What makes local TV news coverage award winning? If we could see examples of it, it stands to reason that the entire local news industry, and our viewers, would benefit. We’d be able to see what impresses the judges, usually a jury of our peers, and it would inspire us to use those lessons in […]
What makes local TV news coverage award winning?
If we could see examples of it, it stands to reason that the entire local news industry, and our viewers, would benefit.
We’d be able to see what impresses the judges, usually a jury of our peers, and it would inspire us to use those lessons in our coverage every day.
The regional winners of the 2015 Edward R. Murrow Awards have been announced. You can find the complete list by clicking here.
Since the announcement, TV stations have been sending out press releases to TVNewsCheck highlighting their achievements.
To me, it’s not enough to just make the announcement. We’re in the video business, so I want to see examples of the news stories/submissions that have won, and if possible, see examples how the station promoted those stories.
In addition, I want to share how any station that’s been honored by a Murrow, uses that in its marketing.
So over the next few weeks, look for more on the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards here.
Click here to read about WDIV, Detroit’s NBC affiliate owned by Graham Media, being honored with their Murrow awards.
WYFF, the NBC affiliate owned by Hearst in the Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville-Anderson, N.C., television market received two 2015 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association.
“WYFF News 4 strives for the very best in broadcast journalism,” said John Soapes, WYFF’s president in a press release.
“This reflects our commitment to deliver the highest quality news to our audience.”
WYFF won in the Overall Excellence and News Documentary categories.
The Overall Excellence category represents the work of the news department over the previous year. Judges considered a compilation of WYFF’s total news programming, plus an entire single newscast.
WYFF was recognized for Chronicle: Shoeless Joe in the News Documentary category. This program focused on the life of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson, a Greenville, S.C., native. Chronicle is a quarterly, locally-produced news special.
(Note: For those baseball fans who are interested in the life of Jackson or the subject of the 1919 World Series scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, including Jackson, were ultimately banned from baseball for life, I highly recommend watching Eight Men Out, written and directed by independent film-maker, John Sayles, and based on the book of the same name by Eliot Asinof).
Overall Excellence
Click here to watch WYFF’s submission.
News Documentary, Chronicle: Shoeless Joe
First the promo then Chronicle: Shoeless Joe, Part 1.
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