2022 Regional Murrow Awards Region 7, 8, And 9 Winners Announced

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The winners of the regional RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION's EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS for excellence in electronic journalism have been announced for Regions 7, 8, and 9.

Region 7 radio category winners:

Large Market

Breaking News Coverage: EMMIS News-Talk WIBC/INDIANAPOLIS, FEDEX Shooting
Continuing Coverage: CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO, CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS' Leaders Failed to Quickly Act on Allegations of Abuse
Digital: MICHIGAN RADIO
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: WBEZ, Tracking the Vaccine: Eye on Equity in CHICAGO and ILLINOIS
Excellence in Innovation: WBEZ, CURIOUS CITY: The PILSEN Episode
Excellence in Sound: WBEZ, A Prom to Remember
Excellence in Writing: METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC BROADCASTING News-Talk WFYI/INDIANAPOLIS, CARTER BARRETT
Feature Reporting: WBEZ, The Pandemic’s Toll on One CHICAGO Family
Hard News, WBEZ, Female Ex-Lifeguards Describe Decades of Sexual Abuse at CHICAGO’s Beaches and Pools
Investigative Reporting: WBEZ, Buried Secrets: WBEZ’s Investigation Into CHICAGO Lifeguard Sexual Abuse
News Documentary: MICHIGAN RADIO, STATESIDE: OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
News Series: INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, HOOSIER Workers Series
Newscast: IDEASTREAM PUBLIC MEDIA/CLEVELAND, AMY EDDINGS, "MORNING EDITION"
Overall Excellence: MICHIGAN RADIO
Podcast: WFYI, ECHOES OF INDIANA AVENUE

Small Market

Breaking News Coverage: ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA, FRIDAY Night Tornadoes
Continuing Coverage: ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY News-Talk-Blues WGLT/NORMAL, IL, JELANI DAY's Disappearance
Digital: INDIANA UNIVERSITY Classical WFIU/BLOOMINGTON, IN
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: WNIN TRI-STATE PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk-Classical WNIN/EVANSVILLE, IN, Que Pasa MIDWEST?
Excellence in Sound: INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC RADIO/TRAVERSE CITY, MI, The Woodcock’s Sky Dance is One of Northern MICHIGAN’s Spring Thrills
Excellence in Writing: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk-Classical-Jazz WCMU/MOUNT PLEASANT, MI, Rural Drag
Feature Reporting: WCMU, 83 Year Old Tractor Finds New Home
Hard News: WFIU, ‘Legal Weed?’ In INDIANA? Delta 8 THC Is Everywhere, And Officials Would Prefer To Not Talk About It
Investigative Reporting: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Classical-News-Talk-Jazz-Folk WKAR-F/EAST LANSING, MI, Group is Backing a String of Marijuana Proposals in MICHIGAN, But Its Donors Are a Mystery
News Documentary: KENT STATE UNIVERSITY News-Talk WKSU/KENT, OH, The Rural Doctor Is In
News Series: WKSU, Learning Curve
Newscast: WCMU, AMY ROBINSON, JULY 14, 2021
Overall Excellence: BRADLEY UNIVERSITY News-Talk WCBU (PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO)/PEORIA, IL
Podcast: INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC RADIO, POINTS NORTH: ACME CREEK Culvert Highlights Need for Resilient Infrastructure

Region 8 radio category winners:

Large Market

Breaking News Coverage: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY News-Talk-Classical WFDD/WINSTON-SALEM, NC, WINSTON-SALEM School Shooting
Continuing Coverage: WFDD, WINSTON-SALEM School Shooting
Digital: NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk WPLN/NASHVILLE
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING with 100 DAYS IN APPALACHIA, KINGWOOD Exposed a Raw Seam of Rage
Excellence in Innovation: WFDD, Dispatches From Within
Excellence in Sound: NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO, Secretive Birds are ‘Canaries in Coal Mines’ for Marshes in OUTER BANKS
Excellence in Writing: WFDD, CAROLINA CURIOUS: Are There Old-Growth Forests in NORTH CAROLINA?
Feature Reporting: WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, Finding Affordable Child Care in W.VA. Leaves Some Working Parents Short on Options
Hard News: WFDD, A Year After FLOYD’s Death, WINSTON-SALEM Activists, Police Examine What’s Changed
Investigative Reporting: UNIVERSIITY RADIO FOUNDATION News-Talk WFAE/CHARLOTTE, Rebuilding CHARLOTTE - Remote Instruction and Learning Loss
News Documentary: WPLN, Three Castles and the MUSIC CITY -- 150 Years of the FISK JUBILEE SINGERS
News Series: NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO, The Lives Lost
Newscast: WPLN, WPLN Special Newscast, DECEMBER 11, 2021, 10:58a
Overall Excellence: WPLN
Podcast: NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO, "EMBODIED"

Small Market

Breaking News Coverage: MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY Variety WKMS/MURRAY, KY, DECEMBER 10, 2021 Tornado Outbreak Coverage
Continuing Coverage: METRONEWS, WEST VIRGINIA Ice Storm
Digital: METRONEWS
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA, BREONNA TAYLOR's Killing Forced Black High School Girls to Grapple with Uncertainty
Excellence in Sound: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY Triple A WUKY/LEXINGTON, KY, Needle in a Haystack
Feature Reporting: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Variety WEKU/LEXINGTON, KY, KENTUCKY's Famous Whittler
Hard News: WEKU, Mass Evictions at MOREHEAD Trailer Park
Investigative Reporting: LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA, The Pandemic Isolated Incarcerated People. KENTUCKY and SECURUS Cashed In
News Series: METRONEWS, West Virginians Remember 9/11 20 Years Later
Newscast: METRONEWS, THE WEST VIRGINIA MORNING NEWS
Overall Excellence: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORP. News-Talk WCHS-A-W243DR-W283AQ/CHARLESTON, WV, WCHS METRONEWS RADIO
Sports Reporting: WEKU, Gold Medal Bluegrass Fencer

Region 9 radio category winners:

Large Market

Continuing Coverage: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS News-Talk-Jazz-Classical WWNO/NEW ORLEANS with PUBLIC RADIO INC. News-Talk WRKF/BATON ROUGE and the GULF STATES NEWSROOM, Ida Coverage
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, NEW ORLEANS CROWN Act is a First for the Deep South but Advocates Hope it’s Just the Beginning
Excellence in Innovation: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, A Year Like No Other: COVID-19 in the GULF STATES
Excellence in Writing: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, Despite Record Number on the Road, Women Truck Drivers Still Face Barriers Getting into Industry
Feature Reporting: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, As the Clock Runs Out on $300 Unemployment Benefits, a NEW ORLEANS Waitress is Left in Limbo
Hard News: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, Prison Visits are Back in the GULF STATES. Many Have Not Seen Loved Ones for Nearly 2 Years
Investigative Reporting: GULF STATES NEWSROOM, In BATON ROUGE, Existing Health Care Disparities Make COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout More Uneven

Small Market

Breaking News Coverage: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 25 ALABAMA Tornado Outbreak
Continuing Coverage: MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING, ‘We Want Our Running Water’ - JACKSON Residents Suffer in Aftermath of Water System Failures
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: WBHM, Diversity Debate in MOUNTAIN BROOK
Excellence in Sound: WBHM, BIRMINGHAM Teachers Welcome Students Back to School Amid COVID Surge
Feature Reporting: WBHM, LGBTQ Students Find Hope in New Affirming School
Hard News: WBHM, Surge in Deaths Strains Local Funeral Homes, Morgue
News Series: ALABAMA PUBLIC RADIO with the UA CENTER FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION, From CHERNOBYL, to BAMA, and Back
Newscast: MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING, MPB NEWS 7am Newscast OCTOBER 4, 2021
Overall Excellence: WBHM
Podcast: ALABAMA PUBLIC RADIO with the UA CENTER FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION, WHEN VANYA CAME HOME
Sports Reporting: WBHM, After a Blowout Pilot Season, High School Girls Flag Football Could be an Official Sport in ALABAMA

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