Radio and Television News Directors Association

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The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) is a membership organization of radio, television and online news directors, producers, executives and educators with about 3,000 members. It was founded in 1946 as an industry group to set standards for the nascent field of broadcast journalism, and to defend the First Amendment in instances where broadcast media was being threatened.

The RTNDA is probably best known for the Edward R. Murrow Award, given annually since 1971 for excellence in electronic journalism.

Murrow famously gave a speech at an RTNDA event held in his honor in 1958, harshly critical of the network television establishment of the day, and its emphasis on popular entertainment rather than news and public affairs programming. This speech was the cornerstone of the plot of the 2005 motion picture Good Night, and Good Luck.