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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS
Honorees in More Than 60 Categories to be Live-Streamed In Two Ceremonies on September 28th & 29th
NEW YORK (July 27, 2021) – Nominations for the 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
The awards will be presented in two individual ceremonies:
News Categories – Monday, September 28th, 2021 at 8 p.m. EDT Documentary Categories – Tuesday, September 29th, 2021 at 8 p.m. EDT
Each ceremony will be streamed live on NATAS’ dedicated viewing platform powered by Vimeo, available on the web at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).
“In the unprecedented year of 2020, where a global health crisis had challenged our safety and survival and a presidential election shook the very bedrock of our democracy, these news and documentary professionals delivered the crucial, clear and factual reporting that gave us the tools and knowledge necessary to make the informed decisions that affected our everyday lives and indeed, our futures,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS.
The 42nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honor programming content from more than 2200 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2020, judged by a pool of over 800 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media News & Documentary industry.
1 The complete list of nominees is also available on the National Television Academy's website: theemmys.tv
All voting was tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.
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The numerical breakdown, by media entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows:
Over-the-Air, Cable, Satellite and Internet Broadcast Nominees PBS 52 Vox 2 CNN 41 Wall Street Journal 2 CBS 30 AJ Contrast/Al Jazeera Digital 1 ABC 22 Al Jazeera International USA 1 Vice 20 CGTN America 1 The New York Times 19 CNBC 1 Univision 15 Curiosity Stream 1 Discovery Networks Latin America HBO 13 1 / US Hispanic Netflix 13 Disney+ 1 MSNBC 8 ESPN 1 National Geographic 7 Field of Vision 1 Showtime 7 Hulu 1 Telemundo 6 Peacock 1 NBC 5 Pluto TV 1 2 VOD 4 ProPublica 1 CNN en Español 3 Quibi 1 FX 3 RT 1 The Washington Post 3 Starz 1 The New Yorker | Condé Nast Discovery Channel 2 1 Entertainment National Geographic Wild 2 The Seattle Times 1 Oculus TV 2 The Weather Channel 1 Retro Report and VICE TV 2 Turner Classic Movies 1 Smithsonian Channel 2 The Marshall Project and Topic 2 \
Regional Nominees *Awards presented in these categories are not Emmy Awards, but rather a form of special national recognition given to outstanding regional news reports. Award recipients in the regional reporting categories receive crystal pillars rather than Emmy statues. WTVF-TV 2 WCCO-TV 1 KFOR-TV 1 WKYC-TV 1 KMGH-TV 1 WPLG-TV 1 KNXV-TV 1 WVUE-TV 1 KXAS-TV 1 WXIA-TV 1 WBBM-TV 1
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INDEX OF CATEGORIES Category Page # Outstanding Newscast 6 Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast 6 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast 7 Outstanding Short Feature Story in a Newscast 7 Outstanding Long Feature Story in a Newscast 8 Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast 8 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine 9 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine 9 Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine 10 Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine 10 Outstanding Breaking News Coverage 11 Outstanding News Special 11 Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis 12 Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion 12 Outstanding Live Interview 13 Outstanding Edited Interview 13 Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage 14 Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage 14 Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage 15 Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage 15 Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary 16 Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary 16 Outstanding Social Issue Documentary 17 Outstanding Investigative Documentary 17 Outstanding Historical Documentary 18 Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary 18 Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary 19 Outstanding Nature Documentary 19 Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary 20 Outstanding Short Documentary 20 Best Story in a Newscast 21 Best Story in a Newsmagazine 21 Best Documentary 22 Outstanding Newscast or News Magazine in Spanish 22 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish 23 Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish 23 Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish 24 Outstanding Interview in Spanish 24 Outstanding Interactive Media: Current News 25 Outstanding Interactive Media: Documentary 25 Outstanding Interactive Media: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture 26 Outstanding Writing: News 26 Outstanding Writing: Documentary 27 4 Outstanding Research: News 27 Outstanding Research: Documentary 28 Outstanding Direction: News 28 Outstanding Direction: Documentary 29 Outstanding Video Journalism: News 29 Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary 30 Outstanding Editing: News 30 Outstanding Editing: Documentary 31 Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: News 31 Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary 32 Outstanding Music Composition 32 Outstanding Sound 33 Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design 33 Outstanding Technical Achievement 34 Outstanding Promotional Announcement 34 Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News 35 Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report 35
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THE NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Newscast
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir ABC
NBC Nightly News NBC
Nightline ABC
The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC
VICE News Tonight Vice
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast Go There CNN Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan
Nightline ABC Voices of Conviction
Nightline ABC Conspiracy in Michigan
The Washington Post The Washington Post How a Night of Protest Turned Deadly in Kenosha
VICE News Tonight Vice American Uprising
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Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
Nightline ABC Turning Point
PBS NewsHour PBS Searching for Justice
PBS NewsHour PBS Desperate Journey
PBS NewsHour PBS Inside Venezuela
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN Yemen Hunger Crisis: Made in America
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN CNN Investigates China’s Treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
VICE News Tonight Vice Death and Denial: COVID in Bolsonaro's Brazil
Outstanding Short Feature Story in a Newscast
CNN Business CNN Conspiracy Theorists Said She Started the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now She's Afraid for Her Life.
CNN Newsroom CNN The Body Collectors
Vice News Vice The Kids Being Trained and Armed to Fight Mexican Cartels
VICE News Tonight Vice Table Stakes
7 VICE News Tonight Vice Surviving COVID-19
Outstanding Long Feature Story in a Newscast
A Racist Attack Was Caught on Camera. Nearly 45 Years Later, The New York Times It Still Stings.
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor The New York Times
Inside One of New York's Deadliest ZIP Codes The New York Times
The Washington Post The Washington Post Murder in Afghanistan, a Trump Pardon, and the Soldiers Left Behind
VICE News Tonight Vice COVID-19: Italy’s Tragedy
Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast
AC360 CNN CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny
CBS Evening News CBS Military Sexual Assault: Norah O’Donnell Investigates
CBS This Morning CBS Toxic Legacy
CBS This Morning CBS Escaping Justice: U.S. Sex Crime Suspects Using Legal Loophole to Move to Israel
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Investigation
VICE News Tonight Vice Unreleased Footage Gives an Inside Look at the Night Breonna Taylor Died
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Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine
20/20 ABC Outbreak: What You Need to Know
20/20 ABC Kobe Bryant: The Death of a Legend
60 Minutes CBS On the Frontline
60 Minutes CBS Counting the Vote
60 Minutes CBS Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Cell
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
20/20 ABC Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein
20/20 ABC American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?
20/20 ABC Falling From the Sky
FRONTLINE PBS Taliban Country
FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, Pulitzer Center PBS Undocumented in the Pandemic
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Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine
60 Minutes CBS Talking to the Past
Fringe Nation Vice Legacy of the KKK
FRONTLINE PBS Love, Life & the Virus
Investigations by VICE Hulu Disgrace
On Assignment with Richard Engel MSNBC Enemy of the State
Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine
48 Hours CBS Find Yura: Manhunt on the Dark Web
60 Minutes CBS Excited Delirium
60 Minutes CBS Opioid Playbook
FRONTLINE in partnership with The International Consortium of PBS Investigative Journalists The Luanda Leaks
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Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
MSNBC Live MSNBC Steve Kornacki Reports - Election 2020
Real America with Jorge Ramos Univision Eye of the Hurricane
The Coronavirus Outbreak in China CNN
The Death of George Floyd CNN
Trump's Photo-Op at St. John's Church CNN
Outstanding News Special
20/20 ABC Juneteenth
CBS News Special CBS Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line
CNN Special Report CNN Witness to the Pandemic
Fareed Zakaria Special CNN China's Deadly Secret
Retro Report Retro Report and VICE TV Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press
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Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis
Face the Nation CBS US & Iran on the Brink
Face the Nation CBS Facing the Pandemic
Fareed Zakaria Special CNN How the World Sees America
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell MSNBC A Discussion with Barack Obama: “A Promised Land”
This Week with George Stephanopoulos ABC Your Voice Your Vote
Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion
"If I Caught the Coronavirus, Would You Want Me Making The New York Times Your Next Meal?"
Heartache in the Hot Zone: The Front Line Against Covid-19 The New York Times
How the U.S. Bungled the Plague The New York Times
How Was My Son Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder Not a Hate Crime? The New York Times
VICE News Tonight Vice Black, Pissed, and Patriotic
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Outstanding Live Interview
CNN Newsroom CNN Anderson Cooper Presses Las Vegas Mayor
CNN Newsroom CNN Anderson Cooper Grills Mike Lindell of MyPillow
CNN Tonight CNN Sara Sidner Connects Floyd Family with Minneapolis Police Chief
NBC News Specials: Trump Town Hall NBC
State of the Union CNN Dana Bash Presses Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on School Reopenings
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN Wolf Blitzer interviews Attorney General Bill Barr
Outstanding Edited Interview
60 Minutes CBS Putin's Public Enemy
60 Minutes CBS The Republican Ticket
ABC News ABC Their Painful Bond- Black Mothers Speak Out Together on Their Unimaginable Loss
ABC News ABC Judge Esther Salas: A Mother's Journey
HBO Documentary Films HBO Axios: President Donald J. Trump--an interview
The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC The Lev Parnas Interview
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Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage
AC360 CNN Pandemic: How a Virus Changed the World in 1918
CNN Special Report CNN Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19
E-ternal: A Tech Quest to ‘Live’ Forever Wall Street Journal
VICE News Tonight Vice A Climate for Locusts
VICE News Tonight Vice Longest Oil Spill
Vox Atlas Vox Why Scientists Are So Worried About This Glacier
Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
20/20 ABC The Shot: Race for the Vaccine
60 Minutes CBS Short Supply
CNN Worldwide Covid-19 Coverage CNN
PBS NewsHour PBS Best Health Care?
The Weekly FX My Blood
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Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage 60 Minutes CBS Joaquin Phoenix
ABC News Prime ABC Diaspora Divide
Dominic Fike, at First The New York Times
Opinion Video The New York Times Cause of Life
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO Fairway to Freedom: The Story of Valentino Dixon
World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline ABC The Children of Auschwitz
Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
60 Minutes CBS Talent on the Spectrum
CBS Sunday Morning CBS Not So Plain
Fault Lines Al Jazeera International USA Virus on the Poultry Line
New Day CNN A Family's Struggle as Pandemic Worsens Food Insecurity
Rescuing Her Father From an Assisted Living Facility ProPublica in the Coronavirus Epicenter
VICE Versa Vice Between Musk and Mars
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Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Father Soldier Son Netflix
FRONTLINE PBS United States of Conspiracy
FRONTLINE PBS Inside Italy’s COVID War
HBO Documentary Films HBO Stockton on My Mind
Independent Lens PBS Belly of the Beast
The Trade Showtime
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Kingdom of Silence Showtime
POV PBS Advocate
POV PBS Softie
The Perfect Weapon HBO
The Way I See It MSNBC
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Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Independent Lens PBS Rewind
Not Done: Women Remaking America PBS
POV PBS The Rescue List
This Ain't Normal VOD
With Drawn Arms Starz
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Athlete A Netflix
Finding Yingying Pluto TV
FRONTLINE PBS Return From ISIS
HBO Documentary Films HBO Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Election
HBO Documentary Films HBO Agents of Chaos
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Outstanding Historical Documentary
Challenger: The Final Flight Netflix
CNN Films CNN John Lewis: Good Trouble
FRONTLINE PBS Once Upon A Time In Iraq
HBO Documentary Films HBO The Art of Political Murder
HBO Documentary Films HBO Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary CNN Films CNN Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool PBS
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado Netflix
POV PBS Our Time Machine
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show Peacock
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Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything Netflix
Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History PBS
NOVA PBS Human Nature
Pandemic Netflix
Secrets of the Solar System CuriosityStream Mars
The Surgeon's Cut Netflix
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Jade Eyed Leopard National Geographic Wild
Jane Goodall: The Hope National Geographic
Nature PBS Cuba's Wild Revolution
NOVA PBS Nature's Fear Factor
The Last Ice National Geographic
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Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
CNN Films CNN Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
FRONTLINE PBS Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
FRONTLINE in partnership with Financial Times PBS Opioids, Inc.
31 Days in March: The Month Coronavirus Unraveled American Business Wall Street Journal
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller National Geographic Scams
VOCES PBS Building the American Dream
Outstanding Short Documentary
Church and the Fourth Estate Field of Vision
FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, WORLD Channel PBS Tutwiler
Op-Docs The New York Times Dying in Your Mother's Arms
POV Shorts PBS The Love Bugs
The New Yorker Documentary The New Yorker | Condé Nast When Humanitarian Aid Is Considered a Crime Entertainment
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Best Story in a Newscast
AC360 CNN Idlib: Forced to Flee Again
CBS Sunday Morning CBS Americans without Water
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor The New York Times
VICE News Tonight Vice Armenia and Azerbaijan Return to War
VICE News Tonight Vice COVID-19: Italy's Tragedy
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
20/20 ABC America in Pain: What Comes Next?
FRONTLINE PBS Taliban Country
FRONTLINE PBS Love, Life & the Virus
Retro Report Retro Report and VICE TV Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press
The Circus: Inside the Craziest Political Campaign on Earth Showtime
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Best Documentary
Athlete A Netflix
Born To Be VOD
FRONTLINE PBS Once Upon A Time In Iraq
Independent Lens PBS Belly of the Beast
POV PBS Advocate
The Trade Showtime
Outstanding Newscast or News Magazine in Spanish Aquí y Ahora Univision
Noticias Telemundo 11:35 Telemundo
Noticias Telemundo Emergencia Coronavirus Ultima Hora Telemundo
Noticiero Telemundo Telemundo
Noticiero Univision Univision
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Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish
Al Punto Univision El país en llamas
Crisis del Covid-19 en Ecuador CNN en Español
Noticiero Telemundo Telemundo La represión de Trump
Noticiero Telemundo Telemundo Coronavirus: un país en alerta
Noticiero Univision Univision Protestas por George Floyd
Primer Impacto Univision George Floyd Coverage
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish
Aquí y Ahora Univision Inundados en plastico
Aquí y Ahora Univision Captura y liberación de un intocable
Aquí y Ahora Univision Desaparecidos de la Frontera
Docufilms CNN en Español Nisman: 5 años de preguntas
En La Línea: México Discovery Networks Latin America / US Hispanic
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Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
Op-Docs The New York Times Atencion! Murderer Next Door
Univision Noticias Digital Univision El trauma, el miedo y la desesperanza de quienes esperan su asilo atrapados en México
Univision Noticias Digital Univision California contra la bandera antiinmigrante de Trump
VICE News Tonight Vice Heridos, Presos, o Muertos: Las Consecuencias de Protestar en Venezuela
VICE News Tonight Vice El precio de protestar en Chile
Outstanding Interview in Spanish
Al Punto Univision Entrevista a la Jueza Sonia Sotomayor
Camilo CNN en Español Gerardo Gaya: Padre coraje a la mexicana
Conclusiones CNN Interview with Venezuelan Opposition Leader, Leopoldo López
Primer Impacto Univision El Hijo de la Madrina Parte 1 y 2
Un Nuevo Dia Telemundo Entrevista en vivo con el Dr. Fauci (Live interview with Dr. Fauci)
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Outstanding Interactive Media: Current News
CNN Digital CNN How American Police Gear up to Respond to Protests
Inside The Fight to Save Houston’s Most Vulnerable The New York Times
Living in the Unknown AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera Digital
The Washington Post The Washington Post Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death
Visual Investigations: Police Misconduct & Racial Injustice in 2020 The New York Times
Outstanding Interactive Media: Documentary
In Event of Moon Disaster VOD/moondisaster.org
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough Oculus TV
RT Creative Lab RT Lessons of Auschwitz VR project
The Marshall Project, Sharp As Knives and Topic The Marshall Project and Topic The Zo
Univision Noticias Digital Univision Essential but Deportable: Undocumented Immigrants in the Trump Era
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Outstanding Interactive Media: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture
CGTN America Digital CGTN America U.S. Racial Equality Through the Eyes of an Afro-Latino
CNN Digital CNN From Olympics to Outer Space: The Untold Story of Munich '72
The CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell CBS ON THE ROAD: Kindness 101
The New York City of Our Imagination The New York Times
The Seattle Times The Seattle Times Disappearing Daughters
Outstanding Writing: News 60 Minutes CBS Exhume the Truth
60 Minutes CBS Life & Death
60 Minutes CBS Putin's Public Enemy
Nightline ABC Facing Racism
The CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell CBS ON THE ROAD: Steve Hartman
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Outstanding Writing: Documentary
20/20 ABC In the Cold Dark Night
FRONTLINE PBS Policing the Police 2020
FRONTLINE in partnership with Financial Times PBS Opioids, Inc.
Op-Docs The New York Times Hysterical Girl
The Story of Plastic Discovery Channel
Outstanding Research: News 60 Minutes CBS Opioid Playbook
60 Minutes CBS Hell Flight
AC360 CNN CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny
Axios HBO President Donald J. Trump: An Interview
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Investigation
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Outstanding Research: Documentary
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Turner Classic Movies
Be Water ESPN
CNN Films CNN John Lewis: Good Trouble
Independent Lens PBS Feels Good Man
The Last Ice National Geographic
Outstanding Direction: News
ABC News ABC Your Voice Your Vote 2020: The Democratic Debate
AC360 CNN Coronavirus: Facts and Fears Town Hall
CBS News CBS Director: Renee Cullen
Election Week in America CNN Director: Reza Baktar
Today NBC Director: Jim Gaines
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Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Born To Be VOD
FRONTLINE PBS Inside Italy’s COVID War
Independent Lens PBS Belly of the Beast
Independent Lens PBS Rewind
The Trade Showtime
Outstanding Video Journalism: News
FRONTLINE PBS Taliban Country
Inside One of New York's Deadliest Zip Codes The New York Times
On Assignment with Richard Engel MSNBC On Assignment: Age of Hate
The Report by NBC News Quibi Fighting the Surge
VICE News Tonight Vice American Uprising
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Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Epic Animal Migrations: Mexico Smithsonian Channel
Hidden Kingdoms of China National Geographic
Nature PBS Cuba's Wild Revolution
The Last Ice National Geographic
The Trade Showtime
The Weekly FX The Sicario
Outstanding Editing: News
CBS News Special CBS Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line
Stressed Election The New York Times
The Circus: Inside the Craziest Political Campaign on Earth Showtime
The Weekly FX My Blood
VICE News Tonight Vice COVID-19: Italy's Tragedy
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Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Challenger: The Final Flight Netflix
Father Soldier Son Netflix
Independent Lens PBS Rewind
Independent Lens PBS Belly of The Beast
NOVA PBS Human Nature
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: News
HBO Documentary Films HBO Axios, Season 3
Nightline ABC Turning Point: What America Owes
The Brown & Black Presidential Forum Vice The 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum
Univision Noticias Digital Univision Potato Slaves
Open Sourced Vox
Who Gets a Ventilator? The New York Times
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Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary
Alien Worlds Netflix
Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything Netflix
HBO Documentary Films HBO Agents of Chaos
High Score Netflix
NBC News NBC She Wanted a 'Freebirth' With No Doctors. Online Groups Convinced Her It Would Be OK.
NOVA PBS Human Nature
The Marshall Project, Sharp As Knives and Topic The Marshall Project and Topic The Zo
Outstanding Music Composition
Being the Queen National Geographic
HBO Documentary Films HBO The Soul of America
Howard Disney+
POV PBS The Love Bugs
Primates PBS
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Outstanding Sound
Great Performances PBS Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation
Jade Eyed Leopard National Geographic Wild
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough Oculus TV
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool PBS
Nature PBS Cuba's Wild Revolution
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
America's Hidden Stories Smithsonian Channel Hitler's US Election Plot
CNN Films CNN John Lewis: Good Trouble
Election Coverage MSNBC
HBO Documentary Films HBO Alabama Snake
The News with Shepard Smith CNBC
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Outstanding Technical Achievement
48 Hours CBS
America's Choice 2020 CNN CNN Magic Wall
Anderson Cooper Full Circle CNN ACFC Remote
IMR Virtual Views The Weather Channel
Today NBC TODAY Technical Team
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
CNN Creative Marketing CNN Donkey & Elephant Campaign
CNN New Year's Eve Live CNN 2021 Might Not Suck
CNN Original Series CNN First Ladies Campaign
Coronavirus Global Town Hall CNN Alicia Keys - Good Job
FRONTLINE PBS Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos Trailer
Shark Week 2020 Discovery Channel Pickles
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Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News
Channel 3 News at 11 WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH) Tragedy in Dayton
Local 10 News WPLG-TV (Miami, FL) Hurricane Dorian: Live from Marsh Harbour
NewsChannel 5 at 6 WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN) Music City Tornado
NewsChannel 5 This Morning WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN) The Aftermath
Not Again: STEM School Shooting KMGH-TV (Denver, CO)
Two Lives on a Tow Rope KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City, OK)
WCCO 4 News WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN) Peaceful Protests, Unrest & Arrests
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
10pm News WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL) Unwarranted
ABC15 News KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ) Unlocked and Unsafe
NBC5 News KXAS-TV (Dallas–Fort Worth, TX) The Invisibles
The Reveal WXIA-TV/11Alive (Atlanta, GA) 911: Still Lost on the Line - Parkland
WVUE-TV News WVUE-TV (New Orleans, LA) Inspecting the Inspectors
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42nd News & Documentary Emmy® Awards Nominations Breakdown by Network, Show, Program or Segment
PBS 52 FRONTLINE 14 Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos 1 Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos Trailer 1 Inside Italy’s COVID War 2 Love, Life & the Virus 2 Once Upon A Time In Iraq 2 Policing the Police 2020 1 Return From ISIS 1 Taliban Country 3 United States of Conspiracy 1 Independent Lens 8 Belly of the Beast 4 Feels Good Man 1 Rewind 3 POV 7 Advocate 2 Our Time Machine 1 Softie 1 POV Shorts: The Love Bugs 2 The Rescue List 1 FRONTLINE 5 FRONTLINE in partnership with Financial Times: Opioids, Inc. 2 FRONTLINE in partnership with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: The Luanda Leaks 1 FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, Pulitzer Center: Undocumented in the Pandemic 1 FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, WORLD Channel: Tutwiler 1 NOVA 4 Human Nature 3 Nature's Fear Factor 1 PBS NewsHour 4 Best Health Care? 1 Desperate Journey 1 Inside Venezuela 1 Searching for Justice 1 Nature 3 Cuba's Wild Revolution 3
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Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool 2
Great Performances 1 Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation 1
Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History 1
Not Done: Women Remaking America 1
Primates 1
VOCES 1 Building the American Dream 1 CNN 41 AC360 5 CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny 2 Coronavirus: Facts and Fears Town Hall 1 Idlib: Forced to Flee Again 1 Pandemic: How a Virus Changed the World in 1918 1 CNN Films 5 John Lewis: Good Trouble 3 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 1 Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer 1 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer 5 CNN Investigates China’s Treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang 1 Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Investigation 2 Wolf Blitzer interviews Attorney General Bill Barr 1 Yemen Hunger Crisis: Made in America 1 CNN Newsroom 3 Anderson Cooper Grills Mike Lindell of MyPillow 1 Anderson Cooper Presses Las Vegas Mayor 1 The Body Collectors 1 CNN Digital 2 From Olympics to Outer Space: The Untold Story of Munich '72 1 How American Police Gear up to Respond to Protests 1 CNN Special Report 2 Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19 1 Witness to the Pandemic 1 Fareed Zakaria Special 2 China's Deadly Secret 1 How the World Sees America 1 America's Choice 2020 1 CNN Magic Wall 1 Anderson Cooper Full Circle 1 ACFC Remote 1
37 CNN Business 1 Conspiracy Theorists Said She Started the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now She's Afraid for Her Life. 1 CNN Creative Marketing 1 Donkey & Elephant Campaign 1 CNN New Year's Eve Live 1 2021 Might Not Suck 1 CNN Original Series 1 First Ladies Campaign 1 CNN Tonight 1 Sara Sidner Connects Floyd Family with Minneapolis Police Chief 1 CNN Worldwide Covid-19 Coverage 1 Conclusiones 1 Interview with Venezuelan Opposition Leader, Leopoldo López 1 Coronavirus Global Town Hall 1 Alicia Keys - Good Job 1 Election Week in America 1 Director: Reza Baktar 1 Go There 1 Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan 1 New Day 1 A Family's Struggle as Pandemic Worsens Food Insecurity 1 State of the Union 1 Dana Bash Presses Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on School Reopenings 1 The Coronavirus Outbreak in China 1 The Death of George Floyd 1 Trump's Photo-Op at St. John's Church 1
CBS 30 60 Minutes 16 Counting the Vote 1 Excited Delirium 1 Exhume the Truth 1 Hell Flight 1 Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Cell 1 Joaquin Phoenix 1 Life & Death 1 On the Frontline 1 Opioid Playbook 2 Putin's Public Enemy 2 Short Supply 1 Talent on the Spectrum 1 Talking to the Past 1 The Republican Ticket 1 48 Hours 2
38 48 Hours 1 Find Yura: Manhunt on the Dark Web 1 CBS News Special 2 Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line 2 CBS Sunday Morning 2 Americans without Water 1 Not So Plain 1 CBS This Morning 2 Escaping Justice: U.S. Sex Crime Suspects Using Legal Loophole to Move to Israel 1 Toxic Legacy 1 Face the Nation 2 Facing the Pandemic 1 US & Iran on the Brink 1 The CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell 2 ON THE ROAD: Kindness 101 1 ON THE ROAD: Writing Entry for Steve Hartman 1 CBS Evening News 1 Military Sexual Assault: Norah O’Donnell Investigates 1 CBS News 1 Director: Renee Cullen 1 ABC 22 20/20 9 America in Pain: What Comes Next? 1 American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here? 1 Falling From the Sky 1 In the Cold Dark Night 1 Juneteenth 1 Kobe Bryant: The Death of a Legend 1 Outbreak: What You Need to Know 1 The Shot: Race for the Vaccine 1 Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein 1 Nightline 6 Nightline 1 Conspiracy in Michigan 1 Facing Racism 1 Turning Point 1 Turning Point: What America Owes 1 Voices of Conviction 1 ABC News 3 Judge Esther Salas: A Mother's Journey 1 Their Painful Bond- Black Mothers Speak Out Together on Their Unimaginable Loss 1 Your Voice Your Vote 2020: The Democratic Debate 1 ABC News Prime 1 Diaspora Divide 1 ABC World News Tonight with David Muir 1
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