RTDNA announces 2025 Region 7 Edward R. Murrow Award winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 7 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 7 comprises Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
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
Delphi Murders Verdict
WXIN-TV
Indianapolis, IN
Continuing Coverage
Historic Crumbley Trials
WDIV/ClickOnDetroit
Detroit, MI
Digital
WXYZ Digital
WXYZ
Detroit, MI
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our Chicago: History & Heritage
WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago
Chicago, IL
Excellence in Innovation
Boomtown Special
WBNS 10TV
Columbus, OH
Excellence in Video
Donté's Gift Express
WEWS
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Writing
FOX19’s Joe Danneman
WXIX FOX19
Cincinnati, OH
Feature Reporting
Kayak Commute
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Hard News
In the Garbage and Left to Die: Abandoned Baby Doe's 40-year fight for justice
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Investigative Reporting
Dismissed: How Sex Crimes Disappear
NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago
Chicago, IL
News Documentary
Running from Robert
WOIO-TV
Cleveland, OH
News Series
Failure to Protect
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Newscast
Tornado Hits Indian Lake, 5pm Newscast
WBNS 10TV
Columbus, OH
Sports Reporting
A race against time
WGN-TV
Chicago, IL
Overall Excellence
WTHR
WTHR
Indianapolis, IN
Breaking News Coverage
Tornado Devastation
WHIO-TV
Dayton, OH
Continuing Coverage
Ashland Manor
13 Action News
Toledo, OH
Digital
The disappearance and discovery of Dee Warner
WTOL 11
Toledo, OH
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
God, Country, and Notre Dame: Clash with the Klan
WNDU-TV
South Bend, IN
Excellence in Video
Potter's Alley - A new view of bowling
WEEK-TV
Peoria, IL
Excellence in Writing
Deron Molen
WAND News
Decatur, IL
Feature Reporting
Crew 309
WEEK-TV
Peoria, IL
Hard News
Born into Crisis
WJRT
Flint, MI
Investigative Reporting
Child attacked by off-duty K9
ABC57 News
South Bend, IN
News Documentary
Knute Rockne, Century of Champions
WNDU-TV
South Bend, IN
News Series
Unhoused: The Struggle to Survive
13 Action News
Toledo, OH
Newscast
News Center 7 at 5:00
WHIO-TV
Dayton, OH
Podcast
Missing Niqui McCown
WKEF
Dayton, OH
Sports Reporting
Irish Fan's First Game
ABC57 News
South Bend, IN
Overall Excellence
21Alive News: Your First Alert Station
WPTA
Fort Wayne, IN
Breaking News Coverage
WWJ Breaking News Explosion
WWJ Newsradio 950
Detroit, MI
Continuing Coverage
2024 National Democratic Convention
WBBM Newsradio
Chicago, IL
Digital
WBBM Digital
WBBM Newsradio
Chicago, IL
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Sound of Ideas Community Tour: Reimagining Akron's Innerbelt
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Innovation
Can you survive Indiana’s legislative session? The game
Indiana Public Broadcasting News
Bloomington, IN
Excellence in Sound
Meet Ohio’s master mandolin maker
The Ohio Newsroom
Cleveland, OH
Excellence in Writing
Learning how to manage a migrant wave
WBEZ Chicago
Chicago, IL
Feature Reporting
Dear Struggling in Ohio: 'You’re not alone'
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Hard News
Chicago says goodbye to police officer Luis Miguel Huesca
WBEZ Chicago
Chicago, IL
News Documentary
The Bird Connection: Change and decline in our world
Michigan Public
Ann Arbor, MI
News Series
State of Religion
WOSU Public Media
Columbus, OH
Newscast
WWJ Newscast Jennifer Crumbley Verdict
WWJ Newsradio 950
Detroit, MI
Podcast
What The Vote?
Michigan Public
Ann Arbor, MI
Sports Reporting
'You can’t watch a game that way.‘ Play-by-play delay fouls up Guardians games for visually impaired
Ideastream Public Media
Cleveland, OH
Overall Excellence
WBBM Newsradio
WBBM Newsradio
Chicago, IL
Breaking News Coverage
Protests on college campuses interrupt graduation ceremonies
WFIU News
Bloomington, IN
Continuing Coverage
Home Explosion
WHIO Radio
Dayton, OH
Digital
WFIU News
WFIU News
Bloomington, IN
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Points North: A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Excellence in Sound
Steam is king at the Buckley Old Engine Show
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Excellence in Writing
'Hello to a River': Maple River is among the first to flow freely
WCMU Public Radio
Mount Pleasant, MI
Feature Reporting
Piersen Strong
Tri States Public Radio
Macomb, IL
Hard News
He was a ball of light
Tri States Public Radio
Macomb, IL
Investigative Reporting
Where orders of protection fail
WGLT-FM
Bloomington, IL
News Documentary
Nowhere to Go: How the system failed a trafficking survivor
WMUK-FM
Kalamazoo, MI
News Series
Meet the rural Democrats and urban Republicans
WMUK-FM
Kalamazoo, MI
Newscast
WHIO - Dayton March 15, 2024
WHIO Radio
Dayton, OH
Podcast
Points North: Copper Country’s Conundrum
Interlochen Public Radio
Traverse City, MI
Overall Excellence
WGLT
WGLT-FM
Bloomington, IL