GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — KARE 11 is honored to be recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) with three prestigious national Edward R. Murrow awards for large market television stations.
RTDNA announced KARE 11 won awards for Podcast for "KARE 11 Investigates: Cruel and Unusual," as well as awards for Feature Reporting and Excellence in Video for the story "Gunny at the Wheel" from Boyd Huppert's "Land of 10,000 Stories" weekly series.
The two awards for "Gunny at the Wheel" mark Boyd Huppert's 23rd and 24th National Murrow Awards in his career. Boyd was also recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RTDNA Foundation earlier this year, and will receive RTDNA's John F. Hogan Award at the organization's conference in Minneapolis this fall.
The three national awards for KARE 11 follow a station-record 12 regional Edward R. Murrow awards earlier this year. The National Edward R. Murrow Awards will be presented during a ceremony in New York this October.
Check out the KARE 11 award winners below.
LAND OF 10,000 STORIES: GUNNY AT THE WHEEL
This report featured in Boyd Huppert's "Land of 10,000 Stories" started when Boyd received a tip about a 94-year-old farmer still driving the combine during harvest. The story of Gunny Knutson proved to be much deeper, with themes of love, sadness, and triumph.
Watch "Gunny at the Wheel" below or on the KARE 11 YouTube page:
KARE 11 INVESTIGATES: CRUEL & UNUSUAL
The "Cruel and Unusual" podcast expands on the award-winning investigative journalism reported by the KARE 11 Investigates team. In this podcast series hosted by reporter A.J. Lagoe, KARE 11 investigates mysterious deaths swept under the rug and ignored by those in power. It exposes a deadly pattern: people left to suffer, begging for help that doesn’t come. It also reveals a state turning a blind eye to a jail doctor with a troubled past and the denial of life-saving medical and mental healthcare behind bars.
KARE 11's reporting led to the Hardel Sherrell Act, passed in June 2021, which creates greater accountability to ensure incarcerated people receive medical and mental healthcare, provides enhanced authority for the state to shut down troubled jails, and updates a 115-year-old law putting parameters around use-of-force in jails and prisons – including banning prone restraint – the controversial law enforcement technique that caused George Floyd’s death.
Listen to all eight episodes of the Cruel & Unusual podcast below, or download from your favorite podcasting platform:
