RTDNA announces 2025 Region 9 Edward R. Murrow Award winners
Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Region 9 winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Region 9 comprises Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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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Continuing Coverage
Bessemer Board of Education
ABC 33/40 News
Birmingham, AL
Digital
WVTM13: Digital
WVTM13
Birmingham, AL
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Rickwood Field - Return to Glory
WVTM13
Birmingham, AL
Investigative Reporting
Inside Alabama Prisons: Deaths at Donaldson
CBS 42 News
Birmingham, AL
News Documentary
Rickwood Field - Return to Glory
WVTM13
Birmingham, AL
Breaking News Coverage
Child killer confession live
WWL-TV
New Orleans, LA
Continuing Coverage
'Outside the Office'
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Digital
Tragic end to Louisiana Amber Alert
WDSU
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Lemon Tree Mound
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Innovation
Hurricane Francine eye wall coverage
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Video
Skating Stress Away
WAFB TV
Baton Rouge, LA
Excellence in Writing
What's Your Story
KNOE
Monroe, LA
Feature Reporting
Unlikely friendship sparks when boy mistakes multimillionaire for homeless man
WBRZ
Baton Rouge, LA
Hard News
Supplying a High
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Investigative Reporting
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
WBRZ
Baton Rouge, LA
News Documentary
'Outside the Office'
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
News Series
Supplying a High
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Newscast
FOX 8 News at 5pm
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Sports Reporting
Perfect Pair
WVUE-TV
New Orleans, LA
Overall Excellence
WKRG
WKRG
Mobile, AL
Continuing Coverage
Louisiana bans, criminalizes abortion drugs
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nuoc: A Viet-Cajun story
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Excellence in Writing
Gumbo Inflation
Gulf States Newsroom
New Orleans, LA
Feature Reporting
River Cane
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Hard News
'Where's Jeff?' Unhoused and struggling with opioid addiction in Alabama
Gulf States Newsroom
New Orleans, LA
News Documentary
All Gassed Up
WWNO/WRKF and Pulitzer Center
New Orleans, LA
News Series
The fight against gun violence in Shreveport
Gulf States Newsroom
New Orleans, LA
Podcast
Road to Rickwood
WWNO/WRKF and MLB
New Orleans, LA
Sports Reporting
The HBCU Legacy Bowl is more than just a game
Gulf States Newsroom
New Orleans, LA
Overall Excellence
WWNO/WRKF
WWNO/WRKF
New Orleans, LA
Continuing Coverage
Sentencing finished for 'Goon Squad,' but questions into leadership remain
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jackson, MS
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
'...a U.S. House Seat, if you can keep it.'
Alabama Public Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
Excellence in Sound
Broken sticks and lots of laundry: What it takes to keep the Birmingham Bulls on the ice
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Excellence in Writing
From scrap to sculpture: Joe Minter’s art reflects Birmingham’s pain and joy
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Feature Reporting
Five years after disaster, Coastal Mississippi wants more of a say in Spillway openings
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jackson, MS
Hard News
What happens when a rural hospital shuts its doors? Look to Pickens County
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
News Documentary
'...a U.S. House Seat, if you can keep it.'
Alabama Public Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
Newscast
MPB News 6am Newscast
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jackson, MS
Sports Reporting
Broken sticks and lots of laundry: What it takes to keep the Birmingham Bulls on the ice
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL
Overall Excellence
WBHM
WBHM 90.3
Birmingham, AL