Regional RTDNA Murrow Award Winners Announced
May 22, 2025
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. 8 Michigan broadcasters won a total of 12 awards in Region 7, which is shared with Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.
The Michigan stations and their winning entries are as follows:
| Small Market Radio | |
| Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Points North: A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin Interlochen Public Radio Traverse City, MI | Excellence in Sound Steam is king at the Buckley Old Engine Show Interlochen Public Radio Traverse City, MI |
| Excellence in Writing 'Hello to a River': Maple River is among the first to flow freely WCMU Public Radio Mount Pleasant, MI | News Documentary Nowhere to Go: How the system failed a trafficking survivor WMUK-FM Kalamazoo, MI |
| News Series Meet the rural Democrats and urban Republicans WMUK-FM Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Large Market Radio | |
| Breaking News Coverage WWJ Breaking News Explosion WWJ Newsradio 950 Detroit, MI | News Documentary The Bird Connection: Change and decline in our world Michigan Public Ann Arbor, MI |
| Newscast WWJ Newscast Jennifer Crumbley Verdict WWJ Newsradio 950 Detroit, MI | Podcast What The Vote? Michigan Public Ann Arbor, MI |
| Small Market Television | |
| Hard News Born into Crisis WJRT Flint, MI | |
| Large Market Television | |
| Continuing Coverage Historic Crumbley Trials WDIV/ClickOnDetroit Detroit, MI | Digital WXYZ Digital WXYZ Detroit, MI |
See the complete list of winners in Region 7 here.