THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS AT THE 31st ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY ® AWARDS Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award PBS NewsHour Honored with Chairman’s Award New York, N.Y. – September 27, 2010 (Revised October 14, 2010) – Winners of the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy ® Awards were announced tonight by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The News & Documentary Emmy ® Awards were presented at a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. The ceremony will be broadcast on Saturday, October 9 at 8pm ET on C-SPAN. The event was attended by more than 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy ® Awards were presented in 41 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary, among others. This year’s presenters included Diane Sawyer, anchor, ABC’s World News , Lester Holt , weekend anchor, NBC’s Nightly News , and weekend co-anchor, Today , Sheila Nevins , President, HBO Documentary Films , Dan Rather , anchor and managing editor, HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports , Bob Simon , correspondent, CBS’ 60 Minutes , Paula Zahn , Executive Producer/Host, On the Case with Paula Zahn , Investigation Discovery Network. The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Frederick Wiseman , one of the most accomplished documentarians in the history of the medium, presented by Paula A. Kerger , President and CEO, PBS. In addition, the prestigious Chairman’s Award was given to the PBS NewsHour . Roger Mudd , former Washington correspondent for CBS News, NBC News and the McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, presented the award to Robert MacNeil , Jim Lehrer , longtime executive producer Les Crystal , and current executive producer Linda Winslow . 1 Sponsors for the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy ® Awards included Hydroxatone and Vermont Spirits. Results for the News & Documentary Emmy ® Awards were tabulated by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz & Carr LLP. International Emmy Awards are tabulated by the international accounting firm Ernst & Young. The numerical breakdown by award recipients, by broadcast, cable and broadband entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz & Carr LLP, follows: CBS 7 Sundance Channel 2 NBC 6 CNBC 1 PBS 5 Discovery Channel 1 ABC 2 Globeandmail.com 1 HDNet 2 HBO 1 History Channel 2 NYTimes.com 1 National Geographic Channel 2 TIME.com 1 Planet Green 2 VH1 1 Regional Reporting Winners KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA) 1 KSTP-TV 1 (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) KHOU-TV (Houston, TX) 1 A complete list of the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award recipients is also available on the Academy's web site at www.emmyonline.tv . About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering, and Business & Financial Reporting. Regional Emmy® Awards are given in 19 regions across the United States. NATAS also presents the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Global Media Awards™ which recognizes excellence in the world-wide intersection of digital entertainment and technology. Emmy® Awards given out for primetime programming are presented by our sister organization, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv 2 For Press information, please contact: Paul Pillitteri Director, Communication/NATAS 212-586-8424 [email protected] For photography of Emmy Awards ceremonies, go to www.bryan-brown.com Marc Bryan-Brown [email protected] 917-744-0700 3 NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 31 st ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS - WINNERS INDEX Regularly Scheduled Newscasts Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY ……............................. 6 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY …….......................... 6 Outstanding FEATURE STORY ………………………………….…............................. 7 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ……..................................................... 7 Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ............................................ 7 News Magazines Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY ……............................. 8 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY….............................. 8 Outstanding FEATURE STORY ….................................................................................. 9 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM …......................................................... 9 Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ............................................ 9 Long Form Outstanding LIVE COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY............................... 10 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY…............................... 10 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ………………..…............................... 11 Outstanding INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING .…………..….............................. 11 Outstanding HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING .…………..…........................................ 11 Outstanding BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING ............................................ 12 Open To All News & Documentary Programs Outstanding INTERVIEW .…………..…......................................................................... 12 Outstanding ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING ..................................................... 13 Outstanding SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING ................................ 13 Outstanding NATURE PROGRAMMING ....................................................................... 13 Best of Best STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST .................................... 14 Best REPORT IN A NEWS MAGAZINE ........................................................................ 14 Best DOCUMENTARY ................................................................................................... 14 New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming Outstanding CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE ................................................................ 15 Outstanding DOCUMENTARIES ………………………..……................................... 15 Outstanding ARTS, LIFESTYLE, & CULTURE ………………................................. 15 Crafts Outstanding WRITING.…………..…............................................................................... 16 Outstanding RESEARCH.…………..…........................................................................... 16 Outstanding CINEMATOGRAPHY—NATURE ……………………............................ 16 Outstanding CINEMATOGRAPHY—NEWS COVERAGE/DOCUMENTARIES ....... 16 Outstanding EDITING …………….…………..…........................................................... 17 Outstanding EDITING—QUICK TURNAROUND ........................................................ 17 Outstanding GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION ………............................... 17 Outstanding MUSIC AND SOUND……………….. ....................................................... 17 Outstanding LIGHTING DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN ................................... 18 4 NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 31 st ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS - WINNERS INDEX (cont’d) Promotional Announcement Outstanding INSTITUTIONAL …….............................................................................. 18 Outstanding EPISODIC …................................................................................................ 18 Regional News Story Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY—SPOT NEWS ……..................................... 19 Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY—INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING …......... 19 Breakdown By Network …………………….......................................................... 20 5 NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 31 st ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS - WINNERS OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams NBC Miracle on the Hudson Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams Executive Producer Bob Epstein Senior Broadcast Producer Patrick Burkey, Aurelia Grayson Director Brett Holey Senior Producers Subrata De, Mary Laurence Flynn, Tracey Lyons, Albert Oetgen Supervising Producer Jay Blackman Correspondents Robert Bazell, Tom Costello, Rehema Ellis, Martin Fletcher, Mike Taibbi, Chuck Todd Producers Donna Bass, Beverly Chase, Christine Colvin, Bob Croce, Tom Dawson, Clare Duffy, Carol Eggers, Lauren Fairbanks, Scott Foster, Andy Franklin, Anthony Galloway, Mario Garcia, Hilary Guy, Jody Henenfeld, Robert Kaplan, Maggie Kassner, Susan Kroll, Victor Limjoco, Daniel Linden, Carla Marcus, Megan Marcus, Daniel Nagin, Samuel Singal, Robin Skolnick, Christina Vallice, Kelly Venardos OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED