41st News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Awards for American news and documentary programming in 2019
41st News & Documentary Emmy Awards Date September 21, 2020 (News Categories) September 22, 2020 (Documentary Categories) Location Virtual Network Watch.TheEmmys.TV
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
Today ("‘Zone Rouge’: An Army of Children Toils in African Mines") (NBC )
Outstanding Live Interview
Outstanding Edited Interview
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (Netflix )
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 )
Black Women OWN the Conversation ("Motherhood") (OWN )
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
Los niños perdidos de Guatemala (Lost Children of Guatemala) (Telemundo )
CNN Digital ("No Olvidado: Death and dignity on the US border") (CNN )
Outstanding Interview in Spanish
Documentary Programming
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fightfor Equality (HBO )
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
Awavena (VR on Demand—Viveport)
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
Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops – Toby Shimin (HBO )
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction
Outstanding Music Composition
CNN Digital ("Style Origins") (CNN )
POV ("306 Hollywood") – Troy Herion (PBS )
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
Outstanding Sound
Fire in Paradise – Lawrence Everson, Cindy Takehara Ferruccio, Bob Edwards, Matt Rigby (Netflix )
College Behind Bars – Josh Berger, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Mariusz Glabinski (PBS )
Dynasties – Angela Groves, Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens, Chris Domaille, Graham Wild, Dan Brown (BBC America )
POV ("Grit") – Sasha Friedlander, Cynthia Wade , Mike Frank, Gede Sinu Pradnyana (PBS )
The Legend of Cocaine Island – Bryan Storkel, Lawrence Everson (Netflix )
XY Chelsea – Joe Fletcher, Tim Travers Hawkins, Karl Mainzer (Showtime )
Outstanding Writing
Outstanding Research
60 Minutes ("Nadia") – Written by Rachael Morehouse, Scott Pelley (CBS )
VICE News Tonight ("They Come For Us At Night: China's Vanishing Muslims") – Nicole Bozorgmir, Carina Wong, Isobel Yeung, Titi Yu (HBO )
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Regional News
Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
Multiple nominations
References
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS" . National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences . August 6, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Winners in Spanish-Language Programming" . National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences . November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021 .
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