THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/05/01 (Revised 9/07/01)
THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES
New York, September 5, 2001 – The 22nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences tonight. A stellar line up of prominent newsmakers presented the awards to a distinguished group of broadcast journalists following a black-tie dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Noted broadcast journalist Charles Osgood, of CBS Radio and Television, acted as the Master of Ceremonies at the event.
"The coveted Emmy was awarded to programs and program segments, as well as to individuals, for outstanding achievement in News and Documentary programming,” said Bill Small, Vice Chairman for News and Documentaries of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. “The recipients were chosen by blue ribbon panels composed of broadcast industry professionals. A total of 121 nominations were drawn from over 1450 entries, all of which were originally broadcast during the 2000 calendar year.”
The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows:
CBS 8 MSNBC 2 PBS 7 Syndicated 2 CNBC 5 Cinemax 1 NBC 4 HBO 1 ABC 3 HBO Signature 1 CNN 2 TLC 1 Discovery 2 Newsmakers from the fields of politics, diplomacy, science and the arts who presented the Awards were (listed in alphabetical order): David Boies, Attorney; Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; Cheryl D. Mills, Senior Vice President, Corporate Policy and Public Programming, Oxygen Media; Reverend Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., President, Fordham University; Governor Ann W. Richards, former Governor of Texas; Dr. J Craig Venter, President, Celera Genomics; Dr. Elie Wiesel, Professor, Boston University, Nobel Peace Prize recipient; Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
A complete list of the 22nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award recipients will be posted on the academy's web site at www.emmyonline.org.
The 22nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards is presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of television.
MEDIA CONTACTS: AWARDS CONTACT: ZARA MIRZA BILL SMALL, VICE CHAIRMAN FOR PUBLICIS DIALOG NEWS AND DOCUMENTARIES 212-684-6300 NATAS [email protected] 212-586-8424
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THE WINNERS OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY – PROGRAMS
* ABC News -- Peter Jennings Reporting The Gunfight ABC Executive Producer Thomas G Yellin Senior Producer Mark Obenhaus Producer Keith Summa Correspondent Peter Jennings
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY - SEGMENTS
* Dateline NBC The Insider NBC
Executive Producer Neal Shapiro Senior Producer Marc Rosenwasser Producer Colleen Halpin Rubino Correspondent Chris Hansen
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST - (SEGMENTS) * Discovery News Mozambique Floods Discovery
Executive Producer (Discovery / NBC ) Carol Williams Senior Producer Jon Schriber, Knute Walker Editorial Producer Robert Ferraro Producer Justin Balding, Sue Simpson Correspondent Kevin Tibbles, Ron Allen Executive in Charge Sharon Scott Senior Executive Producer Neal Shapiro Executive Producer For The Discovery Channel: Bob Reid
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OUTSTANDING INSTANT COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY - PROGRAMS
* ABC World News Tonight Weekend Elian Gonzalez ABC
Executive Producer Katherine O'Hearn Senior Producer Craig A Bengtson, Bob Crawford, Muriel Pearson Producer Gitika Ahuja, Nina Alvarez, John Boswell, Lenny Bourin, Sam Brooks, Sophie Conover, Karen D'Uva, Michelle Genece, Robin Gradison, Jacques Grenier, James Hamilton, David Herndon, Eric Holder, Nelli Kheyfets, Nils Kongshaug, Felicia Makowski, George Pilla, Eddie Pinder, Cathy Porter, Mark Reeves, Stephanie Smith, Audrey Taylor, Tim Tison, Marcia Vivancos, Toni Wilson Anchor Elizabeth A Vargas Correspondent Ron Claiborne, Linda Douglass, John Miller, Terry Moran, Martha Raddatz, Bill Redeker, Jeffrey Toobin, Mike Von Fremd Off-Air Reporter Ellen Davies
and
* The News with Brian Williams The Crash of Singapore Airlines MSNBC
Executive Producer Steve Capus Senior Producer Jean Harper, Larry Moscow, Chris J. Sheridan Supervising Producer Patrick Burkey, Inci Ulgur Producer Tom Bernthal, Bill Diederich, Carol Eggers, Cory Gnazzo, Toby Josephs, Amy Kasarda, Molly Parnell, Alice Rhee, Eelin Reily, Steve Shapiro Correspondent Robert Hager Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams
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OUTSTANDING INSTANT COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST- SEGMENTS * ABC World News Tonight Weekend Reporters Notebook with Palestinian ABC Cameraman Executive Producer Paul S Mason Senior Producer Craig A Bengtson, Muriel Pearson Producer Bruno Nota Segment Producer Michelle Genece
OUTSTANDING BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CURRENT STORY- PROGRAMS
* Frontline Drug Wars PBS
Executive Producer Frontline/WGBH Michael Sullivan Senior Executive Producer David Fanning Senior Producer Sharon Tiller Series Producer Martin Smith Producer Doug Hamilton, Ken Levis, Brooke Runnette, Oriana Zill Reporter Lowell Bergman
and
* Kent State: The Day the War Came Home TLC Executive Producer Paul DonVito, Mark Mori Producer Ron Goetz
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OUTSTANDING BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CURRENT STORY- SEGMENTS
* National Geographic Explorer The Pigeon Murders CNBC
Head of NHU National Geographic Productions Keenan Smart Executive Producer David Royle Senior Producer Jon Goodman Supervising Producer Bruce Norfleet Producer Sean Fine
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM - PROGRAMS
* Cinemax Reel Life Crimes of Honor Cinemax
Executive Producer Sheila Nevins, Marie Natanson Supervising Producer Nancy Abraham Producer Shelley Saywell
and
* CNN Perspectives Cry Freetown CNN
Executive Producer Nick Hayes Producer Elizabeth Ground Reporter Sorious Samura
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OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM - SEGMENTS
* CBS News 60 Minutes MTBE CBS Executive Producer Don Hewitt Senior Producer Josh Howard, Esther Kartiganer, Merri Lieberthal Producer Graham Messick Executive Editor Philip Scheffler Correspondent Steve Kroft
and
* CBS News 60 Minutes II The First Casualty CBS Executive Producer Jeff Fager Senior Producer Patti Hassler, Michael Whitney Producer Draggan Mihailovich, Christine Spolar Correspondent Bob Simon
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW / INTERVIEWER
* CBS News 60 Minutes Timothy McVeigh CBS Executive Producer Don Hewitt Senior Producer Josh Howard, Esther Kartiganer, Merri Lieberthal Producer Michael Radutzky Executive Editor Philip Scheffler Correspondent Ed Bradley
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OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY - PROGRAMS
* P.O.V. Blink PBS
Executive Producer, P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc. Cara Mertes Executive Producer, ITVS James T. Yee Producer Elizabeth Thompson
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY - SEGMENTS
* CNN Sierra Leone CNN
Senior Producer Tom Fenton Producer Stephanie Halasz, Robert Wiener Correspondent Ben Wedeman
and
* CBS News 60 Minutes Smallpox CBS Executive Producer Don Hewitt Senior Producer Josh Howard, Esther Kartiganer, Merri Lieberthal Producer Peter Klein Executive Editor Philip Scheffler Correspondent Mike Wallace
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OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST - (SEGMENTS ) * NBC Nightly News Mozambique: A Nation Drowning NBC
Executive Producer Jonathan Wald Senior Broadcast Producer Ben Sherwood Senior Producer Mary Laurence Flynn Coordinating Producer Gena Fitzgerald, Albert Oetgen Producer John Bartlett, Babak Benham, Carl Bostic, Carol Grisanti, Andy Gross, Kevin Monahan, Michele Neubert, Steve O’Neill, Yuka Tachibana, Fiona Turner, Derek Wilkinson, Peter Yu Correspondent Ron Allen, Bob Faw
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL OR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING - PROGRAMS *Nature The Urban Elephant PBS
Executive Producer 13 / WNET Fred Kaufman, Christine Weber, Keenan Smart Producer Allison Argo
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL OR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING – SEGMENTS
*CBS News 60 Minutes II Birth of a Language CBS
Producer Janet Klein Correspondent Scott Pelley
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OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING - PROGRAMS
* HBO Documentary Special One Day in September HBO
Executive Producer Lillian Birnbaum Producer John Battsek, Arthur Cohn
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING - SEGMENTS * CBS News 60 Minutes The Dirty War CBS Executive Producer Don Hewitt Senior Producer Josh Howard, Esther Kartiganer, Merri Lieberthal Producer Michael Gavshon Executive Editor Philip Scheffler Correspondent Bob Simon
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING WITH LIMITED DRAMATIZATION - PROGRAMS
*HBO Signature Double Exposure The Children of Chabannes HBO Signature
Executive Producer Sheila Nevins Co - Producer Dean Wetherell Producer Kary Antholis, Lisa Gossels
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: WRITING
* CBS News Sunday Morning Goodbye, and Thanks CBS Writer Peter Freundlich
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OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: DIRECTING
* Nature The Urban Elephant PBS Director 13 / WNET Allison Argo
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: RESEARCH * The American Experience George Wallace : Settin' the Woods on Fire PBS
Researcher WGBH Dan Carter, Sandra Guardado, Daniel McCabe, Matt McClung, Paul Stekler
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: CINEMATOGRAPHY (STUDIO AND LOCATION) * National Geographic Explorer Flying Devils CNBC
Cinematographer National Geographic Productions David Allen, Mark Smith, Jane Watson
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: ELECTRONIC CAMERAWORK * The News with Brian Williams 100 Days, 1000 Voices MSNBC
Electronic Cameraperson Dana Roecker, Tom Tanquary, Kort Waddell
and
* NBC Weekend Today Christmas Lights NBC
Electronic Cameraperson James Douglas
and (continued)
10 THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: ELECTRONIC CAMERAWORK Continued
* National Geographic Explorer Into the Volcano CNBC
Electronic Cameraperson National Geographic Productions Jeff Streich, Franck Tessier, Irene Margaritis
and
*Dateline NBC Net Worth NBC
Electronic Cameraperson Bill Locatell, Rich White
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: SOUND
* The Living Edens Anamalai: India's Elephant Mountain PBS
Dubbing Editor ABC / Kane Paul Clark Dubbing Mixer Graham Wild Sound Designers Clifford Hoelscher Re-recording Mixer Alan Decker, Mark Linden, Tara Paul
and
* The Living Edens Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness PBS Sound Designers ABC / Kane Clifford Hoelscher Re-recording Mixer Alan Decker, Mark Linden, Tara Paul
11 THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING: VIDEOTAPE AND FILM * National Geographic Explorer The Pigeon Murders CNBC
Editor National Geographic Productions Bonnie Cutler-Shear
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTION * National Geographic Explorer The Body Snatchers CNBC
Lighting Director National Geographic Productions Nick Stringer, Rob Goldi, Tony Allen, David Scharf
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: GRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC DESIGN * Disney's New True Life Adventures Sea Of Sharks Syndicated
Designer Cyberdyne Systems Jack M Bertram, Terrance L Trieu
and
* The Ultimate Guide The Human Body Discovery
Clourist Aidan Farrell Programme Designer Jan Golunski Series Designer Mick Connaire
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: SCENIC DESIGN
* Good Grief Charlie Brown: A Tribute To CBS Charles Schulz Scenic Designer Ann L Cudworth
Assistant Art Director Matthew Anderson
12 THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: MUSIC: Composers (including Arrangers), Directors (including Conductors) * Disney’s New True Life Adventures Alaska : Dances Of The Caribou Syndicated Composer American Adventure Mark Watters
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BREAKDOWN BY PROGRAM
CBS (8)
60 Minutes (4) The Dirty War 1 MTBE 1 Smallpox 1 Timothy McVeigh 1
60 Minutes II (2) Birth of a Language 1 The First Casualty 1
CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING (1) Goodbye, and Thanks 1
Other (1) Good Grief Charlie Brown: A Tribute To Charles Schulz 1
PBS (7)
The Living Edens (2) [ABC/Kane] * Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness 1 Anamalai: India's Elephant Mountain 1
Nature (2) [13/WNET] The Urban Elephant 2
The American Experience (1) [WGBH] George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire 1
Frontline (1) [WGBH] Drug Wars 1
P.O.V. (1) Blink 1
* Brackets indicate production company
14 THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS CNBC (5) National Geographic Explorer (5) [National Geographic Productions] The Pigeon Murders 2 Flying Devils 1 The Body Snatchers 1 Into the Volcano 1
NBC (4) Dateline NBC (2) Net Worth 1 The Insider 1
NBC Nightly News (1) Mozambique: A Nation Drowning 1
NBC Weekend Today (1) Christmas Lights 1
ABC (3) ABC World News Tonight (2) Elian Gonzalez 1 Reporters Notebook with Palestinian Cameraman 1
ABC News -- Peter Jennings Reporting (1) The Gunfight 1
CNN (2)
CNN PERSPECTIVES (1) Cry Freetown 1
Other (1) Sierra Leone 1
15 THE 22nd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS DISCOVERY (2) Discovery News (1) [Discovery / NBC] Mozambique Floods 1
The Ultimate Guide (1) The Human Body 1
MSNBC (2) The News with Brian Williams (2) 100 Days, 1000 Voices 1 The Crash of Singapore Airlines 1
SYNDICATED (2) Disney's New True Life Adventures (2) Alaska : Dances Of The Caribou [American Adventure] 1 Sea Of Sharks [Cyberdyne Systems] 1
CINEMAX (1) Cinemax Reel Life (1) Crimes of Honor 1
HBO (1) HBO Documentary Special (1) One Day in September 1
HBO SIGNATURE (1) HBO Signature Double Exposure (1) The Children of Chabannes 1
TLC (1)
Kent State: The Day the War Came Home (1) Kent State : the Day the War Came Home 1
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