The Radio Television Digital News Association announced the national winners of the 2024 Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Here are the Texas winners:
Continuing Coverage
Coffee City Police
KHOU
Houston, TX
The KHOU investigative team of Jeremy Rogalski, Jennifer Cobb and John Gibson exposed how a tiny Texas town became a magnet for troubled cops. Coffee City had 50 officers for a population of 250, most with dubious pasts and hired by a chief with his own legal troubles. Two weeks after KHOU’s first story aired, the Coffee City Police Department was shut down, and ultimately seven police officers were indicted, including the chief himself. The ongoing investigative series has been viewed more than seven million times on the KHOU YouTube page.
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Juneteenth 2023: The Freedom to Learn
KHOU
Houston, TX
A team of KHOU journalists, led by the station’s main anchors Mia Gradney and Len Cannon explore Juneteenth through the lens of education. The hour-long documentary details opportunities denied to African Americans through violence and intimidation, leading to the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. “Juneteenth 2023 The Freedom to Learn” aims to educate viewers on diversity, racial injustice, and inequality in education.
Excellence in Sound
Noise Concerns Amplify as I-35 Expansion in Central Austin Nears
KUT
Austin, TX
Excellence in Writing
They Come Knocking: A Group of Crows has Visited the Same East Austin Library for Years
KUT
Austin, TX
Continuing Coverage
Covering the Texas Border
KTLM
McAllen, TX
Podcast
Borderland Crimes: The Final Punishment - An Eyewitness Account of a Killer’s Execution
KVIA
El Paso, TX
Excellence in Innovation
Marfa for Beginners
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
News Series
Toyah Residents Struggle to Access Clean Drinking Water as Boil Water Notice Stretches on for Years
Marfa Public Radio
Marfa, TX
Breaking News Coverage
Texas Two-City Shooting Rampage
Austin American-Statesman
Austin, TX
Continuing Coverage
Toxic Texas Air
Public Health Watch
Austin, TX
News Series
What it Means to Choose Pregnancy in Post-Roe America
The 19th and KFF Health News
Austin, TX
The Murrow Awards recognize over 100 outlets for outstanding digital, radio, and television journalism work in technical and editorial categories.
Winners will be honored at the Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala, which will be held on October 14, 2024, at Gotham Hall in New York City.
