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v.2021.0.1 2 Award Categories Director, News& Documentary Emmy [email protected] [email protected] Senior Vice President, News&Documentary Emmy March 11,2021 Calendar Year2020 PROCEDURES RULES AND CHRISTINE CHIN DAVID WINN http://newsdocemmys.tv SUBMISSION WEBSITE April 8,2021 FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE(REDUCEDENTRY FEE) ELIGIBILITY PERIOD |212-484-9452 |212-484-9424 Main #:212-586-8424 |Fax: 212-246-8129 | Web: 450 Park Ave. South,3rd Floor, New York, NY 10016 Yangaroo 1-866-992-9902 [email protected] For technical assistance with submissionscontact ® Awards ® Awards www.theemmys.tv Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 3 Award Categories TABLE OF CONTENTS 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. About theNewsandDocumentary Emmy Award Category DefinitionsandSubmission Requirements Award Categories Nominations andCeremonies Judging for theNews&Documentary Emmy Awards Who Receives the Award? Prohibitions andDisqualifications Media Specs Series Entries Emmy Essay Submission Checklist Entering theNews&DocEmmy Awards What’s New Entry Fees &Payment Dates &Deadlines ® Awards Table ofContents 30 20 25 34 28 26 19 18 16 31 21 v.2021.0.1 5 6 4 7

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 4 Award Categories [email protected] or 866-992-9902. For questionsregarding technical supportandthe Yangaroo submissionsite, pleasecontact please contact: For questionsregarding theadministration ofthecontest -eligibility, submissions,andjudging- WHO DOICONTACT IF IHAVE A QUESTION? and awards intheDocumentary categories will bepresented onSeptember 22. ceremonies inSeptember 2021. Awards intheNewscategories will bepresented onSeptember 21 The News&Documentary Emmy EMMY DOCUMENTARYABOUTNEWS AND THE The nomineesare announced inmid-July andposted ontheNATAS website: Television Arts &Sciences. They are tabulated by anindependent accounting firm. ballot. Judges’ votes are notshared with other judgesor with membersof The National Academy of ballots. Entries are judgedonlineby panelists who are certified aspeers.Eachjudgecastsasecret ballots andjudginginstructionsare delivered to judges who review thesubmissionsandcasttheir Submissions are screened and evaluated throughout the months of May and June. Submission videos, syndicators andindependent producers. organizations, cablecompanies, onlinenewsanddocumentary producers, streaming services, online news and documentary community. Entries are solicited from national broadcast news Each year a call for entries is made available to a wide cross section of the national broadcast and filmmaking professions. the continued pursuit of excellence for those working in thebroadcast journalism and documentary and documentary by conferring annualawards ofmerit. The awards are intended asanincentive for year’s Emmy® recipients will beannounced at theNews&Documentary Emmy ® • • AWARDS 9424; [email protected] David Winn; Senior Vice President, News&Documentary Emmy® Awards; 212-484- [email protected] Christine Chin;Director, News&Documentary Emmy® Awards; 212-484-9452; ®

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42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 5 Award Categories Documentary Categories Presented ina Virtual Ceremony SEPTEMBER 22 News Categories Presented ina Virtual Ceremony SEPTEMBER 21 atwww.theemmys.tvNominations Announced LATE JULY(TBA) Final round ofEmmy® judging JUNE 10- JUNE 24 First round ofEmmy® judging MAY 6–MAY 20 Final deadlinefor submissions APRIL 8 Early deadlinefor submissions(reduced entry fee) MARCH 11 DATES &DEADLINES Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 6 Award Categories ENTRY FEES AND PAYMENT of acategory. As feesare for administrative costs, norefunds will begranted, except inthecaseof elimination REFUNDS Payment isdueaccording to invoice terms. to “NATAS/[Contest Name]”andincludeaprinted hard copy oftheinvoice found in Yangaroo. If paying by check,aninvoice canbegenerated for theentry. Please make thecheck payable Administration to setup ACH Transfer. Payment by Credit Card or ACH Transfer isstrongly preferred. Please contact contest PAYMENT the discounted entry fee. information, submissionessay, submission video etc.) mustbesubmitted by March 11to receive Entries received by March 11,2021,receive areduced entry fee. All submissionmaterials (entrant EARLY DEADLINE ENTRY FEES Categories 42-57 (Craft Achievement andTechnical Achievement): $350 Categories 1-41&58(Programs/Segments, Interactive Media&Promos): $500 ENTRIES SUBMITTED MARCH11,2021(FinalAFTER entry deadlineis April 8): FINAL DEADLINE Categories 42-57 (Craft Achievement and Technical Achievement): $250 Categories 1-41&58(Programs/Segments, Interactive Media&Promos): $400 ENTRIES SUBMITTEDBY MARCH11,2021: EARLY DEADLINE Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 7 Award Categories categories. Seepage37 for more info. replace the previous Feature Story ina Newscast and Hard NewsFeature Story inaNewscast in thiscategory. This category andcategory 5/Outstanding Long Feature Story inaNewscast a single airdate. Submissions composed of multiple reports from different airdates are not eligible is typically foundinastraight factual newsstory. Entries mustbedrawn from asinglebroadcast on storytelling approach to thesubjectmatter andoften includesmore context and background than less. Feature stories are generally definedasenterprise reporting that emphasizesanarrative or This category for isreserved feature stories from newscasts with a runningtimeof8minutes or 4. OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE STORY IN A NEWSCAST *NEW CATEGORY See page35for more info. part ofaregularly scheduleddigital newsbroadcast, are noteligibleinthiscategory. other non-regularly schedulednewsbroadcasts, andstand-alone digital reports that are nota programming that cover current and ongoingnewsstories. Newsmagazines,news specialsand 2020. Submissions are limited to regularly scheduled news broadcasts or branded blocks of news This category recognizes overall excellence in a Newscast over the course ofthe calendar year 1. OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST *NEW CATEGORY Please consult bothrulebooksbefore completing your submissions. Documentary Emmy Awards andany other national NATAS Emmy contest. There are now two separate rulebooksentrants mustconsult before submittingto theNews& *TWO (2)SEPARATE RULEBOOKS WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? • THE NEWS&DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS RULEBOOK • THE GENERALRULES AND PROCEDURES competition: https://theemmys.tv/news/rules Which contains rulesandprocedures specific to thenational News&Documentary uploads/2020/12/NATAS-emmy-rules-v2021.0.0.pdf (Daytime, Sports,News&Documentary): https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/ Which contains rulesapplicableacross allnational programming competitions Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 8 Award Categories See page59 for more info. category, thedirector will beawarded astatue intheDirecting category only. in aProgram category. Inthecaseofa win for thesamefilm inbothaDirecting anda Program Direction: Documentary category cannotalso beincludedinthe winning credits for thesamefilm Documentary or Outstanding SocialIssueDocumentary, adirector that wins anEmmy inthe While directors are statue-eligible inProgram categories like Outstanding Current Affairs Statue-eligible: Directors Directors or Technical Directors. and feature lengthdocumentaries are eligibleto submit. This category isnotopento Assistant to air alltheproduction elements inorder to present afinishedproduct. Directors ofbothshort This category isopento directors ofdocumentary films.Directors are those responsible for bringing 47. OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY *NEW CATEGORY Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage. Seepage42for more info. Science, Medicalor Environmental Report category. That category hasnow beenrenamed This category isopento newsorganizations andhasbeenbroken outoftheformer Outstanding submission video is40minutes. may consist ofasinglereport or a series ofreports onasingletopic. Maximumrunningtimefor This category isopento coverage ofhealthor medicalrelated topics by newsorganizations. Entries 18. OUTSTANDING HEALTH ORMEDICALCOVERAGE *NEW CATEGORY Newscast categories. Seepage38for more info. a Newscastreplace theprevious Feature Story inaNewscastandHard News Feature Story ina are noteligibleinthiscategory. This category andcategory 4/Outstanding ShortFeature Story in broadcast on a single airdate. Submissions composed of multiple reports from different airdates than istypically foundinastraight factual news story. Entries mustbedrawn from a single or storytelling approach to the subject matter and often includes more context and background minutes. Feature stories are generally definedasenterprise reporting that emphasizesanarrative This category for isreserved feature stories from newscasts with arunningtimeofmore than8 5. OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE STORY IN A NEWSCAST *NEW CATEGORY WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 9 Award Categories 57.OUTSTANDING TECHNICALNEWS ACHIEVEMENT: *NEW CATEGORY The listofrevised categories isbelow. Seepages56-62for more info. Achievement categories in which newsprograms anddocumentaries formerly competed together. This year’s competition features separate news and documentary divisions of a number of Craft *NEW CRAFT ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY?

See page63-64 for more info. executed etc.). (the Jan 10episodeofShow X presented particular challenges and/or was particularly skillfully investigative reports onasingletopic); or aparticular broadcast ofaregularly scheduledshow of ananticipated event like anelectionetc.); Coverage ofaparticular story (anongoingseriesof coverage of aparticular event (live coverage of abreaking event, for example, or plannedcoverage magazines, morningshowsetc.) as well aslivecoverage andnewsspecials.Entries canfocuson Eligible submissionscanoriginate from regularly schedulednewsbroadcasts (newscasts, news and thesolutionsdevelopedto overcome them. the technical challengestelecasters or newsorganizations faced duringtheeligibility year (2020), coverage to air. Submissions should focus on theexcellence of thetechnical execution as well as the tools available to themto overcome technical challenges and bringanewsbroadcast or news broadcasts. The focus in this category ison how broadcast technicians skillfully and creatively use individuals andteams that make asignificant contribution to the technical portionofnews This category rewards excellence in technical achievement for newsbroadcasts. Itisopento 42. 43. 44. 45. 52. 53. Outstanding Writing:News Outstanding Writing:Documentary Outstanding Research: News Outstanding Research: Documentary Outstanding GraphicDesignand Art Direction: News Outstanding GraphicDesignand Art Direction: Documentary Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 10 Award Categories Submissions to thiscategory are now required to NEWSMAGAZINE INSPANISH *CHANGES TO ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR 34/OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST OR Two changesto the way theformer “New Approaches” categories were administered are ofnote: documentary storytelling projects, multimediaprojects, immersivemediaprojects etc. submissions include,butare notlimited to: Multiplatform and/or transmedianews coverage or platforms andpresentation techniques, as well asmore established methodsandplatforms. Potential Media. These categories are open to interactive mediaprojects employing new andemerging The categories formerly designated as“New Approaches” have now beenrebranded asInteractive *NEW APPROACHES CATEGORIES NOW REBRANDED AS INTERACTIVE MEDIA WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? For more infoseepages54-55. 1. 2. a. b.

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a. reality submissions.Consequently, entrants with VR or AR submissionsshould other specializedequipment to Emmy judgesfor at-home screening of virtual Due to COVID 19,NATAS will beunable ableto provide VR headsetsand provided by NATAS with theEmmy logoetc. are nolonger required. linear video to thesubmissionsite asinother categories, theuseoftemplates URL for that pageaspartofthesubmissionprocess, asopposedto uploadinga While entrants are stillexpected to hosttheir ownjudgingpageandsubmitthe c. b. Include aminimumof3andmaximum7excerpts from throughout overall excellence ofthenewscastor newsmagazine. accordingly. the eligibility year (i.e.thecalendar year of2020)demonstrating the time of60minutes Have aminimumrunningtimeof30minutes andamaximumrunning that judges with access to suchequipment can view the entry accordingly. with information abouttheequipment that canbeusedto view itso provide judges with instructionsonhow to access the VR filmalong an informational walkthrough oftheuser/viewer experience and highlighting theEmmy create ajudgingpageincludingbriefexplanatory video Include excerpts drawn from at leasttwo (2)separate airdates. page 50for more info. ® -worthy aspectsoftheproject andproviding Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 11 Award Categories NATAS categories are notdistribution-platform-specific. Allcategories are open to allplatforms. Competition or aNational Awards Competition, butnotboth. content that later receives national distributionmay besubmitted to either aRegional Awards Emmy® Award andshouldbesubmitted to oneoftheregional Emmy® competitions. Local local or regional audience, or for a particular geographic market, is eligiblefor a regional Content, whether onlineor distributed via telecast or cablecast,that isintended for aspecific treatment that, intheopinionofNATAS, results inanoriginalprogram. period, unlessthepreviously- produced material hasbeengivensubstantial, unique,andcreative year. All shows mustcontain at least two-thirds (2⁄3) original material asaired duringtheeligibility Administration, intended for anational audience duringthespecific competition’s eligibility that was originally madeavailable duringtheeligibility periodand,asdetermined by contest internet, or other digital delivery media.Eligibility islimited to digital andtelecast programming must have been transmitted to the public by a television network, cable company, satellite, the NATAS contests are opento telecast programming andonline/digital programming. Entries CONTENT ELIGIBILITY See thefollowinglanguagefrom page6oftheNATAS GeneralRules andprocedures. INTENDED AUDIENCE *50% RULEDISCONTINUED. NATIONAL/REGIONAL ELIGBILITY NOW DETERMINEDBY See page38,40,44for more info. filmmaker or filmmaking teamthat created thedocumentary. screen reporter or newsorganization that originally broadcast thereport, or thedocumentary are intended for enterprise reporting that istheresult oftheoriginalinvestigative work oftheon- The definitionofthefollowingcategories have beenmodified toemphasizethat these categories DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES *CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONOF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATIVE WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? • • • 24. Outstanding Investigative Documentary 10. 6. Outstanding Investigative Report inaNewsmagazine Outstanding Investigative Report inaNewscast Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 12 Award Categories See thelanguagebelow from page9oftheNATAS GeneralRules &Procedures. FOR EMMY ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES. FESTIVAL*VIRTUALFILM SCREENINGS ARETREATED ASTHEATRICALSCREENINGS See thelanguagebelow from page9oftheNATAS GeneralRules &Procedures. SUBMISSION TO NATAS EMMY COMPETITIONS *OSCAR NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY FILMS ARE NOLONGER ELIGIBLEFOR WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? a. Emmy® eligibility inthe2020-2021 competition year. be theatrical screenings, rather than VOD screenings, for thepurposeofdetermining online at virtual filmfestivalsin2020.Suchscreenings are nonetheless considered to Due to theongoingCOVID-19 emergency, many documentary filmshave screened VIRTUAL FILMFESTIVAL SCREENINGS administered by NATAS. Picture Arts &Sciences are ineligiblefor submissionto any Emmy® award contest Programs that have received anOscar®nomination from the Academy ofMotion INELIGIBILITY OF OSCAR®NOMINEES “canonical airing.”

b. c. on thebasisofsucha virtual filmfestivalscreening. a documentary filmmay notsubmit to anEmmy® competition solely A virtual filmfestival screening isnot considered a VOD release, and year VOD-to-broadcast window within which itcanbeconsidered the is notusedto determine whether anational telecast is within the one- A virtual filmfestival screening isnot considered a VOD release, and which afilm withany kindoftheatrical release becomes ineligible. and counts toward thetwenty-four-month (24-month) window after A virtual filmfestivalscreening is considered afilmfestivalscreening Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 13 Award Categories See pages11-13 oftheNATAS GeneralRules &Procedures for more info. submission’s total runtime. program entry only ifthefeature represents lessthanfifty percent (50%)oftheprogram A feature may besubmitted to afeature category andremain acomponent partofabroader submitted astherepresentative episodein aprogram category. category. Likewise, asingleepisodesubmitted inanindividualfeature category may notbe to represent theentire series,that submitted episodemay notthenbesubmitted as-isto afeature If anentrant submitsto aprogram category that allowstheoptionofsubmittingasingleepisode both aseriesandfeature category. The samematerial, identical start-to-finish, isnotpermitted to represent anentire submissionin *CHANGES TO DOUBLEDIPPINGRULES to convey suchrights. obtained andare thereby licensed to NATAS for thesepurposes,andthat theentrant isauthorized archives, inperpetuity. Entrants mustaffirmthat allnecessary rights andclearances have been program anditsdistribution,publicity, andpromotion, including without limitation digital program clear ofany andallencumbrances which could limittheability ofNATAS to include theclipin Award ceremony, shouldtheentry result inanomination. The identified clipmustbefree and portion ofthesubmitted entry video for potential inclusionintheNews&Documentary Emmy As partofthesubmissionprocess, allentrants will berequired to identify athirty-second (0:30) ENTRY PROCESS *TIME CODE FOR 30-SECOND CEREMONY VIDEO CLIP NOW REQUIRED AS PART OF WHAT’S NEW INNEWS&DOCUMENTARY? Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 14 Award Categories purposes ofEmmy eligibility. Note that online screenings at virtual film festivals do not count as a VOD screening for the VOD debutmay be considered to bethecanonicalairingif: program form for determining eligibility. However, a national television broadcast that airs after a In general,thefirst distributionofthe content onany platform isthegoverningairdate and (SVOD), Advertising-Based VOD (AVOD), andsimilar technologies —are eligiblefor submission. All types of Video OnDemand(VOD) releases – Transactional VOD (TVOD), Subscription VOD VIDEO ONDEMAND(VOD) RULES &PROCEDURES) *LANGUAGE CLARIFYING VOD ELIGIBILITY (SEEPAGE 8OF THE NATAS GENERAL VOD are eligibleto enter NATAS Emmy® Award contests, provided: Productions that have hadalimited theatrical release before beingtelecast or madeavailable via LIMITED THEATRICALRELEASES RULES &PROCEDURES) *FILMS WITH A LIMITED THEATRICAL RELEASE(SEEPAGE 8OF THE NATAS GENERAL PLEASE TAKENOTE debut. 2. 1. 3. 2. 1. The national television broadcast premiere occurred within one year ofits VOD The VOD airing was notpreviously submitted, and occurs commercially or at afilmfestival. months after itsfirsttheatrical screening ofany kind, whether suchscreening six hundred (600)theaters. A program losesEmmy® eligibility twenty-four (24) The aggregate number ofcommercial theatrical screenings didnotexceed seven (7)consecutive days at asingletheater, and first commercial theatrical screening, definedasa commercial screening of The broadcast or VOD premieres occurred within eighteen (18)months ofthe the eligibility period, The production was first telecast or made available via VOD nationally during Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 15 Award Categories materials published prior to feepayment. after fullpayment ofrelevant fees hasbeenmade.NATAS hasnoobligation to changeor correct Changes may only bereflected incertificates, statues, andother materials produced or published made followingtheceremonies. US$150 will becharged for eachnameaddedto thecredits. This feealsoappliesto any changes a limited timeperioddetermined by each individualcompetition. After thisdeadline,afeeof After thenomination announcements, changesmay bemadeandsubmitted free ofcharge for See page12oftheNATAS GeneralRules &Procedures for more info. prior approval ofany suchcross-contest entry. eligibility requirements inbothcompetitions. The entrant mustcontact NATAS Administration for For example, ifanentrant enters adocumentary intheSportsEmmy Craft entries mustfollow programs into thesameEmmy Awards. *LATECREDIT ADDITIONS programming inany other Emmy Entry into any singular NATAS contest precludes theentry ofthesame *DOUBLE DIPPING/CROSSENTRIES Documentary categories. same ruleappliesto directors intheOutstanding Direction: NewsandOutstanding Direction: a statue intheOutstanding Editing or Video Journalism or Cinematography category only. The like Feature Story or Current Affairs Documentary, the editor or cameraperson will be awarded report inaCraft Achievement category that also wins anEmmy inaProgram/Segment category a single statue for the same work. In the case of an editor or cameraperson winning for a story or Program/Segment categories (categories 1-38). However, aneditor or camerapersoncanonly win As of2020,editors andcamerapersons/cinematographers are considered statue eligiblein CAMERA PERSONS/CINEMATOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS *STATUE-ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CRAFT POSITIONSLIKEEDITORS, PLEASE TAKENOTE Documentary category, it may not be entered subsequently in the News & Documentary Emmy category isonly offered inoneof two Emmy submission. Exceptions may bemadeinrare circumstances —for example, ifaspecific,uniquecraft IATAS, includingRegional Emmy ® ® Awards. contest administered by NATAS, the Television Academy, or ® Award contests, buttheprogram or report meets ® Award competition astheprogram ® Awards Long Sports Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 16 Award Categories entry fee,andentry materials. consideration. However, eachentry isaseparate submissionand requires itsownentry information, There isnolimitto thenumber ofentries anorganization or individualmay submitfor Emmy® ENTRY DEADLINESFOR ALL NEWS&DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES entry fee. submission materials must be submitted by 11:59PM ET March 11th to qualify for the discounted completion ofentries there isanearly entry deadlineofMarch at 11,2021 areduced entry fee. All their entries, add,correct, update or finalizeentry data andpay for entries. To encourage prompt and initiate submissions. During the entry period, entrants may log in anytime to view the status of by Yangaroo, isavailable at http://newsdocemmys.tv. The Call for Entries opensonFebruary. 11,2021 The News&Documentary Online system, powered films, andtheir related craftachievements. HOW CANIENTER? OFTEN CALL FOR ENTRIES The News&Documentary Emmy BROADCAST JOURNALISM /DOCUMENTARY FILM http://newsdocemmys.tv SUBMISSION WEBSITE VOD/Streaming, between January 1andDecember 31,2020. Entries musthave beenoriginally broadcast nationally to the generalpublic,or madeavailable via Over-the-Air, Cable, Satellite and VOD/Streaming Submissions. ELIGIBILITY PERIOD ENTERING THE NEWS&DOCEMMY AWARDS • • Final Deadline:11:59 PMET Thursday, April 8,2021. Early Deadline(reduced entry fee):11:59 PMET Thursday, March 11,2021 ® Awards are opento works ofbroadcast journalism,documentary Entrants may signin,create anEmmy profile Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 17 Award Categories Exceptions: Promotional Announcements, Regional Submissions A givennewsreport (or seriesofreports) or documentary filmmay besubmitted asfollows CAN IENTERINMORE THAN ONECATEGORY? ENTERING THE NEWS&DOCEMMY AWARDS • • • • • Regional submissionsthat have previously beenawarded aregional Emmy be submitted inany other categories. Promotional Announcements may besubmitted once incategory 58andmay not In asmany craftcategories asare appropriate (42-56) Once category intheappropriate (31-33) “BestOf” Once inany oftheprogram/segment categories (1-30 and34-38) may notbesubmitted inany other categories. Seepage66-67 for more info. chapter’s mostrecent awards cyclemay besubmitted once incategories 59-60 and in either spot/breaking or investigative report categories by aNATAS chapter inthat

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42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 18 Award Categories the rulebookpreparing yoursubmission video. the when http://newsdocemmys.tv. Important: Besure to follow the video specifications onpage21-23 of Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageofsubmissionsite: CREDITS &EMMY ESSAY SUBMISSION VIDEO ENTRY INFORMATION RULES broadcast network, running timeat http://newsdocemmys.tv. Provide therequested entry information like Show andProgram or Segment title,air date, must consult: Read therelevant sectionsoftheRules &Procedures. Note that there are now two rulebooks you SURE TO BE ENTRY INFORMATION /SUBMISSIONCHECKLIST • • • • • • information. webpage created by theentrant. Seepage23-24 oftherulebook for more entrant. Interactive Mediasubmissionsrequire aURLthat linksto ajudging Note: All Interactive Mediasubmissions(categories 39-41)are hosted by the The News&Documentary Emmy Awards rulebook:https://theemmys.tv/news/rules all The NATAS GeneralRules andProcedures , which contains rulesapplicableacross entries only). Provide acopy ofthescript(42/Writing: Newsand43/ Writing: Documentary page ofthesubmissionprocess. Upload acomplete listofproduction credits for each submissionontheMedia submission onthe Team Member Details &Essay page ofthesubmissionprocess. Provide thenamesandcontact infofor allstatue eligibleentrants for each national programming competitions (Daytime, Sports,News&Documentary) Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 19 Award Categories Thankfor you yoursubmissions! contact [email protected] to setup ACH transfer) at http://newsdocemmys.tv Pay by credit card (Visa, Master Card or American Express) or ACH Transfer ispreferred (Please PAYMENT CREDITS &EMMY ESSAY (CONTINUATION) ENTRY INFORMATION /SUBMISSIONCHECKLIST News: Capitol Riot),network, andoriginalairdate. Please include the following in the heading of your essay: show and program title (i.e. CBS Evening achievement andexplain why itisEmmy worthy. Essays incategory 57/ Outstanding Technical Achievement: Newsshoulddescribethetechnical script oftheprogram or story submitted, inaddition to theessay. 42/Writing: Newsand43/Writing: Documentary entries mustalsoincludeonecopy oftheentire editing, cinematography etc.) supportsthe overall editorial andproduction goalsofthepiece. Essays inthecraftcategories (42-56) shouldexplain how thecraftunder consideration (writing, presentation techniques employedandexplain how thecontent itserves ofthestory or report. In theInteractive Mediacategories (39-41)entrants may describeany nonlinear/interactive worthy. address theoverallexcellence ofthenewscastor newsmagazineanddescribe why itisEmmy®- In category 1/Outstanding Newscastand34/Outstanding Newscastor NewsmagazineinSpanish, a.

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42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 20 Award Categories entries. Contact the News & Documentary Emmy are evaluated onacaseby casebasis. multi-part filmonasinglesubjectbroadcast under their banner wouldbeeligible).Seriesentries enter asaseriesandmustsubmitindividualfilmsor episodesasseparate submissions (thougha like FRONTLINEor NOVA that air multiplefilmsby different directors ondifferent topics) may not Other types ofseries(for example curated serieslike POV or Independent Lens, or ongoingseries entrants may: broadcast or delivered inmultipleparts.Inthecaseofamulti-partsinglesubjectdocumentary, accept seriesentries incertain cases,for example alimited documentary seriesonasinglesubject exclusively for series(i.e.limited series,curated series,episodicseriesetc.). However, we do The News&Documentary Emmy® competition doesnothave award categories reserved SERIES ENTRIES b. a. represent theseries. choose nomore thansevenexcerpts from a variety ofepisodesto totaling nomore than120minutes) or choose asingleepisodeto represent theentire series(or two episodes ® Awards administrator for more information onseries

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42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 21 Award Categories Optimum OverallBitRates: HD: Video -8,000 kbps(new) Audio -128 kbps 1080p or 1080i(new) The Player displays allcontent ina16:9area. Resolutions: Frame rates should match thesource material Color Space: 4.2.0 Variable bitrate (withanoptimumasindicated below) Video Codec: H.264BaselineProfile 48 khz Channels: Stereo or DualChannel Mono(Please mixdown 5.1 to 2channelstereo) SampleRate: Codec: AAC-LCAudio or AAC (Please enable“Fast Start” ifthat optionisavailable to you) Container: .mp4 [email protected] If you have any questions or concerns about the technical creation ofthese files, please contact the News&Documentary Emmy® submissionsite. “Handbrake” (http://handbrake.fr/). Instructions for usageandatemplate are available onlineat Another optionisto utilizespecialtranscoding software. We recommend utilizingthefree tool Files meetingthespecification below canbeoutputfrom mostnon-linear editingsystems. judges. In this manner, you can be certain that the file you provide will be the same quality as seen by the submission process. Please note that thefile youuploadisthesamefilethat willstream tojudges. The following is the format for video uploads as partoftheNews&Documentary Emmy® (FOR ALL CATEGORIES EXCEPT 39-41/INTERACTIVE MEDIA): VIDEO UPLOAD SPECIFICATIONS PREPARATIONSUBMISSION VIDEO MEDIA SPECS Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 22 Award Categories broadcast to conform to themaximumallowablerunningtimeinaparticular category: continuous programming inorder to enhance thesubmission—isnotallowed.Inorder to edita segment/excerpt limitincraftcategories 42-57. Internal editing—i.e.re-editing thecontent of Short Documentary), where filmsthat runlonger than40minutes are notpermitted. There isno as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming, with theexception ofcategory 30(Outstanding edited to conform to themaximumrunningtime.Incategories 1-38 entries may contain upto seven Broadcasts that exceed the maximumallowable running timeinaparticular category must be CONFORMRUNNING TIME EDITING ASUBMISSIONTO MAXIMUM TO 212-484- 9452) for more infoandapproval. David Winn ([email protected]/ 212-484- 9424) or ChristineChin([email protected]/ with runningtimeslonger thantheposted maximum mustbeapproved by NATAS. Please contact running timeof120minutes would distort thenarrative flow ofthefilm.Submissionentries example adocumentary that runslonger thantwo hours, where editingto meetthespecified consideration. The maximum running times may be waived in certain exceptional cases, for intended to unreasonably impactthenarrative flow or editorial integrity oftheentry under Note: Times are asfollows: Each category hasitsownmaximumallowablerunningtimefor submissions.MaximumRunning (FOR ALL CATEGORIES EXCEPT 39-41/INTERACTIVE MEDIA): VIDEO UPLOAD SPECIFICATIONS RUNNING TIMES MAXIMUM MEDIA SPECS The maximumrunningtimeispurely for theconvenience ofEmmy judging,andisnot b. a. • • • • 120 Minutes: categories 21-29, 33 60 Minutes: categories 1,7-16, 32,34-38 40 Minutes: categories 17-20 and30 25 Minutes: categories 2-6, 31,42-57 c. Consider what’s leftto becontinuous programming Edit outcommercials Cut itdownto theallowabletimefor thecategory Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 23 Award Categories brief explanatory video highlighting theEmmy project. The accompanying essay is an excellent place to do this. It is also acceptable to provide a much of your project aspossible, you may want to provide guidance asto how bestto explore the Judges will have limited timeto explore aproject, so while you will want to givejudgesaccess to as Team Member Details &Essay pageoftheonlinesubmissionprocess. specifically designed to showcasetheproject for Emmy judging. This URL willbeentered onthe either includeaURLdirecting judgesto theproject asitexists online,or create ajudgingpage - theInteractive Mediacategories -submissioncontent ishosted by theentrant. Entrants will Due to themultimedia/transmedia/nonlinear nature ofmostsubmissionsincategories 39-41 Submitters may useatitlegraphic(slate) to identify asubmissionor program segment, ifneeded. (CONTINUATION) CONFORMRUNNING TIME EDITING ASUBMISSIONTO MAXIMUM TO MEDIA SPECS reduced entry fee)or April 8(Final deadline). Judging webpage URL’s are due by theofficial entry deadlinesofMarch 11(early deadline/ to theactual project. give entrants access to theproject itself. The explanatory video shouldnottake theplace ofaccess INTERACTIVE MEDIA SUBMISSIONPREPARATION (CATEGORIES 39-41) SLATES & TITLE GRAPHICS d. e. excerpt limitincraftcategories 42-56. is simply aportionofcontinuous programming). There isnosegment/ continuous programming on your submission video (anexcerpt In categories 1-29 and31-38, includenomore than7excerpts of Dip to black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. ® -worthy aspectsoftheproject, provided you also Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 24 Award Categories process: The followinginformation mustbeincludedinthetext fieldsprovided duringthesubmission MEDIA SPECS submissions should equipment to Emmy judgesfor at-home screening. Consequently, entrants with VR or AR Due to COVID 19,NATAS will beunable ableto provide VR headsetsandother specialized VIRTUAL REALITY SUBMISSIONS • b. a. • • • judging page. Title ofproject etc. -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy Exact runningtimeofsubmission,ifapplicable Date theproject/content was originally madeavailable online(mustbe2020) - c. - view theentry initsintended format. directions” etc.). This will allow judges with access to suchequipment to using thislink andsideloaditinto theSamsungGear by followingthese film X inGoogle Cardboard or Samsung Gear”or “Downloadthefile quipment that canbeusedto view it(i.e.“install our VR app and view an Android or iOSapp,for example), along with information aboutthe Provide judges with instructionsonhow to access the VR film(through to provide aninformational walkthrough oftheuser/viewer experience. your film/project initsintended format. We ask that youcreate a video project. Somejudges will nothave theproper equipment to view explanatory video highlighting theEmmy®-worthy aspectsofthe page ofthesubmissionsite. Your judgingpagemay includeabrief URL for your judging webpage onthe Team Member Details &Essay Create ajudgingpagethat showcases your project andsubmitthe Field 1:(e.g.FRONTLINE) and any supplementary/auxiliary material in your essay or on your You may alsoincludeadditionalinformation aboutthe VR film/project, Field 2:(e.g.EbolaOutbreak: A Virtual Journey) Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 25 Award Categories disqualification. Payment submitted with disqualified entries willnotbe returned. the NATAS GeneralRules andProcedures for national Emmy competitions, may result in Violations of any other published rules and procedures herein (includingthoseoutlinedin OTHER VIOLATIONS disqualified. Programs intended primarily for educational or instructional useare noteligibleand will be EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING case basis. Technology Documentary Category etc. NATAS will evaluate eachcircumstance onacase-by- Documentary category, animated representations ofthephysical world intheScience and Examples include,butare notlimited to: recreations ofhistorical events intheHistorical Limited dramatization ispermitted aslongitisextremely clear that theseare recreations. DRAMATIC RECREATIONS permitted. A compilation or body of work from a variety ofprograms and/or seriesthat are notrelated isnot BODY-OF-WORK ENTRIES running timeandminimummaximumnumber ofallowableexcerpts. Outstanding Newscastor NewsMagazine inSpanish, which have uniquerequirements regarding Note: Seecategory specificinstructionsfor categories 1/Outstanding Newscastand34/ categories 42-56. programming does not constitute internal editing. There is no excerpt/segment limit in craft excerpt mustbeacontinuous, commercial- free run.Editing outcommercials between continuous “as-aired” andcannothave beenre-edited for thepurposeofenhancingsubmission. An films that runlonger than40minutes are notpermitted. However, theentry mustbesubmitted with thesametopic, with theexception ofcategory 30(Outstanding ShortDocumentary), where category mustbeedited andmay contain upto 7excerpts ofcontinuous programming dealing In categories 2-38 and42-56, programs or stories that exceed themaximumrunningtimeintheir NO INTERNALEDITING PROHIBITIONS &DISQUALIFICATIONS Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 26 Award Categories are subjectto review. campaign. Titles suchas VP BrandMarketing etc. may beeligibleon a caseby casebasis. All titles made asubstantial creative contribution to thecontent ofthepromotional announcement or Directors andsomederivative jobtitles,provided their role andtheywas more thansupervisory of original music for a promo, Audio Engineers, Graphic Designers, Production Designers, Creative Producers, Directors, Art Directors, Editors, Camera Persons, Writers, MusicDirectors, Composers Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Coordinating Producers, Producers, Supervising In theOutstanding Promotional Announcement (category 58),statue-eligible titlesinclude significant contribution to the technical achievement may be considered onacase-by-case basis. Media Manager/Network Engineers.Other missioncriticaland/or derivative positionsthat make a Operators, Senior Audio Engineers, Audio Engineers, Senior Maintenance Engineers, Broadcast Supervisors, Technical Directors, Electronic Camera Persons, Video Engineers,Graphics In the Technical Achievement category (category 57), statue-eligible titlesinclude Technical categories. or approving the work ofothers—while vital to thecreative process- doesnotqualify for these researcher, graphics artist,camerapersonetc.) are statue-eligible. or Supervising directing In theCraftcategories (categories 42-56), those who performaspecificdiscipline(writer, and they madeasubstantial creative contribution to thecontent. elements ofaproject may beconsidered for eligibility provided their role was more thansupervisory responsible for themultiplatform, multimedia,transmedia,interactive or immersivemedia Managing Editors, Reporters, Correspondents andderivative jobtitles.Other team members Producers, Senior Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, In theInteractive Media categories (categories 39-41),statue eligibletitlesincludeExecutive Co-Hosts, Anchors andCorrespondents. Writers, Hosts, Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons / Cinematographers, Head Writers and In theSpanishlanguagecategories (categories 34-38), statue-eligible titlesincludeExecutive Correspondents, Anchors, andsomederivative jobtitles. eligible), Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, Reporters, Producer titles on a case by case basis; Associate Producers and Production Assistants are not Producers, Producers (includingField Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother In Program/Segment categories (1-33), statue-eligible titlesincludeExecutive Producers, Senior rulebook for statue-eligible jobtitlesfor individualcategories. (pages 34-67) of the rulebook under each category group heading. Consult this section of the Statue eligible job titles are listed in the Award Category and Submission Requirements section RECEIVES THEAWARD?WHO Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 27 Award Categories VERIFICATIONOFSTATUE-ELIGIBLE JOBTITLES SVP or Director oftheNews&Documentary Emmy between thetelecast credits andthejobtitleavailable ontheentry form you mustcontact the must correspond to theas-aired credits for thesubmission.Incases where there isadiscrepancy Only thoselisted onthefinalcredit list willbeeligible to obtain astatue. Anentrant’s jobtitle NATAS regional chapter. to thoseincludedonandapproved for thecredits oftheoriginalsubmissionto theoriginating In theRegional Reporting categories (categories 59 and60),award-eligible jobtitlesare limited RECEIVES THEAWARD?WHO ® Awards for approval. Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 28 Award Categories [email protected] Christine Chin;Director, News&Documentary Emmy® Awards; 212-484-9452 / [email protected] David Winn; Senior Vice President, News&Documentary Emmy® Awards; 212-484-9424 / Or contact: judge, goto https://newsdocemmy.dmds.com/en/Account/JudgeSignupLanding review submissionsandcasttheir ballots.For more information, or to apply asanEmmy® to serve to asecure website where submissionsare viewed and votes are cast. Judges have two weeks to News & Documentary Emmy® judging takes place online. Approved Emmy® judges are directed Round 2: June 10-24 Round 1:May 6–20 welcome to apply. Journalists and documentary makers from the worlds of broadcasting and digital/new mediaare VOLUNTEEREMMY SERVE TO ASAN News &Documentary Emmy documentary filmmaking at thenational levelare invited asjudgesfor to serve the42nd Annual Individuals with significant experience inthefieldsof broadcast andonlinejournalism and EMMY AWARDS JUDGING FOR THE NEWS&DOCUMENTARY 2021 NEWS&DOCUMENTARY EMMY® JUDGING DATES QUALIFIESBE A TOWHO JUDGE? • • designers andother craftspeople. graphic designers,audiotechnicians, composers, lighting directors, scenic Craftspeople: writers, researchers, cinematographers andcamerapersons,editors, experience innational newsand/or documentary reporting or production. Directors, Reporters andCorrespondents andrelated positions with significant Producers, Senior &Executive Producers, experienced Associate Producers, ® Awards. ® JUDGE Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 29 Award Categories Judges may participate onmore thanonepanel. an entry inthecategory beingjudgeddoesnotnecessarily create aconflict ofinterest by itself. staff ofthe42nd AnnualNews&Documentary Emmy® Awards. Employment by anetwork with production oftheentry or having aclosepersonalrelationship with amember oftheproduction may not have a conflict of interest, which is described as having a direct involvement with the other submittingorganizations who donothave adirect conflict with thematerial they view. Judges Judges may beindependently employed or employees ofthenetworks or cablecompanies or tie-breaking procedures, are determined by theNational Awards Committee. criteria and procedures, including scoring scale, minimum scores required for nomination, and and whether a category has one clear honoree, multiple honorees, or no honoree. All judging The results ofthefinal round ofscreening determine thenumber ofnomineesin eachcategory, Cinematography etc.—will have expertise inthecraftareas they are judging. derivative job titles. Judges in categories 42-56— the craft categories such as Writing, Editing, Producers, Producers, Associate Producers, Directors, Reporters andCorrespondents andsome of Concept, Effectiveness/Impact, and Execution. Judges in categories 1-38 include Executive Judges incategory 58, for promotional announcements, evaluate submissionsusingthecriteria more thanoneaward, or noaward. their individualmeritsandnotcompetitively. Inallcategories there isthepossibility ofoneaward, Judging isbasedoncontent, creativity andexecution. Submissionsare judgedonthebasisof round. Judges inthefinal round are asked to view eachentry initsentirety. each entry, and vote via secret ballot.Highscoring entries from thefirst round advance to thefinal and randomly amongthesub-groups. For thisphase,judgesare asked to view at least50%of preliminary round, large categories are dividedinto sub-panelsandtheentries are dividedequally Separate judgingpanelsare formedfor thepreliminary andthefinal rounds ofjudging.Inthe in which thenomineesandasinglehonoree, multiplehonorees, or nohonoree isdetermined. Most categories intheNews&Documentary Emmy competition are judgedintwo rounds of voting Entries are viewed andevaluated online. JUDGING PROCEDURES EMMY AWARDS JUDGING FOR THE NEWS&DOCUMENTARY Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 30 Award Categories 21 (News)and22(Documentary). for this year’s News & Documentary Emmy virtual ceremonies, which will take place on September Nominees will becontacted in July 2021 with instructionsaboutany additionalmaterials required authorized to convey suchrights. been obtained andare thereby licensed to NATAS for thesepurposes,andthat theentrant is program archives, inperpetuity. Entrants mustaffirmthat allnecessary rights andclearances have the program anditsdistribution,publicity, andpromotion, including without limitation digital clear of any and all encumbrances which could limit the ability of NATAS to include the clip in Award ceremony, shouldtheentry result inanomination. The identified clipmustbefree and portion ofthesubmitted entry video for potential inclusion intheNews&Documentary Emmy As partofthesubmissionprocess, allentrants will berequired to identify athirty-second (0:30) ENTRY PROCESS *TIME CODE FOR 30-SECOND CEREMONY VIDEO CLIP NOW REQUIRED AS PART OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS nominations with fulllistofnominated individuals will beposted ontheNATAS website. initial listingmay includenominated programs only. After additionalinternal review, alistof Nominations are currently scheduledto beannounced inlate July, 2021(exact date TBA). The NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT NOMINATIONSCEREMONIES AND Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 31 Award Categories NEWS COVERAGE NEWS COVERAGE NEWSMAGAZINES NEWSCASTS 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 22. 21. 20. 19. 18. 17. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. AWARD CATEGORIES Outstanding BusinessandEconomic Documentary Outstanding Nature Documentary Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary Outstanding Arts andCulture Documentary Outstanding Historical Documentary Outstanding Investigative Documentary Outstanding SocialIssue Documentary Outstanding Politics andGovernment Documentary Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary Outstanding Business,Consumer or Economic Coverage Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage Outstanding Healthor MedicalCoverage Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage Outstanding Edited Interview Outstanding LiveInterview Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial andOpinion Outstanding NewsDiscussion& Analysis Outstanding NewsSpecial Outstanding Breaking News Coverage Outstanding Investigative Report inaNewsmagazine Outstanding Feature Story inaNewsmagazine Outstanding Continuing Coverage ofaNewsStory in aNewsmagazine Outstanding Coverage ofaBreaking NewsStory inaNewsmagazine Outstanding Investigative Report inaNewscast Outstanding Long Feature Story inaNewscast Outstanding ShortFeature Story inaNewscast Outstanding Continuing Coverage ofaNewsStory inaNewscast Outstanding Coverage ofaBreaking NewsStory inaNewscast Outstanding Newscast Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 32 Award Categories CRAFT ACHIEVEMENT INTERACTIVE MEDIA SPANISH LANGUAGE BEST OF SHORT DOCUMENTARY 54. 53. 52. 51. 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. 30. AWARD CATEGORIES Outstanding MusicComposition Outstanding GraphicDesignand Art Direction: Documentary Outstanding GraphicDesignand Art Direction: News Outstanding Editing: Documentary Outstanding Editing: News Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary OutstandingNews Video Journalism: Outstanding Direction: Documentary Outstanding Direction: News Outstanding Research: Documentary Outstanding Research: News Outstanding Writing:Documentary Outstanding Writing:News Outstanding Interactive Media: Arts, Lifestyle andCulture Outstanding Interactive Media:Documentary Outstanding Interactive Media:Current News Outstanding Interview inSpanish Outstanding Feature Story inSpanish Outstanding Investigative Journalism inSpanish Outstanding Coverage of aBreaking NewsStory inSpanish Outstanding Newscastor NewsMagazineinSpanish Best Documentary Best Story inaNewsmagazine Best Story inaNewscast Outstanding ShortDocumentary Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 33 Award Categories 60. 59. REGIONAL NEWS 58. PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 57. TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT 56. 55. AWARD CATEGORIES Outstanding Regional Investigative News Story: Report Outstanding Regional Spotor News Story: Breaking News Outstanding Lighting Direction andScenic Design Outstanding Sound Outstanding PromotionalOutstanding Announcement Outstanding TechnicalNews Achievement: Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 34 Award Categories allowable number ofexcerpts that apply to categories 2-6. immediately below theOutstanding Newscast category for rulesregarding runningtimeand etc. The rulesbelow apply ONLY to category 1/Outstanding Newscast.Seethesection *IMPORTANT! This category hasuniquerulesregarding runningtime,number ofexcerpts listed onthenominations or honorees press release. Only thetitleofnewscast will belisted. the calendar year. Consequently, thetitlesofindividualsegments or reports submitted are not submission inthiscategory stands infor theoverallexcellence ofthenewscastover thecourse of time ofnolessthan30minutes andnomore than60minutes. Any material submitted aspartofa distinct airdates from throughout the calendar year 2020. Submission videos should have a running Submissions must includebetween 3 and 7 excerpts ofcontinuous coverage from at leasttwo course oftheeligibility year andmay includeexamples ofcoverage ofa variety ofdifferent stories. Submission videos are intended to showcasetheoverallexcellence ofthebroadcast over the part ofaregularly scheduleddigital newsbroadcast, are noteligibleinthiscategory. other non-regularly scheduled news broadcasts, and stand-alone digital reports that are not a programming that cover current andongoingnewsstories. Newsmagazines,newsspecialsand 2020. Submissionsare limited to regularly schedulednewsbroadcasts or brandedblocksofnews This category recognizes overallexcellence inaNewscastover thecourse ofthecalendar year 1. online newssources will beassignedto themostappropriate category asdetermined by NATAS. a regular basis, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post etc. Entries from national Carlson Tonight; onlinenewssources producing video journalismcovering thenewsofday on daily cablebroadcasts suchas The RachelMaddow Show, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Tucker devoted to rolling coverage oftheday’s newssuchasCNNNewsroom andMSNBCLive;other like Meet The Press, Face theNation, Fox NewsSunday, and This Week; daily cablebroadcasts shows like GoodMorning America, Today, CBS This Morning,New Day etc., or Sunday shows Tonight, AC 360,PBSNewsHour, Vice News Tonight, SpecialReport with Bret Baier;morning not limited to: nightly newscastslike NBCNightly News,CBSEvening News, ABC World News weekend editionsofdaily newscastsandother similar newsbroadcasts. Examples include,butare and ongoingnewsstories. Programs inthesecategories typically air daily andmay alsoinclude The followingcategories are for reserved broadcast anddigital newscastscovering current NEWSCASTS SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 35 Award Categories 1. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST (CONTINUATION) 1. Note: • • • • • • • 2. consideration. Reporters, Correspondents, Anchors, andsomederivative jobtitles. Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Field Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Statue-Eligible: Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (including digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof is Emmy® -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). excellence ofthebroadcast over thecourse ofthe year 2020andexplaining why it Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words describingtheoverall continuous programming. internal editingofprogram content. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon- throughout thecalendar year 2020.Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run without and 7excerpts ofcontinuous coverage from at leasttwo distinctairdates from Minimum/Maximum Number ofExcerpts: Submissions mustincludebetween 3 have arunningtimeofnolessthan30minutes andnomore than60minutes. Minimum/Maximum Running Times for Submissions:Submission videos should Only one(1)submissionper newscast. statue- of theeligibility year, statue-eligible credits submitted shouldincludeall Since thiscategory isfor overallexcellence ofthebroadcast over thecourse eligibility year. credit onnineteen percent (19%)ofthetotal episodesoftheshow in the In order to bestatue-eligible, anindividualmusthave worked andreceived eligibility year, notsimply thosethat worked onthe video content submitted for eligible individuals who worked ontheshow over thecourse ofthe . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 36 Award Categories categories 2-6. regarding running time, number of excerpts etc. The requirements below apply to submissions to See the definition of category 1/Outstanding Newscast above for rules specific to that category OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST (i.e.they apply to categories 2-6). *IMPORTANT: THE RULESBELOW APPLY TO ALL NEWSCAST CATEGORIES EXCEPT 1/ ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CATEGORIES 2-6 online newssources will beassignedto themostappropriate category asdetermined by NATAS. a regular basis, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post etc. Entries from national Carlson Tonight; onlinenewssources producing video journalismcovering thenewsofday on daily cablebroadcasts suchas The RachelMaddow Show, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Tucker devoted to rolling coverage oftheday’s newssuchasCNNNewsroom andMSNBCLive;other like Meet The Press, Face theNation, Fox NewsSunday, and This Week; daily cablebroadcasts shows like GoodMorning America, Today, CBS This Morning,New Day etc., or Sunday shows Tonight, AC 360,PBSNewsHour, Vice News Tonight, SpecialReport with Bret Baier;morning not limited to: nightly newscastslike NBCNightly News,CBSEvening News, ABC World News weekend editionsofdaily newscastsandother similar newsbroadcasts. Examples include,butare and ongoingnewsstories. Programs inthesecategories typically air daily andmay alsoinclude The followingcategories are for reserved broadcast anddigital newscastscovering current NEWSCASTS SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND • • • • -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Each entry mustincludean essay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy® less. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming excerpts, provided thetotal runningtimeofthesubmission video is25minutes or series ofindividualreports onasingletopic may contain upto sevensegments or without internal editingofprogram content. Likewise, asubmissioncomposed ofa as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 be edited. 25 minutes or lessmustbesubmitted intheir entirety. Those that runlonger must Maximum Running Time for Submissions:25minutes. Programs or reports that run Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 37 Award Categories in thiscategory. a singleairdate. Submissionscomposed ofmultiple reports from different airdates are noteligible is typically found in a straight factual news story. Entries must be drawn from a single broadcast on storytelling approach to thesubject matter andoften includesmore context andbackground than less. Feature stories are generally definedasenterprise reporting that emphasizesanarrative or This category for is reserved feature stories from newscasts with a running time of 8 minutes or 4. of reports onasingletopic. deepens the viewer’s understanding ofthestory. Entries may consist ofasinglereport or aseries should feature new developments inanongoingstory, and/or background andanalysisthat This category for isreserved continuing coverage ofacurrent newsstory by newscasts.Entries 3. Entries may consist ofasinglereport or aseriesofreports onasingletopic. such asthe verdict inatrial;andnew andimportant breaking developments inanongoingstory. coverage ofunexpected events, suchasanearthquake or aterrorist attack; anticipated events, This category for isreserved coverage ofbreaking newsstories by newscasts,andmay include 2. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CATEGORIES 2-6 (CONTINUATION) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE STORY IN A NEWSCAST OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWSSTORY IN A NEWSCAST OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKINGNEWSSTORY IN A NEWSCAST • • • Reporters, Correspondents, Anchors, andsomederivative jobtitles. Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Field Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Statue-Eligible: Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (including digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 38 Award Categories category asdetermined by NATAS. sources will be evaluated on a caseby case basis and will be assignedto the most appropriate eligible. In addition, some magazine-like special reports may be eligible. Entries from online news FRONTLINE etc. Online news sources producing newsmagazine-like segments may also be 20/20, Dateline, 48Hours, Aqui y Ahora, Primer Impacto, somemediumlengthreports from in-depth segments thandaily newscasts.Examples includenewsprograms like 60Minutes, that air once a week, or onanintermittent basis,andthat typically feature lengthier and/or more The followingcategories arefor reserved newsmagazinesandsimilar newsbroadcasts— programs NEWSMAGAZINES may consist ofasinglereport or aseriesofreports onasingletopic. include new legislation, policies,government or legalinvestigations, publicoutcry, etc. Entries quality andextent oftheresearch, thepresentation andtheimpactofreporting, which may reporter or news organization that originally broadcast thereport. Entries will bejudgedonthe on originalenterprise reporting that istheresult oftheoriginalinvestigative work oftheon-screen This category for isreserved investigative reporting broadcast aspartofanewscast.Emphasisis 6. are noteligibleinthiscategory. broadcast onasingleairdate. Submissionscomposed ofmultiplereports from different airdates than istypically foundinastraight factual newsstory. Entries mustbedrawn from asingle or storytelling approach to thesubjectmatter andoften includes more context andbackground minutes. Feature stories are generally definedasenterprise reporting that emphasizesanarrative This category for isreserved feature stories from newscasts with arunningtimeofmore than8 5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IN A NEWSCAST OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE STORY IN A NEWSCAST • • be edited. 60 minutes or lessmust besubmitted intheir entirety. Those that runlonger must Maximum Running Time for Submissions:60minutes. Programs or reports that run Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 39 Award Categories 8. NEWSMAGAZINES (CONTINUATION) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND consist ofasinglereport or aseriesofreports onasingletopic. or background andanalysisthat deepens the viewer’s understanding ofthestory. Entries may and similar broadcasts. Entries shouldfeature new developments inanongoing story, and/ This category for isreserved continuing coverage ofacurrent newsstory by newsmagazines a singletopic. developments in an ongoing story. Entries may consist of a single report or a series of reports on terrorist attack; anticipated events, suchasthe verdict inatrial;andnew andimportant breaking broadcasts, and may include coverage of unexpected events, suchas an earthquake or a This category for isreserved coverage ofbreaking newsstories by newsmagazinesandsimilar 7.

OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWSSTORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKINGNEWSSTORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy less. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. excerpts, provided thetotal runningtimeofthesubmission video is60minutes or series ofindividualreports onasingletopic may contain upto sevensegments or without internal editingofprogram content. Likewise, asubmissioncomposed ofa as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 Reporters, Correspondents, Anchors, andsomederivative jobtitles. Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Feld Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Statue-Eligible: Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (including digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv. Important: Besure to follow the video Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 40 Award Categories 60 minutes. shows will beconsidered ona case by casebasis.Maximumrunningtimefor submission video is visit, other types of specialreports onnewsworthy topics. Specialeditionsofregularly scheduled coverage: town halls, presidential andcongressional debates, electionnight coverage, apapal This category isopento plannedspecialevents andother types ofnon-regularly schedulednews 12. coverage ofabreaking story. Maximumrunningtimefor submission video is60minutes. news organization or network inorder to demonstrate thebreadth anddepthoftheorganization’s previously produced reports, from across thescheduledbroadcasts anddigital platforms ofa of thefootage onthesubmission video, submissionsmay includesegments or excerpts, including coverage or reports produced under aquick turnaround shouldconstitute asignificant portion season). While theemphasisinthiscategory isonlive,unscheduledcoverage, and while live shootings, coverage of aspecifichurricane rather thanaseriesofsuccessive storms inasingle related events (coverage ofaparticular massshootingrather thanaseriesofunrelated mass a trial).Entries mustfocusonasinglenewsevent, rather thanaseriesofdistinctbutthematically warrant theinterruption ofscheduledprogramming (for example thehandingdownofa verdict in or massshooting)or events that, while notentirely unanticipated, are ofsufficient importance to events resulting intheinterruption ofregularly scheduledprogramming (suchasaterrorist attack This category isopento extended coverage ofbreaking newsstories, for example unanticipated 11. single report or aseriesofreports onasingletopic. legislation, policies,government or legalinvestigations, publicoutcry, etc. Entries may consist ofa extent oftheresearch, thepresentation andtheimpactofreporting, which may includenew organization that originally broadcast the report. Entries will bejudgedonthequality and reporting that istheresult oftheoriginalinvestigative work oftheon-screen reporter or news This category for isreserved investigative reporting by newsmagazines.Emphasisisonenterprise 10. composed ofmultiplereports from different airdates are noteligibleinthiscategory. factual newsstory. Entries mustbedrawn from asinglebroadcast onasingleairdate. Submissions matter andoften includesmore context andbackground thanistypically foundinastraight defined as enterprise reporting that emphasizes a narrative or storytelling approach to the subject This category for isreserved feature stories from newsmagazines.Feature stories are generally 9. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING NEWSSPECIAL OOUTSTANDING BREAKINGNEWSCOVERAGE OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IN A NEWSMAGAZINE OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 41 Award Categories interview canbeeither: most or all of the questions posed should be audible, even if the interviewer is off camera. A “live” visible oncamera,and where judgescanevaluate theinteraction between them. At aminimum intended primarily for formal interviews where both the interviewer(s) and the interviewee(s) are interview subjects(interviewees), theinterview mustfocusonasinglenewsstory. This category is two separate hurricanes that occurred at different times). While theinterview may includemultiple news story (i.e. an interview with one or more victims of a specific hurricane, as opposed to victimsof This category isopento liveandlive-to-tape interviews with oneor more individualsonasingle 15. for newsbroadcasts andisnotopento excerpts from documentaries. presenter/journalist, andnotthat ofthesubjectanewsreport. This category primarily isreserved presentation. The editorial perspective shouldbethat ofthenewsorganization or ofthereporter/ monologues, andreporting in which anidentifiable editorial perspectiveisa key partofthe for aparticular policy outcome. Submissionsmay include,butare notlimited to, commentary, that expresses aparticular ideologicalor politicalor other editorial perspective,or advocates This category isopento newsanalysisthat features aneditorial opinionor point of view, or 14. running timefor submission video is60minutes. Submissionsmay include: the Nation, This Week, Fox NewsSunday, The RachelMaddow Show, The Lead, etc.). Maximum discussion andanalysisasaprimary element oftheir regular programming (MeetthePress, Face devoted solely to discussionandanalysis(Washington Week) as well asbroadcasts that feature This category for is reserved discussionand analysis ofcurrent news stories. It is opento broadcasts 13. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING LIVEINTERVIEW OUTSTANDING NEWS ANALYSIS: EDITORIAL AND OPINION OUTSTANDING NEWSDISCUSSION& ANALYSIS Washington b. Week etc. a. of a variety ofsubjects,asiscommon onroundtable showslike Or, asinglebroadcast ofupto onehour devoted to discussion/analysis throughout thebroadcast year. one hour inlengthandmay includeexcerpts ofprogramming from Discussion/analysis ofasinglestory or subject.Entries may notexceed Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 42 Award Categories submission video is40minutes. may consist ofa singlereport or aseriesofreports onasingle topic. Maximumrunningtimefor This category isopen to coverage ofhealthor medicalrelated topics by newsorganizations. Entries 17. intended for documentary filmsor excerpts from documentaries. of thequestionsposedshouldbeaudible,evenifinterviewer isoffcamera. This category isnot camera, and where judgescanevaluate theinteraction between them. At aminimummostor all primarily for formalinterviews where boththeinterviewer(s)andinterviewee(s) are visible on subjects (interviewees), theinterview mustfocusonasinglenewsstory. This category isintended hurricanes that occurred at different times). While theinterview may includemultipleinterview an interview with one or more victims of a specific hurricane,as opposed to victims of two separate This category isopento edited interviews with oneor more individualsonasinglenewsstory (i.e. intended for documentary filmsor excerpts from documentaries. in thiscategory to category 16/Outstanding Edited Interview ifso warranted. This category isnot production decisionsto determine eligibility. NATAS theright reserves to reassign any submission Note: for liveto tape submissions,NATAS may request further inforegarding editsandother 18. topic. Maximumrunningtimefor submission video is40minutes. topics by newsorganizations. Entries may consist ofasinglereport or a seriesofreports onasingle This category isopento coverage ofenvironmental impactissues,science, technology or related 16. 15. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING HEALTH ORMEDICALCOVERAGE OUTSTANDING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY OR ENVIRONMENTAL COVERAGE OUTSTANDING EDITEDINTERVIEW OUTSTANDING LIVEINTERVIEW (CONTINUATION) a. b. submitted to 15/Edited Interview. interview, altering thesequence ofquestionsposedetc.) mustbe above (for example significantly condensing theoriginal taped anything other thanextremely minor editingofthekinddescribed wardrobe malfunctions,falsestarts, etc. Interviewsthat include or very littlepost-production suchas very minor editsfor obscenities, A live-to-tape interview that islater broadcast initsentirety with no An interview that isbroadcast liveasitisconducted, without editingor Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 43 Award Categories DOCUMENTARIES organizations. Maximumrunningtimefor submission video is40minutes. This category honorsoutstanding reporting onabusiness,consumer or economic story by news 20. 19. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND topic. Maximumrunningtimefor submission video is40minutes. topics by newsorganizations. Entries may consist ofasinglereport or aseriesofreports onasingle This category isopento coverage ofpopculture, artsandentertainment, lifestyle andrelated OUTSTANDING BUSINESS,CONSUMER ORECONOMIC COVERAGE OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE • • • • • • Each entry mustincludean essay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy continuous programming. without internal editingofprogram content. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon- as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 the film. Contact Emmy® staff for approval. to meetthemaximumrunningtime would significantly distort thenarrative flow of cases—for example adocumentary that runslonger thantwo hours, where editing be edited to 120minutes. The maximumrunningtimemay be waived incertain 120 minutes or lessmustbesubmitted intheir entirety. Those that runlonger must Maximum Running Time for Submissions:120minutes. Documentaries that run Entries may bedrawn from asinglebroadcast or aseriesofbroadcasts. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. allowed to submitto categories 21-29 onacaseby casebasis. documentaries that choosenotto submitto category 30/ShortDocumentary are While thesecategories are primarily for feature lengthdocumentaries, shorter Categories 21-29 are for reserved documentaries andnonfictionprogramming. -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 44 Award Categories which may include new legislation, policies,government or legalinvestigations, publicoutcry, etc. judged onthequality andextent oftheresearch, thepresentation andtheimpactofreporting, is theresult oftheoriginal investigative work ofthefilmmaker or filmmaking team. Entries willbe This category for isreserved investigative documentaries. Emphasisisonenterprise reporting that 24. discrimination, immigration, theenvironment, climate change,bullying,sexual assaultetc. This category isopento documentaries dealing with socialissues,for example poverty, obesity, 23. policy; other political/governmental subjectsor topics. government officeholders or institutions; documentary treatments ofpoliticalissues or public Submissions may include but are not limited to: documentary treatments of political figures or This category isopento documentaries onpoliticsand/or government andrelated subjects. 22. This category isopento documentaries oncurrent newsworthy subjects. 21. DOCUMENTARIES (CONTINUATION) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING SOCIALISSUEDOCUMENTARY • • • Reporters, Correspondents, andsomederivative jobtitles. Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (includingFeld digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 45 Award Categories This category for isreserved documentaries onbusinessor economic topics. 29. environment or may convey otherwise principlesandinsights from thosedisciplines. the effortsandaccomplishments ofindividualsengagedinthestudy ofnatural history andthe discoveries andrevelations related to plants, animalsandtheenvironment. Entries may feature Entries shouldhave astheir andexploration primary emphasistheobservation ofnature, including 28. principles andinsights from thosedisciplines. engaged ina wide rangeofscientific and technological disciplines or may convey otherwise Entries may feature theeffortsand accomplishments ofindividualsandscientific institutions scientific issues,discoveries and explorations and/or thedevelopment anduseof technology. This category isopento documentaries that have astheir primaryemphasistheexamination of 27. cultural topics. This category isopento documentaries devoted to popular culture, thefinearts,and related 26. This category isopento documentaries dealing with anhistorical event, personality or process. 25. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDINGSCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING ARTS &CULTURE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 46 Award Categories or condensed versions of, feature length(i.e.longer than40minutes) documentaries. 29). This category isnotintended for reports from newscastsor news magazines,or excerpts from, more than40minutes must submit to one of the other Documentary categories (categories 21- time ofthefinishedproduct doesnot exceed 40minutes. Documentaries witharunningtime of single subjectshortdocumentary delivered inmultiplepartsor episodes,provided thetotal running submit to thiscategory. Submissionsmay includesingle,stand-alone shortdocumentaries, or a minutes or less, including all credits. Both broadcast and online documentaries are eligible to This category for is reserved short documentaries, i.e. documentaries with a running time of 40 30. SHORT DOCUMENTARY SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY • • • • • • • Reporters, Correspondents, andsomederivative jobtitles. Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Eligible: Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (includingFeld digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy® Documentary categories (categories 21-29) Documentaries that runlonger than40minutes mustsubmitto oneoftheother Maximum Running Time for Submissions:40minutes, includingallcredits. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. This category for isreserved shortdocumentaries. . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 47 Award Categories BEST OF SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND • • • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy excerpts. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. series ofindividualreports onasingletopic may contain upto sevensegments or without internal editingofprogram content. Likewise, asubmissioncomposed ofa as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. categories (categories 42-56). non- craftcategory (categories 1-30 and34-38), and/or any number ofcraft Entries intheBestOfcategories can,butneednotbe,entered inONEadditional case basis. Reporters, Correspondents, Anchors, andsomederivative jobtitlesonacaseby Directors, Editors, Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, by casebasis; Associate Producers andProduction Assistants are noteligible), Producers, Coordinating Producers andsomeother Producer titlesonacase Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers (includingFeld digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy(see page19for essay instructions). . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 48 Award Categories 31. determined by NATAS. will beevaluated onacaseby casebasisand will beassignedto themostappropriate category as addition, somemagazine-like specialreports may beeligible.Entries from online newssources etc. Onlinenewssources producing newsmagazine-like segments may alsobeeligible.In Dateline, 48Hours, Aqui y Ahora, Primer Impacto, somemediumlengthreports from FRONTLINE depth segments thandaily newscasts.Examples includenewsprograms like 60Minutes, 20/20, once a week, or onanintermittent basis,andthat typically feature lengthier and/or more in- This category for is reserved newsmagazines and similar news broadcasts— programs that air submission video inthis category is60minutes. may consist of a single report or a series of reports on a single topic. Maximum runningtimefor case basisand will beassignedto themostappropriate category asdetermined by NATAS. Entries like specialreports may beeligible.Entries from onlinenewssources will beevaluated onacaseby sources producing newsmagazine-like segments may alsobeeligible.Inaddition,somemagazine- This category recognizes the best story broadcast by a newsmagazine in 2020. Online news 32. the mostappropriate category asdetermined by NATAS. Times and The Washington Post etc. Entries from national onlinenewssources will beassignedto producing video journalismcovering thenewsofday onaregular basis,suchas The New York Rachel Maddow Show, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Tucker Carlson Tonight; online newssources the day’s news such as CNN Newsroom and MSNBC Live; other daily cable broadcasts such as The Nation, Fox NewsSunday, and This Week; daily cablebroadcasts devoted to rolling coverage of America, Today, CBS This Morning, New Day etc., or Sunday shows like Meet The Press, Face the NewsHour, Vice News Tonight, SpecialReport with Bret Baier;morningshowslike GoodMorning newscasts like NBCNightly News,CBSEvening News, ABC World News Tonight, AC 360,PBS daily newscastsandother similar newsbroadcasts. Examples include,butare notlimited to: nightly stories. Programs inthesecategories typically air daily andmay alsoinclude weekend editionsof This category for is reserved broadcast and digital newscasts covering current and ongoing news submission video inthiscategory is25minutes. may consist of a single report or a series of reports on a single topic. Maximum runningtimefor producing video journalismcovering thenewsofday are alsoeligibleinthiscategory. Entries This category recognizes the best story broadcast by a newscast in 2020. Online news sources SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND BEST STORY IN A NEWSCAST BEST STORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 49 Award Categories 33. the Newscast(Noticiero Telemundo) or Newsmagazine(Aqui y Ahora) will belisted. or reports submitted are not listed on the nominations or honorees press release. Only the title of the show over thecourse ofthecalendar year. Consequently, thetitlesofindividualsegments material submitted as part of a submission in this category stands in for the overall excellence of Note: This category isfor overall excellence by a newscast or newsmagazinein Spanish. Any stories etc. (for example Al Rojo Vivo, Aqui y Ahora etc.). airing weekly, comprised ofoneor more segments covering current events andhuman-interest example Noticiero Univision, Noticiero Telemundo etc). Newsmagazinesare programs, typically Newscasts are programs that cover thenewsofday onaconsistent, typically daily, basis(for This category recognizes overall excellence inNewscastsandNewsmagazinesSpanish. 34. must includeeither anEnglish language voiceover or subtitles. bilingual or Spanishproficient. Spanishlanguageentries submitted to categories other than34-38 or voiceover and will bejudgedby apanelofSpanish-languagemediaprofessionals who are Entries for theSpanish-languagecategories (categories 34-38) canbesubmitted without subtitles by- casebasis. of itsU.S.broadcast, NATAS awards administration will review theeligibility oftheentry onacase- production airssimultaneously outsidetheUnited States, or airsoutsidetheUnited States ahead distribution to thecontinental United States. Shouldextenuating circumstances arisein which a services with anational distribution.Submissionsmusthave madetheir globaldebutintheir United States. Inaddition,eligibleentries musthave aired onUS-basednetworks or streaming created internationally for USHispanicaudiences and which hasitsfirstruninthe continental be submitted by US-basedmediacompanies for work created originally intheUS,or original work The followingcategories are opento national Spanishlanguagebroadcasts. Eligibleentries must SPANISH LANGUAGE approval. running time would significantly distort thenarrative flow ofthefilm. Contact Emmy® staff for for example adocumentary that runslonger thantwo hours, where editingto meetthemaximum video inthiscategory is120minutes. The maximumrunningtimemay be waived incertain cases— length andshortdocumentaries are eligibleto submit.Maximumrunningtimefor submission This category recognizes the bestdocumentary broadcast or streamed during2020.Bothfeature SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND BEST DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST ORNEWSMAGAZINE INSPANISH Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 50 Award Categories 34. 2. 1. Note: SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST ORNEWSMAGAZINE INSPANISH (CONTINUATION) nineteen percent (19%)ofthetotal episodesoftheshow intheeligibility year. In order to bestatue-eligible, anindividual musthave worked andreceived credit on those that worked onthe video content submitted for consideration. individuals who worked ontheshow over thecourse oftheeligibility year, notsimply eligibility year, statue-eligible credits submitted shouldincludeallstatue-eligible Since thiscategory isfor overallexcellence ofthebroadcast over thecourse ofthe • • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. a straight run without internal editingofprogram content. Dipto black between entry mustbepulledfrom at leasttwo (2)separate airdates. Eachexcerpt mustbe overall excellence ofthenewscastor newsmagazine.Segments includedinthe throughout theeligibility year (i.e.thecalendar year of2020)demonstrating the Entries mustincludeaminimumof3andmaximum7excerpts from a minimumof30minutes of video andmay contain upto 60minutes of video. Minimum andMaximumRunning Time for Submissions:Submissions mustcontain Only one(1)submissionper newscastor newsmagazine. Anchors andCorrespondents credited onshow. Camerapersons /Cinematographers, Head Writers and Writers, Hosts,Co-Hosts, Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at newsdocemmys.tv. Important: Besure to follow the video Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 51 Award Categories 35. series ofreports onasingle topic. or newsorganization that originally broadcast thereport. Entries may consist ofasinglereport or a enterprise reporting that istheresult oftheoriginalinvestigative work oftheon-screen reporter This category for isreserved investigative reports inSpanish-languagemedia.Entries mustcontain 36. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. from asinglebroadcast or aseriesofbroadcasts. in atrial;andnew andimportant breaking developments inanongoingstory. Entries may bedrawn unexpected events, suchasaplanecrashor anearthquake; anticipated events, suchasthe verdict This category for isreserved coverage ofbreaking newsstories andmay includecoverage of SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKINGNEWSSTORY INSPANISH OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INSPANISH • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy less. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. excerpts, provided thetotal runningtimeof thesubmission video is60minutes or series ofindividualreports onasingletopic may contain upto sevensegments or without internal editing ofprogram content. Likewise, asubmissioncomposed ofa as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 Maximum Running Time for Submissions:60minutes. Correspondents credited onshow. / Cinematographers, Head Writers and Writers, Hosts,Co-Hosts, Anchors and Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 52 Award Categories 36. 37. multiple reports from different airdates are not eligibleinthiscategory. Entries mustbedrawn from asinglebroadcast onasingleairdate. Submissions composed of and includesmore context andbackground thanistypically foundinastraight factual newsstory. enterprise reporting that emphasizesanarrative or storytelling approach to thesubjectmatter This category for isreserved feature stories in Spanish. Feature stories are generally definedas SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INSPANISH (CONTINUATION) OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY INSPANISH • • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy less. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon-continuous programming. excerpts, provided thetotal runningtimeofthesubmission video is60minutes or series ofindividualreports onasingletopic may contain upto sevensegments or without internal editingofprogram content. Likewise, asubmissioncomposed ofa as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 Maximum Running Time for Submissions:60minutes. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. Correspondents credited onshow. / Cinematographers, Head Writers and Writers, Hosts,Co-Hosts, Anchors and Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 53 Award Categories 37. This category isnotintended for documentary filmsor excerpts from documentaries. is offcamera. them. At aminimummostor allofthequestionsposedshouldbeaudible, eveniftheinterviewer the interviewee(s)are visible oncamera,and where judgescanevaluate theinteraction between submit. This category is intended primarily for formal interviews where boththe interviewer(s) and This category for isreserved interviewsinSpanish.Bothliveandedited interviewsare eligible to 38. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY INSPANISH (CONTINUATION) OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW INSPANISH • • • • • • • • • Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy continuous programming. without internal editingofprogram content. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon- as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt mustbeastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissionsrequiring editingmay contain upto 7 Maximum Running Time for Submissions:60minutes. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. continuous programming. without internal editingofprogram content. Dipto black between excerpts ofnon- as-aired excerpts ofcontinuous programming. Eachexcerpt must beastraight run Maximum number ofexcerpts: Submissions requiring editingmay contain upto 7 Maximum Running Time for Submissions:60minutes. Entries mustbedevoted entirely to asinglestory, subjector theme. Correspondents credited onshow. / Cinematographers, Head Writers and Writers, Hosts,Co-Hosts, Anchors and Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv. Important: Besure to follow the video Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 54 Award Categories of presentation thecontent serves ofthepiece. subject under consideration. Entries will be evaluated on, among other things, how well the form of content, experiments the contentwith form should serve of the news story or documentary While thesecategories are opento new andinnovative approaches to thepresentation anddelivery news, longform,andshortdocumentary categories. elements. Primarily linear documentary filmsandnews reports are more appropriate for the various multimedia or multiplatform submission,for example, may includelinear video amongother While thesecategories emphasize nonlinear, interactive documentaries andnewsreports, a documentary storytelling projects, multimediaprojects, immersivemediaprojects etc. submissions include, but are not limited to: Multiplatform and/or transmedia news coverage or and presentation techniques, as well asmore established methodsandplatforms. Potential These categories are opento interactive mediaprojects employingnew andemerging platforms *See page23-24 for Interactive Mediaentry preparation instructions. INTERACTIVE MEDIA 38. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW INSPANISH (CONTINUATION) • • • • petition for off-listcredits. Alltitlesare subject to review. made asubstantial creative contribution to thecontent. Contact administration to be considered for eligibility provided their role andtheywas more than supervisory multimedia, transmedia,interactiveor immersivemediaelements ofaproject may Correspondents.Other team membersresponsible for themultiplatform, Editors,Camerapersons /Cinematographers, ManagingEditors, Reporters, Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers Directors, Each entry mustincludeanessay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy Correspondents credited onshow. / Cinematographers, Head Writers and Writers, Hosts,Co-Hosts, Anchors and Statue Eligible:Executive Producers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Camerapersons all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 55 Award Categories Craft Achievement areas unlessthey specifically performthedutiesofcraftbeing recognized. awards. Therefore, production personnel such as Producers are not eligible for the Emmy® in work ofothers- while vital to thecreative process -doesnotqualify for theCraft Achievement who perform the duties of the craft being recognized. or Supervising directing or approving the The purposeoftheCraft Achievement categories isto recognize thoseindividualsandteams CRAFT ACHIEVEMENTCATEGORIES theme. Dueto thenature ofthiscategory, there isnosetrunningtimefor submissions. (such as virtual reality andmultimedia).Submissionsshould focus onasinglestory, subjector presentation techniques (augmented reality, for example), as well as more established methods presentation techniques. Entry isopento projects employingnew andemerging platforms and and other cultural topics. Itisopento projects employing various types ofnonlinear, interactive This category for isreserved coverage ofentertainment, popular culture, thefinearts,lifestyle trends, 41. submissions. single story, subjector theme.Dueto thenature ofthiscategory, there isnosetrunningtimefor more established methods(suchas virtual reality andmultimedia).Submissionsshouldfocusona emerging platforms andpresentation techniques (augmented reality, for example), as well as nonlinear, interactive presentation techniques. Entry isopento projects employingnew and This category for isreserved documentaries. Itisopento projects employing various types of 40. running timefor submissions. should focusonasinglestory, subjector theme.Dueto thenature ofthiscategory, there isnoset as more established methods (such as virtual reality andmultimedia newscoverage). Submissions new andemerging platforms andpresentation techniques (augmented reality, for example), as well various types ofnonlinear, interactive presentation techniques. Entry isopen to projects employing This category for isreserved coverage ofcurrent newsstories. Itisopento projects employing 39. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA: ARTS, LIFESTYLE AND CULTURE OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA:DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA:CURRENT NEWS Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 56 Award Categories CRAFT ACHIEVEMENTCATEGORIES SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND • • • • • • Each entry mustincludean essay ofupto 750 words explaining why itisEmmy within segments or excerpts isallowed. running timeofthesubmissiondoesnotexceed 25minutes. Nointernal editing aired segments or excerpts asnecessary to demonstrate excellence, provided the There isnosegment limitincategories 42-56. Entries may includeasmany as- excerpts demonstrating theEmmy- worthiness ofthecraftunder consideration. Submission videos for programs runninglonger than25minutes mustinclude Maximum runningtimefor Craft Achievement submission videos is25minutes. in thoseseparate disciplines. works indifferent disciplines (i.e.asa writer anda researcher), heor shemay enter An individualmay enter more thanoneCraft Achievement area. Ifanindividual permitted. an individualfor thesame work doneaspartofateam entry. DoubleEntry isnot forms thebasisofadocumentary). However, onecannotsimultaneously enter as single product (for example ateam ofresearchers who collect information that Team entries are allowedprovided theteam ofcraftpersonsare co-creators ofa rule inthat category only. NOTE: Seethedefinitionofcategory 46/Direction: Newsfor an exception to this film). documentary film(note: amultipartfilmonsinglesubjectqualifiesas case-by- casebasis.Documentary craftsubmissionsmustbedrawn from asingle submitted to the Writing category) may beeligibleand will beevaluated ona regularly occurring segment inanewscast(for example aseriesofcommentaries a newscameramanin Video Journalism: News),or from anongoingfranchiseor topic or theme(for example aseriesofreports ontherefugee crisissubmitted by work submissionsare prohibited, excerpts from a variety ofnewsreports onagiven Submissions mustbedevoted to asinglestory, subjector theme. While body of essay andsubmission video. submit onecopy ofthe scriptfor theprogram or story submitted, inadditionto the Writing Entries: Entrants inthe Writing categories (categories 42and43) must -worthy (seepage19for essay instructions). Table ofContents ® v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 57 Award Categories Statue-eligible: Writers consideration. this andallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under script oftheprogram submitted, inaddition to theuptoessay. 750-word Submission video in amending thescriptor narration ofadocumentary. Entries mustincludeonecopy oftheentire This category isopento individualsandteams having thecreative inputin writing, re-writing and 43. Statue-eligible: Writers under consideration. video inthisandallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report script oftheprogram or story submitted, inadditionto theuptoessay. 750-word Submission amending thescriptor narration ofnewscoverage. Entries mustincludeonecopy oftheentire This category isopento individualsandteams having thecreative inputin writing, re-writing and 42. CRAFT ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES (CONTINUATION) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDINGDOCUMENTARY WRITING: OUTSTANDINGNEWS WRITING: • • • digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ eligible incategory 58/Outstanding Promotional Announcement. broadcast are noteligiblefor submissionto thecraftcategories. Promos are Promotional Announcements that promote or advertiseanewsor documentary all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 58 Award Categories program or report under consideration. Submission video inthisand allcraftcategories islimited to 25 minutes ofexcerpts from the Submissions may include: events like town hallsor electioncoverage etc. or b)liveor live-to-tape newsevents like unscheduledcoverage ofabreaking newsevent, special originate from a)regularly schedulednewsbroadcasts, suchasanightly newscastor morningshow to air alltheproduction elements inorder to present afinishedproduct. Eligible submissionsmay This category isopento directors ofnewsbroadcasts. Directors are thoseresponsible for bringing 46. Statue-eligible: Researchers limited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under consideration. form thebasisofadocumentary filmprogram. Submission videointhisandallcraftcategories is facts andcollect information aboutasubject,or to locate and acquire audiovisualmaterials that Entrants are thoseengagedinasignificant amount ofcareful investigation and study to discover This category honorsindividualsengagedinfactual and/or archival research for adocumentary. 45. Statue-eligible: Researchers minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under consideration. form thebasisofanewsreport. Submission video inthis andallcraftcategories islimited to 25 facts andcollect information aboutasubject,or to locate andacquire audiovisualmaterials that Entrants are thoseengagedinasignificant amount ofcareful investigation andstudy to discover This category honorsindividualsengagedinfactual and/or archival research for newscoverage. 44. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS OUTSTANDING RESEARCH:DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING RESEARCH:NEWS b. a. the director. a specialevent like atown hallor electioncoverage etc. showcasingtheskillof Up to 25minutes ofexcerpts from asinglenewsevent—a breaking newsevent, showcasing theskillofdirector. Up to 25minutes ofexcerpts from asinglenewsbroadcast onasingle airdate Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 59 Award Categories category, thedirector will beawarded astatue intheDirecting category only. in aProgram category. Inthecase ofa win for thesamefilminbothaDirecting anda Program Direction: Documentary category cannotalsobeincludedinthe winning credits for thesamefilm Documentary or Outstanding SocialIssueDocumentary, adirector that wins anEmmy inthe While directors are statue-eligible inProgram categories like Outstanding Current Affairs Statue-eligible: Directors Directors or Technical Directors. and feature lengthdocumentaries are eligibleto submit. This category isnotopento Assistant to air alltheproduction elements inorder to present afinishedproduct. Directors ofbothshort This category isopento directors ofdocumentary films.Directors are those responsible for bringing 47. will beawarded astatue intheDirecting category only. same story, report or coverage in both a Directing andaProgram/Segment category, thedirector credits for thesamestory or content inaProgram/Segment category. Inthecaseofa win for the director that wins an Emmy intheDirecting: Newscategory cannotalsobeincludedinthe winning While directors are alsostatue-eligible inProgram/Segment categories like Breaking News,a Statue-eligible: Directors (This category isnotopento Assistant Directors or Technical Directors). multiple, distinctandunrelated breaking newsevents ondifferent airdates isnoteligible). focus ontheevent inquestion(for example anentry showcasingaparticular director’s direction of a singlenewsevent, suchasabreaking newsevent or electioncoverage (option‘B’ above) must newscast) may includemultiplesegments ondistincttopics. Entries showcasingthedirection of broadcast ofaparticular show (option“a”above,for example the July 15thepisodeofanightly on asingle story, subject or theme,submissions in thiscategory that focus ondirection of aparticular Note: While allother craftcategories require that material submitted for consideration mustfocus SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 60 Award Categories 48. category only. cinematographer will beawarded astatue intheOutstanding Cinematography: Documentary for astory or report that also wins inaProgram category like Current Affairs Documentary, the work. In the case of a cinematographer winning in the Cinematography: Documentary category categories (categories 1-38). However, acinematographer canonly win asinglestatue for thesame Note: Statue-eligible: Cameraperson, Cinematographer, Director ofPhotography. limited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under consideration. documentaries shouldsubmit to thiscategory. Submission video inthis and allcraftcategories is independently or under thedirection ofaproducer or director. Bothshortandfeature length The cinematographer isthepersonactually operating andguidingthecamera, whether working record onfilmor videotape events, interviews, andother visuals which comprise adocumentary. This category isopento camerawork for documentaries. Itisintended for those who actually 49. statue intheOutstanding Video Journalism: Newscategory only. that also wins in aProgram category like Breaking News,thecameraperson will beawarded a work. Inthecaseofacameraperson winning inthe Video Journalism category for astory or report categories (categories 1-38). However, acameraperson canonly win asinglestatue for thesame Note: Camerapersons andCinematographers are alsostatue eligibleinProgram/Segment Statue-eligible: Cameraperson, Cinematographer, Director ofPhotography. consideration. this andallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under director. Camerawork for documentaries mustbesubmitted to category 49.Submission video in and guidingthecamera, whether working independently or under thedirection ofaproducer or which comprise anewsprogram or story. The camerapersonisthepersonactually operating is intended for those who actually record onfilmor videotape events, interviews,andother visuals and newsmagazines,as well aslivecoverage, specialreports, andother types ofnewscoverage. It This category isopento camera work for newscoverage, andmay includereports from newscasts SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND Camerapersons andCinematographers are alsoconsidered statue eligible in Program OUTSTANDINGNEWS VIDEO JOURNALISM: OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 61 Award Categories devices, as well astraditional artistictools, to developgraphicelements for newsprograms. graphics illustrators, electronic andfilmanimators, andartistsdesigners whoemploy electronic news programs. Graphic Designers include artists and designers who create electronic graphics, with theoverallcreative responsibility for ofgraphicelements thedevelopment in andsupervision This category isopento Art Directors &GraphicDesigners for newscoverage. Art Directors are those 52. category only. Affairs Documentary, theeditor willbe awarded astatue intheOutstanding Editing: Documentary in Editing: Documentary for a story or report that also wins in a Program category like Current However, aneditor canonly win asinglestatue for thesame work. Inthecase ofaneditor winning Note: Statue-eligible: Editor. categories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under consideration. feature lengthdocumentaries should submit to this category. Submission video in this andall craft editing digital media, videotape and film to produce afinisheddocumentary. Bothshortand This category is open to editing for documentaries. Editors are those individuals responsible for 51. Story, theeditor will beawarded astatue intheOutstanding Editing: Newscategory only. in Editing: Newsfor astory or report that also wins inaProgram/Segment category like Feature However, aneditor canonly win asinglestatue for thesame work. Inthecase ofaneditor winning Note: Statue-eligible: Editor. . consideration in this and all craft categories is limited to 25 minutes ofexcerpts from the program or report under story or program. Editing for documentaries mustbesubmitted to category 51. Submission video are thoseindividualsresponsible for editingdigital media, videotape andfilm to produce afinished news magazines,as well aslivecoverage, specialreports, andother types ofnews coverage. Editors This category isopento editingfor newscoverage, andmay includereports from newscastsand 50. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND Editors are alsoconsidered statue eligibleinProgram/Segment categories (categories 1-38). Editors are alsoconsidered statue eligibleinProgram categories (categories 1-38). OUTSTANDING GRAPHICDESIGN AND ART DIRECTION: NEWS OUTSTANDING EDITING:DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING EDITING:NEWS Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 62 Award Categories Statue-eligible: Composer. dual channelmonomix. consideration. Note: All submissionsinthiscategory MUST includeagenuinestereo mix,NOT a and allcraftcategories islimited to 25 minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under composed specifically for the program by the submitting composer. Submission video inthis Composers are eligibleto submit. All musicmustbenew andoriginalfor 2020 andmustbe This category isopento originalcompositions for documentary filmsandnews broadcasts. 54. basis. Statue-eligible: GraphicDesignersand Art Directors andderivative positionsonacase-by-case under consideration. video inthisandallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report reality andother techniques. The material submitted mustbenew material for 2020.Submission visual story for adocumentary; visual effectsutilizing3Dmodeling,motiontracking, augmented documentaries; motion graphics that work intandem with liveactionelements to create acohesive include, butare notlimited to: opens,teases, titlesequences, andother graphicelements for devices, as well astraditionalartistictools, to developgraphicelements for documentaries. These graphics illustrators, electronic andfilmanimators, andartistsdesigners whoemploy electronic documentaries. Graphic Designersinclude artists anddesigners who create electronic graphics, with theoverallcreative responsibility for ofgraphicelements thedevelopment in andsupervision This category isopento Art Directors &GraphicDesignersfor documentaries. Art Directors are those 53. basis. Statue-eligible: GraphicDesignersand Art Directors andderivative positionsonacase-by-case the program or report under consideration. for 2020.Submission video inthisandallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from tracking, augmented reality andother techniques. The material submitted mustbenew material a cohesive visual story for anewsfeature or report; visual effectsutilizing3Dmodeling,motion for newsbroadcasts; motiongraphicsthat work intandem with liveactionelements to create These include,butare notlimited to: opens,teases, titlesequences, andother graphicelements 52. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING MUSICCOMPOSITION OUTSTANDING GRAPHICDESIGN AND ART DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING GRAPHICDESIGN AND ART DIRECTION: NEWS(CONTINUATION) Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 63 Award Categories and thesolutionsdevelopedto overcome them. the technical challengestelecasters or newsorganizations faced duringtheeligibility year (2020), coverage to air. Submissionsshould focus ontheexcellence ofthetechnical execution as well as the tools available to them to overcome technical challengesandbringanewsbroadcast or news broadcasts. The focus in this category is on how broadcast technicians skillfully and creatively use individuals andteams that make asignificant contribution to the technical portionofnews This category rewards excellence intechnical achievement for newsbroadcasts. Itisopen to 57. TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT basis. Statue-eligible: Lighting Director, Scenic Designer, andderivative positionsonacase-by-case is limited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from theprogram or report under consideration. material submitted mustbenew material for 2020.Submission video inthisandallcraftcategories direction and/or scenic design,asopposedto executives who overseeor approve the work. The individuals are thosethat play asignificant role in conceptualizing and/or executing thelighting for thedesignandplacement ofscenery andscenic elements inthestudio or field.Statue eligible the creative direction ofthelighting ofastudio or remote site. Scenic Designersare responsible design ofanewsbroadcast or documentary program. Lighting Directors are thoseresponsible for This category isopento individuals who make asignificant contribution to thelighting and/or scenic 56. Statue-eligible: SoundRecordist, SoundMixer, SoundEditor, SoundDesigner. genuine stereo mix,NOT adualchannelmonomix. the program or report under consideration. Note: All submissions in this category MUST include a mixing. Submission video inthisandallcraftcategories islimited to 25minutes ofexcerpts from telecast. Eligibledisciplinesincludesoundrecording, soundediting,designand news or documentary program, one that enhances viewer understanding or appreciation of the This category isopento individuals who make asignificant contribution to theaudioportionofa 55. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING TECHNICALNEWS ACHIEVEMENT: OUTSTANDING LIGHTINGDIRECTION AND SCENICDESIGN OUTSTANDING SOUND Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 64 Award Categories Submission materials: considered onacase-by-case basis. technical positionsthat make asignificant contribution to the technical achievement may be Engineers, Broadcast Media Manager/Network Engineers. Other mission critical and/or derivative Engineers, GraphicsOperators, Senior Audio Engineers, Audio Engineers,Senior Maintenance Statue-eligible: Technical Supervisors, Technical Directors, Electronic Camera Persons, Video executed etc.). (the Jan 10episodeofShow X presented particular challengesand/or was particularly skillfully investigative reports onasingletopic); or aparticular broadcast ofaregularly scheduled show of ananticipated event like anelectionetc.); Coverage ofaparticular story (anongoingseriesof coverage ofaparticular event (livecoverage ofabreaking event, for example, or plannedcoverage magazines, morningshowsetc.) as well aslivecoverage andnewsspecials.Entries canfocuson Eligible submissionscanoriginate from regularly schedulednewsbroadcasts (newscasts,news 57. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDING(CONTINUATION) TECHNICALNEWS ACHIEVEMENT: b. a. explaining why it isEmmy worthy. An essay ofupto upto 750 words describingthetechnical achievement and footage showcasingthetechnical achievement, shouldnotexceed 25minutes. submission video, including the“behindscenes” excerpt andtheas-aired to illustrate thetechnical achievement. The total runningtimeofthe submission. There isnolimitto thenumber of excerpts that may beincluded illustrating thetechnical achievement mustbeincludedinthe video only video excerpt submitted with the entry. Actual newscoverage asaired of nomore than5continuous minutes. The explanatory video cannotbethe submission video may includeanexplanatory, “behindthescenes” excerpt An upto 25-minute video showcasingthetechnical achievement. The Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 65 Award Categories PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND • • • • • promo or campaignisEmmy Essay: Eachentry must include anessay ofupto 750 words explaining why the all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof digital/VOD programming are eligiblefor submission. National telecasts (over-the-air, cableandsatellite broadcasts etc.) andonline/ announcements for news&documentary broadcasts. This category recognizes outstanding achievement inpromotional eligible onacaseby casebasis. All titlesare subject to review. announcement or campaign. Titles such as VP BrandMarketing etc. may be they madeasubstantial creative contribution to thecontent ofthepromotional some derivative jobtitles, provided their role andthatwas more thansupervisory Engineers, GraphicDesigners,Production Designers,Creative Directors and Persons, Writers, MusicDirectors, Composers oforiginalmusicfor apromo, Audio Producers,Supervising Producers, Directors, Art Directors, Editors, Camera Statue-eligible: Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Coordinating Producers, issues: 3. 2. 1. core messageofthespotor campaign. elements— graphics,music,editing,script—are brought together to convey the Execution: Describethecreative andinnovative ways that theproduction the viewer’s attention andmotivate himor her to tune in. Effectiveness/Impact: Describethe way thepromo/campaign seeks to grab broadcast without misrepresenting thefacts ofthestory underlyingit? it deliver that message?How doesthepromo “sell”thenewsor documentary Concept: What isthecore message ofthepromo or campaignandhow does ® -worthy. Your essay shouldaddress thefollowing . Important: Besure to follow the video Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 66 Award Categories Golden Emmy Honorees intheOutstanding Regional NewsStory categories receive pillar acrystal featuring the awarded regional Emmy These categories arefor reserved spot/breaking newsandinvestigative reports that have been 58. 60. 59. REGIONAL PROGRAMMING Awards will bepresented inthefollowingcategories: news reports. Emmy Awards, butrather are aformofspecialnational recognition givento outstanding regional SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND OUTSTANDINGPROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWSSTORY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWSSTORY: BREAKINGORSPOT NEWS • • • • • No internal editingfor theenhancement ofthesubmissionisallowed. Dip to black between allspotsor campaignsegments. reviewed by NATAS staff for eligibility. Individual promotional spots with atotal runningtime ofover 180seconds will be which were originally shownduringtheeligibility year. campaign may berepresented by acomposite ofnomore thanseven(7)spots Each entry may befor asingleproduction or selectionsfrom acampaign.Each campaign canalsobeentered individually. of aparticular telecast. Ifapromotional campaignisentered, nospotsfrom that FRONTLINE, POV, Dateline, 60Minutes, Nightline etc.), or or thestoryline content channel and/or individualnewsor documentary program or series(CNN,HBO, and/or overallcampaign,thebrand/imageofanetwork newsdivision,cable This category isfor entries that advertiseandpromote, through anindividualspot ® figure, rather thananEmmy ® awards by regional NATAS chapters inthemost recent awards cycle. ® statue. Awards presented inthesecategories are not Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS® | CALL FOR ENTRIES 67 Award Categories Honorees intheregional Emmy in the2022National News&Documentary Emmy Emmy The deadlinefor Regional submissions is: June 1,2021. Any regional Spot/Breaking or Investigative reporting are eligibleto advance to thenational Breaking/Spot or Investigative categories. these categories. Regional categories for singleandmultiple stories are eligible,asare Spanishlanguage versions of most recent award cycle in either the Breaking or Spot News or Investigative Reporting categories. In order to beeligibleanentry musthave received aregional Emmy submissions. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AWARD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND ® award recipient honored by aNATAS chapter after June 1,2021 will beeligibleto submit • • • d. c. b. a. Your descriptionshouldinclude: An essay ofupto 750 words explaining why theentry isEmmy all commercials from submission video. specifications onpage21-23 oftherulebook when preparing your video. Remove submission site at http://newsdocemmys.tv Submission Video: Upload your submission video to theMediapageof the originalregional submission.Noadditionalcredits may beadded. process at http://newsdocemmys.tv Entrants mustprovide allinformation requested duringtheonlinesubmission Impact oftheprogram, story or report. Importance ofthesubject matter. Reportorial andcreative techniques usedto achievethesegoals. A clear explanation oftheeditorial andproduction goalsofthepiece. ® categories for Breaking or SpotNewsandfor Investigative . Note: Credits mustmatch thosesubmitted for ® Awards cycle. There isnoentry feefor regional . Important: Besure to follow the video ® award inaNATAS chapter’s ® -worthy isrequired. Table ofContents v.2021.0.1

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