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WRAL-TV Wins Regional Murrow Awards |
The Radio-Television News Directions Association (RTNDA) announced the winners of the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in electronic journalism and WRAL-TV made the list twice. WRAL-TV’s Five On Your Side team won in the Investigative Reporting category for their story on “Flood Cars.” WRAL OnLine won the award for best Web Site in the first year that category has ever been included.
Consumer Reporter Monica Laliberte, Producer Lori Lair and Photographer Robert Meikle share the Investigative Reporting award. The “Flood Cars” story began as an idea when the team covered Hurricane Floyd’s floods. Laliberte said, “We’re very excited and honored! It’s our first! Those segments took an incredible amount of research to put together! It’s nice to have that effort recognized by our colleagues!”
RTNDA received over 200 more regional entries this year than last for a total of 1,966, hailing from 49 states and four countries. Only 387 awards were given in 13 categories. In early March, 22 radio and television news managers from various size markets across the country spent three days judging the entries. Both WRAL award winners will now compete with other Regional Murrow Award winners from across the country for the national awards competition to be judged in June. |
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