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SDPB Wins Two 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Awards

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is pleased to announce SDPB has won two 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Awards for Small Market Radio, awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association Tuesday, August. 17, 2021.

SDPB has won in the following categories:

Excellence in Writing – “’He Didn’t Deserve to Die’: State COVID Policy Remains as Disease Surges,” Reporter: Lee Strubinger  

Story link: https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/politics-public-policy/he-didnt-have-to-die-state-covid-policy-remains-as-disease-surges/

Investigative Reporting – “From Never Again to Again: Politics Trump Environmental Concerns about Mount Rushmore Fireworks,”  Reporter: Seth Tupper 

Story link: https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/politics-public-policy/from-never-again-to-again-politics-trump-environmental-concerns-about-mount-rushmore-fireworks/

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 electronic journalism.