast

40 Acres and a Lie
Reveal, The Center for Public Integrity, Mother Jones, PRX
San Francisco, CA

Sports Reporting

Formula 1 Is FAST
ABC News
New York, NY

Overall Excellence

ABC News Radio
ABC News
New York, NY


Large Market Television
Breaking News Coverage

Chiefs Rally Shooting
KSHB
Kansas City, MO 

Continuing Coverage

The Poe Truth: Chemicals & Cancer at NC State University
WRAL-TV
Raleigh, NC 

Digital

ABC7 NEWS | Serving the Bay Area on All Platforms
ABC7 KGO-TV
San Francisco, CA 

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Buffalo Hunt
KING TV
Seattle, WA 

Excellence in Innovation

A Hanging on Backbone Creek: Unraveling Texas' antiquated death investigations
KXAN
Austin, TX 

Excellence in Video

Leave the Light On
KARE 11
Minneapolis, MN 

Excellence in Writing

I Need a Last Line
WFAA
Dallas, TX 

Feature Reporting

'You now know more than Zach'
CBS News California Investigates
Sacramento, CA 

Hard News

Student with autism faces 30 years in prison for attack on teacher's aide
WFTS
Tampa, FL

Investigative Reporting

Squatter Standoff: Eyewitness to Change
WABC-TV
New York, NY 

News Documentary

Spy Killer: The Girls in the Desert 
Arizona's Family
Phoenix, AZ 

News Series

Debt in the Dark
KUSA, Colorado Sun, and KFF Health News
Denver, CO 

Newscast

The Aftermath at Union Station (10 p.m.)
KCTV
Kansas City, MO 

Podcast

Tying It Together with Tim Boyum: United in grief, divided on solutions
Spectrum News
Raleigh, NC 

Sports Reporting

Bumblebee’s Legacy
KING TV
Seattle, WA 

Overall Excellence

KING 5 News: Stand for Truth
KING TV
Seattle, WA


Large Market Radio
Breaking News

Flash flooding cuts off a town
KMOX
St. Louis, MO 

Continuing Coverage

The Murder of Laken Riley
WSB Radio
Atlanta, GA 

Digital

Climate Fixers
WHYY News
Philadelphia, PA 

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Symbolic medical bills and prayers: Tribes fight for RECA, share struggles from radiation exposure
Mountain West News Bureau
Boise, ID 

Excellence in Innovation

Can you survive Indiana’s legislative session? The game
Indiana Public Broadcasting News
Bloomington, IN 

Excellence in Sound

For one night only, a $100 million orchestra takes the stage
WBUR
Boston, MA 

Excellence in Writing

David Condos
KUER
Salt Lake City, UT

Feature Reporting

Mullet Madness
WTOP-FM
Washington, DC 

Hard News

Austin airport is getting new runway safety tech that could have prevented near-miss
KUT
Austin, TX 

Investigative Reporting

Sold on a Promise
BPR, WFDD, and CityView
Asheville, NC

News Documentary

On Point: What happened when immigrants came to Whitewater, Wisconsin?
WBUR and ProPublica
Boston, MA 

News Series

Oregon's experiment with decriminalizing drugs
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR 

Newscast

Texas Public Radio's Morning Edition
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX 

Podcast

Last Seen
WBUR
Boston, MA 

Sports Reporting

The 101 on goalball, the coolest sport you’ve probably never heard of 
Colorado Public Radio
Denver, CO 

Overall Excellence

WUSF News
WUSF
Tampa, FL


Small Market Television
Breaking News Coverage

Mourning in Madison: Abundant Life Christian School Shooting
WMTV 15 News
Madison, WI 

Continuing Coverage

Silent Alarms
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA 

Digital

Missing Wisconsin kayaker believed to have faked his own death
WMTV 15 News
Madison, WI

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Hate in South Carolina
WMBF
Myrtle Beach, SC 

Excellence in Innovation

Spanish Language Innovation
Arizona Public Media
Tucson, AZ 

Excellence in Video

Fishing Disappearing In SWFL
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL 

Excellence in Writing

Eric Hanson
KCCI
Des Moines, IA 

Feature Reporting

Let There Be Light
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA 

Hard News

Supplying a High
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA 

Investigative Reporting

Above the Law
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA 

News Documentary

Dream School: A Journey to Higher Education
WGCU Public Media
Fort Myers, FL 

News Series

Price of Pursuit
WIS
Columbia, SC 

Newscast

News Center 7 at 5:00
WHIO-TV
Dayton, OH 

Podcast

Missing Niqui McCown
WKEF
Dayton, OH 

Sports Reporting

The Match
KBZK
Bozeman, MT 

Overall Excellence

WTVR CBS6
WTVR
Richmond, VA


Small Market Radio
Breaking News Coverage

Deadly flooding in Connecticut: 'A tragic and devastating day'
Connecticut Public
Hartford, CT 

Continuing Coverage

Voices of Hope: The Great Flood of 2024
WWNC-AM
Asheville, NC 

Digital

Centralia, Washington’s coal-fired power plant is closing by the end of 2025.
WITF
Harrisburg, PA

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Unforgotten: Connecticut's hidden history of slavery
Connecticut Public
Hartford, CT 

Excellence in Innovation

Vermont's total solar eclipse
Vermont Public
Colchester, VT 

Excellence in Sound

To Grow in Love
CBC Atlantic
St. John's, NL 

Excellence in Writing

Smokey Bear turns 80 today. Some celebrate him – and others worry his message is out of date
KNAU Arizona Public Radio
Flagstaff, AZ 

Feature Reporting

Getting back in tune: The story of Justin and his missing flute
NHPR
Concord, NH 

Hard News

In West Texas, rural sheriffs may not enforce state’s controversial new immigration law
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX 

Investigative Reporting

Where orders of protection fail
WGLT-FM
Normal, IL 

News Documentary

Emelia's Thing
NHPR
Concord, NH 

News Series

The Next Harvest
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO 

Newscast

WHIO - Dayton March 15, 2024
WHIO Radio
Dayton, OH 

Podcast

Extremely American: Onward Christian Soldiers
Boise State Public Radio
Boise, ID 

Sports Reporting

Women's mountain biking shines at the Lake Placid World Cup races
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY 

Overall Excellence

Hell or High Water: BPR's Hurricane Helene coverage
BPR
Asheville, NC

Large Digital Organization
Breaking News Coverage

Fall of Assad
Al Jazeera Digital
Doha, QA

Continuing Coverage

Anywhere but Washington
The Guardian US
New York, NY


Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

ZIP Codes with Imaeyen
AJ+
Washington, DC

Excellence in Innovation

An illustrated guide to the human cost of Israel’s war on Gaza
Al Jazeera Digital
Doha, QA

Excellence in Sound

Post Reports: A voyage into the world’s most contested waterway
The Washington Post
Washington, DC


Excellence in Video

Inside FEMA’s difficult search for missing people in N.C.
The Washington Post
Washington, DC

Excellence in Writing

How a largely debunked diagnosis keeps innocent parents in prison — and lives on in the courts today under a new name, tearing children apart from their families.
ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine
New York, NY

Feature Reporting

Sandra Birchmore's death: Red flags missed, evidence overlooked, trust broken
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA

Hard News

Fear. Danger. Faith. As immigration tensions deepen, one family risks it all to reach the United States.
The Washington Post
Washington, DC

Investigative Reporting

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning
The Associated Press and PBS FRONTLINE
New York, NY

News Documentary

In Real Life: A Hidden War
Evident and Scripps News
Washington, DC

News Series

Lethal Restraint
The Associated Press, PBS FRONTLINE, The Howard Center for Investigative Reporting (University of Maryland and Arizona State University)
New York, NY

Podcast

Kill List
Wondery and Novel
Los Angeles, CA


Sports Reporting

What makes Mondo fly?
The Washington Post
Washington, DC

Overall Excellence

The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA


Small Digital Organization
Breaking News Coverage

Biden steps down — Harris steps up
The 19th
Austin, TX

Continuing Coverage

The deterioration of reproductive health care in Louisiana
Louisiana Illuminator
Baton Rouge, LA


Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Embedded Bias
STAT
Boston, MA

Excellence in Innovation

Outlaw Ocean Toolkit - Tools for journalists, researchers, and advocates
The Outlaw Ocean Project
Washington, DC

Excellence in Video

South Africa’s migrant delivery workers find safety in numbers
Rest of World and Context
New York, NY


Excellence in Writing

Coercive Care
STAT
Boston, MA

Feature Reporting

Coercive Care
STAT
Boston, MA

Hard News

This company promised to improve health care in jails. Dozens of its patients have died.
The Marshall Project and The Frontier
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

Health Care’s Colossus
STAT
Boston, MA

News Documentary

More Like Jackie
The Wichita Eagle/Kansas.com
Wichita, KS

News Series

The Injured
KFF Health News and KCUR
Washington, DC

Podcast

The Fifth Branch
Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project
Philadelphia, PA


Sports Reporting

Reporting on earmarks for the U.S. Performance Center
The Assembly
Durham, NC

Overall Excellence

The Assembly
The Assembly
Durham, NC


Student
Audio Feature Reporting

North Carolina’s first ‘Safe Parking Site’ creates space for homeless people in cars
Carolina Connection, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Audio Hard News

Green Black Market Audio Investigation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY


Audio Newscast

The 5 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88 10-31-2024
WMUL-FM, Marshall University
Huntington, WV

Digital Reporting

Chipped Away
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Excellence in Podcasts

93 Counties - Nance County Genoa Indian Industrial School
90.3 KRNU FM, University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE

Video Feature Reporting

Trout and Tradition: The Legacy of Joe Humphreys
Centre County Report, Penn State University
State College, PA

Video Hard News

FOCUS Democracy: Our Election
Montclair State University
Little Falls, NJ

Video Newscast

Arizona Stories: Border, Water, and Politics
Montclair State University
Little Falls, NJ