The 1997 Edward R. Murrow Awards were presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), [1] now renamed the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) in recognition of what the association terms "outstanding achievements in electronic journalism." National winners were selected from a pool of regional award winners. [2] [3] Below are the 1997 national and regional award winners, which recognizes coverage that aired during the previous 1996 calendar year. [4]
The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Among the most prestigious in news, the Murrow Awards recognize local and national news stories that uphold the RTDNA Code of Ethics, demonstrate technical expertise and exemplify the importance and impact of journalism as a service to the community. Murrow Award winning work demonstrates the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession.
The Radio Television Digital News Association, formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), is a United States-based membership organization of radio, television, and online news directors, producers, executives, reporters, students and educators. Among its functions are the maintenance of journalistic ethics and the preservation of the free speech rights of broadcast journalists.
Digital journalism, also known as online journalism, is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet, as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast. What constitutes digital journalism is debated by scholars; however, the primary product of journalism, which is news and features on current affairs, is presented solely or in combination as text, audio, video, or some interactive forms like newsgames, and disseminated through digital media technology.
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- 1997 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
- Local Radio Small Market Division
- Local Radio Large Market Division
- Local Television Small Market Division
- Local Television Large Market Division
- Network Radio Division
- Network Television Division
- 1997 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
- Region 1: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Region 2: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
- Region 3: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
- Region 4: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
- Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia
- Region 6: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
- Region 7: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
- Region 8: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
- Region 9: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
- International
- See also
- References
- External links
Categories that are not listed either had no entrants or the entries received were not deemed worthy of the award. For regional awards, it is worth noting the states included in each region have changed through the years. [5] The lists below indicate which states are included in each region for the 1997 awards. [6] The category currently called Breaking News was called "Spot News Coverage" in 1997, so the lists below have been edited to read Breaking/Spot News to avoid any confusion. [7]
The information on this page was retrieved using the Archive.org Internet Wayback Machine to access the now defunct website for RTNDA, a domain that was abandoned when the organization was renamed RTDNA. [8]
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet. It was launched in 2001 by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, United States.
