CTV British Columbia wins Murrow, RTDNA awards

CTV British Columbia won the Edward R. Murrow award for best international newscast for its July 19, 2009 broadcast.

The world's largest professional organization for electronic journalism is honouring CTV British Columbia with four prestigious 2012 Edward R. Murrow Awards.

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) made the announcement this morning in Washington, D.C. For the second year in a row, CTV BC is the winner of the Murrow for Overall Excellence, beating entries from newsrooms across B.C., Canada and around the world. Our coverage of last year's Stanley Cup riot was a major part of the Overall Excellence entry, as well as the daily news coverage on our website ctvbc.ca. Our riot coverage was also honoured with the Murrow for Breaking News; senior reporter and CTV News at Five anchor Rob Brown's harrowing journey into the heart of the riot in downtown Vancouver on the night of June 15, 2011 was a milestone for breaking news reporting and is also a finalist for journalism awards from the B.C. Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Association of Journalists. CTV's Investigators are the winners of the Murrow for Best News Series; the team of Mi-Jung Lee and Jon Woodward went undercover to expose a major supermarket chain repackaging and changing the best-before dates on meat products, a practice that was condemned by experts as a threat to public health. CTV's fourth Murrow for 2012 goes to CTV sports anchor and reporter Jason Pires; his touching portrait of Vancouver College basketball player JC Horton, who is also deaf, is the winner of the Murrow for Best Sports Reporting of the year.

Earlier this year, CTV British Columbia also won several awards from the Canadian arm of the RTDNA, including the awards for Investigative Reporting, Digital Media, Videography and News Information Program.