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Pittsburgh Station Honored For Investigative Journalism


Topic: Investigative Reporting
Posted on 5/6/2021

Cox Media Group’s NBC affiliate WPXI won a 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award for their investigation into local nursing homes’ practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the level of patient care due to staff shortages and the disturbing practice of putting healthy residents in the same rooms with residents who tested positive for COVID-19. The Edward R. Murrow Awards are announced each year by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.



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