41st News and Documentary Emmy Awards

41st News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Date
  • September 21, 2020 (News Categories)
  • September 22, 2020 (Documentary Categories)
LocationVirtual
Television/radio coverage
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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]

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 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
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
Outstanding Live Interview Outstanding Edited Interview
Outstanding News Special Outstanding 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 Opinion 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
Outstanding Interview in Spanish

Documentary Programming

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
Best 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 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: News Outstanding Video Journalism: News
Outstanding Editing: News Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction Outstanding Music Composition
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design Outstanding Sound
Outstanding Writing Outstanding Research
Outstanding Promotional Announcement

Regional News

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

Multiple nominations

References

  1. ^ "Winners in television news programming for The 41st Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards announced". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. September 21, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Winners in Documentary Television Programming for the 41st Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards announced". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. September 22, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. August 6, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. August 6, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "WINNERS IN TELEVISION NEWS PROGRAMMING FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. September 21, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "WINNERS IN DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. September 22, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "Winners in Spanish-Language Programming". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.