REGIONAL—A Grand Marais public radio station that serves a large area of Lake and Cook counties, has won two Edward R. Murrow awards in two different categories. WTIP, North Shore Community Radio, won in the Breaking News Coverage category for its reporting on the fire that destroyed the historic Lutsen Lodge by Kirsten Wisniewski and Kalli Hawkins. The station won in the Writing for Broadcast category for the feature story “Owls’ Silent Flight,” written by Chel Anderson for the station’s North Woods Naturalist segment.
The Edward R. Murrow Awards, sponsored by the Radio Television Digital News Association, are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news.
“We are immensely proud of our news team for their live coverage of this devastating fire, and Chel Anderson for her outstanding piece,” said WTIP Executive Director Matthew Brown. “Our team of staff and volunteers consistently create outstanding content that is vital for our listeners on so many levels.”
The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of broadcast and digital journalism.
Regional winners automatically advance to the national round of the competition. National winners will be announced in August and celebrated at the Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala in New York City on Oct. 13.
WTIP is broadcast at 90.7 FM and can be heard across much of the Arrowhead. It can be streamed anywhere at wtip.org.