Top of the Ticker: ABC News led all national news outlets, receiving six awards at the 2025 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Overall Excellence in the Network TV and Network Radio categories. NBC News received five awards, followed by CBS News and Al Jazeera with three apiece. MSNBC, NewsNation, Scripps News, Univision, and AJ+ all gathered one award in the national category. Winners will be celebrated at the Edward R. Murrow Gala Oct. 13 in New York.
The results are in! 🏆 The 2025 National Edward R. Murrow Awards winners have been revealed, and we’re thrilled to announce the best in broadcast and digital journalism.
Congratulations to all national winners! 🎉
View full list of winners: https://t.co/q5sFpTi21n #Murrow pic.twitter.com/QolVgEOBcO
— RTDNA (@RTDNA) August 14, 2025
Diane Sawyer Returns: Former Good Morning America co-anchor Diane Sawyer returns to ABC News with a new one-hour special looking at actor Bruce Willis’ relationship with Emma Heming Willis and his family as he deals with frontotemporal dementia. Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey—A Diane Sawyer Special airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC News, streaming the following day on Disney+ and Hulu.
.@dianesawyer sits down with Emma Heming Willis, who shares her deeply personal story about the new reality her family faces following Bruce Willis’s frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, and her evolving role as his care partner. đź“ş “Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey –… pic.twitter.com/r5e2UySgT0
— ABC News (@ABC) August 13, 2025
Reliving Katrina: Fox Weather is marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a four-part documentary titled Hurricane HQ: Katrina’s Wrath 20 Years Later. Debuting Monday, August 25 at 8:30 p.m. ET and airing each subsequent night, the documentary will be led by Fox Weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross, correspondent Robert Ray, and Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean as they interview city officials, meteorologists, and survivors, spotlighting first-hand accounts of the disastrous storm, the fight to rebuild the city, and the fortifications now guarding New Orleans.
FOX Weather Correspondent @RobertRayWx reflects on his coverage during the historic Hurricane Katrina, 20 years after the disaster.#hurricane #hurricaneseason #HurricaneKatrina #extremeweather #history #FoxWeather pic.twitter.com/4A4mfgczc4
— FOX Weather (@foxweather) August 14, 2025