NOMINEES FOR THE 36th ANNUAL
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS
ANNOUNCED
Award Presentation at
David Geffen Hall
At Lincoln Center
New York, N.Y. – July 22, 2015 (rev. 10/29/15) – Nominations for the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The News & Documentary Emmy® Awards will be presented on Monday, September 28th, 2015, at a ceremony at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall (formerly Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic), located at Lincoln Center on Broadway on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The event will be attended by more than 1,400 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy® Awards will be presented in 45 categories.
“Our mandate is to award excellence,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS, “and these nominations honor the men and women in broadcast journalism who excel at keeping us informed, often at the risk of their own lives. Technological innovation is disrupting old business models while creating incredible opportunities to innovate. It’s an exciting time to be in the news business, and we are proud to honor those who are doing excellent work while pushing the profession to change and grow.”
“Now in its 36th year, the News & Documentary Emmy® Awards continues its mission of honoring the documentary films, news reports, and multimedia projects that exemplify the best of broadcast journalism,” said David Winn, Senior Vice President, News & Documentary Emmy Awards. “In addition we are extremely pleased to be presenting this year’s Emmy Awards at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ David Geffen Hall, one of the crown jewels of culture in New York City.”
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The 36th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honors programming distributed during the calendar year 2014.
The list of nominees for the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards is also available on the National Television Academy's website: www.emmyonline.tv
Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution (“DMDS”) for the submission, judging and voting of all programs in the 36th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Accounting services for the competition are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP. Off the Wall Productions are the sponsors of the official News & Documentary gift bags.
The numerical breakdown, by media entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows:
Over-the-Air, Cable, Satellite and Internet Broadcast Nominees
PBS / 56 / Smithsonian Channel / 2CBS / 43 / American Heroes Channel / 2
ABC / 17 / THE SKIN DEEP / 1
NBC / 14 / A&E / 1
CNN / 10 / Animal Planet / 1
HBO / 10 / AOL On / 1
The New York Times / 8 / The Atavist / 1
Univision / 8 / The Center for Investigative Reporting / 1
Telemundo / 6 / The Denver Post / 1
Netflix / 5 / ESPN / 1
Vice Media / 4 / Guardian US/Texas Observer / 1
CNN en Español / 4 / History Channel / 1
National Geographic Channel / 3 / Investigation Discovery / 1
Al Jazeera America / 2 / PBS/AOL / 1
MSNBC / 2 / VOD / 1
Fusion / 2 / The Washington Post / 1
National Geographic Wild / 2 / The Weather Channel / 1
MediaStorm / 2 / World / 1
Regional Nominees
KNTV-TV / 2 / KXAS-TV / 1KFOR-TV / 1 / WCBS-TV / 1
KGTV-TV / 1 / WPIX-TV / 1
KING-TV / 1 / WVUE-TV/NOLA.com / 1
KUSA-TV / 1
About TheNationalAcademyof Television Arts & Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy®Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering.NATAS membership consists of over 14,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website atwww.emmyonline.tv
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THE NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Life and Death in Gaza
Executive Producer
Steve Capus
Senior Producer
Heather Abbott
Producers
Paolo Marenghi, Agnes Reau, Justine Redman, Jane Whitfield
Correspondent
Barry Petersen
Good Morning America, World News Tonight with David Muir, and Nightline ABC
Making History: The U.S. and Cuba
Executive Producers
Michael Corn, Almin Karamehmedovic, Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producers
Claire Brinberg, Hana Karar, Christine Romo
Senior Broadcast Producer
Denise Rehrig, Steven Baker
Managing Editors
Jon Williams, Robin Sproul
Producers
Julia Bain, Nick Capote, Serena Marshall, Eric Noll, Maggy Patrick, Jackeline Pou, Audrey Taylor, Mara Valdes, Seniboye Tienabeso, Roy Garlisi
Correspondent
Jim Avila
Anchors
David Muir, George Stephanopoulos
NBC Nightly News NBC
Without Warning: The Mudslide
Executive Producer
Patrick Burkey
Senior Producers
Katie Boyle, Mike Mosher
Coordinating Producers
Jack Chesnutt, Al Henkel
Producers
Andrew Blankstein, Stacy Brady, Gene Choo, Sossy Dombourian, Sarah Ford, Aarne Heikkila, Mark Hudspeth, Vivian Kim, Gisele Lamarre, Victor Limjoco, Steven Louie, Karen Lucht, Polly Powell, Shelley Osterloh, Graham Robertson, Norma Rubio, Zoya Taylor, David Verdi
Correspondents
Miguel Almaguer, Joe Fryer
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast continued
NBC Nightly News NBC
Ukraine
Executive Producers
Patrick Burkey, Madeleine Haeringer, Jamie Kraft
Senior Producers
Andy Franklin, Ben Plesser
Senior Broadcast Producer
Sam Singal, Jennifer Suozzo
Producer
Yuka Tachibana
Field Producer
James Novogrod
Chief Foreign Correspondent
Richard Engel
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN
Rescue from Mt. Sinjar
Anchor
Wolf Blitzer
Executive Producer
Jay Shaylor
Senior Broadcast Producer
David Gelles
Supervising Producer
Linda Roth
Senior Producers
Brad Hodges, Vaughn Sterling
Correspondents
Elise Labott, Barbara Starr, Ivan Watson
Senior Editorial Producer
Jill Chappell
Editorial Producer
Steven Page
Producers
Emily Atkinson, David Gracey, Adam Levy, Dugald McConnell, Meghan Rafferty, Jennifer Mikell, Howard Moss, Dennis Anderson, Donn Cost, Joe Von Kanel
Video Producers
Hunter Burgarella, Chris Dos Santos, Conor Finnegan, Marlo Fowler, Christina Manduley, Jay Rankin, Rachel Shackelford
Field Producer
Gul Tuysuz
Director
Gina Fellows
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled
Newscast
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Challenge Academy
Executive Producer
Steve Capus
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kimberly Godwin
Producer
Alturo Rhymes, Simon Bouie, Michael Comfort, Miles Doran, Seth Fox
Correspondent
Michelle Miller
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
The War Against Ebola
Executive Producer
Steve Capus
Senior Producer
Heather Abbott
Producers
Abdi Cadani, Jack Renaud, Jane Whitfield
Correspondent
Debora Patta
CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Immigration Coverage
Executive Producer of CBS This Morning
Chris Licht
Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley
Steve Capus
Senior Broadcast Producers
Marsha Cooke, Ryan Kadro
Senior Producers
Heather Abbott, Peter Burgess, Guy Campanile, Jill Jackson, Len Tepper, Eric Bloom, Cari Strassberg
Producers
Adriana Diaz, Paul Facey, Mark Hooper, Jennifer Janisch, Wendy Krantz, Molly Mazilu, Alberto Moya, Karen Raffensperger, Jack Renaud, Nicole Sanseverino, Ashley Velie
Reporters
Vicente Arenas, Manuel Bojorquez, Ben Tracy
NBC Nightly News NBC
Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic
Executive Producers
Patrick Burkey, James Kraft
Senior Producers
Janet Klein, Katie Boyle
Producers
Erika Angulo, Scott Feinstein, Vincent Genova, Candace Kuo, Jody Henenfeld, Victor Limjoco, Paul Manson, Molly Paul, Jorge Pujol, Savannah Sellers, Barry Silverman, Gabriel Valdes, Wonbo Woo
Correspondent
Mark Potter
National Correspondent: Kate Snow
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled
Newscast continued
Nightline ABC
The Ebola Crisis: Inside the Hot Zone
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic, Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Managing Editor
Jon Williams
Producers
Michael Cappetta, Adam Desiderio, Carielle Doe, Jackie Jesko, Jackeline Pou, Candace Smith, Dan Childs, Jennifer Harrison, Janice McDonald
Coordinating Producer
Molly Hunter
Chief Medical Editor
Dr. Richard Besser
Correspondent
Steve Osunsami
Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline ABC
Stolen Childhood
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Producer
Christine Romo, Martin Bauza
Correspondent
David Muir
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
On The Road: Pay It Forward
Executive Producer
Patricia Shevlin
Senior Broadcast Producer
Jim McGlinchy
Producer
Megan Kelty
Correspondent
Steve Hartman
Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast continued
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
On The Road: Secret Santa
Executive Producer
Steve Capus
Senior Broadcast Producer
Marsha Cooke
Producer
Megan Kelty
Correspondent
Steve Hartman
CBS This Morning CBS
Note to Self: Scott Ostrom
Executive Producer
Chris Licht
Senior Broadcast Producer
Ryan Kadro
Senior Producer
Sandy Gleysteen
Producer
Paige Kendig
Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates Lawrence of Afghanistan … And His Woman
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Chief Investigative Producer
Rhonda Schwartz
Producer
James Gordon Meek
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Brian Ross
Digital Producer
Lee Ferran
PBS NewsHour PBS
Senegal's Child Beggars
Executive Producer
Linda Winslow
Senior Producer
Justin Kenny
Producer
Jason Maloney
Reporter/Producer
Kira Kay
Field Producer
Mamadou Dia
Outstanding Hard News Report in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
NBC Nightly News NBC
Inside Kobani
Executive Producers
Patrick Burkey, Madeleine Haeringer
Senior Broadcast Producer
Sam Singal
Senior Producers
Andy Franklin, Ben Plesser
Producers
James Novogrod, Yuka Tachibana
Field Producers
Randall Brown, Aziz Akyavas
Chief Foreign Correspondent
Richard Engel
Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Olympic Gold, Olympic Greed
Executive Producer
Jeanmarie Condon, Almin Karamehmedovic
Producer
Cindy Galli
Field Producer
Patrick Reevell
Chief Investigative Producer
Rhonda Schwartz
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Brian Ross
Digital Producer
Lee Ferran
Nightline ABC
Ebola: The Gates of Hell
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Managing Editor
Jon Williams
Producers
Adam Desiderio, Carielle Doe, Jackie Jesko, Jackeline Pou, Dan Childs
Coordinating Producer
Molly Hunter
Correspondent
Dr. Richard Besser
Nightline ABC
Moscow is Burning
Executive Producers
Jeanmarie Condon, Almin Karamehmedovic
Producer
Melia Patria
Correspondent : Terry Moran
Outstanding Hard News Report in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast continued
PBS NewsHour PBS
Impossible Choice
Executive Producers
Sara Just, Linda Winslow
Executive Editor
Lorie Hearn
Producers
Joanne Faryon, Brad Racino
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Crisis At The VA, Veterans Dying While Waiting For Care
Executive Producer
Charlie Moore
Senior Producers
Nelli Black, Scott Bronstein
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kara Kasarjian
Director, CNN Investigations
Patricia DiCarlo
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Drew Griffin
Vice President, Newsgathering
Terence Burke
Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Theme Parks Investigation
Executive Producer, AC 360
Charlie Moore
Director, CNN Investigations
Patricia DiCarlo
Senior Investigative Producer
Scott Zamost
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kara Kasjarian
Senior Producers AC 360
Sean Yates, Susan Chun, Kerry Rubin
Producers
Meg Pearlstein, Mark Biello
Investigative Correspondent
Kyra Phillips
Vice President, Newsgathering
Terence Burke
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast continued
CBS News Investigative Unit CBS
Bringing Home America's Fallen
Executive Producers
Steve Capus, Patricia Shevlin
Senior Producers
Kimberly Godwin, Len Tepper
Senior Broadcast Producer
Jim McGlinchy
Producers
Patricia Alulema, Megan Towey
Correspondent
Chip Reid
CBS This Morning CBS
Death in Paradise
Executive Producer
Chris Licht
Senior Producers
Eric Bloom, Len Tepper
Senior Broadcast Producer
Ryan Kadro
Producers
Patricia Alulema, Megan Towey
Reporter
Elaine Quijano
PBS NewsHour PBS
Hazardous Work: Diving into the Philippines’ Dangerous Underwater Mines
Executive Producer
Linda Winslow
Senior Producer
Justin Kenny
Reporter/Producer
Frank Carlson
Correspondent
Hari Sreenivasan
Investigative Reporter
Larry Price
Contributing Reporter
Richard C. Paddock
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
GM Blamed for Death
Executive Producer
Charlie Moore
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kara Kasarjian
Senior Producer
Amanda Hobor
Producer
Richa Naik
Video Producers
Al DiSanti, Joel De La Rosa
Correspondent
Poppy Harlow
Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Herbalife-- The Dream and The Reality
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Producer
Matthew Mosk
Field Producers
William Gallego, Rym Momtaz, Randy Kreider
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Brian Ross
Chief Investigative Producer
Rhonda Schwartz
DIgital Producer:
Lee Ferran
Nightline ABC
Yoga Guru Under Fire
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Coordinating Producer
Karin Weinberg
Producer
Ben Newman
Correspondent
David Wright
PBS NewsHour PBS
The Minimum Wage Debate in Seattle
Executive Producer
Linda Winslow
Senior Producer
Murrey Jacobson
Producers
Lee Koromvokis, Diane Lincoln
Correspondent
Paul Solmon
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast continued
PBS NewsHour & The Center for Investigative Reporting PBS
Who's Behind The Chinese Takeover Of The World's Biggest Pork Producer?
Executive Producers
Sharon Tiller, Linda Winslow
Senior Producer
Mia Zuckerkandel
Senior Editorial Producer
David Ritsher
Foreign Affairs Defense Editor
Justin Kenny
National Affairs Editor
Murrey Jacobson
Senior Editor
Andrew Donahue
Producer
Amanda Pike
Reporter/Producer
Nathan Halverson
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine
60 Minutes CBS
Ebola Hot Zone
Executive Producer
Jeff Fager
Executive Editor
Bill Owens
Producers
Max McClellan, Richard Butler, Massimo Mariani
Co-Producer
Patrick Lee
Correspondent
Lara Logan
Fault Lines Al Jazeera America
Ferguson: City Under Siege
Executive Producer
Mat Skene
Senior Producers
Reem Akkad, Laila Al-Arian
Producer/Director
Sweta Vohra
Co-producers
VictorTadashiSuarez,WarwickMeade,AbdulaiBah
Correspondent
Sebastian Walker
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine continued
Fighting Ebola Street by Street The New York Times
Senior Producer
Richard Tanner
Reporter
Ben C. Solomon
FRONTLINE PBS
Ebola Outbreak
Executive Producer