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St. Louis Public Radio Wins Five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

St. Louis Public Radio has won five 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971.

The Murrow Awards are the embodiment of the values and principles set forth by Edward R. Murrow, a journalism pioneer who set the standards for the highest quality of broadcast journalism. Winning stories put public interest above all else, are a catalyst for public discussion, and adhere to the RTDNA Code of Ethics. Of the awards given to journalists, the Murrow Awards are among the most respected journalism awards in the world.

St. Louis Public Radio won awards in five categories:

Investigative Reporting: Missouri Inmates Are Overdosing on Drugs. How Are They Getting Them? By Shahla Farzan.

News Series: Children Under Fire

Journalists who worked on this project include Ryan Delaney, Sarah Fentem, Andrea Henderson, and Rachel Lippmann.

Sports Reporting: He's Had Blues Season Tickets Since The Team's First Year, Now He's Ready To Celebrate by Wayne Pratt

Multi-Media: A Crowded Field by Brent Jones

Excellence in Social Media: Lindsay Toler. For the award application, Toler focused on how she used Instagram to share news about Lambert Airport.

Regional winners automatically advance to national judging. National winners are announced in June.

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Digital Media Manager Madalyn Painter joined the station in 2006, after working for three years as Online Communications Manager for KETC/Channel 9, St. Louis Public Television. Her professional awards include a 2005 APEX Award of Excellence for a Web site and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. She has lived in St. Louis since graduating in 2000 from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Honors English. She enjoys gardening, visual art, dance, poetry, living in St. Louis City, and listening to public radio. Her favorite public radio shows are To the Best of Our Knowledge, RadioLab, Snap Judgment, Krista Tippett on Being, The Splendid Table, and This American Life.