40th News and Documentary Emmy Awards
The 40th 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 2018. The ceremony took place on September 24, 2019, at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York , United States .[ 1] The nominations were announced on July 25, 2019, with CBS 's news magazine 60 Minutes leading the nominations with 23 and PBS being the most nominated network with 47 nominations.[ 2]
NBC News 's chief foreign affairs correspondent and MSNBC 's Andrea Mitchell Reports host Andrea Mitchell received the Lifetime Achievement Award for "her groundbreaking 50-year career covering domestic and international affairs.".[ 3]
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on July 25, 2019.[ 4]
Lifetime Achievement Award
News Programming
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast
Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast
Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine
PBS NewsHour : "Rape, Harassment and Retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service: Women Firefighters Tell Their Stories" (PBS )
AC360 : "Undercover with Nigeria’s Pushermen" (CNN )
CBS News : "Healthcare Fraud in America" (CBS )
CBS News : "Child Labor in the DRC" (CBS )
Connect the World with Becky Anderson : "Yemen Air Strikes: Made in America" (CNN International )
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast
Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
Outstanding News Special
Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis
Outstanding Live Interview
Outstanding Edited Interview
Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report
Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report
Programming in Spanish
Outstanding Newscast or Newsmagazine in Spanish
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
Documentary Programming
Best Documentary
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 Short Documentary
Craft
Best Story in a Newscast
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding New Approaches: Current News
Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary
Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture
Outstanding Research
Outstanding Editing: News
Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Outstanding Video Journalism: News
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
VICE News Tonight : "The Killing Rooms of Mosul" – Singeli Agnew, Adam Desiderio, Ayar Mohammed Rasoo & Mohamed Abu Nahel (HBO )
60 Minutes : "Fly Like an Eagle" – Chris Everson, Guy Hernandez & Ian Robbie (CBS )
Dateline NBC : "City of Angels" – Sam Painter, John DeTarsio, Blake Hottle, Brad Serreno, Sal Malguanera & Rich White, Terrell Tangonan (NBC )
VICE News Tonight : "Gaza: A Day of Reckoning" – Singeli Agnew (HBO )
VICE News Tonight : "Walking to America" – Roberto Daza, Jika González & Karl Mollohan (HBO )
Independent Lens : "Wildland" – Ryan Heffernan, Kahlil Hudson, Alex Jablonski & Grayson Schaffer (PBS )
700 Sharks – Yanick Gentil, Jean-Christophe Granjon, Antonin Guilbert, Yann Hubert, Kevin Peyrusse, Thibault Rauby & Roberto Rinaldi (Nat Geo Wild )
Bayonet Media : "Pressing on: The Letterpress Film" – Joseph Vella (VOD)
The Flood – Mike Amos, Brad Bestelink, Alex Cooke, Wim Forster & Richard Uren (National Geographic )
The Wild Andes : "Patagonia Untamed" – Christian Baumeister, Christian Muñoz Donoso, Christiaan Muñoz Salas & Moris Muñoz Salas (Smithsonian Channel )
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction
Outstanding Music and Sound
HBO Documentary Films : "Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram" – Andrew Phillips (HBO )
Independent Lens : "Downlands" – Jennifer Kreisberg, Philip Mann & Christopher D. Anderson (PBS )
Native America – Ed Tomney, Geof Thurber & Greg McCleary (PBS )
Nature : "Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner" – Kate Hopkins, Graham Wild, Bleeding Fingers , Monica Sonand, Russell Emanuel & Ed Campbell (PBS )
The Wild Ones : "Extreme Survival" – Oliver Heuss, Kathleen Brenner, Carmen López Carreño & Alexander Weuffen (Smithsonian Channel )
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
Outstanding Writing
God Knows Where I Am – Brian Ariotti, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider & Gerardo Puglia (PBS )
A Crime to Remember : "The Bad Old Days" – Alex Peterson & Deana Sidney (Investigation Discovery )
CNN Original Series : "Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History" – Joshua Liberman, Kristian Dane Lawing, Jon Chaifetz, Beau Kegler & Matthew Joffe (CNN )
President George HW Bush Funeral Live – Steven Brill, Greg Addison & Monica Rose (ABC )
The Van Jones Show – Steven Brill, Robert Hunter, Renee Cullen, Niel Galen, Dan Rousseau, Brett Kelly, Guy Pepper & Jeff Young (CNN )
60 Minutes : "War Crime" – Written by Katie Kerbstat, Scott Pelley & Nicole Young (CBS )
FRONTLINE : "Documenting Hate" – Written by Richard Rowley (PBS )
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media – Written by Phil Bertelsen, Rachel Dretzin & Andrew Lack (NBC )
NOVΛ : "Black Hope Apocalypse" – Written by Rushmore DeNooyer (PBS )
CBS Sunday Morning : "At Risk" – Written by Sari Aviv & Erin Moriarty (CBS )
The New York Times Opinion : "Operation InfeKtion, Russian Disinformation from Cold War to Kanye" – Written by Andrew Blackwell, Adam B. Ellick & Adam Westbrook (The New York Times )
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Regional News
Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
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