Monday, June 13, 2005
CNN Picks Up a Murrow Award
Source: Broadcasting and Cable CNN's Candy Crowley has picked up an Edward R. Murrow award for in the Writing category for coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election.
NBC News led the national news outlets, with four awards, but CBS News won for overall excellence, one of its two wins. ABC News’ World News Tonight was also a winner and ABC News Radio took three awards, including overall excellence in radio news.
Among cable networks, MTV News won in the news documentary spaces, while ESPN was recognized for feature reporting.
The Radio-Television News Directors Association handed out its top prizes for excellence in electronic journalism Monday.
The awards will be presented at the RTNDA Awards Dinner on October 17, 2005, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. RTNDA has been awarding Murrows, named after the former CBS reporter and news executive, since 1971.
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