Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
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The Edward R. Murrow
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio is a journalism
award given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
annually since 1997.
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada.Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick...
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio is a journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
award given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...
annually since 1997.
Recipients
- 1977, Burton D. Harrison
- 1978, Donald R. Quayle
- 1979, Albert L. Hulsen
- 1980, Susan StambergSusan StambergSusan Stamberg is an American radio journalist who is currently a Special Correspondent for National Public Radio and guest host for Weekend Edition Saturday.Stamberg was born in Newark, New Jersey...
- 1981, William H. Kling
- 1982, Ronald C. Bornstein
- 1983, Samuel C.O. Holt
- 1984, Bob EdwardsBob EdwardsRobert Alan Edwards is a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He was the first broadcaster with a large national following to join the field of satellite radio...
- 1985, Garrison KeillorGarrison KeillorGary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
- 1986, William H. Siemering
- 1987, Thomas J. Thomas and Theresa R. Clifford
- 1988, Joe N. Gwathmey
- 1989, Leo C. Lee
- 1990, Cokie RobertsCokie RobertsMary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts , best known as Cokie Roberts, is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week with Christiane...
- 1991, E. Wayne Bundy
- 1992, Kenneth N. Dayton
- 1993, Douglas J. BennetDouglas J. BennetDouglas Joseph “Doug” Bennet, Jr. is a former national political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007...
- 1994, Tom Church and David Giovannoni
- 1995, Lynn Chadwick Lynn Chadwick (radio)Lynn Chadwick is a Public Radio executive.She was president of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, executive director of Pacifica Radio from 1998 to 2000, and Senior Manager, at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting....
- 1996, Jay AllisonJay AllisonJay Allison is an American independent public radio producer and broadcast journalist. His work has been featured on radio programs such as This American Life, as well as National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and Morning Edition...
- 1997, William E. Buzenberg
- 1998, Jack W. Mitchell
- 1999, Hugo MoralesHugo Morales (radio)Hugo Morales is a latino founder and Executive Director of Radio Bilingüe, Inc.He is a Mixtec raised in Oaxaca, Mexico, until his family immigrated to California.He worked as a farmworker in Sonoma County....
- 2000, Jane Christo
- 2001, Richard H. Madden
- 2002, Peter J. Loewenstein
- 2003, Terry GrossTerry GrossTerry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio....
- 2004, Anne GarrelsAnne GarrelsAnne Garrels is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States.-Career:Garrels graduated from Harvard University's Radcliffe College in 1972...
- 2005, Wayne C. Roth
- 2006, Kevin KloseKevin KloseKevin Klose is a journalist, author, broadcast executive, and academic administrator, currently serving as the dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park...
- 2007, Dave Isay
- 2008, Laura R. Walker
- 2009, Ira GlassIra GlassIra Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.- Early life :...