WITF honored with two National Edward R. Murrow Awards

(Undated) — For the fourth time since 2009, WITF has been recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association’s (RTDNA) with multiple National Edward R. Murrow Awards.

RTDNA has announced WITF’s Ben Allen and Joe Ulrich will receive National Murrows in the Hard News Feature and the Best Use of Sound categories.

The central Pennsylvania public media organization competed against radio stations in markets 51 and smaller. The two National Murrows gave WITF the most among radio stations in its market size and tied it with WLRN-FM in Miami, WBUR-FM in Boston and WAMU-FM in Washington, DC, for most among radio stations overall. Find the complete list of winners here.

“Today’s announcement of two more national Edward R. Murrow Awards is a tribute both to the individuals honored and to the WITF news team as a whole, which has now received 12 such awards since 2007,” said Kathleen Pavelko, WITF‘s President & CEO. “WITF is committed to its mission to provide high quality, contextual journalism to the citizens of our region and beyond.”

This year, the 45th anniversary of the awards, RTDNA is presenting 103 national Edward R. Murrow Awards in 13 categories including Newscast, Investigative Reporting, Overall Excellence and more. RTDNA received more than 4,300 entries during the 2016 awards season, setting an all-time record for the fourth year in a row.

“Our judges tell us the work they reviewed this year is some of the best ever,” said RTDNA Chair Kathy Walker. “Our winners have clearly demonstrated how their commitment to outstanding journalism serves their communities, states and the nation.”

WITF‘s award-winning stories couldn’t be more different.

Allen spent much of the past 18 months chronicling the impact of the heroin epidemic in central Pennsylvania, as part of the series, “Real Life