CTV British Columbia has been honoured with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News website, as well as three other broadcasting accolades.
The Best Website, Broadcast-Affiliated award is presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) in recognition of what the Association terms "outstanding achievements in electronic journalism."
Our website was chosen over every regional website entered for consideration outside of the United States.
This is the second Murrow award for CTV B.C. in the past three years. The website was awarded a 2009 prize for best breaking news for its team coverage of the Whistler gondola crash.
The Vancouver CTV newsroom also clinched three other regional Edward R. Murrow awards for excellence in broadcasting.
High Stakes, a critical in-depth probe of B.C.'s self-exclusion gambling program, has won for Investigative Reporting.
The series -- fronted by "The Investigators" Mi-Jung Lee and Jon Woodward -- led to a province-wide review of the entire system, and a promise to fix it.
Lee and Woodward have also won for Best News Series with their work on "The Cure." The series exposed a "natural health doctor" peddling false hope to desperate families, and showed the huge problems with regulations that allow these practitioners to stay in business.
Finally, the RTNDA is honouring CTV British Columbia with its most prestigious award for Overall Excellence.
The submission included our Feb. 28 Olympics broadcast, which captured all of the heart-pounding moments of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on its closing day.
It also highlighted our breaking news coverage of last June's Oliver mudslides, where tonnes of mud and debris rained down on the southern Okanagan town. Our entry capped off with "Stroke: A Survival Guide," a first-person account from reporter Brent Gilbert on his road to recovery after suffering a life-threatening stroke.
"Winning these awards highlights a culture of excellence in our newsroom," said news director Margo Harper.
"From our web presence to breaking news, investigative coverage – to the execution of technically flawless broadcasts night after night, everyone on our team always strives to be the best and I'm very proud of them."
Last year, CTV took home the Murrow for best international newscast for the station's coverage of the devastating West Kelowna forest fires.
The regional winners now move on to New York to compete against all stations in the Radio-Television News Directors Association, with the prizes expected to be announced later this year.
The awards were named after Murrow, who is considered one of TV journalism's greatest figures.
The RTNDA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism, representing broadcasters in cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries.
The Edward R. Murrow Awards have been honouring journalists since 1971.
CTV B.C. has won more than 20 Edward R. Murrow awards, including best newscast in 2009 and 2010.
