WASHINGTON--The Radio-Television News Directors Association has announced the 2008 winners of the coveted Edward R. Murrow Awards, honoring excellence in electronic journalism.

In the network television category, ABC News has been awarded a total of six Murrows, including one for Overall Excellence. CBS News wins four awards, including one for Best Newscast for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. NBC and ESPN have also won.

In network radio, CBS News Radio wins five awards, including one for Overall Excellence. ABC News Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio each won two awards. XM Satellite Radio is honored with a Murrow.

Disaster coverage figured in many of the winning stories both in radio and television, including reports on the Virginia Tech shootings and the Minneapolis Bridge collapse. Reports on the plight of injured Iraq war veterans' returning home was the subject of both the winning Continuing Coverage entry from CBS News and the ABC News Documentary entry.

In all, 54 news organizations are being honored with 77 awards out of an initial pool of 3,459 entries from several hundred news organizations.

To earn an Overall Excellence award, a station or network must consistently demonstrate depth and scope in its coverage.

Visit http://www.rtnda.org/pages/media_items/2008-murrow-national-winners1303.php for the complete list of winners.