CNN.com, KING5.com among national Murrow winners
Cory Bergman June 18th, 2007
The national Edward R. Murrow awards were just released this morning, and the top web awards go to CNN.com (network), KING5.com (large market), WAFF.com (small market), KCBS.com (radio) and WashingtonPost.com (non-affiliated). NBC Nightly News, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and KVUE-TV in Austin won the TV awards for overall excellence.
As most of you know, I work at KING5.com, and we’re honored to win the national Murrow. We’ve made it our mission to cover the news aggressively online by combining the editorial strength of KING-TV’s newsroom with our own 24/7 interactive reporting. My thanks to our talented team: Dale Steinke, Jan Minagawa, John Goff, Karin Czulik, Susan Wyatt, Liza Javier, Travis Pittman and Katherine Sather. And my thanks to news director Pat Costello, who understands the web is vastly different than TV — a realization that’s all too rare in local TV newsrooms today.
11 Comments Add your own
1. thedetroitchannel | June 18th, 2007 at 7:23 am
fantastic job!
i like how your award is already mentioned at the footer of the homepage too.
i mean that, cory. considering this morning i found at least 3 “local” sites that still had friday’s headlines boldly offered on their homepage it certainly demonstrates king’s understanding that the web is all about IMMEDIACY.
again, congrats.
2. Don Day | June 18th, 2007 at 7:37 am
You all make Belo proud. Congratulations!
3. Michael Gay | June 18th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Cory, that is AWESOME! This only validates what we already know, that you have a great team and perform well above everyone else!
4. David Johnson | June 18th, 2007 at 8:53 am
once again, cory, you prove that you walk the walk and talk the talk. rock on.
5. John | June 18th, 2007 at 9:17 am
WAFF Rocks!..one of the many excellent Raycom sites…..Congrats!
6. Safran | June 18th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Another big day for the Berg-Man! Congratulations to you and your team.
7. Tom Planchet | June 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Congrats to you, Dale, Jan, John and all the staff. KING is a site we look to emulate.
Richly deserved.
8. Frank Catalano | June 18th, 2007 at 10:14 am
NOW I know why Cory has been so busy. Congrats!
9. Barney Lerten | June 18th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Congrats from here, too, and a related question - how many FT/PT Web-only content producers has Belo made happen at KING5.com ? Sure there’s an effort under way at our and every newsroom to get all involved - but to really get there, you really need dedicated brainpower and fingers, dontcha?;-)
10. Cory | June 18th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Barney, I’ll answer your question with one word:
YES.
Thanks everyone!
11. Chris Carl | June 19th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Hey, you FAILED to mention WDEL.com - small market radio website, of which we are extremely proud.
Cory, I’ll look for you in NYC!!
Chris Carl
News Director
WDEL-SM & WDEL.com
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