The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) has announced finalists for the organization’s 2021 contest, and WRAL-TV has racked up nine of the prestigious nods.
The WRAL -TV finalists are:
General News by Multimedia Journalist
WRAL-TV – Deaths in North Carolina Increased by 17% in 2020 – Ali Ingersoll
Health-Medicine
WRAL-TV – Death Records Show COVID Singular Cause – Ali Ingersoll, Ashley Talley
Long-Form Interview
WRAL-TV – On the Record: Fake News in a Post-Trump Presidency
News Special
WRAL-TV – The Skin We’re In
Social Reform
WRAL-TV – The Talk – Julian Grace
Special Report
WRAL-TV – Forward Together: Policing & Equality Roundtable
Sports Special
WRAL-TV – No April Fools Joke: Roy Williams Retires from UNC
TV News Producer of the Year (TV I)
WRAL-TV – McKenzie Bennett
TV Special Projects Producer (TV I)
WRAL-TV – Jeremy Spearman
Due to the pandemic, no in-person awards luncheon will take place this year, but first and second place winners will be announced during a virtual event on Saturday, October 30, 2021.
Find the complete list of 2021 nominees at https://rtdnac.org/awards/