RTDNA announces 2025 Region 5 Edward R. Murrow Award winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 5 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 5 comprises Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
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
Chiefs Rally Shooting
KSHB
Kansas City, MO
Continuing Coverage
City Inspector Investigation
KMOV
St. Louis, MO
Digital
FirstAlert4.com
KMOV
St. Louis, MO
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Voices of Ferguson
KSDK-TV
St. Louis, MO
Excellence in Video
'It's in My Blood'
KSHB
Kansas City, MO
Excellence in Writing
Mike Bush KSDK-TV
KSDK-TV
St. Louis, MO
Feature Reporting
Grandma Peggy's Breakfast Club
KSDK-TV
St. Louis, MO
Hard News
Insurance Claims Crisis
KTVI-TV
St. Louis, MO
Investigative Reporting
Reckless Disregard
KMOV
St. Louis, MO
News Documentary
Secrets of a school shooting revealed
KMOV
St. Louis, MO
News Series
St. Louis Eviction Crisis
KMOV
St. Louis, MO
Newscast
The Aftermath at Union Station (10 p.m.)
KCTV
Kansas City, MO
Sports Reporting
The Lasting Impact of CTE
KCTV
Kansas City, MO
Overall Excellence
KSHB 41 - 'A Voice for Everyone'
KSHB
Kansas City, MO
Continuing Coverage
Arbor Day Tornado Outbreak
KETV
Omaha, NE
Digital
KAKE Special Content and Investigations
KAKE
Wichita, KS
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Missing in Meskwaki
WOI-TV
Des Moines, IA
Excellence in Innovation
Hear me. See me.
WIBW-TV
Topeka, KS
Excellence in Writing
Eric Hanson
KCCI
Des Moines, IA
Feature Reporting
The Kids Can Finally Vote
KCCI
Des Moines, IA
Hard News
Dying with Dignity
KFVS-TV
Cape Girardeau, MO
Investigative Reporting
Murder on Main Street
KFVS-TV
Cape Girardeau, MO
News Documentary
Running Towards the Fire: A war correspondent's story
Nebraska Public Media
Lincoln, NE
News Series
War-Torn: Stories from Ukraine
10/11 News
Lincoln, NE
Newscast
KSN News: Mass shooting after KC Chiefs' victory rally
KSNW
Wichita, KS
Sports Reporting
Harper Strong
KCCI
Des Moines, IA
Overall Excellence
KCCI 2024
KCCI
Des Moines, IA
Breaking News Coverage
Flash flooding cuts off a town
KMOX
St. Louis, MO
Continuing Coverage
Chiefs parade mass shooting
KCUR 89.3
Kansas City, MO
Digital
Missouri and Iowa's lack of beds at group foster homes leaves at-risk girls without specialized care
KCUR 89.3 and St. Louis Public Radio
Kansas City, MO
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The new ‘talk’ and the legacy of Mike Brown
St. Louis Public Radio and Midwest Newsroom
St. Louis, MO
Excellence in Innovation
Short-form Video
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, MO
Excellence in Sound
Eclipse from the Clouds
KMOX
St. Louis, MO
Excellence in Writing
Scott Jagow - Three Good Things
KMOX
St. Louis, MO
Feature Reporting
Schwan’s to Yelloh: The journey of a Midwest food delivery icon
KCUR 89.3 and Nebraska Public Media
Kansas City, MO
Hard News
Why these nuns have filed more than 350 shareholder resolutions
KMUW and Kansas News Service
Wichita, KS
Investigative Reporting
A Missouri police sniper killed a 2-year-old girl. Why did he take the shot?
KCUR 89.3
Kansas City, MO
News Documentary
Revolutions will not be televised — but the Ferguson Uprising? It was livestreamed
St. Louis Public Radio and Midwest Newsroom
St. Louis, MO
Newscast
STLPR Newscast April 9, 2024 - The Morning After the 2024 Eclipse
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, MO
Podcast
We Live Here
St. Louis Public Radio and Midwest Newsroom
St. Louis, MO
Sports Reporting
First season of girls flag football proves popular at Belleville high schools
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, MO
Overall Excellence
KMOX News 2024
KMOX
St. Louis, MO
Breaking News Coverage
Chain of people rescue woman swept down flooded Big Sioux River in Sioux City
Siouxland Public Media
Sioux City, IA
Continuing Coverage
University of Missouri seeks to remove racial criteria from donated scholarships and funds
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Digital
KBIA Digital
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Becoming Jim Tillman
Siouxland Public Media
Sioux City, IA
Excellence in Innovation
High Turnout, Wide Margins
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Feature Reporting
Barking up the right tree: How one dog is transforming corrections in Mid-Missouri
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Hard News
Parson’s executive order causes hemp industry uncertainty
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Investigative Reporting
The Weight of Evidence
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
News Series
The Next Harvest
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Newscast
WHO Radio News at Noon December 11, 2024
WHO Radio
Des Moines, IA
Sports Reporting
Will legalizing sports gambling in Missouri really support education?
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO
Overall Excellence
KBIA
KBIA Public Radio
Columbia, MO