VPR WINS FIVE REGIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS
March 28, 2007
Vermont Public Radio has been honored with five 2007 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for outstanding news coverage. It is the largest number of awards VPR has received at one time in the annual competition. VPR was honored with first-place awards in the categories of investigative reporting, news series, continuing coverage, feature reporting and broadcast writing.VPR’s investigative reporting on Mexican immigrants working on Vermont farms took top honors in that category. VPR's John Dillon explored the cultural and legal challenges facing both immigrants and farmers in this three-part series. VPR was also honored for its continuing coverage of this issue.
In 2005, VPR’s Steve Zind took VPR listeners on a personal journey through Iran: from the teeming streets of Tehran to the mountain village that was the ancestral home of his grandfather’s family. In 2006, Zind returned to Iran to talk with people about the challenges of daily life there. His five-part series exploring Iran’s domestic issues like joblessness, poverty, women’s rights and freedom of expression, won first-place in the news series category.
Zind’s coverage of a Montpelier peace song competition and a feature on ordering a coffin in advance also took top honors in the feature reporting and broadcast writing categories.
The awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). VPR won the prestigious awards in the small-market radio category that included stations in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
VPR can be heard at 107.9 FM in Burlington, 89.5 FM in Windsor, 88.7 FM in Rutland, 88.5 FM in St. Johnsbury, 94.3 FM in Bennington, 95.1 FM in Sunderland/Manchester, 92.5 in Manchester, 94.5 in Brattleboro, 95.3 in Middlebury, 94.1 FM in Montpelier and online at vpr.net.
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