The

Edward R. Murrow Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe fo ...

Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio is a

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

award given by the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is an American publicly funded non-profit corporation, created in 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting. The corporation's mission is to ensure universal access to non-commercial, ...

annually since 1977.

Recipients

* 1977, Burton D. Harrison * 1978, Donald R. Quayle * 1979, Albert L. Hulsen * 1980,

Susan Stamberg Susan Stamberg (born September 7, 1938) is an American radio journalist. Stamberg was co-host of NPR's flagship program ''All Things Considered.'' In that role Stamberg was the first female host of a national news broadcast. She's considered one ...

* 1981,

William H. Kling William Hugh Kling (born April 29, 1942) is the founder and president emeritus of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. He was also a founding member of the Board of Directors of National Public Radio, the founding chairman/President ...

* 1982, Ronald C. Bornstein * 1983, Samuel C.O. Holt * 1984,

Bob Edwards Robert Alan "Bob" Edwards is an American broadcast journalist, a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He hosted both of National Public Radio's flagship news programs, the afternoon ''All Things Considered'', and '' ...

* 1985,

Garrison Keillor Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (called ''Garrison Keillor's Radio ...

* 1986, William H. Siemering * 1987, Thomas J. Thomas and Theresa R. Clifford * 1988, Joe N. Gwathmey * 1989, Leo C. Lee * 1990,

Cokie Roberts Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019) was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, ...

* 1991, E. Wayne Bundy * 1992, Kenneth N. Dayton * 1993,

Douglas J. Bennet Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (June 23, 1938 – June 10, 2018) was an American political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007. Before that, he served as ...

* 1994, Tom Church and David Giovannoni * 1995, Lynn Chadwick * 1996,

Jay Allison Jay Allison is an American independent public radio producer and broadcast journalist. His work has been featured on radio programs such as ''This American Life'', as well as National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'', and ''Morning Editi ...

* 1997,

William Buzenberg William "Bill" Buzenberg is a journalist and news executive. He is the former executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, a post from which he stepped down at the end of 2014. Education Buzenberg is a graduate of Kansas State Universit ...

* 1998, Jack W. Mitchell * 1999, Hugo Morales * 2000, Jane Christo * 2001, Richard H. Madden * 2002, Peter J. Loewenstein * 2003,

Terry Gross Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of ''Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR i ...

* 2004,

Anne Garrels Anne Longworth Garrels (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, as well as for ABC and NBC, and other media.Engle, Jane"From Beijing to Baghdad, ...

* 2005, Wayne C. Roth * 2006,

Kevin Klose Kevin Klose (born September 1, 1940) is an American journalist, author, broadcast executive, and academic administrator, who served as president of National Public Radio for almost a decade, overseeing a major growth era for the service. Life and ...

* 2007, Dave Isay * 2008, Laura R. Walker * 2009,

Ira Glass Ira Jeffrey Glass (; born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series ''This American Life'' and has participated in other NPR programs, including ''Morning Edition'', ...

* 2010,

Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's new ...

* 2011,

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro Lourdes "Lulu" Garcia-Navarro is an American journalist and an Opinion Audio podcast host for ''The New York Times.'' She was the host of National Public Radio's ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' from 2017 to 2021, when she left NPR after 17 years at t ...

* 2012, (''no award'') * 2013, (''no award'') * 2014, (''no award'') * 2015,

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Ofeibea Quist-Arcton (born 4 August 1958) is a Ghanaian-British radio journalist, correspondent, commentator and broadcaster. She works for National Public Radio, reporting on issues and events related to West Africa. She grew up in Ghana, Ital ...

David Gilkey David P. Gilkey (January 5, 1966 – June 5, 2016) was a U.S. photojournalist for National Public Radio in the United States, for whom he covered disasters, epidemics and war. It was originally reported that Gilkey and his native Afghan handler ...

External links

CPB: Edward R. Murrow Award
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