Lima Company: A Portrait of Service, a story by photographer Jeff Ritter from WBNS-TV in Columbus, has won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for videography in the Large Market Television division.
The Edward R. Murrow Awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association and honor excellence in electronic journalism. RTNDA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. A complete list of National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners.
Earlier this year the story was the Grand Award winner in the 75th annual National Headliner Awards and was Best of Show in the ONPA year-end contest. Ritter was also the ONPA Television Photographer of the Year for his work in 2008.
WBNS-TV and WTOL-TV in Toledo both won Regional Edward R. Murrow awards for overall excellence in their respective large and small market divisions. The region includes all television stations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Both stations had multiple wins in the regional contest. A complete list of Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winners.