South Dakota Public Broadcasting is pleased to announce SDPB has won nine 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Small Market Radio, including "Overall Excellence."
SDPB has won in the following categories:
Overall Excellence: South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Continuing Coverage – Black Hills Logging Debate: "Board Goes Against Researchers, Tells Forest Service to Increase Logging in Black Hills," Reporter: Seth Tupper
Excellence in Video – "Dakota Life: Cabins in the Hills," Videographer: Krystal Schoenbauer/Producer: Seth Tupper
Excellence in Writing – "'He Didn't Deserve to Die': State COVID Policy Remains as Disease Surges," Reporter: Lee Strubinger
Feature Reporting - "Retirees Find Companionship through Speed Dating," Reporter: John Nguyen
Hard News: - "Two States, Different Paths: Vermont Keeps Virus Low While Rivaling South Dakota's Economy," Reporter: Seth Tupper
Investigative Reporting - "From Never Again to Again: Politics Trump Environmental Concerns about Mount Rushmore Fireworks," Reporter: Seth Tupper
Podcast - "SDPB News Podcast: Dec. 17, 2020"
Sports Reporting - "In Play: Driving Toward Success - Lance Christensen, Jr.," Producers: Nate Wek, Kyle Mork & Paul Ebsen
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. These are the 2021 RTDNA Regional Murrow Award recipients. National winners, including digital news organization and student awards, will be announced in summer 2021.