NOMINEES FOR THE 39th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED Paula S. Aspell of PBS’ NOVA to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award October 1st Award Presentation at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in NYC New York, N.Y. – July 26, 2018 – Nominations for the 39th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, October 1st, 2018, at a ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Complex at Columbus Circle in New York City. The event will be attended by more than 1,000 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. “New technologies are opening up endless new doors to knowledge, instantly delivering news and information across myriad platforms,” said Adam Sharp, interim President& CEO, NATAS. “With this trend comes the immense potential to inform and enlighten, but also to manipulate and distort. Today we honor the talented professionals who through their work and creativity defend the highest standards of broadcast journalism and documentary television, proudly providing the clarity and insight each of us needs to be an informed world citizen.” In addition to celebrating this year’s nominees in forty-nine categories, the National Academy is proud to be honoring Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Director of PBS’ NOVA, at the 39th News & Documentary Emmy Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her many years of science broadcasting excellence. The 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honors programming distributed during the calendar year 2017. The list of nominees is also available on the National Television Academy's website: www.emmyonline.tv Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution (“DMDS”) for the submission, judging and voting of all programs in the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Accounting services for the competition 1 are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP. United Airlines is the official airline of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The numerical breakdown, by media entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows: Over-the-Air, Cable, Satellite and Internet Broadcast Nominees PBS 45 Red Bull TV 2 CBS 31 Starz 2 HBO 22 The Washington Post 2 CNN 22 AL.com 1 The Center for Investigative ABC 20 1 Reporting Univision 13 Discovery Channel 1 Netflix 11 ESPN Deportes 1 The New York Times 7 Facebook Watch 1 Al Jazeera International USA 5 Fusion Media Group 1 Glamour / Condé Nast MSNBC 5 1 Entertainment Telemundo 5 Investigation Discovery 1 The Marshall Project and The BBC World News 4 1 New Yorker.com NBC 4 Retro Report/ The New Yorker 1 A&E 3 Retro Report/ Quartz 1 CNN International 3 RYOT 1 Showtime 3 Scatter 1 Vox 3 TIME 1 World 3 The Weather Channel 1 ABC News Lincoln Square The Weather Channel Digital 2 1 Productions and Netflix & Telemundo Network CNN en Español 2 National Geographic 2 Regional Nominees KNXV-TV 2 WCAU-TV 1 KARE-TV 1 WJXT-TV 1 KING-TV 1 WJZY-TV 1 KNTV-TV 1 WLS-TV 1 KTAZ-TV 1 WPLG_TV 1 KXAS-TV 1 About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 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® Award for News & Documentary, 2 Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 16,000 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 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 - NATAS on the Web: http://emmyonline.org/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/NewsEmmys Twitter – https://twitter.com/newsemmys NATAS Press Contact: Paul G. Pillitteri SVP, Communications [email protected] NATAS PR LA/Social Media Contacts: Harlan Boll [email protected] / 626-296-3757 Lisa England [email protected] 3 Category INDEX OF CATEGORIES Page # Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast 5-8 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast 8-10 Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast 12 Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast 12-13 Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast 14-15 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine 16-19 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine 19-20 Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine 21-22 Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine 22-23 Outstanding Breaking News Coverage 24-26 Outstanding News Special 26-27 Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis 28-29 Outstanding Live Interview 30-31 Outstanding Edited Interview 31-33 Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report 33-34 Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report 35-36 Outstanding Business, Consumer and Economic Report 36-37 Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary 38-39 Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary 39-40 Outstanding Social Issue Documentary 40-41 Outstanding Investigative Documentary 42-43 Outstanding Historical Documentary 43-44 Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary 44-45 Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary 46-47 Outstanding Nature Documentary 47-48 Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary 48-49 Outstanding Short Documentary 50-51 Best Story in a Newscast 51-52 Best Story in a Newsmagazine 53-54 Best Documentary 55-56 Outstanding Newscast or Newsmagazine in Spanish 56-57 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish 59-60 Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish 60-62 Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish 62-63 Outstanding New Approaches: Current News 63-64 Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary 65-67 Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture 67-69 Outstanding Writing 69 Outstanding Research 70 Outstanding Video Journalism: News 70-71 Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary 71 Outstanding Editing: News 72 Outstanding Editing: Documentary 72-73 Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction 73-74 Outstanding Music & Sound 74-75 Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design 76 Outstanding Promotional Announcement 77-80 Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot News 81-82 Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report 82-83 4 THE NOMINATIONS Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast BBC World News America BBC World News Fierce Fight for Mosul Senior Executive Producer Paul Royall Executive Producer Kate Farrell Managing Editor Jonathan Munro Head of Foreign Newsgathering Andrew Roy Middle East Bureau Chief Richard Colebourn Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen Producers Nico Hameon, Nikki Millard, Joan Soley, Cara Swift Program Producers Samantha Granville, Mat Morrison, Sarah Svoboda Correspondent Orla Guerin Middle East Correspondent Quentin Sommerville 5 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast Continued CBS News CBS Las Vegas Massacre Executive Producers Steve Capus, Ryan Kadro Senior Broadcast Producers Kimberly Godwin, Diana Miller Senior Producers Brinda Adhikari, Eric Bloom, Peter Burgess, Jerry Cipriano, Caroline Horn, Pat Milton, John Peck, Jon Tower, Adam Verdugo Supervising Producers Jonathan Blakely, Sarah Huisenga, Albert Oetgen, Sherri Sylvester, Elizabeth Turner Managing Editor Eva Nordstrom Producers Alicia Alford, Joseph Annunziato, Eugene Ansley, Amy Birnbaum, Katie Brennan, Betty Chin, Rodney Comrie, Miles Doran, Alyssa Estrada, Arden Farhi, Hannah Fraser-Chanpong, Lauren Galippo, Sean Gallitz, Cassandra Gauthier, Bob Kozberg, Jim Mietus, William Miller, Sharaf Mowjood, Gisela Perez, Alturo Rhymes, Katie Ross Dominick, Christina Ruffini, Warren Serink, Chris Spinder, Andres Triay, Luz Villarreal, Megan Walsh-Johnson, Chris Weicher, Andy Wolff, Myra Zuleta Editorial Producer Marty Lebel Coordinating Producers Larry Elardo, Ray Ortiz, Kaci Sololoff Correspondents John Blackstone, Adriana Diaz, Carter Evans, Major Garrett, Steve Hartman, Jeff Pegues, Mireya Villarreal, Jamie Yuccas Directors TJ Asprea, Randi Lennon Anchors Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Norah O'Donnell 6 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast Continued Live Coverage of Hurricane Harvey The Weather Channel Executive Producers Kash Alexander, Tracy Carmony, Keith Cromwell, Mike Jenkins, Terrance Roper Senior Producers Michelle Birnbaum, Rich Hardwick, Carrie Holt, Nikki Robinson Producers Jason Becknell, Joei Bohr, Kelly Gustafson, Ricky Irving, Matt Lally, Brooke Michael, Steve Petyerak, Trish Ragsdale, Jason Reid, Keshia Rice, Kendahl Thompson, Michael Vann, Barbara Vargas, Josh Vexler, Lisa Watkins, Christina Westbrook, Terry White, Alex Yoder, Kim Yonick, Rodney Young Sr. Director, Weather Communications Stu Ostro Director, Newsgathering Scott Thompson Director, PM Live Programming Scott Tufts Director, Weather Presentation Mike Chesterfield Meteorologists Stephanie Abrams, Jessica Arnoldy, Jillian Bohenek, Jim Cantore, Jen Carfagno, Greg Diamond, Sarah Dillingham, Dr. Rick Knabb, Kathryn Prociv, Wayne Verno, Heather Zons Hurricane Specialist Dr. Greg Postel Directors Brian Bruck, AJ Keane, Matthew Miller Assignment Editors Burke Chad, Friedman Chris, Robin Dallafior, Dina Garrett, Porter Rich, Kurtz Scott, Ryan Sloane, Elieen Winslow NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC Las Vegas Massacre Executive Producer Sam Singal Senior Broadcast Producer Jennifer B. Suozzo Senior Producers Roberto Bailey, Katie Boyle, Chris Strathmann Producers Laura Allenbaugh, John Cheang, Kimberly Cornett, Vivian Kim, Elizabeth Kuhr, Bryan Lavietes, Kathy Leverett, Kosnar Michael, Jacqueline Pou, Kristen Powers, Katherine Reimchen, Talesha Reynolds, Bita Ryan, Carl Sears, Kelly Venardos Anchor and Correspondent Lester Holt Correspondents Miguel Almaguer, Tom Costello, Joe Fryer, Stephanie Gosk, Cynthia McFadden, Pete Williams 7 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast Continued VICE News Tonight HBO Charlottesville: Race and Terror Executive Producers Madeleine Haeringer, Shane Smith, Josh Tyrangiel Senior Producers Rita Chan, Shawna Thomas Producers Josh Davis, Patricia Guerra, Tracy Jarrett Line Producer Christina Vallice Correspondent Elle Reeve Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline ABC The Rohingya Executive Producers Steven Baker, Almin Karamehmedovic, Roxanna Sherwood Senior Producer Geoff Martz Producer Christine Romo Additional Producers Brendan Cusack, Michael Darlington, Sean Keane, Anieze Osakwe, Gamay Palacios, Bill Roach, Neil Sass, Ashan Singh, Jeffrey Turboff Correspondent Bob Woodruff CBS News CBS Inside the Battle for Raqqa Executive Producers Steve Capus, Ryan Kadro Senior Broadcast Producer Diana Miller Senior Producers Heather Abbott, Pete Gow Producers Omar Abdulkader, Steve Berriman, Abdi Cadani, Lynne Edwards, Leigh Kiniry, Eleanor Touhy Correspondent Holly Williams 8 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast Continued CNN International CNN International Fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria Executive Vice President and Managing Director, CNN International Tony Maddox Senior VP, CNNI Newsgathering – TV and Digital Deborah Rayner Senior VP, CNNI Programming Mike McCarthy Senior Director of Coverage Kim Norgaard VP and Bureau Chief, CNNI London Thomas Evans VP of Programming, CNNI Meara Erdozain Directors of Coverage Nicola Goulding, Mitra Mobasherat Senior Planning Editor, Middle East Yousuf Basil Senior Planning Editors Jessica King, Leslie Perrot Executive Director, CNN International Desk Cynde Strand Executive Producer, Independent Content Waffa Munayyer Directors of Coverage, EMEA Caroline Paterson, Dan Wright Senior Producer Gena Somra Field Producers Salma Abdelaziz, Ghazi Balkiz, William Bonnett, Gabriel Chaim, Mohammed Jambaz, Brice Lainé, Clayton Nagel, Mark Phillips, Christian Streib Embedded Journalist Gabriel Chaim Correspondents Arwa Damon, Nick Paton Walsh VICE News Tonight HBO Battle for Marawi Executive Producers Madeleine Haeringer, Shane Smith, Josh Tyrangiel Senior Producer Craig Thomson Producer Adam Desiderio Correspondent Isobel Yeung 9 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast Continued VICE News Tonight HBO Libya Executive Producers Madeleine Haeringer, Shane Smith, Josh Tyrangiel Senior Producer Craig Thomson Producers Adam Desiderio, Alex Waterfield Correspondents Sebastian Walker, Isobel Yeung Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast CBS Evening News CBS On the Road with Steve Hartman: Veteran's Car, and a Son's Keepsake Executive Producer Steve Capus Senior Broadcast Producer Kimberly Godwin Producer Katie Brennan Correspondent Steve Hartman Nightline ABC Becoming Two Executive Producers Steven Baker, Roxanna Sherwood Senior Producer Geoff Martz Producers Jasmine Brown, Ashley Louszko Additional Producers Jannel Eng, Ashley Riegle, Neil Sass, Jeffrey Turboff Correspondent Linsey Davis 10