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The Radio Television Digital News Association announced its regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. The awards are in each of 14 regions; region 2 covers California, Guam, Hawaii and Nevada. Channel 4 morning anchor Alycia Lane just tweeted her good news.
@AlyciaNBCLA I am so, so excited! I just won an Edward R. Murrow award for writing! LInk to the piece to follow! awesome day. :)
Here's the link she means. The story is about a child with a mysterious medical condition. All region 2 winners are listed after the jump: the overall excellence winners are KNX AM 1070 and KTVU-TV in Oakland.
Radio, Large Market
Overall Excellence
KNX-AM - Los Angeles, CA
Overall Excellence
Audio Breaking News Coverage
KNX-AM - Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Stormin'
Audio Continuing Coverage
KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA
Firestorm-Follow Up
Audio Feature Reporting
KFBK-AM - Sacramento, CA
Sounds of a Virtuoso
Audio Reporting: Hard News
KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA
After the Fire
Audio Investigative Reporting
KPCC-FM - Pasadena, CA
Prison Health Series
Audio News Documentary
KNX-AM - Los Angeles, CA
Haiti: Hope in the Ruins
Audio News Series
KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA
Aftershock: Ongoing Crisis in Haiti
Audio Newscast
KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA
KCBS 6 AM News
Audio Sports Reporting
KGO AM - San Francisco, CA
Cut Man
Use of Sound
KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA
Aftershock: Ongoing Crisis in Haiti
Web site
KQED - San Francisco, CA
Climate Watch
Writing
KGO AM - San Francisco, CA
A Mountain of Trouble
Radio, Small Market
Audio Continuing Coverage
KCLU AM-FM - Thousand Oaks, CA
Simi Valley Explosion
Audio Feature Reporting
KAZU-FM - Seaside, CA
Converting to Pure Electric
Audio Reporting: Hard News
KCLU AM-FM - Thousand Oaks, CA
Panning Panhandling
Audio News Documentary
KSAK-FM - Walnut, CA
Big League/College Dreams
Audio News Series
KCLU AM-FM - Thousand Oaks, CA
KCLU Election Preview
Audio Sports Reporting
KCLU AM-FM - Thousand Oaks, CA
Cowboys Roundup
Use of Sound
KSAK-FM - Walnut, CA
Renaissance Faire Opening
Writing
KCLU AM-FM - Thousand Oaks, CA
So You Think You Know the Beatles?
Television, Large Market
Overall Excellence
KTVU-TV - Oakland, CA
Overall Excellence
Video Breaking News Coverage
KCRA-TV - Sacramento, CA
Galleria Fire
Video Continuing Coverage
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas, NV
Show Us The Money
Video Feature Reporting
KGTV-TV - San Diego, CA
Tracking the Mexican Mafia - Inside Donovan State Prison
Video Reporting: Hard News
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas, NV
Governor Gibbons at the Reno Airport
Video Investigative Reporting
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas, NV
Senator John Ensign Investigation
Video News Documentary
KPIX-TV - San Francisco, CA
Vietnam Revisited
Video News Series
KABC-TV - Los Angeles, CA
Haiti: Six Months Later
Video Newscast
KGO-TV - San Francisco, CA
ABC7 News at 6pm
Use of Video
KCRA-TV - Sacramento, CA
OCD
Web site
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas, NV
8NewsNow.com
Writing
KNBC - Los Angeles, CA
The Angel
Television, Small Market
Video Breaking News Coverage
KHON-TV - Honolulu, HI
Tsunami Warning
Video Continuing Coverage
KION-TV - Santa Cruz, CA
Justice For Ryann
Video Feature Reporting
KSEE-TV - Fresno, CA
Saving Soles
Video Reporting: Hard News
KBAK-TV - Bakersfield, CA
"Unlimited" Cell Plan
Video Investigative Reporting
KEYT-TV - Santa Barbara, CA
A Bad Cop and His Wife
Video News Series
KESQ - Palm Springs, CA
Confessions of a Child Molester, "It Happens to Boys" AND Confessions of a Child Molester, "Who Watches Offenders Near You?"
, Part I
, Part II
Video News Documentary
KBAK-TV - Bakersfield, CA
When Kern Burned: Bull & West Fires 2010
Video Newscast
KBAK-TV - Bakersfield, CA
Bull & West Fires 2010
Video Sports Reporting
KMIR-TV - Palm Springs, CA
The Desert Storm
Use of Video
KSEE-TV - Fresno, CA
Saving Soles
Writing
KION-TV - Santa Cruz, CA
Justice For Ryann