MyNews13.com won a distinguished Edward R. Murrow award Tuesday for best website in a large television market.
This award is based on website design, quality, innovation and storytelling techniques. Winning websites must also be user-friendly and play a vital role in informing the public of important daily issues.
News websites in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands competed for the regional Edward R. Murrow Award. MyNews13.com will now be entered into a national competition held in June.
MyNews13.com, formerly cfnews13.com, launched in early 2006. Since then, the website has become a popular destination for local news and weather information in the Central Florida area.
About Edward R. Murrow awards
Since 1971, the Radio Television News Directors Association has honored outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with its Edward R. Murrow Awards. The award is named after broadcast pioneer and American journalistic icon Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), renowned by many for his courage, honesty and relentless pursuit of excellence.
About News 13
News 13 is a 24-hour local news channel serving close to 1 million cable households in the Central Florida area. The channel is based in Orlando with newsrooms in Brevard, Flagler, Volusia, Lake, Seminole and Osceola counties.
News 13 is owned and operated by Bright House Networks, which also operates Bay News 9, Bright House Sports Network and InfoMás.