MPR News Wins 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence

Jun 21, 2016

ST. PAUL, Minn., June 21, 2016 - Minnesota Public Radio News has won the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence among large market radio stations. The award was announced today by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.

"This is a great honor for our entire newsroom," said Nancy Cassutt, executive director, news and programming for MPR News. "It's our public service mission that drives us, but to be recognized with a National Murrow Award for Overall Excellence is an achievement for which the entire organization and all who support MPR should be proud."

The award recognizes MPR News' work throughout 2015, which included live coverage of breaking news, investigations of key regional issues, and in-depth, sound-rich stories on the most important topics of the day - from climate change to police violence. More details about the award entry are available on the MPR News website. The awards will be presented at a gala in New York on Oct. 10.

About MPR News
MPR News has long been recognized as one of the foremost journalistic organizations in the Upper Midwest, reaching news consumers across all platforms. Reaching 500,000 listeners each week, the MPR News radio signal can be heard by 95 percent of Minnesotans. With news bureaus across the state, MPR News has partnerships with the largest TV station in the region, KARE 11, and more than 30 newspapers. MPR News has received numerous awards for its reporting and most recently received a George Foster Peabody Award, Alfred I. DuPont Award and RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award for its investigative reporting and the national Murrow for best broadcast affiliated website in 2013, 2014, 2015. Visit mprnews.org for the latest regional, national and international headlines.
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