NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION
ARTS AND SCIENCES
ANNOUNCES WINNERS
AT THE 37th ANNUAL
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY®AWARDS
Stanley Nelson, Documentarian and Founder, Firelight Media,
ReceivesLifetimeAchievement Award
New York, N.Y. – September 21, 2016– Winners of the 37th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced tonight by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The News & Documentary Emmy® Awards were presented at a ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
The event was attended by more than 1,000 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy® Awards were presented in 46 categories.
“The National Academy takes great pride in honoring the men and women that bring us the news of the day while providing us with the background analysis that we need to be well-informed citizens of the world,” said, Chuck Dages, Chairman, NATAS.
“Tonight is a celebration of the great work of the national news media organizations and their continual pursuit of the story and the facts that is the cornerstone of our nation and its dedication to the freedom of information,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS.
Stanley Nelson, documentarian and founder of Firelight Media, was honored for his mastery of the craft of the documentary, particularly the historical documentary, and for his distinguished body of films exploring the many facets of the African American experience. The lifetime achievement award was presented by Emmy Award-winning journalist, Bill Moyers.
This year’s award presenters included:
- Dana Bash, Chief Political Correspondent, CNN and Co-Anchor, CNN Election Center
- N.J. Burkett, Award-winning correspondent for New York’s Eyewitness News, WABC-TV, and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Fred Cohen, Chairman, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Chuck Dages, Chairman, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Lester Holt, Anchor of NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and Anchor of Dateline NBC
- Bob Mauro, President, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Jane Pauley, Contributor to CBS Sunday Morning.Emmy and Edward R Morrow Award winning journalist and former Co-Host of the Today Show and former Anchor of Dateline, NBC
- David Rhodes, President, CBS News
- Maria Elena Salinas, Co-Anchor of Noticiero Univision and Co-Host of the news magazine, Aquí y Ahora
- Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent of New York’s PIX 11 News at 10, host of the weekly issues-oriented program PIX 11 News Closeup and a former Trustee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- George Stephanopoulos, Anchor of ABC News Good Morning America and This Week with George Stephanopoulos
- Jake Tapper, Anchor, State of the Union and The Lead with Jake Tapper, and CNN Chief Washington Correspondent
- Elizabeth Vargas, Award winning ABC News anchor and Co-Anchor, 20/20.
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 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Accounting services for the competition are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP. International Emmy® Awards are tabulated by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
The numerical breakdown by award recipients, by broadcast, cable and broadband entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz & Carr LLP, follows:
PBS / 14 / BBC World News / 1CBS / 7 / CCTV America / 1
ABC / 4 / Discovery Channel / 1
CNN / 4 / National Geographic Wild / 1
HBO / 3 / Smithsonian Channel / 1
NBC / 2 / Telemundo / 1
Univision / 2 / The Center for Investigative Reporting / 1
Regional Reporting Winners
KNXV-TV / 1 / WSB-TV / 1A complete list of the 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award recipients is also available on the National Academy's web site at .
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 &, Daytime Creative Arts, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering.NATAS membership consists of over 16,000 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 at
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37th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS - WINNERS
INDEX
Regularly Scheduled Newscasts
1. Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY ……...... 6
2. Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY ……...... 6
3. Outstanding FEATURE STORY ………………………………….…...... 7
4. Outstanding HARD NEWS REPORT ………………………………….…...... 7
5. Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ……...... 8
6. Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ...... 8
News Magazines
7. Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY ……...... 9
8. Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY…...... 9
9. Outstanding FEATURE STORY …...... 9
10. Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM …...... 10
11. Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ...... 10
Discussion & Analysis
12. Outstanding NEWS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ……...... 11
Live Coverage – Long Form
13. Outstanding LIVE COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY...... 11
Long Form
14. Outstanding COVERAGE OF A CURRENTNEWS STORY…...... 11
15. Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ………………..…...... 11
16. Outstanding INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING .…………..…...... 12
17. Outstanding HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING .…………..…...... 12
18. Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ...... 12
Interview
19. Outstanding INTERVIEW .…………..…...... 13
Open To All News & Documentary Programs
20. Outstanding ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING ...... 13
21. Outstanding SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING ...... 13
22. Outstanding NATURE PROGRAMMING ...... 14
Short Documentary
23. Outstanding SHORT DOCUMENTARY ………………..……...... 14
Best of
24. Best STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST ...... 14
25. Best REPORT IN A NEWSMAGAZINE ...... 14
26. Best DOCUMENTARY ...... 15
New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming
27. Outstanding CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE ...... 15
28. Outstanding DOCUMENTARIES ………………………..……...... 16
29. Outstanding ARTS, LIFESTYLEAND CULTURE ……………...... 16
INDEX (continued)
Craft Categories
30. Outstanding WRITING.…………..…...... 16
31. Outstanding RESEARCH.…………..…...... 16
32. Outstanding VIDEO JOURNALISM: NEWS ………………………...... 17
33. Outstanding CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY AND LONG FORM ...... 17
34. Outstanding EDITING: NEWS …………….……...... 17
35. Outstanding EDITING: DOCUMENTARY AND LONG FORM...... 17
36. Outstanding GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION ………...... 17
37. Outstanding MUSIC AND SOUND………………...... 18
38. Outstanding LIGHTING DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN ...... 18
Promotional Announcements
39. Outstanding PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT…...... …...... …...... 18
Regional Programming
40. Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY: SPOT NEWS ……...... 19
41. Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING …...... 19
Spanish Language Programming
42. Outstanding NEWSCAST OR NEWS MAGAZINE IN SPANISH ……...... 19
43. Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN SPANISH …...... 20
44. Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN SPANISH …...... 21
Breakdown By Network ……………………...... 22
NATIONALTELEVISIONACADEMY
37th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS – WINNERS
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
Anderson Cooper 360CNN
Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Reports by CNN’s Arwa Damon
Executive Vice President, CNN International
Tony Maddox
Sr. Vice President Newsgathering, CNN International
Deborah Rayner
Vice President and Bureau Chief, CNN International
Thomas Evans
Sr. Directors of Coverage, CNN International
Kim Norgaard, Cynde Strand, Sarah Sultoon
Directors of Coverage, CNN International
Carol Jordan, Mitra Mobasherat, Stefan Simons
Executive Producer
Charlie Moore
Senior Producers
Susan Chun, Kerry Rubin, Sean Yates
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kara Kasarjian
Field Producers
Pete Kavanagh, Brice Laine, Christian Streib, Brent Swails, Gul Tuysuz
Senior International Correspondent
Arwa Damon
Anchors
John Berman, Anderson Cooper
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
BBC World News AmericaBBC World News
Europe's Migrant Crisis
Executive Producer
Kate Farrell
Senior Executive Producers
Andrew Roy, Anna Williams
Senior Broadcast Producer
Nick Springate
Executive Editor
Jonathan Munro
Producers
Darren Conway, Zeynep Erdim, Hasan Kadoni, Goktay Koraltan, Maarten Lernout,
Rob Magee, Debbie Randle, Sandra Vsukreski
Chief Foreign Correspondents
Fergal Keane, Ian Pannell
Reporters
Damian Grammaticas, Gavin Hewitt, Mark Lowen
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
NightlineABC
A Different Kind of Boyhood
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Producer
Caren Zucker
Additional Producers
Durrell Dawson, Adam Desiderio
Correspondent
John Donvan
AND
NightlineABC
Brave Face
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Producers
Ashley Louszko, Ben Newman
Additional Producers
Ozren Milharcic, Katie Muldowney, Ignacio Torres
Correspondent
Juju Chang
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORT IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
NightlineABC
The Unwanted
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Producer
Christine Romo
Additional Producers
Roy Garlisi, Sean Keane
Correspondent
Bob Woodruff
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and CBS This MorningCBS
Compounding Pharmacy Fraud
Executive Producers
Steve Capus, Chris Licht
Senior Producers
Eric Bloom, Peter Burgess
Senior Broadcast Producers
Kimberly Godwin, Ryan Kadro
Supervising Senior Producer
Len Tepper
Producer
Emily Rand
Correspondent
Jim Axelrod
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A REGULARY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
PBS NewsHour and The Center for Investigative ReportingPBS
Deadly Oil Fields
Executive Producer
Sara Just
Senior Producer
Richard Coolidge
National Affairs Editor
Murray Jacobson
Senior Story Editor
Fernando Diaz
Producers
Amanda Pike, David Ritsher
Field Producers
Rachel de Leon, Adithya Sambamurthy
Reporter
Jennifer Gollan
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
60 MinutesCBS
The Paris Attacks
Executive Producer
Jeff Fager
Executive Editor
Bill Owens
Producers
Robert G. Anderson, Guy Campanile, Michael H. Gavshon, David M. Levine, Michael
Rey, Keith Sharman, Aaron Weisz
Co-Producer
Peter M. Berman, Francois Bringer, Erin Horan, Warren Lustig, Gabrielle Schonder
Correspondent
Scott Pelley
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
FRONTLINEPBS
ISIS in Afghanistan
Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Executive Producer for Clover Films
Jamie Doran
Senior Producer
Dan Edge
Managing Editor
Andrew Metz
Director: Najibullah Quraishi
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
Full FrameCCTV America
Jen Bricker: When “Can't” is a Four-Letter Word
Executive Producers
Chun Guo, Monna Kashfi, Jing Ma, Yan Mei
Producer
Sahar Sarshar
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
60 MinutesCBS
Confidential Informants
Executive Producer
Jeff Fager
Executive Editor
Bill Owens
Producer
Shari Finkelstein
Co-Producers
Robert J. Shattuck, Nieves Zuberbuhler
Correspondent
Lesley Stahl
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
60 MinutesCBS
The Swiss Leaks
Executive Producer
Jeff Fager
Executive Editor
Bill Owens
Producers
Habiba Nosheen , Ira Rosen
Co-Producer
Patrick Lee
Correspondent
Bill Whitaker
OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Anderson Cooper 360CNN
#BeingThirteen: Inside the Secret World of Teens
Executive Producer
Charlie Moore
Senior Producer
Kerry Rubin
Senior Broadcast Producer
Kara Kasarjian
Supervising Producer
Chuck Hadad
Producers
Vivek Kemp, Gabriel Kinder, Elise Miller, Jon Reyes, Elisa Roupenian, Rachel Schleifstein,
Devna Shukla
Anchor
Anderson Cooper
OUTSTANDING LIVE COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY – LONG FORM
NBC News Specials & MSNBCNBC
Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
Executive Producers
Bob Epstein, Yvette Miley
Producers
Rashida Jones, Candace Kuo, Bernie Lubell, Neil O'Brien, Meaghan O'Connor, Michelle Perry, Matt
Pitzer, Katie Primm, Stephanie Psyllos
Director
Jim Gaines
Anchors
Savannah Guthrie, Matt Lauer, Thomas Roberts
Correspondents
Peter Alexander, Ari Melber, Chuck Todd, Pete Williams
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY – LONG FORM
FRONTLINEPBS
Outbreak
Executive Producer
David Fanning
Deputy Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Series Senior Editor
Andrew Metz
Producer
Sasha Joelle Achilli
Director/Producer
Dan Edge
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM – LONG FORM
FRONTLINEPBS
My Brother's Bomber
Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Managing Editor
Andrew Metz
Co-Producers
Timothy Grucza, Brian Funck
Director/Producer
Ken Dornstein
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM
FRONTLINEPBS
Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA
Executive Producer
David Fanning
Deputy Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Series Senior Editor
Andrew Metz
Director/Producer
Michael Kirk
Producer/Reporter
Jim Gilmore
Producer
Mike Wiser
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM
HBO Documentary FilmsHBO
Night Will Fall
Executive Producers
Stephen Frears, Richard Melman, James Packer
Producers
Sally Angel, Brett Ratner
Director
André Singer
Co-Producers
Philippa Kowarsky, Signe Byrge Sørensen
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING – LONG FORM
Independent LensPBS
The Homestretch
Executive Producers
Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, Andrew Schwertfeger, Lois Vossen, Sally Jo Fifer
Producers/Directors
Anne de Mare, Kirsten Kelly
Supervising Producer
Richard O’Connell
Co-Producer
Katie Taber
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW
Dateline NBCNBC
The Cosby Accusers Speak
Senior Executive Producer of Primetime News
David Corvo
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Cole
Senior Broadcast Producer
Adam Gorfain
Senior Producer
Ellen Mason
Supervising Editorial Producer
Marianne Haggerty
Producers
Liz Brown Kuriloff, Rob Buchanan, Sue Simpson
Additional Producers
Rob Allen, Deb E. Brown, Bruce Burger, Justin Cece, Jeff Coe, Jessica deVera, Karen Israel,
David Ketterling, Deborah Kim, Michelle Madigan, Terrell Tangonan, Alvaro Trenchi, Irene Trullinger,
Don Vass
Correspondent
Kate Snow
OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING
HBO Documentary FilmsHBO
Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists
Executive Producers
Sheila Nevins, Regina K. Scully, Deborah Shaffer, Bruce Sinofsky
Senior Producer
Sara Bernstein
Producer
Davina Pardo
Co-Producer
Joanna Sokolowski
Director / Producer
Leah Wolchok
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING
Twice Born: Stories From The Special Delivery UnitPBS
Executive Producer/ Producer/Director
Monica Lange
Executive Producers for PBS
Beth Hoppe, Bill Gardner
Co-Producer
Bonnie Cutler-Shear
OUTSTANDING NATURE PROGRAMMING
David Attenborough's Rise of AnimalsSmithsonian Channel
Producer
Anthony Geffen
Executive Producer for Smithsonian
David Royle
Director
David Lee
Presenter
David Attenborough
OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY
HBO Documentary FilmsHBO
Tashi and the Monk
Director
Johnny Burke
Director / Producer
Andrew Hinton
BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
CBS Sunday MorningCBS
Water, Water
Executive Producer
Rand Morrison
Senior Producers
Gavin Boyle, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca
Producers
Sari Aviv, David Small
Correspondent
Lee Cowan
BEST REPORT IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
FRONTLINEPBS
ISIS in Afghanistan
Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Executive Producer for Clover Films
Jamie Doran
Senior Producer
Dan Edge
Managing Editor
Andrew Metz
Director
Najibullah Quraishi
BEST DOCUMENTARY
POVPBS
Cutie and the Boxer
Executive Producers
Kiki Miyake, Simon Kilmurry, Chris White
Producers
Patrick Burns, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Sierra Pettengill
Director
Zachary Heinzerling
NEW APPROACHES: CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE
The Dead UnknownThe Center for Investigative Reporting
Executive Producer
Amanda Pike
Executive Producer- Radio
Kevin Sullivan
Senior Producer- Radio
Esther Kaplan
Manging Editor
Amy Pyle
Senior Story Editor
Fernando Diaz
Show Story Editor- Radio
Taki Telonidis
Executive Editor- Radio
Susanne Reber
Editorial Director
Robert Salladay
Producer/ Director
Michael I. Schiller
Radio Producers
Delaney Hall, Michael Montgomery, Ike Sriskandarajah
Motion Graphics Artist
Zachary Medow
Videographer
Ariane Wu
Co-Producer
Rachel de Leon
Data Reporters
Michael Corey, Jennifer LaFleur, Emmanuel Martinez, Allison McCartney, Julia Smith
Director of Photography/ Videojournalist
Scott Anger
Radio Reporter
John Carlos Frey
Host, Radio
Al Letson
Reporter
George Schulz
NEW APPROACHES: DOCUMENTARIES
FRONTLINEPBS
Inheritance
Executive Producer
Raney Aronson
Managing Editor
Andrew Metz
Creative Director/UI & UX Design
Jeff Soyk
Developer
Ly Chheng
Lead Developer
Chris Amico
Managing Editor, Digital
Sarah Moughty
Producer/Writer/Creative Director
Michelle Mizner
Sound Design
Kenzie Audette
NEW APPROACHES: ARTS, LIFESTYLE AND CULTURE
POVPBS
StoryCorps Shorts: Traffic Stop
Executive Producers
Donna Galeno, Dave Isay, Lizzie Jacobs, Simon Kilmurry, Adnaan Wasey, Chris White
Producer
Rachel Hartman
Audio Producer
Jud Esty-Kendall
Directors
Gina Kamentsky, Julie Zammarchi
OUTSTANDING WRITING
60 MinutesCBS
A Crime Against Humanity
Writers
Katie Kerbstat, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH
FRONTLINEPBS
My Brother's Bomber
Researcher
Ken Dornstein
OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: NEWS
ABC News DigitalABC
Dead Horse Bay: New York's Hidden Treasure Trove of Trash
Videojournalists
Evan Simon, Olivia Smith, Louise Dewast
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY AND LONG FORM
Wild YellowstoneNational Geographic Wild