WFAE has won five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Overall Excellence, according to results released Thursday.
The Overall Excellence honor recognizes WFAE’s overall newsroom performance and impact across programming, reflecting the station's diverse and impactful coverage of major breaking news events such as the ICE/Border Patrol crackdown known as "Operation Charlotte's Web," education issues, complex political topics and arts, culture and feature reporting.
WFAE stories also received awards in several categories:
- Hard News: Nick de la Canal’s report, “Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after ‘Charlotte’s Web’ sweep.”
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Elvis Menayese’s series, “Overdose deaths among Black, Hispanic residents have surged in Mecklenburg County.”
- Breaking News: Julian Berger’s report, “Charlotte immigrant corridor empties amid Border Patrol surge; some shops close indefinitely.”
- Newscast: A composite of newscasts by WFAE staff.
The regional Murrow Awards are presented annually by the Radio Television Digital News Association and honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. WFAE will now advance to the national round of competition, with results to be announced later this year.