TAMPA, Fla. (June 2, 2026) – WUSF this week was honored to win five regional Edward R. Murrow awards, including the top honor for overall excellence. This is the second year in a row the station received the award, which recognizes work from the entire news team.

WUSF Reporter Nancy Guan won two awards for her work on immigration, one in the hard news category and another for excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion.

WUSF’s “Your Florida” team that covers Florida state government won for excellence in innovation. As well, digital producer Meleah Lyden took home top honors in the sports reporting category for a feature on a golf course’s legacy for Tampa’s Black community.

The Murrow awards recognize journalism excellence produced in local and national broadcasting newsrooms, and they are considered the most prestigious broadcast journalism awards in the United States. WUSF competes in the Large Market Radio division in Region 13, which includes news stations in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

WUSF’s news coverage winning honors:

— Overall Excellence: A compilation of some of the best work produced by WUSF in 2025

— Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Coverage of immigration issues

— Excellence in Innovation: Your Florida’s team coverage of state government

— Sports reporting: Swinging through history: How a golf course shaped Tampa’s Black community

Michael Cooper is shown helping junior golfer Terrence Cole in the 1990s. SOURCE: WUSF

These regional awards follow last year when WUSF won a national Murrow Award for overall station excellence, with WUSF competing against broadcasters from every corner of the nation. That award recognized the station’s performance in covering a number of tumultuous events in 2024.

“Our exceptional journalists continue to attract accolades and recognition at the highest level of the news-gathering profession, and we are tremendously proud of them,” said WUSF General Manager Leslie Laney.

A non-profit broadcaster licensed to the University of South Florida, WUSF is this region’s home for NPR, blending reports from around the world with local news stories. The local team of journalists is focused on the mission of serving the residents of Florida with clear and objective news and information broadcast on radio, online and mobile.