RTDNA Announces 2023 Region 13 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

Awards,

Murrow 2023

Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 13 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 13 comprises Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Regional winners automatically advance to the national competition, winners of which will be announced in August. 

Congratulations to this year's winners! Learn how to promote your win here.


Region 13 Murrow Award Winners
Television | Large Market Radio | Large Market       
Television | Small Market Radio | Small Market       

Television | Large Market
Breaking News Coverage

The Aftermath of Hurricane Ian
WESH
Orlando, FL

Continuing Coverage

Unhoused and Unsafe
WANF Atlanta News First
Atlanta, GA

Digital

11Alive/WXIA: Impactful Journalism and Storytelling at Your Fingertips
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Voices for Equality: Living Out Loud
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Innovation

News 6 Takeover
WKMG-TV
Orlando, FL

Excellence in Video

JEFFERY: The Full Story of Young Thug from Fame to RICO Trial
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Writing

Kristin Crowley Compilation
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Feature Reporting

Child Unsafe
WJXT-TV
Jacksonville, FL

Hard News

Frankensteined: The Monster on Georgia's Roads
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Investigative Reporting

Troubled Ride to School
Action News Jax
Jacksonville, FL

News Documentary

JEFFERY: The Rise of Young Thug, a Gang Trial and the #ProtectBlackArt Movement
WXIA
Atlanta, GA

News Series

911, Please Hold
WANF Atlanta News First
Atlanta, GA

Newscast

Action News Jax PM Nov. 10, 2022
Action News Jax
Jacksonville, FL

Sports Reporting

NFL Star Attributes Town of Eatonville Towards Success
WESH
Orlando, FL

Overall Excellence

WESH
WESH
Orlando, FL

Television | Small Market
Breaking News Coverage

Breaking News: Hurricane Ian
WFTX-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Continuing Coverage

Mental Health Breakdown: Brianna Grier's Death Exposes Lack of Mental Health Services
13WMAZ
Macon, GA

Digital

WTOC.com
WTOC
Savannah, GA

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Unequal Education Lost on the Faultline
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

Excellence in Innovation

WRDW-TV
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA


Excellence in Writing

NBC-2's Story 2 Share with Sean Martinelli
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Feature Reporting

Lunch with Heroes
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Hard News

Double Disaster: Family Loses Home to Hurricane and Wildfire
WJHG
Panama City, FL

Investigative Reporting

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

News Documentary

Hurricane Ian: Still Standing
WFTX-TV
Fort Myers, FL

News Series

Stopped in their Tracks: Parked Norfolk Southern Trains Delay First Responders
13WMAZ
Macon, GA

Newscast

7 PM Newscast of Hurricane Ian
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Podcast

Tracking Hurricane Ian
WTOC
Savannah, GA


Sports Reporting

City of Palms
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Overall Excellence

Waterman Broadcasting in 2022
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

 

Radio | Large Market
Breaking News Coverage

Young Father Killed in Jacksonville Beach
WOKV-FM
Jacksonville, FL

Continuing Coverage

South Florida is Ground Zero for Nation's Affordable Housing Crisis
WLRN News
Miami, FL

Digital

The Heat Effect
WABE News - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Black Mental Health
WUSF Public Media (in partnership with The Florida Courier, The Weekly Challenger and RoyalTee Magazine)
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Innovation

First Alert Weather - Preparing for the Storm
WOKV-FM
Jacksonville, FL

Excellence in Sound

Seagrasses Thrive in the Gulf of Mexico While Withering Elsewhere
WUSF Public Media
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Writing

It Takes a Python to Find a Python: How Researchers Bagged the Heaviest Snake in Florida History
WLRN News
Miami, FL

Feature Reporting

Georgia is the Last State to Take the Hassle out of Food Benefits for Millions of Women and Children
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Atlanta, GA

Hard News

Doctor at South Georgia Immigration Detention Center Abused Women, Investigation Finds
WABE News - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Investigative Reporting

'Overdose is Reversible, Death is Not': Residents Urge Palm Beach County Sheriff to Carry Narcan
WLRN News
Miami, FL

News Documentary

The Last Year at Forest Cove: Tenants Abandoned and a Renovation out of Reach
WABE News - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

News Series

Black Mental Health
WUSF Public Media (in partnership with The Florida Courier, The Weekly Challenger and RoyalTee Magazine)
Tampa, FL

Newscast

WSB 6PM Non-Stop News Feed
WSB Radio
Atlanta, GA

Podcast

Detention by Design
WLRN News
Miami, FL

Sports Reporting

Dangerous Heat and High School Football: How Georgia Started Protecting Student Athletes
WABE News - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Overall Excellence

WLRN News
WLRN News
Miami, FL

Radio | Small Market
Continuing Coverage

Police K-9 Controversy
WUFT News
Gainesville, FL

Digital

Not so Black and White: A Community's Divided History
WFSU Public Media
Tallahassee, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Not so Black and White: A Community's Divided History
WFSU Public Media
Tallahassee, FL

Feature Reporting

A Year in the Life of a Farmer
ADX Communications
Pensacola, FL

Hard News

Residents Learn the Hard Way that Their Home Insurance Policy Isn’t the Same as Flood Insurance
WGCU Public Media
Fort Myers, FL


News Documentary

Surviving Ian
WUFT News
Gainesville, FL

Podcast

Not so Black and White: A Community's Divided History
WFSU Public Media
Tallahassee, FL

Overall Excellence

WGCU Hurricane Ian Lifeline
WGCU Public Media
Fort Myers, FL