CBS NEWS Wins Most Murrow Awards for Third Straight Year

CBS News won the most Edward. R. Murrow Awards for the third straight year, earning 10 for the journalism produced on each of its major platforms. The winners were announced today by the Radio, Television & Digital News Association, which will present the awards at a gala in New York City on Oct. 12.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and CBS THIS MORNING each received six awards - including best newscast, won by the CBS EVENING NEWS - a number unmatched by any network television news organization since 2002. CBS Radio News equaled its strong showing in 2014 by winning three again this year, including best newscast for CBS WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP for the third straight year. CBS News Digital, enhanced by the November debut of CBSN - the first live-anchored digital news network - was awarded Best Website for CBSNews.com.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY

Full Broadcast on July 18, 2014 - Best Newscast: Covering the downing of Malaysian Airlines Fl. 17, Israel-Gaza conflict and forest fires in the American West (Anchor and Managing Editor: Scott Pelley; Correspondents: Jim Axelrod, Carter Evans, Major Garrett, David Martin, Elizabeth Palmer, Mark Phillips, Clarissa Ward and Holly Williams)
"Reflections of the Deaths that Haunted Us" - Best Writing (Scott Pelley's end piece on July 18, 2014 broadcast)
"Tornado Hero" - Best Use of Video (Correspondent: Manuel Bojorquez)
"Life and Death in Gaza" - Breaking News Coverage (Correspondent: Barry Petersen)
" The War Against Ebola" - Best News Series (Correspondent: Debora Patta)
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and CBS THIS MORNING

"The War with ISIS" - Continuing Coverage (Correspondents: Elizabeth Palmer Clarissa Ward, Holly Williams)
CBS RADIO NEWS

"War on ISIS" - Continuing Coverage (CBS Radio News)
"Star Spangled Banner" - Feature Reporting (Correspondent: Dave Barrett)
"CBS World News Roundup" - Best Audio Newscast (Anchor: Steve Kathan)
CBSNews.com

Best Broadcast-Affiliated Website - CBSNews.com (CBS News Digital)

Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News. Chris Licht is the Vice President of Programming, CBS News, and Executive Producer of CBS THIS MORNING. Harvey Nagler is the Vice President of CBS Radio News. Nancy Lane is the Senior Executive Producer and Bill Martens is the General Manager of CBS News Digital.