41st News and Documentary Emmy Awards

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41st News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Date
  • September 21, 2020 (News Categories)
  • September 22, 2020 (Documentary Categories)
LocationVirtual
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The 41st News & Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honoring the best in American news and documentary programming in 2019. The winners were announced on two ceremonies via live-stream at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and other apps associated, the winners for the News categories were announced on September 21, 2020, [1] while the ones for the Documentary categories were revealed on September 22, 2020. [2]

Contents

The nominees were announced on August 6, 2020 for both the News and the Documentary categories. [3]

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on August 6, 2020. [4] Winners in each category are listed first, in boldface. [5] [6] [7]

News programming

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a NewscastOutstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a NewscastOutstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Feature Story in a NewscastOutstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Investigative Report in a NewscastOutstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a NewscastOutstanding Breaking News Coverage
Outstanding Live InterviewOutstanding Edited Interview
Outstanding News SpecialOutstanding News Discussion and Analysis
  • CBS Sunday Morning ("A Sunday Morning in Florence") (CBS)
    • 20/20 ("Screen Time") (ABC)
    • CNN Special Report ("Abuse and Scandal in the Catholic Church: The Case of the Predator Priest") (CNN)
    • CNN Special Report ("The Fall: The Final Days of the Caliphate") (CNN)
    • Justice For All Town Hall (MSNBC)
Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and OpinionOutstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment ReportOutstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report

Programming in Spanish

Outstanding Newscast or Newsmagazine in SpanishOutstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in SpanishOutstanding Feature Story in Spanish
Outstanding Interview in Spanish

Documentary Programming

Outstanding Current Affairs DocumentaryOutstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Outstanding Social Issue DocumentaryOutstanding Investigative Documentary
Outstanding Historical DocumentaryOutstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
Outstanding Science and Technology DocumentaryOutstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryOutstanding Short Documentary
Best Documentary

Craft

Best Story in a NewscastBest Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding New Approaches: Current NewsOutstanding New Approaches: Documentary
Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and CultureOutstanding Cinematography: Documentary
  • Epic Yellowstone – Dawson Dunning, Jeff Reed, Rick Smith, Thomas Winston (Smithsonian Channel)
    • Ghost Fleet – Basil Childers, Lucas Gath, Jeffrey Waldron, Alejandro Wilkins (VOD)
    • Nature ("Okavango: River of Dreams - Paradise") – Dereck Joubert, Taylor Turner, Casey Anderson, Luke Barnett, James Boon, Nel Boshoff, Grant Brokensha, Luke Cormack (PBS)
    • Nature ("The Serengeti Rules") – Tim Cragg (PBS)
    • POV ("306 Hollywood") – Elan Bogarín, Jonathan Bogarín, Alejandro Mejía (PBS)
Outstanding Direction: NewsOutstanding Video Journalism: News
Outstanding Editing: NewsOutstanding Editing: Documentary
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art DirectionOutstanding Music Composition
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic DesignOutstanding Sound
Outstanding WritingOutstanding Research
Outstanding Promotional Announcement

Regional News

Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking NewsOutstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report

Multiple nominations

Shows that received multiple nominations
NominationsProgramNetwork
16 VICE News Tonight HBO
15 FRONTLINE PBS
11 60 Minutes CBS
9 The Weekly FX Networks
8 Independent Lens PBS
POV
7 PBS NewsHour PBS
6 Aquí y Ahora Univision
Fault Lines Al Jazeera International USA
5 Today NBC
All In with Chris Hayes MSNBC
4 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN
CBS Sunday Morning CBS
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir ABC
Nightline
3 Nature PBS
NOVA
CNN Special Report CNN
Al Punto Univision
Univision News Digital
Dancing with the Birds Netflix
Dateline NBC NBC
16 Shots Showtime
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am VOD
Dynasties BBC America
2 College Behind Bars PBS
AC360 CNN
Amanpour
CNN Digital
The Lead with Jake Tapper
The Movies
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal HBO
Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Noticiero Univision Univision
Real America with Jorge Ramos
Fire in Paradise Netflix
Revenge of the Bacteria: Why We’re Losing the War The New York Times
The Russia Tapes: Health Care and Civilians
Meet the Press NBC
ABC News ABC
XY Chelsea Showtime
America's Hidden Stories Smithsonian Channel
Under the Wire Starz
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) A&E
Untouchable Hulu
Vice News Vice TV
Nominations by Network
NominationsNetwork
48 PBS
30 CNN
27 HBO
18 Univision
17 CBS
15 Netflix
14 The New York Times
12 NBC
9 ABC
FX Networks
6 Al Jazeera International USA
5 MSNBC
National Geographic
Showtime
Smithsonian Channel
Telemundo
VOD
4 Starz
3 BBC America
CNN en Español
2 A&E
Hulu
Vice TV
Vox
The Wall Street Journal

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