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For more information, contact Nancy Dudenhoefer
Rio Salado College Divison of Public Service Communications
[email protected] / 480-239-6252
Tempe, AZ – June 5, 2026
Last month, KJZZ 91.5 FM won 9 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for news coverage in 2025.
Murrow Award-winning stories put public interest above all else, provide a catalyst for public discussion, and adhere to the RTDNA Code of Ethics. Regional Murrow Award winners advance to the National Murrow Award competition. The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of broadcast and digital journalism.
KJZZ won Regional Murrow Awards in the following areas:
- Continuing coverage: Alisa Reznick and Nina Kravinsky, Seeking asylum on the southern border
- Digital: KJZZ’s digital team, overall excellence of the digital presentation of the station’s news and features in 2025
- Excellence in Innovation: Amy Silverman and Athena Ankrah, OVERWHELMED: Autistic patients say conditions at Arizona State Hospital are making them worse
- Excellence in Sound: Phil Latzman, Phoenix Symphony performance to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Excellence in Writing: Sam Dingman, What it was like to cover Charlie Kirk at the peak of his MAGA triumph
- Investigative Reporting: Wayne Schutsky, AZ inmate filed fake documents for years before officials say he used them to get out of prison
- News Series: Katherine Davis-Young, EVICTED: Maricopa County has an eviction problem. Not everyone agrees on how to solve it
- Newscast: KJZZ newscast with host Phil Latzman: July 15, 2025
- Sports Reporting: Amber Victoria Singer, New tech is enhancing basketball games for blind, low-vision fans
KJZZ is a member of the public radio Mountain West News Bureau, which won this award in a separate region:
- News Series: Wired, Wired West: Data center boom is sparking concerns about energy and water, with contributions by Greg Hahne and Sky Schaudt
KJZZ is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR), is a public service of Rio Salado College, and is licensed to the Maricopa County Community College District. The station broadcasts from the campus of Rio Salado College, in Tempe, Arizona. KJZZ 91.5 FM is a listener-supported public radio station. The station features a commercial-free mix of local, national and world news, and entertaining weekend shows.
Friends of Public Radio Arizona assures the future vitality and excellence of our community’s public radio and broadens its support. For more information on Friends of Public Radio Arizona and the programs and services it supports, visit fpraz.org.