KJZZ wins 9 Edward R. Murrow regional awards for reporting in 2025

KJZZ has won nine regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for large market radio news coverage in 2025.

The awards were announced by the RTDNA on Thursday.

Continuing coverage

KJZZ senior field correspondent Alisa Reznick and senior field correspondent in Hermosillo Nina Kravinsky won Region 3's Continuing Coverage category for their reporting on seeking asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Continuing Coverage: Seeking asylum on the southern border

This coverage includes a three-part series, along with near-monthly coverage that hones in on asylum seekers on both sides of the border and the policies that are shaping their new reality.

Digital

KJZZ's digital team won Region 3's Digital category for the overall excellence of the digital presentation of the station's news and features in 2025.

Dig deeper with these reporting series from KJZZ

KJZZ produced series about Japanese internment, Oak Flat, data centers, water, Native heroes erased by the Trump administration and more.

Excellence in Innovation

KJZZ's The Show executive producer Amy Silverman and producer Athena Ankrah won Region 3's Excellence in Innovation category for a multipart series along with a print and digital zine exploring the conditions autistic patients face at the Arizona State Hospital.

The Show

OVERWHELMED: Autistic patients say conditions at Arizona State Hospital are making them worse

Amy Silverman, Athena Ankrah

Autistic patients at the Arizona State Hospital say they are not receiving accommodations and it’s making them worse.

Listen • 6:18

Excellence in Sound

KJZZ host Phil Latzman won Region 3's Excellence in Sound award for a feature about Holocaust Remembrance Day that highlighted the music of Gideon Klein, a Czechoslovakian composer who died in Auschwitz in 1945.

News

Phoenix Symphony performance to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day

Phil Latzman

Thursday is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s observed as a day of commemoration for the estimated 6 million Jews who were murdered during World War II by Nazi Germany and its allies.

Listen • 4:22

Excellence in Writing

Former KJZZ's The Show host Sam Dingman won Region 3's Excellence in Writing award for his reflection on Charlie Kirk after Kirk's death in September 2025.

The Show

What it was like to cover Charlie Kirk at the peak of his MAGA triumph

Sam Dingman

Today, KJZZ's Sam Dingman wants to offer this snapshot of his brief experience with Charlie Kirk, a charismatic Arizonan whom he covered at what would turn out to be the apex of his influence.

Listen • 5:49

Investigative Reporting

Wayne Schutsky with KJZZ's Politics Desk won Region 3's Investigative Reporting award for uncovering the story of an Arizona man who used fake documents to get out of prison — and the aftermath.

Politics

AZ inmate filed fake documents for years before officials say he used them to get out of prison

Wayne Schutsky

Records show court officials were aware of David Cramer’s penchant for filing fraudulent documents for years before state prison officials blamed a forged court order for Cramer’s accidental release.

Listen • 7:01

News Series

KJZZ senior field correspondent Katherine Davis-Young won Region 3's News Series award for her multipart coverage of Maricopa County's eviction crisis and how officials responded.

EVICTED: Maricopa County has an eviction problem. Not everyone agrees on how to solve it

Maricopa County had more eviction filings in 2024 than ever before — 87,130. From courtrooms to homeless shelters, the uptick in evictions is straining county's resources. But not everyone agrees on how to solve this growing problem.

Newscast

KJZZ won Region 3's Newscast award for this July 15, 2025, segment hosted by Phil Latzman. It featured stories from Camryn Sanchez about the massive Dragon Bravo Fire at the Grand Canyon; from Nina Kravinsky about President Trump threatening tariffs against Mexico; and from Jill Ryan about a groundbreaking study derived from discoveries at the Petrified Forest National Park.

Sports Reporting

KJZZ's The Show producer Amber Victoria Singer won Region 3's Sports Reporting award for this story focusing on adaptive technology for sports fans.

The Show

New tech is enhancing basketball games for blind, low-vision fans

Amber Victoria Singer

A new technology, known as OneCourt, is offered at Phoenix Suns games to enhance the basketball experience for spectators who are blind or have low vision.

Listen • 6:04

News Series via Mountain West Bureau

KJZZ is a member of the Mountain West Bureau, which won this Region 1 News Series award. KJZZ's Greg Hahne wrote one of the series' stories about the challenges of providing power to data centers, and senior digital editor Sky Schaudt designed the series' web presentation.

Wired, Wired West: Data center boom is sparking concerns about energy and water

Giant data centers are booming across the Mountain West. Now, communities are grappling with concerns for water use, air pollution and public health threats that are emerging as trade-offs for the money big tech promises to bring.

Awards

A list of journalism awards won by KJZZ 91.5 FM.