NOMINEES FOR THE 37th ANNUAL
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS
ANNOUNCED
September 21st Award Presentation at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P Rose Hall in NYC
New York, N.Y. – July 21, 2016 (revised 8.05.16) – Nominations for the 37th 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 Wednesday, September 21st, 2016, at a ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P Rose Hall in the Time Warner Complex at Columbus Circle in New York City. The event will be attended by more than 1,000 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Awards will be presented in 46 categories.
“From the beginning of my career in television, the News & Documentary Emmy Awards have held a special place for me,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS. “These awards are a tribute to the outstanding work being done by men and woman at the highest level of the broadcast journalism and documentary filmmaking professions. They honor the organizations and people who often put their lives on the line to bring us the most critically important stories of our times. The network, cable and online news organizations deliver immediate and immersive coverage of important national and international stories, as well as thoughtful analysis of contemporary events. The many documentaries nominated this year offer the viewer a wide range of in-depth explorations of critical topics that affect us all. It is with great pleasure that The National Academy honors the achievements of these many organizations and individuals as they continue to strive for excellence in the television industry.”
The 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honors programming distributed during the calendar year 2015.
The list of nominees 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 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Accounting services for the competition are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.
United Airlines is the official airline of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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 / 54 / CCTV America / 1CBS / 37 / Direct TV Audience / 1
HBO / 19 / Discovery Channel / 1
NBC / 14 / ESPN / 1
CNN / 13 / Fusion / 1
ABC / 11 / Guardian US / 1
Al Jazeera America / 10 / Investigation Discovery / 1
The New York Times / 9 / The Intercept/Field of Vision / 1
Univision / 7 / International Consortium of Investigative Journalists/ Center for Public Integrity / 1
Telemundo / 6 / MSNBC / 1
BBC World News / 4 / National Geographic Wild / 1
Smithsonian Channel / 3 / National Geographic/ Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism / 1
Center for Investigative Reporting / 2 / National Geographic Magazine / 1
CNN en Español / 2 / Newsy / 1
National Geographic Channel / 2 / Online / 1
American Heroes Channel / 1 / Stanford Medicine Magazine / 1
BBC America / 1 / Showtime / 1
Regional Nominees
WPIX-TV / 2 / KTVI-TV / 1WSB-TV / 2 / KUSA-TV / 1
KGTV-TV / 1 / KXAS-TV / 1
KING-TV / 1 / WJXT -TV / 1
KNXV-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 15,000 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
Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
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
BBC World News America BBC World News
Nepal's Deadly Earthquake
Executive Producer
Kate Farrell
Senior Executive Producers
Andrew Roy, Anna Williams
Senior Broadcast Producers
Jacky Martens, Nick Springate
Executive Editor
Jonathan Munro
Producers
Ankit Babu, Anthony Clifford, Peter Emmerson, Sanjay Ganguly, Adrienne Murray, Kate
Peters, Fred Scott
Chief Foreign Correspondent
Ian Pannell
Reporters
Tom Martienssen, Clive Myrie, Justin Rowlatt
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST CONTINUED
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC
Earthquake in Nepal
Executive Producers
Patrick Burkey, James Kraft
Senior Broadcast Producers
Samuel Singal, Jennifer Suozzo
Senior Producer
Andy Franklin, Joo Lee
Supervising Producer
Joo Lee
Producers
Jane Derenowski, Kyle Eppler, Aarne Heikkila, James Novogrod, Carl Sears, Yuka Tachibana, Ben Plesser, Edmund Flanagan, Abrahan Villela, Adrienne Mong, Madeleine Haeringer, Paul Nassar, Zoya Taylor, Naomi Karam, David Verdi, Stacy Brady. Stan Ouse, Jim Seida, Tom Piozet, Randy Brown, Bill Angelucci, Ricardo Gomez, Wajahat Khan, Omar al-Abed, Pete Kraynak, Brian Hyland, Richard O’Kelly, Paul Mills, Bob Croce
Correspondents
Richard Engel, Miguel Almaguer, Ian Williams
Director
Stephen G. Lucas
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC
Baltimore Demands Justice
Executive Producer
Patrick Burkey
Senior Broadcast Producers
Samuel Singal, Jennifer Suozzo
Senior Producers
Katie Boyle, Tracey Lyons
Producers
Jay Blackman, Kim Cornett, Stacey Klein, Kristen Powers, Frank Thorpe, Katie Wall,
Wonbo Woo, Ziad Jaber, John Holland, Craig Stanley, Shaquille Brewster, David Verdi,
Stacy Brady, Naomi Karam, Al Henkel, Rob Rivas, Ken Strickland, Tony Capra, Joe Caffrey, Bruno
Trepanier, Patrick Hayes, John Kooistra, Mike Simon, Jon Mossek, Joe Shalhoup, Dave O’Brien, Rob
Kaplan, Maggie Kassner, Barry Silverman, Michael Judge, Bantu Opiotennione, Michelle Melnick
Director
Steve Lucas
Correspondents
Peter Alexander, Ron Allen, Tom Costello, Kate Snow, Lester Holt
Anchor
Lester Holt
Director
Stephen G. Lucas
The New York Times The New York Times
The Killing of Farkhunda
Producers
John Woo, Adam B. Ellick, Alissa Rubin
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
BBC World News America BBC 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
BBC World News America BBC World News
Ukraine's Raging Conflict
Executive Producer
Kate Farrell
Senior Executive Producers
Andrew Roy, Anna Williams
Executive Editor
Jonathan Munro
Producers
Stuart Antrobus, Tony Fallshaw, Daryna Mayer, Fred Scott, Rich Stacey, Will Vernon,
Emma Wells
Chief Foreign Correspondents
Fergal Keane, Ian Pannell
Reporter
Tom Burridge
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Inside Syria
Executive Producer
Steve Capus
Senior Producer
Heather Abbott
Producers
Lynne Edwards, Mark Ludlow, Agnes Reau, Brian Robbins, Khaled Wassef, Jane Whitfield
Correspondent
Elizabeth Palmer
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST CONTINUED
CBS News CBS
Fight to a Dead Stop- The War Against ISIS
Executive Producers
Steve Capus, Chris Licht
Senior Producers
Heather Abbott, Eric Bloom
Producers
Steve Berriman, Wendy Krantz, Erin Lyall, Elianna Mintz, Agnes Reau, Justine Redman,
Heather Spinelli
Correspondent
Charlie D'agata
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC
Trail of Tears
Executive Producer
Samuel Singal, Patrick Burkey, James Kraft
Senior Producers
Andy Franklin, Edward Deitch
Correspondents
Richard Engel, Bill Neely, Lester Holt
Producers
Marybeth Toole, Jamieson Lesko, Yuka Tachibana, Christina Vallice, Kim Cornett, Kiko Itasaka, Andy
Eckardt, Kristen Powers, Ben Plesser, Michelle Neubert, Cheryll Simpson, Gabriel Joselow, Marc Smith,
Shannon Urtnowski, Carlo Angerer, Aggelos Petropoulos, Mac Bishop, Paul Nassar, Madeleine
Haeringer, Adrienne Mong, David Verdi, Stacy Brady, Tony Hemmings, Ammar Cheikhomar, Aziz
Akyavas, Andrew Higgs, Rachele Webb, Richard Hobson, John Kooistra, Ricardo Gomez, Ben
Adams, Randy Brown, Stewart Scanlon, Bruno Trepanier, Maggie Kassner, Bob Croce
Anchor
Lester Holt
Director
Stephen G. Lucas
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED
NEWSCAST
CBS Sunday Morning CBS
Water, Water
Executive Producer
Rand Morrison
Senior Producers
Gavin Boyle, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca
Producers
Sari Aviv, David Small
Correspondent
Lee Cowan
CBS Sunday Morning CBS
The Girl in the Picture
Executive Producer
Rand Morrison
Senior Producers
Gavin Boyle, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca
Producer
Mary Lou Teel, Lauren Barnello
Editorial Producer
Cathy Lewis
Correspondent
Jane Pauley
Nightline ABC
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
Nightline ABC
Natalie to Nathan: Transgender Teen's
Transformative Journey
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Producer
Melia Patria
Correspondent
Juju Chang
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED
NEWSCAST CONTINUED
Nightline ABC
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
PBS NewsHour PBS
Will a Robotic Arm Ever Have the Full
Functionality of a Human Limb?
Executive Producer
Sara Just
Senior Producers
Murrey Jacobson, Patti Parson
Correspondent
Miles O'Brien
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORT IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED
NEWSCAST
Nightline ABC
Risking it All: Rescue at Sea
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Jenna Millman
Producers
Clark Bentson, Nick Capote, Aude Soichet
Field Producer
Nicky DeBlois
Managing Editor, International News
Jon Williams
Correspondent
Alexander Marquardt
Nightline ABC
The Unwanted
Executive Producer
Roxanna Sherwood
Senior Producer
Geoff Martz
Producer
Christine Romo
Correspondent
Bob Woodruff
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORT IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED
NEWSCAST CONTINUED
PBS NewsHour PBS
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Diagnosis
Reconsidered
Executive Producer
Sara Just
Senior Producer
Murrey Jacobson, Patti Parson
Producer
Jason Kane
Correspondent
Jackie Judd
PBS NewsHour PBS
Under the Radar
Executive Producers
Lawan Hamilton, Sara Just
Producers
Angela Hill, Vik Narayan, Matt Anzur, Eric Krupke
Bureau Chief
Ellen Weiss
Senior Producer, Foreign Affairs & Defense
Justin Kenny
Deputy Senior Producer, Foreign Affairs & Defense
Daniel Sagalyn
Investigative Correspondent
Mark Greenblatt
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN
US Spy Plane Over China
Producers
Charles Miller, Jennifer Rizzo
Executive Producer
Jay Shaylor
Senior Broadcast Producer
David Gelles
Correspondent
Jim Sciutto
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir ABC
Dirty Brigades: No Clean Hands in Iraq’s ISIS
Fight
Anchor
David Muir
Executive Producer
Almin Karamehmedovic
Executive Producer, Investigative Unit
Rhonda Schwartz
Senior Producer
Claire Brinberg
Managing Editor
Xana O'Neill
Digital Editor
Lee Ferran
Producer
James Gordon Meek
Field Producers
Mazin Faiq, Randy Kreider
Additional Producers
Rym Momtaz, Alex Hosenball
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Brian Ross
Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Secret Deaths: The Hospital with a Serious
Heart Problem
Senior Executive Producer
Roni Selig
Executive Producer
Charlie Moore
VP & Senior Editorial Director
Richard Griffiths
Supervising Producer
John Bonifield
Producers
Stuart Clark, Scott O'Key, Orlando Ruiz, Jerry Simonson, Ashley Strickland, William Walker
Correspondent
Elizabeth Cohen
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST CONTINUED
CBS News CBS
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
CBS News CBS
Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak
Executive Producers
Steve Capus, Chris Licht
Senior Producer
Eric Bloom
Senior Broadcast Producers
Kimberly Godwin, Ryan Kadro
Supervising Senior Producer
Len Tepper
Producer
Emily Rand
Correspondent
Jim Axelrod
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC
"Dangerous Device"
Sr. Executive Producer, Investigations
Richard Esposito
Managing Editor, Investigations
Robert Dembo
Executive Producer
Samuel Singal
Senior Producer
Katie Boyle
Supervising Producer
Tim Sandler
Producer
Stacey Naggiar
Correspondent
Stephanie Gosk
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
Ali Velshi On Target Al Jazeera America
Slave Wages For The Disabled
Producer
Lori Gordon
Reporter
Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi On Target Al Jazeera America
Hitting The Brakes: Chicago’s Red Light
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Producer
Jaime Hellman
Anchor
Ali Velshi
PBS NewsHour and The Center for Investigative Reporting PBS
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
PBS NewsHour and The Center for Investigative Reporting PBS
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Executive Producers
Sara Just, Amanda Pike
Senior Producer
Richard Coolidge
Managing Editor
Amy Pyle
Deputy Foreign Affairs Editor & Defense Editor
Dan Sagalyn
Producer
David Ritsher
Field Producer
Ariane Wu
Co-Producer
Adithya Sambamurthy
Reporter
Aaron Glantz
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A