Denver Post wins top 2015 National Murrow Award

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From The Denver Post:



The Denver Post was awarded the prestigious 2015 National Murrow Award for overall excellence the Radio Television Digital News Association announced today.

The Denver Post was awarded the prestigious 2015 National Murrow Award for overall excellence the Radio Television Digital News Association announced today.

In the category of online news organizations, competing against the New York Times, the Washington Post and others, the Denver Post won with the submission of a video/photo/editorial/graphic/multimedia package “State of Hope,” about Colorado’s role as a destination for a liquid form of marijuana to heal sick children failed by conventional medicine, reporting by John Ingold, photography by Joe Amon and videography by Lindsay Pierce.

The Post also won in two other categories, news series and sports reporting. The Post was honored for best news series for “Mental Health in Colorado” about the broken mental health system, with stories by Jennifer Brown, photos by Craig F. Walker and videos by Mahala Gaylord; and best sports reporting for “Bridal Veil Falls Ascent,” Jason Blevin’s story and accompanying video about paraplegic climber Sean O’Neill’s ascent of the frozen falls.

The Post has won national Murrow honors before but this is the first overall excellence award. At a time of shrinking newsroom staff and budgets, the Post managed to beat much larger online news outlets. “This is an incredible performance and validation of the leadership, hard work and strategy that has gone into our multimedia efforts,” Editor Greg Moore wrote in a congratulatory note to staff.

The awards, traditionally regarded as broadcasting’s version of the Pulitzer Prize, have been a coveted honor since 1971. The 2015 Murrow Awards will be officially distributed at a gala in New York in October.

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