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For the fourth year in a row CBS Radio News has been honored by the National Headliner Awards with first place in both the Network Newscast and Breaking News or Continuing Coverage categories, this year for reporting on the Boston Marathon Bombing. CBS News VP for Radio, Harvey Nagler said, ?From the moment the two bombs went off in Boston CBS Radio News was on the air immediately with continuous coverage and special reports every ten minutes. The hourly newscasts contained vivid and dramatic descriptions of the events.?
CBS News also received a first place award for network news series. In the network newscast category CBS World News Roundup anchor Steve Kathan and producer Paul Farry won for their reporting on that chaotic morning when police shut down an entire suburban Boston neighborhood to search for one of the marathon bombing suspects just hours after his brother died in a confrontation with police. The National Headliner Awards recognize journalistic merit in the communications industry.
