The 45th News & Documentary Nominations - The Emmys (2024)

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DOWNLOAD RELEASE (PDF) OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM OUTSTANDING EMERGING JOURNALIST OUTSTANDING BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE OUTSTANDING CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: SHORT FORM OUTSTANDING CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE: SHORT FORM OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS SPECIAL OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS SPECIAL OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: EDITORIAL AND OPINION OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—SHORT FORM OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—LONG FORM OUTSTANDING EDITED INTERVIEW OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE OUTSTANDING CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER COVERAGE OUTSTANDING HEALTH OR MEDICAL COVERAGE OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, CONSUMER OR ECONOMIC COVERAGE OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY BEST DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING NEWS PROGRAM IN SPANISH OUTSTANDING JOURNALIST IN SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIA OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN SPANISH OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE IN SPANISH OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN SPANISH OUTSTANDING WRITING: NEWS OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: NEWS OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN: NEWS OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: NEWS OUTSTANDING SOUND: NEWS OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: NEWS OUTSTANDING WRITING: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE: NEWS OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: NEWS OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY References

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE
45TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS

Winners in 65 Categories to be Presented
in Two Ceremonies on September 25th & 26th in New York

NEW YORK (July 25, 2024) – Nominations for The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards will be presented in two ceremonies:

  • News Categories – Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT
  • Documentary Categories – Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT

The News & Documentary Emmy® Awards will be presented live at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, and will be streamed live on NATAS’ dedicated viewing platform powered by Vimeo, available on the web at watch.emmysstaging.wpengine.com and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.emmysstaging.wpengine.com).

“We are honored to highlight the accomplishments and hard work of these exceptional journalists and documentarians,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS. “NATAS is proud to celebrate their dedication and creativity under increasing and ever-changing pressures.”

The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honor programming content from more than 2200 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2023, judged by a pool of more than 980 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media News & Documentary industry.

The complete list of nominees is also available on The National Television Academy’s website: emmysstaging.wpengine.com

All voting was tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.

ABOUT NATAS

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a 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® Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime and Daytime Creative Arts programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering.

NATAS membership consists of more than 18,000+ broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including regional student television and its Student Award for Excellence and the National Student Production Awards 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 http://www.theemmys.tv/

NATAS CONTACTS

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NATAS@smithhousestrategy.com

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626-296-3757
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Categories to be presented on Wednesday, September 25th at the NEWS Event

(Please note: Categories subject to change. We will reach out with ticketing information during the week of August 5th.)

  • Outstanding Live News Program
  • Outstanding Recorded News Program
  • Outstanding Emerging Journalist
  • Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
  • Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form
  • Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form
  • Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form
  • Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form
  • Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form
  • Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form
  • Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short Form
  • Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
  • Outstanding Live News Special
  • Outstanding Recorded News Special
  • Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis
  • Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis: Editorial and Opinion
  • Outstanding Live Interview—Short Form
  • Outstanding Live Interview—Long Form
  • Outstanding Edited Interview
  • Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage
  • Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage
  • Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
  • Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage
  • Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
  • Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage
  • Outstanding News Program in Spanish
  • Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media
  • Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish
  • Outstanding Investigative News Coverage in Spanish
  • Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
  • Outstanding Writing: News
  • Outstanding Research: News
  • Outstanding Direction: News
  • Outstanding Video Journalism
  • Outstanding Editing: News
  • Outstanding Graphic Design: News
  • Outstanding Music Composition: News
  • Outstanding Sound: News
  • Outstanding Lighting Direction: News
  • Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: News
  • Technical Excellence: News
  • Outstanding Promotional Announcement: News
  • Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News
  • Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
  • International News
  • International Current Affairs
  • Lifetime Achievement: News
  • Gold & Silver Circle, News Community
  • The Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship

Categories to be presented on Thursday, September 26th at the Documentary Event (NOTE: TBD)
(Please note: Categories subject to change. We will reach out with ticketing information during the week of August 5th.)

  • Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
  • Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
  • Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
  • Outstanding Investigative Documentary
  • Outstanding Historical Documentary
  • Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
  • Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
  • Outstanding Nature Documentary
  • Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
  • Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary
  • Outstanding Short Documentary
  • Best Documentary
  • Outstanding Writing: Documentary
  • Outstanding Research: Documentary
  • Outstanding Direction: Documentary
  • Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
  • Outstanding Editing: Documentary
  • Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary
  • Outstanding Music Composition: Documentary
  • Outstanding Sound: Documentary
  • Outstanding Lighting Direction: Documentary
  • Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: Documentary
  • Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Doc
  • Outstanding Regional Documentary
  • Lifetime Achievement: Documentary
  • Gold & Silver Circle, Documentary Community

OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM

The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell
CBS

ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
ABC

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
ABC

Anderson Cooper 360
CNN

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
NBC

OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM

20/20
ABC

CBS Sunday Morning
CBS

IMPACT x Nightline
Hulu
[ABC News Studios]

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING EMERGING JOURNALIST

Ellison Barber
NBC

Nada Bashir
CNN

Dasha Burns
NBC

Jeremy Diamond
CNN

Ashan Singh
ABC


OUTSTANDING BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE

Attack on Israel – October 7
NBC News Specials & Saturday Today
NBC | Peacock

Israel at War
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
ABC

Israel-Hamas War
CNN

Mass Shooting and Manhunt in Lewiston, Maine
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
ABC

Tyre Nichols
The ReidOut
MSNBC

OUTSTANDING CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: SHORT FORM

Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War
CNN

David Culver Covers the Migrant Crisis
AC360
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 CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM

Richard Engel Reports: Rise of Wagner
On Assignment with Richard Engel
NBC

Terror in Israel Series
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

Uvalde 365
20/20 & ABC News Live
ABC

War in the Holy Land
PBS NewsHour
PBS

OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM

How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement
Retro Report

On the Frontlines of the Abortion War: Death Threats and Arsons
VICE News Tonight
Vice

South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War
ABC World News Tonight with David
ABC

This Land… Eatonville, FL
CBS Sunday Morning
CBS

Uvalde 365: Recovering from Robb
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
ABC

OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM

After the Blast: The Will to Survive
ABC
[ABC News Studios]

It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde
20/20
ABC

Moving Isa
Business Insider

The Army We Had
Op-Docs
The New York Times

What Happened to San Francisco?
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS FEATURE STORY: SHORT 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

Haiti in Crisis
PBS NewsHour
PBS

How I Survive: A Seven-Year-Old’s Life in Gaza
The Guardian Focus
The Guardian

It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive
Aj+ Reports
AJ+

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM

After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | Futuro Investigates | The Texas Tribune]

The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate
VICE Special Report
Vice

Exclusive: Inside a Ukrainian Battlefield Hospital
The New York Times

Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenaries
VICE Special Report
Vice

The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

Warped By War: Inside Putin’s Russia
VICE Special Report
Vice


OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE: SHORT FORM

The Coast Guard’s Secret
CNN

Dishonored
CBS

NBC News Investigates: Hospital Giant Putting Profits Over Patients?
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
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 INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM

Inside the Uvalde Response
FRONTLINE
PBS
[ProPublica | FRONTLINE |The Texas Tribune]

Nima Elbagir Covers the War in Sudan
CNN

The Discord Leaks
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | The Washington Post]

Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company
The Wall Street Journal

Terrorist Oil
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS SPECIAL

The 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
CNN

A CNN Town Hall: Toxic Train Disaster, Ohio Residents Speak Out
CNN

Maui Strong, ABC News, 08/17/23
Good Morning America
ABC

Navalny and the Cost of Standing Up to Putin
CNN Primetime
CNN

OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS SPECIAL

Campaign of Deceit: The Election of George Santos
CBS Reports
CBS

How Saba Kept Singing
Retro Report
PBS
[Retro Report | HiddenLight Productions | Burnt Umber Productions | The WNET Group]

Our Barbara
20/20
ABC

Uvalde: 365 Presents: Crisis of Command
ABC

The Will to Win: Ukraine at War
CNN Special Report
CNN

OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

America Addicted: The Fentanyl Crisis
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN

Guns: Three American Stories
Meet The Press Reports
NBC News NOW

Justice for Tyre
Nightline
ABC

Nothing But the Truth
The Circus
Showtime
[Left/Right]

This Week: Live From Tel Aviv
ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos
ABC

OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: EDITORIAL AND OPINION

Meet the World’s Most Honorable Bank Robbers
The New York Times Opinion
The New York Times

The Night Doctrine
ProPublica and The New Yorker

They Know What They Did. They’d Like You to Know Who They’ve Become
The New York Times Opinion
The New York Times

We Went to Puerto Rico: The Inequality We Saw Will Shock You
More Perfect Union

Your Rewards Card Is Actually Bad for You, and for Everyone Else The New York Times
The New York Times Opinion
The New York Times

OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—SHORT FORM

A Father’s Plea: Interview with Thomas Hand
CBS

Interview with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Face the Nation
CBS

Interview with Hunter Biden’s Attorney Chris Clark
Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC
MSNBC

Interview with The House Majority Leader
ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos
ABC

Israeli Leader Speaks Out
ABC News Live
ABC

One on One with John Lauro
ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos
ABC

OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—LONG FORM

Christiane Amanpour interviews Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Amanpour
CNN

Christiane Amanpour interviews Queen Raina Al Abdullah
Amanpour
CNN

Christiane Amanpour interviews Siamak Namazi from inside Iran’s Evin Prison
Amanpour
CNN

One-on-One with Cassidy Hutchinson
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN

The Death of Tyre Nichols: A Family Speaks
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
ABC

OUTSTANDING EDITED INTERVIEW

The Attorney General
60 Minutes
CBS

The Hostage Story
60 Minutes
CBS

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
Fareed Zakaria GPS
CNN

Vice World News Meets: Imran Khan
Vice

Wolf Blitzer Interview with Gali Idan in Israel
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
CNN

OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE

CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan Covers Science and Technology
CNN

Revolution
60 Minutes
CBS

Trafficked: Cyber Pirates
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Voices of Nature
In Real Life
Scripps News

Weaponization of Data
The Future with Hannah Fry
Bloomberg

OUTSTANDING CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER COVERAGE

Can We Really Rewild the Planet?
The Future with Hannah Fry
Bloomberg

How to Unscrew a Planet
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

The Shark Fin Hunters
Fault Lines
Al Jazeera

The Sperm Whales of Domenica
60 Minutes
CBS

Toxic Farmland
VICE Special Report
Vice

OUTSTANDING HEALTH OR MEDICAL COVERAGE

Black Market Organs
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Homebirth Journey: Saving Black Moms
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

On the Brink
IMPACT x Nightline
Hulu
[ABC News Studios]

The Trans Parent Trap
Transnational
Vice

Without Roe: The New Abortion Landscape
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE

50 Years Fly: The Rise, Fall and Revolution of Hip-Hop Fashion
NBC News Digital
NBC

James Nachtwey
60 Minutes
CBS

The New Face of Hollywood — A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Soul of a Nation
ABC

Rap Trap: Hip Hop On Trial
Hulu
[ABC News Studios]

Fight Clubs
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, CONSUMER OR ECONOMIC COVERAGE

America’s Dangerous Trucks
FRONTLINE
PBS
[ProPublica | FRONTLINE]

Black Market Babies
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Crypto Scams
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Making a Killing: The Chinese Mafia Transforming the Global Drug Trade
VICE Special Report
Vice

Our Mistake is Your Responsibility
60 Minutes
CBS

We Went to East Palestine: What We Saw Will Shock You
More Perfect Union

OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE

Gangs
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Ghost Guns
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
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

OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY

Loudmouth
BET
[Naked Edge Films | Get Lifted Film Co. | Group Effort Films |Massenburg Media]

Love in the Time of Fentanyl
Independent Lens
PBS
[ITVS]

Mourning In Lod
Showtime
[MTV Documentary Films | Medalia Productions]

No Accident
HBO | Max
[McGee Media | Just Films/The Ford Foundation | Topic Studios]

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Netflix
[Campfire Studios | Atlas Films]

OUTSTANDING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
FRONTLINE
PBS

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Showtime
[Trilogy Films]

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
American Masters
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]

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY

Anonymous Sister
anonymoussister.com
[Big Mouth Productions | Vulcan Productions]

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
HBO | Max

Eat Your Catfish
POV
PBS
[Zela Film | American Documentary, POV]

Every Body
NBC
[NBC News Studios |BetterThanFiction Productions]

Sound of the Police
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | Firelight Films]

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY

Crush
Paramount+
[Triage Entertainment | All Rise Films |See It Now Studios]

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | 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
[Motto Pictures, Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]

OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

America and The Taliban
FRONTLINE
PBS

Free Chol Soo Lee
Independent Lens
PBS

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films | National Geographic]

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
MSNBC Films
MSNBC
[NBC News Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY

A Song Film By Kishi Bashi – ‘Omoiyari’
Paramount+
[Omoiyari, LLC | HappyOkay Films |Dialogue Pictures |Movement Content]

The Legacy of J. Dilla
The New York Times Presents
FX
[The New York Times | Left/Right (a North Road company)]

LIFT
liftdocumentary.com
[Beaufort 9 Films]

Little Richard: I Am Everything
CNN Films | Max
[Bungalow Media + Entertainment]

Willie Nelson & Family
Paramount+
[MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, Sight Unseen, Blackbird]

OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY

The Battle to Beat Malaria
NOVA
PBS
[Wingspan Productions, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH]

Cosmic Time Machine
Unknown
Netflix

Encounters
Netflix
[Amblin Television, Boardwalk Pictures, VICE Studios]

Human Footprint
PBS
[Day’s Edge Productions]

Science Fair: The Series
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY

Evolution Earth
PBS
[Passion Planet | PBS | Arte France| Love Nature]

The Hummingbird Effect
Nature
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 | National Geographic]

Soul of the Ocean
Nature
PBS
[Howard Hall Productions | The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios |Mark Fletcher Productions]

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY

Age of Easy Money
FRONTLINE
PBS

Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul
Netflix

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
FRONTLINE
PBS

Nothing Lasts Forever
Showtime
[Kilo Films]

Working: What We Do All Day
Netflix
[ Higher Ground | Concordia Studio]

OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY

Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert
Peacock
[Lusid Media]

Chowchilla
CNN Films | Max
[Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company]

El Equipo
Independent Lens
PBS
[Quiet Pictures LLC]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
HBO | Max
[HBO Documentary Films | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn
Apple TV+

OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Paramount+

Deciding Vote
The New Yorker Documentary
The New Yorker

Last Song From Kabul
Paramount+

The Silent Witness
lifestories.org/films-series/the-silent-witness

The Takeover
Field of Vision

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
FRONTLINE
PBS

Free Chol Soo Lee
Independent Lens
PBS

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
freedomonfire.film
[Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX | 1+1 MEDIA |Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]

Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family’s Secrets
HBO | Max

Hidden Letters
Independent Lens
PBS
[ITVS]

January 6th
Discovery+
[discovery+ | Propagate]

Lakota Nation vs. United States
AMC+
[Unceded Films, LLC | IFC Films]

Mourning In Lod
Showtime
[MTV Documentary Films | Medalia Productions]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
HBO | Max
[HBO Documentary Films | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

The Stroll
HBO | Max
[HBO Documentary Films]

OUTSTANDING NEWS PROGRAM IN SPANISH

Al Punto
Univision

Aquí y Ahora
Univision

Despierta America
Univision

Noticias Telemundo
Telemundo

Noticiero Univision
Univision

OUTSTANDING JOURNALIST IN SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIA

Victor Andrade
Entravision Communications

Albert Martinez
The Weather Channel en Español

Jorge Ramos
Univision

Pedro Ultreras
Univision

Julio Vaqueiro
Telemundo

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN SPANISH

Acapulco Devastado por Otis
Noticiero Univision
Univision

Acuérdate de Acapulco
Aquí y Ahora
Univision

Guerra en tierra Santa
Aquí y Ahora
Univision

Guerra Israel-Hamás
Noticiero Univision
Univision

Huracan Otis – Furia Repentina
Noticias Telemundo
Telemundo

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE IN SPANISH

Las Armas de Ovidio
N+ FOCUS
VIX | TelevisaUnivision

Fentanilo llega a la escuela
Aquí y Ahora
Univision

Decisiones: Datos y Cambio Climático
The Weather Channel en Español

Executions in Tamaulipas
Noticiero Univision
Univision

Si no pagas, no pasas
N+ FOCUS
VIX | TelevisaUnivision

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN SPANISH

Los buscadores de migrantes perdidos en el desierto de Sonora
BBC News Mundo

The Confession
Fault Lines
Al Jazeera

No me olvides: el creciente drama del alzhéimer en la comunidad hispana
Univision News Digital
Univision

Río de Armas, Dinero y Muerte
En Punto
VIX

Victoria
Op-Docs
The New York Times

OUTSTANDING WRITING: NEWS

After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | Futuro Investigates | The Texas Tribune]

This Ancient Atrocity
60 Minutes
CBS

Clarissa Ward’s Exclusive Report From Inside Gaza
CNN

It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde
20/20
ABC

The Trek: A Migrant’s Trail to America
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: NEWS

Adrift: An AP Investigation
The Associated Press
apnews.com

Failure at the Fence
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | The Washington Post]

Fentanyl: The Silent Toll
Scripps News

Inside the Uvalde Response
FRONTLINE
PBS
[ProPublica | FRONTLINE | The Texas Tribune]

The Looting of Cambodia
60 Minutes
CBS

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS

Black in Vegas
ABC News Soul of a Nation
ABC

The Freedom to Exist
ABC News Soul of a Nation
ABC

Ghost Guns
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

GMA’s Maui Strong
08/17/2023 Good Morning America
ABC News

TODAY: October 9th, 2023
TODAY
NBC

OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM

Exclusive: Inside a Ukrainian Battlefield Hospital
The New York Times

Ghost Guns
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

MDMA
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Terrorist Oil
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

The Trek: A Migrant’s Trail to America
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS

Failure at the Fence
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | The Washington Post]

Ghost Guns
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | The Associated Press]

It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde
20/20
ABC

MDMA
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN: NEWS

50 Years Fly: The Rise, Fall and Revolution of Hip-Hop Fashion
NBC News Digital
NBC

A Soldier’s Struggle with PTSD
CNN

Meet the Press
NBC

Stay Tuned
NBC News Digital
NBC

Texas Tornado Virtual Explainer
HoyDía
Telemundo

The Night Doctrine
ProPublica and The New Yorker

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: NEWS

CNN News Central
CNN

The Discord Leaks
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | The Washington Post]

The Night Doctrine
ProPublica and The New Yorker

OUTSTANDING SOUND: NEWS

Black Market Babies
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

Black Market Organs
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

MDMA
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

The Trek: A Migrant’s Trail to America
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
CNN

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS

The 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
CNN

Ghost Guns
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

MDMA
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
National Geographic
[Muck Media]

The Playlist
ABC News Live
ABC

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: NEWS

The 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
CNN

Hip Hip @50: Rhythms, Rhymes with & Reflection
Soul of a Nation
ABC

OUTSTANDING WRITING: DOCUMENTARY

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
[Steve Rotfeld Productions]

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
FRONTLINE
PBS

The Pigeon Tunnel
Apple TV+

OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: DOCUMENTARY

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | Forbidden Film | the Forbidden Stories consortium]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films | National Geographic]

Take Care of Maya
Netflix
[Story Syndicate | Wise Fool]

The Lady Bird Diaries
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | Trilogy Films]

Victim/Suspect
Netflix
[Motto Pictures | Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY

Another Body
anotherbodyfilm.com
[WILLA | Murmuration Productions | Remarkably Calm Productions]

Lakota Nation vs. United States
AMC+
[Unceded Films, LLC, | IFC Films]

The Mission
National Geographic
[National Geographic | Lightbox | Mile End Films]

Take Care of Maya
Netflix
[Story Syndicate | Wise Fool]

Victim/Suspect
Netflix
[Motto Pictures | Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY

Incredible Animal Journeys
National Geographic
[Plimsoll Productions]

The Lost Pyramid
Unknown
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]

Swift Justice
The New Yorker Documentary
The New Yorker

OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY

American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Netflix

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
HBO | Max

Little Richard: I Am Everything
CNN Films | Max
[Bungalow Media + Entertainment]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
HBO | Max
[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: DOCUMENTARY

Ancient Earth
NOVA
PBS
[BBC Studios | NOVA | WGBH]

Neighbour Abdi
Op-Docs
The New York Times

Nixon’s Reversal
Ovid
[Hi-Lo | Lost Nation Pictures]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: DOCUMENTARY

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
HBO | Max

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
freedomonfire.film
[Miraflores Films, Winter on Fire, MakeMake Entertainment, PFX, 1+1MEDIA, Diamond Docs, Donbas Frontliner, Donetsk Institute of Information]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films]

Navajo Police: Class 57
HBO | Max
[Concordia Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY

Big Beasts
Apple TV+
[Plimsoll Productions in association with Apple]

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
freedomonfire.film
[Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX |1+1 MEDIA |Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]

Incredible Animal Journeys
National Geographic
[Plimsoll Productions]

The Legacy of J. Dilla
The New York Times Presents
FX
[The New York Times | Left/Right (a North Road company)]

The Lost Pyramid
Unknown
Netflix
[Story Syndicate]

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY

Homicide Hunter: The Man With No Face
ID: Investigation
Discovery
[Jupiter Entertainment]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
MSNBC Films
MSNBC
[NBC News Studios]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]

Wild Crime: Blood Mountain
Hulu
[Lone Wolf Media, ABC News Studios]

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY

Burden of Proof
HBO | Max

Chowchilla
CNN Films | Max
[Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company]

The Enfield Poltergeist
Apple TV+
[MetFilm | Concordia Studio | Apple]

MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street
Netflix
[RadicalMedia]

Stan Lee
Disney +
[Marvel Studios]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE: NEWS

CNN’s Fourth in America
CNN

Earthquake in Turkey
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
ABC

FloodFX – Florida Storms (Idalia)
Tracking Idalia
The Weather Channel

OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: NEWS

60 Minutes: “It’s Time for…”
60 Minutes
CBS

ABC News – After The Blast: The Will to Survive
ABC

Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview–A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph
ABC

Moderator
CBS News Face the Nation
CBS

Power
The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell
CBS

OUTSTANDING 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
[National Geographic | Lightbox | Mile End Films]

Teaser: Free Chol Soo Lee on Independent Lens
Independent Lens
PBS
[ITVS]

Trailer: The Lady Bird Diaries
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | Jump Cut]

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