Scripps stations win two National Murrow Awards
- KTVQ in Billings, Montana, won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for their coverage of the 2022 flooding in Yellowstone National Park. This is their second National Murrow Award in four years.
- WTVR in Richmond, Virginia, won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for their work on the sniper-style shootings in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. in 2002. This is their third National Murrow Award in four years.
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The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the honors Tuesday afternoon during a virtual awards ceremony.
KTVQ in
This is the second National Murrow Award KTVQ has won in four years, having won "Feature Reporting" in 2020.
WTVR in
This is the third National Murrow Award WTVR has won in four years. The CBS6 team won "Sports Reporting" in 2022 and "Overall Excellence" in 2020.
"This prestigious recognition reinforces local television's incomparable role in communities across the country," said Scripps Vice President of Local Media Dean Littleton. "The Scripps teams in
The Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious accolades in the news industry, celebrating local and national journalism that aligns with the RTDNA Code of Ethics, showcases technical prowess and underscores the significance and influence of journalism as a community service. The honored work echoes the excellence that Edward R. Murrow established as the gold standard in broadcast news.
The winners will be celebrated at the Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala, in
Media contact: Becca McCarter, (513) 410-2425, rebecca.mccarter@scripps.com
About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation's largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Scripps News and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery and Laff. Scripps is the nation's largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in
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