WLRN-Miami Herald News received four regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for work completed during 2013.
The station, which airs on 91.3 FM and WLRN.org, received Overall Excellence, News Documentary, News Series and Hard News Reporting honors for Region 13, which includes Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Overall Excellence entry included excerpts from a range of stories, including the series; ; and ; and continuing coverage; ; ; ; ; ; and .
The News Documentary and News Series entries contained stories from the station鈥檚 鈥淓levation Zero: Rising Seas in South Florida鈥� package.
The Hard News Reporting entry was 鈥�,鈥� a package of stories by Christine DiMattei on the city of Fort Lauderdale鈥檚 decision to rename a street after a pioneering black physician.
The Radio Television Digital News Association 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.
