WJLA & WTOP Win Murrows for Coverage of Navy Yard Shootings

Allbritton-owned Channel 7/WJLA and Hubbard all-news channel WTOP, 103.5/103.9/107.7 FM, pick up national Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association for breaking news coverage of the September 2013 Navy Yard shootings. “Breaking news coverage is the No. 1 priority for our news department,” says WJLA General Manager Bill Lord. “Our team is always ready to get to the story first and to stay with the breaking news event until it has been resolved. This is a great honor for all the hardworking and talented professionals who do this work every day, and we are extremely pleased to be recognized once again as a national leader on this field.” Says WTOP Senior News/Sports Director Mike McMearty, “The WTOP newsroom takes pride in its coverage of breaking news. To win a national Edward R. Murrow award in this category is especially gratifying. On-air, online and across all social media platforms, WTOP gave its listeners the important information they needed to know on that awful day in September 2013.

This item was originally featured in the July 2014 local newsletter.