The 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards was presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), to honor the best in American news and documentary programming in 2021. The winners were announced on two ceremonies held at Palladium Times Square in New York City and live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and other associated apps. The winners for the news categories were announced on September 28, 2022, while the ones for the documentary categories were revealed on September 29, 2022.[1][2]
The nominees were announced on July 28, 2022, with Vice's news program VICE News Tonight and HBO's film unit HBO Documentary Films leading with 19 nominations each, while ABC was the most nominated network with 39.[3]PBS NewsHour's anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff and filmmaker and biologist Sir David Attenborough received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the news and documentary ceremonies, respectively.[4]
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on July 28, 2022.[5] The winners are listed first and in bold.[6][7]
Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report – Daniel Bateman, Adam Desiderio, Ben Foley, Gelareh Kiazand, Javier Manzano, Tarek Turkey, Joe Hill, Juan Carlos Quintero, Ben C. Solomon (Showtime)
VICE News Tonight: "Inside the Battle for Jerusalem" – Daniel Bateman, Ayman Abu Ramouz, Oren Rosenfeld, Lama Al-Arian (Vice)
Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide – Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir, Bethlehem Feleke, Eliza MacIntosh, Gianluca Mezziofiore, Katie Polglase (CNN)
Vice News: "The Shockwave" – Lama Al-Arian, Paula Neudorf, Jawad Rizkallah, Lindsay Schneider (Vice)
20/20: "Nowhere to Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story" (ABC)
TODAY: "Jenna Skydives Live with U.S. Army" – Patti Armstrong, Dave Auerbach, Billy Chin, Barry Cruz, Kim Doughery, James Dugan, Jonas Einstein, Brian Gessner, Jim Green, Cate Gropper, Erik Haas, Doug Hamilton, Kylie Haoues, Gavin Hartman, Craig Hopkins, Jim Hughes, Josh Hunter, Brian Iacone, Ryan Kiernan, Evan Klupt, Adrian Kotiga, Erica Levens, Jay Lopez, Don Lynch, Jesse Maggio, Lee McKinney, Lee Miller, Steve Mitnick, Reid Murtaugh, JP Park, Paul Rigney, Mike Ruiz, Andy Schritchfield (NBC)
48 Hours and CBS News: "The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special" (CBS)