ABC7, along with ABC News, has been recognized with a Peabody Award for our coverage of the 2025 January wildfires.
The award, one of the biggest awards in journalism, highlights the work the station did during the firestorm, bringing the community important updates about the fires as they burned and the ongoing coverage of the recovery efforts.
"The 2025 wildfires in Southern California redefined the terrain of an American city, upending untold numbers of families' lives, and serving as grim warning of what climate change might bring with increasing frequency. In this, the fires were both a local and national story, and ABC News leveraged its reporting team at every level to cover it with the gravity that the story, and the victims at its center, deserved.
ABC's flagship properties Good Morning America and World News Tonight brought their resources to bear on the unfolding crisis and, especially, its aftermath, as Angelenos wondered whether rebuilding would even be possible. But their partners at local affiliate KABC were there from the fire's first moments, demonstrating grit, tenacity, and true humanity.
Indeed, KABC showed the continued utility of television in moments of emergency, sharing vital information about the inferno's spread and a deep and abiding interest in how neighbors were making it through. For courage in the most challenging of reporting circumstances, and for an insistence on honoring the community interest over the sensational, ABC News and KABC win a Peabody Award. "
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Grading Cooper Flagg's 2025-26 Season for Dallas MavericksHow did Cooper Flagg perform in his first season in the NBA?
Read more »
The New Yorker’s “Cleared by Fire” Wins a 2026 Peabody AwardThe documentary, about the 2005 Haditha massacre of Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines, was directed by Sam Wolson and David Kofahl, and was part of the third season of the In the Dark podcast.
Read more »
Sony Dominates 2025 Publisher Rankings With Hits by Leon Thomas, Kendrick Lamar & Alex WarrenMusic publisher rankings for 2025 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Radio Airplay charts show Sony at No. 1 with hits from Kendrick Lamar and more.
Read more »
Man turns himself in to police for 2025 Grays Ferry mass shooting, officials sayA man turned himself into police after being wanted in connection to a mass shooting in Grays Ferry last summer, officials confirmed to NBC10.
Read more »
3 arrested in Boston in connection with 2025 Beverly Hills robberyThe three suspects are now in Southern California ahead of their trial.
Read more »
FBI: Alaskans lost a record $40M to cybercrime in 2025Alaskans reported nearly $40 million in losses to cyber-enabled crime last year, a record high that underscores how online scams are growing more costly and more sophisticated, according to a new FBI report.
Read more »