TEGNA Stations Honored with 84 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced its stations received 84 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. KARE in Minneapolis received 12 individual awards, the most given this year, and the most in its history.

Three stations – KARE, KGW and WFAA – garnered the overall excellence honor, the highest achievement awarded. Three stations – KUSA, KGW and WTIC – won for excellence in innovation, which recognizes “news organizations that innovate their product to enhance the quality of journalism and the audience’s understanding of news.” Six TEGNA stations – KARE, KING, KUSA, KXTV, NEWS CENTER MAINE and WXIA – received excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, more than any other station group. This new category was introduced in 2021 and is given for “outstanding advocacy journalism tackling the topic of diversity, racial injustice and/or inequality.”

“We commend our stations and journalists for their dedication to providing essential news coverage, impactful investigative reports and insightful stories that embrace and reflect the rich diversity within their local communities,” said Dave Lougee, president and CEO, TEGNA. “We extend our congratulations to our stations and journalists for their remarkable accomplishments.”

Overall, 23 TEGNA stations were honored:

KARE, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Overall Excellence: KARE 11
• Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Nora’s Story
• Excellence in Video: Gunny at the Wheel
• Investigative Reporting: The GAP: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect
• Continuing Coverage: No-Knock Warrants & the Death of an Innocent Man
• Feature Reporting: Gunny at the Wheel
• Hard News: Tampered Evidence
• News Documentary: The GAP: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect
• News Series: Water Wars
• Newscast: KARE 11 News at 10
• Podcast: KARE 11 Investigates: Cruel & Unusual
• Sports Reporting: Blue Lou

KGW, Portland, Oregon

• Overall Excellence: KGW News
• Excellence in Innovation: One Day
• Excellence in Video: Classical Music in the Wind
• Excellence in Writing: Words to Live By
• Feature Reporting: Mary Has Learned to Fly
• News Documentary: One Day
• Podcast: Should Be Alive
• Digital: KGW News

KING, Seattle, Washington

• Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Indigenous Northwest
• Breaking News Coverage: Lockdown: Ingraham High School
• Continuing Coverage: The Fraud Crusade
• Hard News: “I Can’t Sleep” – Black Newspaper Carrier Speaks Out
• News Series: Mentally Ill, Waiting in Jail
• Newscast: KING 5 News at 5pm: “Walloped by Weather”

KPNX, Phoenix, Arizona