WASHINGTON – CTV British Columbia, CBNT St. John’s, NL, 680News Toronto and CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM Kitchener, ON all received awards for ‘Overall Excellence’ at the 2011 Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in electronic journalism.
This year, Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) judges awarded 600 regional awards in 14 categories, including Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, and Website. Awards are broken up by medium (radio, television, on-line) and by market size (small and large.) Regional winners automatically become eligible for the national awards competition, which will be judged in June and presented in October at the RTDNA Awards Dinner in New York.
“Every year, these awards exemplify the high standard of journalism that Edward R. Murrow set for our industry,” said RTDNA chairman Mark Kraham, in the announcement. “His legacy is more than evident in each of the winning entries, which represent the best work and the best journalists in our field.”
The Canadian award winners are:
Television, Large Market
Overall Excellence
CTV British Columbia – Vancouver, BC
Video Breaking News Coverage
Global British Columbia: News Hour
Avalanche, Boulder, BC
Video Feature Reporting
Citytv – Toronto, ON
Kicking Cancer
Video Reporting: Hard News
CTV Calgary – Calgary, AB
Demco
Video Investigative Reporting
CIVT-TV – Vancouver, BC
High Stakes
Video News Series
CIVT-TV – Vancouver, BC
The Cure
Video Newscast
Global Toronto – Toronto, ON
G20 Summit
Use of Video
CITV-TV – Edmonton, AB
Who’s Watching You
Web site
CIVT-TV – Vancouver, BC
ctvbc.ctv.ca
Television, Small Market
Overall Excellence
CBNT – St. John’s, NL
Video Breaking News Coverage
CIVI-TV – Victoria, BC
Migrant Ship Approaches
Video Continuing Coverage
CBNT – St. John’s, NL
Hurricane Igor
Video Reporting: Hard News
CKCO-TV (CTV Southwestern Ontario) – Kitchener, ON
University Plaza Fire
Video Investigative Reporting
CFPL-TV – London, ON
Mistaken Mastectomy
Video News Documentary
Rogers TV Simcoe – Barrie, ON
In Focus: Through Their Eyes
Video News Series
CKCO-TV (CTV Southwestern Ontario) – Kitchener, ON
Fined Dining
Video Newscast
CKVR-TV – Barrie, ON
/A\ News at 6
Video Sports Reporting
CIVI-TV – Victoria, BC
Ryder Hesjedal Rides Back Home
Radio, Large Market
Overall Excellence
680News – Toronto, ON
Audio Breaking News Coverage
CFRB-AM – Toronto, ON
G20 Black Block Party in Toronto
Audio Continuing Coverage
CFRB-AM – Toronto, ON
The G20 Weekend in Toronto
Audio Feature Reporting
CFRB-AM – Toronto, ON
Chasing the Paparazzi at TIFF
Audio News Series
680News – Toronto, ON, Canada
Basketball Lifeline
Audio Newscast
680News – Toronto, ON
G20 Order and Chaos
Use of Sound
680News – Toronto, ON
G20 Sound and Fury
Web site
680News – Toronto, ON
680news.com
Radio, Small Market
Overall Excellence
CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM – Kitchener, ON
Audio Breaking News Coverage
CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM – Kitchener, ON
Tragic Holiday: Explosion at the Mexican Resort
Audio Continuing Coverage
CBC 640 – St. John’s, NL
Hurricane Igor
Audio Feature Reporting
CBC 640 – St. John’s, NL
Seeking "Liberation"
Audio News Series
CBC 640 – St. John’s, NL
A Community Divided
Audio Newscast
CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM – Kitchener, ON
Tragic Holiday: Explosion at the Mexican Resort
Web site
CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM – Kitchener, ON
570news.com
RTDNA has been honouring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Murrow Awards since 1971. Radio, television and on-line news managers from markets across the country judged the entries in March and April.
