RTDNA Announces 2023 Region 2 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 2 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 2 comprises California, Guam, Hawaii and Nevada.
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.
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Breaking News Coverage
Coastal Fire
ABC7 Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Continuing Coverage
Secrets of the Camp Fire Revealed
KXTV
Sacramento, CA
Digital
ABC7 | The Complete Experience
ABC7 Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Golden Cage: Trapped at the U.S. and Mexico Border
KXTV
Sacramento, CA
Excellence in Innovation
Poison Pill: San Diego's Battle Against Fentanyl
NBC San Diego
San Diego, CA
Excellence in Video
Honoring the Fallen
KCRA
Sacramento, CA
Excellence in Writing
Words & Pictures: Devin Fehely Writing Composite
KPIX-TV
San Francisco, CA
Feature Reporting
Napalm Girl: 50 Years Later
ABC7 Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Hard News
Demolished Dreams
KTNV-TV
Las Vegas, NV
Investigative Reporting
Fire - Power - Money: Who's Behind the PG&E Bailout?
KXTV
Sacramento, CA
News Documentary
The Price of Care: Taken by the State
KXTV
Sacramento, CA
News Series
Saving San Francisco
NBC Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
Newscast
CBS2 News at 11PM
KCBS/KCAL
Los Angeles, CA
Podcast
ABC7 | After the Weather with Spencer Christian
ABC7 Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
Overall Excellence
ABC7 Los Angeles
ABC7 Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Breaking News Coverage
Mauna Loa Erupts
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Continuing Coverage
Hilo Medical Center: Over Capacity and Understaffed
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Digital
Hawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Arsenic in the Water of Marginalized Communities
KESQ-TV
Palm Springs, CA
Excellence in Innovation
Red Hill: One Year Later
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Excellence in Video
Oahu's Most Elite Lifeguards Expand Their Reach
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Excellence in Writing
Who Was Naomi Irion?
KOLO-TV
Reno, NV
Feature Reporting
Victoria's Story
KITV4 Island News
Honolulu, HI
Hard News
Hilo Medical Center: Over Capacity and Understaffed
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Investigative Reporting
Pinky's Hempire
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
News Documentary
EQ52: 33 Days That Changed Bakersfield
KGET
Bakersfield, CA
Newscast
Hawaii News Now First at 4:00pm
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Podcast
'The Other Side of Paradise' - The Alleged Russian Spy Drama Grabbing Hawaii Headlines
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Overall Excellence
Hawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI
Breaking News Coverage
Democracy, Attacked
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Continuing Coverage
Another Health Crisis Emerges
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Digital
LAist
LAist
Los Angeles, CA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Queer Anxiety
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Excellence in Innovation
KQED 2022 Voter Guide
KQED
San Francisco, CA
Excellence in Sound
Audible Cosmos: Voyager 1 and the Interstellar 'Whistle'
KQED
San Francisco, CA
Excellence in Writing
Baseball Rules, and Life
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Feature Reporting
'Welcome Black to the Land': Inside Sonoma County’s First Afro-Indigenous Permaculture Farm
KQED
San Francisco, CA
Hard News
Chasing Karen Bass
KNX
Los Angeles, CA
Investigative Reporting
Medical Parole Got Them out of State Prison. Now They're in a Decertified Nursing Home
LAist
Los Angeles, CA
News Documentary
BURNED: As California Wildfires Threaten Rural Communities, Forest Service Prevention Efforts Stall
CapRadio (in partnership with KCRW and The California Newsroom)
Sacramento, CA
News Series
Blurred Lines: When Does 'Tough' Become Abuse?
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Newscast
KCBS Afternoon News: July 8, 2022
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Podcast
Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary
LAist Studios
Los Angeles, CA
Sports Reporting
A Player Chooses Life
KCBS Radio
San Francisco, CA
Overall Excellence
KNX News 97.1 FM
KNX
Los Angeles, CA
Breaking News Coverage
The Mid-Winter Colorado Fire Burns in Big Sur
90.3 KAZU
Monterey, CA
Continuing Coverage
Farmworkers in California Push for New Voting Rights
KVPR
Fresno, CA
Digital
Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos Latinos de Texas se la Ven Dura por la Sequía
Radio Bilingüe
Fresno, CA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The African American Theater Arts Troupe Creates Community for Students of Color
90.3 KAZU
Monterey, CA
Excellence in Innovation
Health and Healing for Cambodian Survivors
KVPR
Fresno, CA
Excellence in Sound
More than Music
90.3 KAZU
Monterey, CA
Excellence in Writing
The Santa Cruz Corpse Flower ... Resurrected!
90.3 KAZU
Monterey, CA
Feature Reporting
With Stewart Indian School’s Complicated and Traumatic History, Finding Justice is a Long Road
KUNR
Reno, NV
Hard News
A Central Valley Town Wants to Turn Its Only Library into a Police Station
KVPR
Fresno, CA
News Series
Changed by the Pandemic
KUNR
Reno, NV
Podcast
Youth Mental Health, and Why Things Are So Bad
KCLU AM/FM
Thousand Oaks/Santa Barbara, CA
Sports Reporting
'My Heart Is in Agriculture': Cal Poly Women’s Rodeo Team Represents Central Coast at Nationals
KCBX Public Radio
San Luis Obispo, CA