88.5 WFDD wins regional Edward R. Murrow Award for 'Overall Excellence'
The following is a guest post from 88.5 WFDD.
88.5 WFDD, the NPR-affiliate station licensed to Wake Forest University and serving 32 counties in the Piedmont and High Country of North Carolina, has been honored with the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for “Overall Excellence” for its work in 2020; this is the fourth consecutive year that WFDD has been recognized in the “Overall Excellence” category. 
The award commends a year of high-quality reporting that includes the station’s coverage of the pandemic, the local protests after the murder of George Floyd and a pivotal election. Of note is WFDD’s commitment to bringing listeners the most critical COVID-19 information with a live blog in both English and Spanish to serve our community at large. To connect on a deeper level, WFDD also launched a series of virtual community conversations that invited listeners to discussions about race, education during the pandemic and how to safeguard your vote.
“It goes without saying that this has been a challenging year, but it’s also been an incredibly meaningful one, as the importance of local journalism has been cast in a new light,” said News Director Emily McCord. “It has been our mission and privilege to serve our community in this way and we are humbled by this incredible honor.”
The Radio Television Digital News Association has been recognizing 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 broadcast and digital journalism. WFDD competes in a region that includes large market radio stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Regional winners automatically advance to the national Edward R. Murrow Awards competition.
Visit the 88.5 WFDD website to learn more.
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WFDD honored for 'Overall Excellence' third consecutive year
A guest post from WFDD radio
88.5 WFDD has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the “Overall Excellence” and “Documentary” categories.
This is the third consecutive year WFDD has been recognized for the Overall Excellence category, which represents a body of work from the news team including an in-depth look on housing in the Triad, environmental reporting on toxins in area drinking water, continuing coverage of the heated tensions as a Confederate statue came down in Winston-Salem and uplifting community stories from across our region.
WFDD’s investigative hour-long program On The Margins also won an award in the News Documentary category. The program was a result of a unique collaboration of print and radio journalists, university researchers, and students to add data, depth and investigative muscle to this project. It explores the lasting legacy of discriminatory lending called redlining, the high number of evictions in our region and the toll on those facing it, and how the safety net that is supposed to protect our most vulnerable citizens played a major role in the problem. We also answered listeners’ housing questions along the way, bringing the public into the editorial process.
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WFDD wins prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has awarded 88.5 WFDD a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation for its Community Conversation on Mental Health. This comes after the station received three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Large Market Radio in Region 8, which encompasses Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Murrow Awards, among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news, are presented to news organizations that demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of broadcast and digital journalism.
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