4-13-2012
WBZ NewsRadio 1030 won twelve regional awards for excellence in news coverage: eight AP awards including ?Best Newscast? and four Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association including ?Overall Excellence.? WBZ News and Programming Director Peter Casey said, ?There is a tremendous amount of effort that goes into this every year from our coverage of day-to-day news events to the special coverage for breaking news, news series, and other major events. This is a great display of accomplishment for the entire news and programming staff. Credit is due to everyone on the staff that works hard every day to produce this volume of award winning news coverage.?
The winners were announced by the Associated Press and RTDNA and the awards will be presented at a joint awards ceremony on Friday, May 18.
Here are WBZ NewsRadio?s Associated Press Awards:
Best Newscast: WBZ NewsRadio newscast May 2nd at 8:00AM
Rod Fritz, Deb Lawler, and Walt Perkins on Osama bin Laden death
Breaking News:
WBZ NewsRadio for Occupy Boston: Eviction from Dewey Square
Continuing Coverage:
WBZ NewsRadio for coverage of the June Tornadoes
Investigative Reporting:
WBZ NewsRadio for the Mary Blake week-long series: Working in the Commonwealth
Sports Program:
WBZ NewsRadio for Doug Cope?s report: The Boston Marathon Begins
Sports Feature:
WBZ NewsRadio for Mary Blake?s report: Celebrating with Stanley
Best Use of Sound:
WBZ NewsRadio for Michael Coleman?s montage on May 2nd, 2011 featuring the September 11 attacks and the death of Osama bin Laden
Website:
WBZ NewsRadio On the Web at http://www.cbsboston.com/
Here are WBZ NewsRadio?s Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the RTDNA:
Overall Excellence
Awarded to WBZ NewsRadio for excellence in news gathering and reporting throughout 2011
Best Newscast:
WBZ NewsRadio newscast June 24 at 5:30M
Breaking News:
WBZ NewsRadio for coverage of the June Tornadoes
Writing:
Carl Stevens? ?Doomsday Poem?
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