RTDNA announces 2025 Region 11 Edward R. Murrow Award winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 11 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 11 comprises New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
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
Protests erupt at Columbia University
Spectrum News NY1
New York, NY
Continuing Coverage
Trump assassination attempt
WPXI
Pittsburgh, PA
Digital
Xylazine Crisis
WFMZ TV
Philadelphia, PA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Outsmarting a Serial Killer
News 12 Network
Yonkers, NY
Excellence in Innovation
Matt Explains It!
WCAU-TV
Philadelphia, PA
Excellence in Video
Leading the Way
News 12 Network
Yonkers, NY
Excellence in Writing
Xylazine Crisis
WFMZ TV
Philadelphia, PA
Feature Reporting
Jay Dow
WPIX-TV
New York, NY
Hard News
Special needs student abuse allegations
WPIX-TV
New York, NY
Investigative Reporting
Squatter Standoff: Eyewitness to Change
WABC-TV
New York, NY
News Documentary
Finding Carlesha
NBC10 Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
News Series
Migrants in America: In their own words
WNYW FOX 5 NY
New York, NY
Newscast
Eyewitness News At 11: Mayor Adams indicted
WABC-TV
New York, NY
Podcast
Hazard NJ: First a miracle, then a curse
NJ PBS
Newark, NY
Sports Reporting
College basketball player overcomes homelessness
WNBC
New York, NY
Overall Excellence
Eyewitness News
WABC-TV
New York, NY
Breaking News Coverage
Carbon Street house explosion
WSYR-TV
Syracuse, NY
Continuing Coverage
District attorney's controversial traffic stop
WHAM
Rochester, NY
Digital
Total Eclipse of the Web - A Day for Digital
WROC-TV
Rochester, NY
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A Legacy of Justice
Spectrum News 1
Buffalo, NY
Excellence in Innovation
Songs from Studio B
WROC-TV
Rochester, NY
Excellence in Video
700 Seasons: The story of Forest Lawn
WIVB-TV
Buffalo, NY
Excellence in Writing
Veterans Voices
WSYR-TV
Syracuse, NY
Feature Reporting
A Wicked Good Story
WTEN
Albany, NY
Hard News
A clerical error, a felony traffic stop, and a woman held at gunpoint leads to policy changes
WGRZ
Buffalo, NY
Investigative Reporting
HYPOCRITICAL OATH: 7 News I-Team obtains secret recording of Buffalo dentist
WKBW-TV
Buffalo, NY
News Documentary
Opioids in the Capital Region
WTEN
Albany, NY
News Series
You Paid For It: Tracking Taxpayer Dollars
WRGB CBS6
Albany, NY
Newscast
NBC 3 News at 7: Holding CPS Accountable
CNY Central
Syracuse, NY
Podcast
CBS6 Power & Politics: Holding Leaders Accountable, One Conversation at a Time
WRGB CBS6
Albany, NY
Sports Reporting
Ray Davis finds a home in Buffalo
WHAM
Rochester, NY
Overall Excellence
CNY Central
CNY Central
Syracuse, NY
Breaking News Coverage
The assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
1010 WINS 92.3 FM
New York, NY
Continuing Coverage
Identifying an assassin
WESA
Pittsburgh, PA
Digital
Climate Fixers
WHYY News
Philadelphia, PA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Why some researchers are approaching giftedness as a form of neurodivergence - and what that means for ‘gifted burnout’
WHYY News
Philadelphia, PA
Excellence in Sound
An Elkins Park cantor and world-class composer recently passed away. His music lives on
WHYY News
Philadelphia, PA
Feature Reporting
Shara in the City: Girls auto clinic
KYW Newsradio
Philadelphia, PA
Hard News
Fracking in Pennsylvania hasn’t gone as well as some may think
WHYY News
Philadelphia, PA
News Series
East Palestine 1-year anniversary
The Allegheny Front
Pittsburgh, PA
Podcast
Gone Cold: Ricochet
KYW Newsradio
Philadelphia, PA
Overall Excellence
1010 WINS 92.3 FM
1010 WINS 92.3 FM
New York, NY
Breaking News Coverage
Downtown Tornado
WBEN
Buffalo, NY
Continuing Coverage
How the North Country is adapting to climate change
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Digital
Centralia, Washington’s coal-fired power plant is closing by the end of 2025.
WITF
Harrisburg, PA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Accessibility in the Adirondacks
North Country Public Radio and Adirondack Explorer
Canton, NY
Excellence in Sound
Kevin Monahan sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of Kaylin Gillis
WAMC
Albany, NY
Feature Reporting
Don't know much about 1812? In Ogdensburg, war reenactors keep the history alive
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Hard News
How the increase in illegal border crossings is changing life in Mooers
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Investigative Reporting
If All Else Fails
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
News Documentary
Looking back on New Paltz's 'Winter of Love'
WAMC
Albany, NY
News Series
How the North Country is adapting to climate change
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Newscast
The Eclipse
WBEN
Buffalo, NY
Podcast
If All Else Fails
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Sports Reporting
Women's mountain biking shines at the Lake Placid World Cup races
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY
Overall Excellence
NCPR
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY