New Orleans-Baton Rouge public radio partnership honored for hurricane, climate change reporting.
NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE, La. – The combined newsroom of public radio stations WWNO New Orleans and WRKF Baton Rouge, has won two 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its journalism in 2020.
The stations won in Continuing Coverage for reporting on the Hurricane Laura aftermath, including a story by Aubri Juhasz, “‘I Lost My Mind’: Lake Charles Residents Come to Terms with Hurricane Laura’s Devastation.” The LifeRaft podcast episode by Travis Lux and Lauren Melara, “Have I had my Last Good Oyster?” won in the Podcast category.