National Press Club member McCarren wins regional Murrow award

National Press Club member Andrea McCarren, a reporter for WUSA-TV (Channel 9)
Washington's CBS affiliate, recently won the Edward R. Murrow Award for hard news reporting for Region 12 - Large Market TV.

McCarren's story, "Six Terrible Seconds: Desaleen James," was about James, the lone survivor of a fatal car crash involving underage drinking. Click here for more information about her story.

Region 12 includes Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.

McCarren will now be one of a handful of reporters considered for the national Murrow Award in this category.