KPRC 2 has been honored with a first-place National Headliner Award in the category "Best Newscast," recognizing the news team's 6 p.m. show on the day of the Astroworld Tragedy in Houston.

The judge’s comments are below:

“This Astroworld newscast brought out the exceptional chaos with an emphasis on concertgoers in this tragedy. This was quite an expansive edition of an investigation that went beyond the normal. (There was) excellent use of visuals, including strong social media graphics. The strong collection of first-hand accounts of what happened made the story stick.”

You can watch the award-winning newscast here.

As for the National Headliner Awards, this is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing journalistic merit.

The list of winners across print, online, broadcast and radio is quite impressive. View the full list here.

KPRC was the only Houston news organization to be recognized.