45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards explained

45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards
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The 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), to honor the best in American news and documentary programming in 2023. The winners are set to be announced on two ceremonies held at Palladium Times Square in New York City and live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and the Emmys app.[1] [2]

The nominees were announced on July 25, 2024. The winners of the news categories are scheduled to be announced on September 25, 2024, while the ones for the documentary categories are set to be revealed on September 26, 2024.

News Programming

Outstanding Live News ProgramOutstanding Recorded News Program
Outstanding Live Breaking News CoverageOutstanding Emerging Journalist
  • NBC News Specials & Saturday Today: "Attack on Israel – October 7" (NBC
Peacock)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short FormOutstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form
  • Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War (CNN)                                                                                                                
  • AC360: "David Culver Covers the Migrant Crisis" (CNN)
  • Israel – Gaza War (BBC World News)
  • War in Gaza (The New York Times)
  • War in Ukraine: Hope, Death and Defiance (BBC World News)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short FormOutstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form
  • After the Blast: The Will to Survive: (ABC [<nowiki/>[[ABC News Studios]]]
  • 20/20: "It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde" (ABC)
  • Moving Isa (Business Insider)
  • Op-Docs: "The Army We Had" (The New York Times)
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "What Happened to San Francisco?" (CNN)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short FormOutstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form
  • ‘I Cry Quietly’: A Soldier Describes the Toll of Russia's War (The New York Times)
  • Clarissa Ward Reports from Rafah Field Hospital in Gaza (CNN)
  • PBS News Hour: "Haiti in Crisis" (PBS)
  • The Guardian Focus: "How I Survive: A Seven-Year-Old's Life in Gaza" (The Guardian)
  • AJ+ Reports: "It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive" (AJ+)
  • FRONTLINE: "After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics" (PBS) [FRONTLINE | Futuro Investigates | [[The Texas Tribune]]]
  • VICE Special Report: "The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate" (Vice)
  • Exclusive: Inside a Ukrainian Battlefield Hospital (The New York Times)
  • VICE Special Report: "Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia's Notorious Mercenaries" (Vice)
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America" (CNN)
  • VICE Special Report: "Warped By War: Inside Putin's Russia" (Vice)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short FormOutstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
  • The Coast Guard's Secret (CNN)
  • Dishonored (CBS)
  • NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: "NBC News Investigates: Hospital Giant Putting Profits Over Patients?" (NBC)
  • Poisoned Water (Scripps News)
  • Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza's Civilians to Move for Safety (The New York Times)
Outstanding Live News SpecialOutstanding Recorded News Special
  • CBS Reports: "Campaign of Deceit: The Election of George Santos" (CBS)
  • Retro Report: "How Saba Kept Singing" (PBS) [Hidden Light Productions | Burnt Umber Productions | The WNET Group]
  • 20/20: "Our Barbara" (ABC)
  • Uvalde: 365 Presents: Crisis of Command (ABC)
  • CNN Special Report: "The Will to Win: Ukraine at War" (CNN)
Outstanding News Discussion & AnalysisOutstanding News Discussion & Analysis: Editorial and Opinion
  • The New York Times Opinion: "Meet the World's Most Honorable Bank Robbers" (The New York Times)
  • The Night Doctrine (ProPublica and The New Yorker)
  • The New York Times Opinion: "They Know What They Did. They'd Like You to Know Who They've Become" (The New York Times)
  • We Went to Puerto Rico: The Inequality We Saw Will Shock You (More Perfect Union)
  • The New York Times Opinion: "Your Rewards Card is Actually Bad for You, and for Everyone Else" (The New York Times)
Outstanding Live Interview: Short FormOutstanding Live Interview: Long Form
Outstanding Edited InterviewOutstanding Science and Technology Coverage
  • 60 Minutes: "The Attorney General" (CBS)                                                                                                                                                          
  • 60 Minutes: "The Hostage Story" (CBS)
  • Fareed Zakaria GPS: "Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi" (CNN)
  • Vice World News Meets: "Imran Khan" (Vice)
  • The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: "Wolf Blitzer Interview with Gali Idan in Israel" (CNN)
Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather CoverageOutstanding Health or Medical Coverage
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Black Market Organs" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "Homebirth Journey: Saving Black Moms" (CNN)
  • IMPACT x Nightline: "On the Brink" (Hulu) [<nowiki/>[[ABC News Studios]]]
  • Transnational: "The Trans Parent Trap" (Vice)
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "Without Roe: The New Abortion Landscape" (CNN)
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment CoverageOutstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
  • FRONTLINE: "America's Dangerous Trucks" (PBS) [<nowiki/>[[ProPublica]] | FRONTLINE]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Black Market Babies" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Crypto Scams" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • VICE Special Report: "Making a Killing: The Chinese Mafia Transforming the Global Drug Trade" (Vice)
  • 60 Minutes: "Our Mistake is Your Responsibility" (CBS)
  • We Went to East Palestine: What We Saw Will Shock You (More Perfect Union)
Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Gangs" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Ghost Guns" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK (Hulu) [ABC News Studios | [[The Associated Press]]]
  • Inside Iran: What Happened to Iran's Women-led Uprising? (Vice)
  • Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps (Vice)

Spanish Language Programming

Outstanding News Program in SpanishOutstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in SpanishOutstanding Investigative News Coverage in Spanish
TelevisaUnivision)
  • Aquí y Ahora: "Fentanilo llega a la escuela" (Univision)
  • Decisiones: Datos y Cambio Climático (The Weather Channel en Español)
  • Noticiero Univision: "Executions in Tamaulipas" (Univision)
  • N+ FOCUS: "Si no pagas, no pasas" (VIX
TelevisaUnivision)
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
  • Los buscadores de migrantes perdidos en el desierto de Sonora (BBC Mundo)
  • Fault Lines: "The Confession" (Al Jazeera)
  • Univision News Digital: "No me olvides: el creciente drama del alzhéimer en la comunidad hispana" (Univision)
  • En Punto: "Río de Armas, Dinero y Muerte" (VIX)
  • Op-Docs: "Victoria" (The New York Times)

Documentary Programming

Best DocumentaryOutstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
  • FRONTLINE: "Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover" (PBS)
  • Independent Lens: "Free Chol Soo Lee" (PBS)
  • (freedomonfire.film) [Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX | [[1+1 Media Group|1+1 MEDIA]] | Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]
Max) Max) [<nowiki/>[[HBO Documentary Films]] | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films] Max) [HBO Documentary Films] Max) [Bungalow Media + Entertainment]
  • Willie Nelson & Family (Paramount+) [<nowiki/>[[MTV Entertainment Studios]] | 101 Studios | Sight Unseen | Blackbird]
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Max) [<nowiki/>[[McGee Media]] | Just Films/The Ford Foundation | Topic Studios]
  • Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (Netflix) [Campfire Studios | Atlas Films]
Max)
  • POV: "Eat Your Catfish" (PBS) [Zela Film | American Documentary, POV]
  • Every Body (NBC) [<nowiki/>[[NBC News Studios]] | BetterThanFiction Productions]
  • Sound of the Police (Hulu) [<nowiki/>[[ABC News Studios]] | Firelight Films]
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
  • FRONTLINE: "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court" (PBS)
  • (Showtime) [<nowiki/>[[Trilogy Films]]]
  • American Masters: "Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely" (PBS) [Salty Features | American Masters Pictures | [[Thirteen/WNET]]]
  • Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor (CNN)                                                                                                                                                    
  • Superpower (Paramount+) [Projected Picture Works | Public School Productions | Aldamisa Entertainment | Vice Studios]
  • FRONTLINE: "Age of Easy Money" (PBS)                                                                                                                                                          
  • Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (Netflix)
  • FRONTLINE: "Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover" (PBS)
  • Nothing Lasts Forever (Showtime) [Kilo Films]
  • (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Higher Ground Productions|Higher Ground]] | Concordia Studio]
Outstanding Investigative Documentary Outstanding Historical Documentary
  • Crush (Paramount+) [Triage Entertainment | All Rise Films | [[See It Now Studios]]]
  • FRONTLINE: "Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus" (PBS) [Forbidden Film | The Forbidden Stories Consortium]
  • Savior Complex (HBO
Max) [Latchkey Films]
  • Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Netflix) [Luminant Media | [[Grain Media]] | Insight Films]
  • Victim/Suspect (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Motto Pictures]], Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary Outstanding Nature Documentary
  • NOVΛ: "The Battle to Beat Malaria" (PBS) [Wingspan Productions, [[HHMI Tangled Bank Studios]], NOVA/GBH]
  • Unknown: "Cosmic Time Machine" (Netflix)
  • Encounters (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Amblin Television]], Boardwalk Pictures, VICE Studios]
  • Human Footprint (PBS) [Day's Edge Productions]
  • Science Fair: The Series (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Evolution Earth (PBS) [<nowiki/>[[Passion Planet]] | Arte France | Love Nature]
  • Nature: "The Hummingbird Effect" (PBS) [Coneflower Productions | The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios]
  • Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic) [Plimsoll Productions]
  • Path of the Panther (National Geographic) [Grizzly Creek Films | Wildpath]
  • Nature: "Soul of the Ocean" (PBS) [Howard Hall Productions | The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios | Mark Fletcher Productions]
Outstanding Crime and Justice DocumentaryOutstanding Short Documentary
  • Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert (Peacock) [Lusid Media]
Max) [Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company] Max) [<nowiki/>[[HBO Documentary Films]] | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

Craft

Outstanding Video Journalism: News Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
  • Exclusive: Inside a Ukrainian Battlefield Hospital (The New York Times)
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Ghost Guns" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "MDMA" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Terrorist Oil" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: The Trek: A Migrant's Trail to America (CNN)
  • Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic) [Plimsoll Productions]
  • Unknown: "The Lost Pyramid" (Netflix) [A Story Syndicate]
  • Murder in Big Horn (Showtime) [Fairhaven]
  • The Pigeon Tunnel (Apple TV+) [Ink Factory | Fourth Floor | Jago Films | Storyteller Productions | 127 Wall]
  • The New Yorker Documentary: "Swift Justice" (The New Yorker)
Outstanding Direction: News Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Outstanding Editing: News Outstanding Editing: Documentary
  • American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (Netflix)
Max)Max) [Bungalow Media + Entertainment]
  • (HBO
Max) [<nowiki/>[[HBO Documentary Films]] | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]
  • The Pigeon Tunnel (Apple TV+) [Ink Factory | Fourth Floor | Jago Films | Storyteller Productions | 127 Wall]
Outstanding Graphic Design: News Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary
  • NBC News Digital: "50 Years Fly: The Rise, Fall and Revolution of Hip-Hop Fashion" (NBC)
  • A Soldier's Struggle with PTSD (CNN)
  • Meet the Press (NBC)
  • NBC News Digital: "Stay Tuned" (NBC)
  • Hoy Día: "Texas Tornado Virtual Explainer" (Telemundo)
  • The Night Doctrine (ProPublica and The New Yorker)
  • NOVΛ: "Ancient Earth" (PBS) [<nowiki/>[[BBC Studios]] | WGBH]
  • Op-Docs: "Neighbour Abdi" (The New York Times)
  • Nixon's Reversal (Ovid) [Hi-Lo | Lost Nation Pictures]
  • Who Killed Robert Wone? (Peacock) [<nowiki/>[[Jupiter Entertainment]]]
  • World War II: From the Front Lines (Netflix) [72 Films]
Outstanding Research: NewsOutstanding Research: Documentary

"The Looting of Cambodia" (CBS)

  • FRONTLINE: "Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus" (PBS) [Forbidden Film | The Forbidden Stories Consortium]
  • JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) [72 Films | National Geographic]
  • Take Care of Maya (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Story Syndicate]] | Wise Fool]
  • The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu) [<nowiki/>[[ABC News Studios]] | Trilogy Films]
  • Victim/Suspect (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Motto Pictures]] | Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]
  • World War II: From the Front Lines (Netflix) [72 Films]
Outstanding Lighting Direction: News Outstanding Lighting Direction: Documentary
  • ID: Investigation: "Homicide Hunter: The Man With No Face" (Discovery) [<nowiki/>[[Jupiter Entertainment]]]
  • JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) [72 Films | National Geographic]
  • MSNBC Films: "To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb" (MSNBC) [<nowiki/>[[NBC News Studios]]]
  • Who Killed Robert Wone? (Peacock) [Jupiter Entertainment]
  • Wild Crime: Blood Mountain (Hulu) [Lone Wolf Media, ABC News Studios]
Outstanding Music Composition: News Outstanding Music Composition: Documentary
  • CNN News Central (CNN)
  • FRONTLINE: "The Discord Leaks" (PBS) [FRONTLINE | ''The Washington Post'']
  • The Night Doctrine (ProPublica and The New Yorker)
  • (HBO
Max)
  • (freedomonfire.film) [Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX | [[1+1 Media Group|1+1 MEDIA]] | Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]
  • JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) [72 Films]
  • (HBO
Max) [<nowiki/>[[Concordia Studio]]s]
  • World War II: From the Front Lines (Netflix) [72 Films]
Outstanding Sound: NewsOutstanding Sound: Documentary
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Black Market Babies" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Black Market Organs" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "MDMA" (National Geographic) [Muck Media]
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "The Trek: A Migrant's Trail to America" (CNN)
  • Big Beasts (Apple TV+) [Plimsoll Productions | [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]]
  • (freedomonfire.film) [Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX | [[1+1 Media Group|1+1 MEDIA]] | Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]
  • Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic) [Plimsoll Productions]
  • The New York Times Presents: "The Legacy of J. Dilla" (FX) [''The New York Times'' | Left/Right (A North Road Company)]
  • Unknown: "The Lost Pyramid" (Netflix) [<nowiki/>[[Story Syndicate]]]
Outstanding Writing: NewsOutstanding Writing: Documentary
  • FRONTLINE: "After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics" (PBS) [Futuro Investigates | [[The Texas Tribune]]]
  • 60 Minutes: "This Ancient Atrocity" (CBS)
  • Clarissa Ward's Exclusive Report From Inside Gaza (CNN)
  • 20/20: "It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde" (ABC)
  • The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "The Trek: A Migrant's Trail to America" (CNN)
  • Exposing Parchman (A&E) [Good Caper Content | [[Roc Nation]] | Red Summer TV]
  • Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family's Secrets (HBO
Max)
  • Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony (National Geographic) [<nowiki/>[[Steve Rotfeld Productions]]]
  • FRONTLINE: "Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza" (PBS)
  • The Pigeon Tunnel (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: NewsOutstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: Documentary
Max)Max) [Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company]
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: NewsOutstanding Promotional Announcement: Documentary
  • Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor (CNN)
  • Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic) [Plimsoll Productions]
  • JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) [72 Films]
  • The Mission (National Geographic) [Lightbox | Mile End Films]
  • Independent Lens: Teaser for "Free Chol Soo Lee on Independent Lens" (PBS) [<nowiki/>[[ITVS]]]
  • Trailer for The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu) [ABC News Studios | Jump Cut]
Outstanding Technical Excellence: News

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lewis . Hilary . 2024-07-25 . 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed . 2024-07-26 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2024-07-25 . The 45th News & Documentary Nominations - The Emmys . 2024-07-26 . theemmys.tv . en-US.