RTDNA announces 2025 Region 13 Edward R. Murrow Award winners

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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

150 Warnings: Nowhere was safe
WPTV
West Palm Beach, FL

Continuing Coverage

Help that Harms
11Alive/WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Digital

ClickOrlando.com
WKMG-TV
Orlando, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Name[d] Remains
WAGA-FOX5
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Innovation

Tracking the Tropics: Powering through Hurricane Helene
WFLA-TV
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Video

Mystery on the Lake
11Alive/WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Excellence in Writing

Savannah Levins Compilation
11Alive/WXIA
Atlanta, GA

Feature Reporting

Sloppy Joel and Friends
Spectrum Bay News 9
Tampa, FL

Hard News

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

Investigative Reporting

Squatters in Georgia
WSB-TV
Atlanta, GA

News Documentary

The Day the Sky Turned
WPTV
West Palm Beach, FL

News Series

90 Minutes of Terror
WTVJ-NBC6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

Newscast

5:30 Focus Homelessness in West Palm Beach
WPEC CBS 12 News
West Palm Beach, FL

Podcast

Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First Investigates
Atlanta News First WANF
Atlanta, GA

Sports Reporting

'Big Dawg:' Georgia fan honors family through tradition
WAGA-FOX5
Atlanta, GA

Overall Excellence

WSB-TV
WSB-TV
Atlanta, GA

Television | Small Market
Breaking News Coverage

Plane crashes on interstate
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Continuing Coverage

Silent Alarms
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

Digital

WBBH Digital 2024
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Excellence in Innovation

Hurricane Week
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Excellence in Video

Fishing Disappearing In SWFL
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Excellence in Writing

Stories2Share with Sean Martinelli
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Feature Reporting

Let There Be Light
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

Hard News

Farmers Fight for Legal Workers
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

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

Jailhouse Rocked
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

Newscast

WBBH 6 PM Newscast
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Podcast

Hit Close to Home
WCTV
Tallahassee, FL

Overall Excellence

WJCL 22 News
WJCL
Savannah, GA

Radio | Large Market
Breaking News Coverage

Hurricane Helene
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Continuing Coverage

The Murder of Laken Riley
WSB Radio
Atlanta, GA

Digital

WUSF.org
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

WUSF Immigration Coverage
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Innovation

WUSF Vote 2024 Multiplatform Coverage and Outreach
WUSF, Central Florida Public Media, and Florida Public Media stations
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Sound

From felt to finish: Florida man owns one of the only handmade hat shops in the state
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Excellence in Writing

One of the rarest fish on the planet is dying in the Keys. Scientists are struggling to find out why
WLRN News
Miami, FL

Feature Reporting

At the birthplace of Mercer University, a brick wall frames a mystery of racial division
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Atlanta, FL

Hard News

Why this St. Petersburg mom had to travel out of state for abortion care, despite exceptions
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Investigative Reporting

Tens of thousands of workers in Florida have just lost their labor unions. More is coming
WLRN News
Miami, FL

News Documentary

How climate change is contributing to the home insurance crisis in Florida and across the country
WUSF and WWNO
Tampa, FL

News Series

Corporate Buyouts
WUSF and the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida
Tampa, FL

Newscast

Atlanta's Morning News
WSB Radio
Atlanta, GA

Podcast

Central Florida Seen & Heard: Rising Water Part 2
Central Florida Public Media
Orlando, FL

Sports Reporting

Local martial artists personify a 'Certified Fighter' inside and out of the ring
WABE News- Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Overall Excellence

WUSF News
WUSF
Tampa, FL

Radio | Small Market

Continuing Coverage

A year of protests, crackdowns and religious reckoning at the University of Florida
WUFT-FM
Gainesville, FL

Digital

WUFT News Multiplatform Reporting
WUFT-FM
Gainesville, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A push is underway for voters to make Florida the next state to expand Medicaid
WFSU Public Media
Tallahassee, FL

Excellence in Writing

Rose Schnabel
WUFT-FM
Gainesville, FL

Feature Reporting

The changing landscape of eastern Lee and Collier counties and what it means for the panther
WGCU Public Media, The Florida Trident, Central Florida Public Media, and Oviedo Community News
Fort Myers, FL

Hard News

Gainesville reflects on anniversary of October 7th attacks
WUFT-FM
Gainesville, FL

News Series

Six Weeks in Florida: Exploring the state's limits on abortion access
WFSU Public Media
Tallahassee, FL

Podcast

Navigating between fact & fiction in our wide open online world: Gulf Coast Life
WGCU Public Media
Fort Myers, FL