ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles Receives Four Honors From the 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

KABC Honored With the Overall Excellence Award

KABC-TV, Southern California’s most-watched television station, has been awarded four 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for news coverage in 2019. The station received the distinction for Overall Excellence, Breaking News Coverage, Excellence in Video, and Best Newscast. The Regional Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news, and recognizes the work of the highest quality produced by radio, television and digital news organizations around the world.

“I’m so proud of our teams at ABC7 for being recognized by the Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for two years in a row, and now receiving more accolades this year across four categories is exceptional,” said Cheryl Fair, president and general manager at KABC-TV. “KABC is committed to delivering the most impactful stories to our audiences across all platforms, and the investments in community journalism focused on expanding hyperlocal reporting and data-driven investigative storytelling have been instrumental.

“The Regional Murrow Award is one of the most esteemed awards given by the Radio Television Digital News Association,” said Rob Elmore, vice president at KABC-TV. “Receiving the Overall Excellence Award truly exemplifies the team’s dedication to groundbreaking reporting in service of our viewers.”

Last year, KABC was honored for Breaking News Coverage and Best Newscast at 11 p.m. for news coverage in 2018. For its 2019 coverage, KABC has expanded its win to four categories and has won awards for large-market television in Region 2, which covers California, Hawaii and Nevada.

KABC’s four award-winning categories for 2019 news coverage include the following:

Overall Excellence Award for breaking news coverage, investigative reporting, data journalism, community journalism
Breaking News Coverage for its special edition of Eyewitness news coverage, “Easy/Hill Fires and Red Flag Warning/High Winds,” where reporters were on the scene covering real-time devastation of the “Easy Fire” that spread across Ventura County, endangering communities, animals and commuters, and threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Excellence in Video for The Monarch – A touching narrated video of Eyewitness News anchor David Ono’s daughter, Kaia, taking steps to preserve the monarch butterfly, which is being negatively impacted due to global warming and the pesticides tragically killing them and harming their natural environment. (Aired on Dec. 24, 2019)
Best Newscast at 5p.m. for the Nov. 14, 2019, coverage of the Saugus High School Shooting, where a 16-year-old high school student killed two fellow students and injured others on campus, before taking his own life.

KABC’s four award-winning entries will advance to the National Murrow Award competition. The national winners will be announced in June.

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KABC, Southern California’s most-watched television station, will live stream Minority Health Institute’s “COVID-19: The Battle to Save Black Lives” virtual town hall on Thursday, April 30 (12:00-1:30 p.m. PDT). The solutions-based, action-oriented virtual summit will discuss the health, economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on black communities.

Black Angelenos are dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate, according to data released Tuesday from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The death rate in LA County is about 9 per 100,000 people, as of April 28 data, but for the African American population, it’s about 16 per 100,000 people. The county data also shows many communities of color with incomes below the county median have higher death rates.

The town hall will be led by Dr. Richard Allen Williams, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, president and founder of the Minority Health Institute. Panelists include medical professionals and health policy experts to provide data, tips and resources during the coronavirus pandemic.

Richard Allen Williams, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP – Clinical professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; past president, National Medical Association; founder, Association of Black Cardiologists

David Pryor, MD, MPH – regional vice president, medical director, Anthem; board member, American Heart Association, Los Angeles Chapter

Johan (Gigi) El-Bayoumi, MD, FACP – founding director, Rodham Institute; professor of medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA – president, American Medical Association

Oliver T. Brooks, MD – chief medical officer, Watts HealthCare Corporation; president, National Medical Association

Muntu Davis, MD, MPH – county health officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Vicki M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH – professor, UCLA Department of Psychology in the College of Letters and Sciences; professor, UCLA Department of Health Services

Gustavo Friedrichson – CEO Los Angeles County Medical Association

Lisa Barkley, MD, FAAFP. FSAHM, FACSM – chair and program director, Family Medicine Residency, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Mia Keeys, MA – director of Health Equity Policy & Advocacy, American Medical Association

Reverend J. Edgar Boyd – pastor, First American Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles (FAME)

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KABC Honored With the Overall Excellence Award

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ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles to Exclusively Stream Minority Health Institute’s Virtual Town Hall on the Impact of COVID-19 in African American Communities

COVID-19: The Battle to Save Black Lives’ Virtual Town Hall to Stream on Thursday, April 30 (12:00 – 1:30 P.M. PDT)

Stream live at abc7.com and ABC7’s connected TV apps on Amazon FireTV, Android FireTV, Android TV, Roku, and tvOS