“SC Featured,” the storytelling brand of SportsCenter, has been honored with two 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalism, the fifth and sixth awards for “SC Featured” in the last five years. ESPN has received 30 Murrow Awards since its first in 2001.
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism.
“SC Featured” is produced by the ESPN Features Group. The segments debut on Sunday morning editions of SportsCenter during the offseason for football. The “Best Of SC Featured” is available on demand on ESPN+.
In the Feature Reporting category, which includes all genres and not only sports, “SC Featured” was honored for “Unchained: The Messenger,” reported by Chris Connelly and produced by Stevland Wilson. The feature told the story of a teenager who was chained to a metal post, living in a Tanzanian refugee camp, until Special Olympics provided a chance to compete, excel and bring hope to his people.
Wilson wrote about the storytelling in a 2019 Front Row post. Watch the feature in the video above.
In the category of Sports Reporting, “SC Featured” was honored for “A Long Embrace,” narrated by ABC’s Good Morning America host Robin Roberts and produced by Rich Gentile. On the 25th anniversary of former Villanova basketball star Shelly Pennefather taking her vows as a Cloistered Nun, “SC Featured” was there as her mother and family were able to hug her for the first time in 25 years.
ESPN.com senior writer Liz Merrill told Pennefather’s story and recently earned the 2020 Dan Jenkins Medal For Excellence for sportswriting.
Enjoyed working on this with a bunch of my colleagues — which gives a real picture into what travel & game day is like in the NFL in 2020.
Quiet playcalls, eating alone and more trash-talking: Here's what NFL game day feels like in 2020 https://t.co/fAN0n6za6Y
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) October 14, 2020
A piece from the great @JeffPassan on what MLB’s plan is for the NLCS & the World Series & how they plan on re-integrating fans into stadiumshttps://t.co/bbyBTCg4YE
— Tom Scholes (@_TomScholes) October 13, 2020
@Mathieu_Era is changing the game and changing communities in Louisiana and Missouri.
A great write up on how this New Orleans native found his place with the Chiefs and how he's focusing on more than football during a pandemic and an election year . https://t.co/AeiVR389Xd
— Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) October 15, 2020
So much about this #Masters will be different — the course, the conditions, the lack of daylight, the absence of the roars. Oh, and it will have been 19 months since Tiger Woods walked off with the green jacket. The countdown is officially on. #golf https://t.co/XYo59HMxnQ
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) October 12, 2020
This is a must-read.
Unconscious racial bias is the reason behind so many of the problems facing our society.@jessewashington @TheUndefeated bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/HsfUkqbDvS
— Angry Blewish Talmudic Satan (@DeedsWylie) October 15, 2020
'Now I got to clean up your mess': How a father's words sparked the Lomachenko-Lopez feud https://t.co/4WA4yfrtgf
— Steven St.John (@SSJWHB) October 16, 2020
Paralympian Oksana Masters continues to defy the impossible and inspire the next generation – via @ESPN App https://t.co/TFaf6Q8U8O
— Rachel Bergen (@Rbergen21) October 15, 2020
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