The 33rd News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on October 1, 2012, at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. They honored the best in American news and documentary programming in 2011. Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary. In attendance were over 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists.
Notable awards included the Lifetime Achievement Award given to news anchors Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision.
Winners
Network breakdown The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
ChannelNumber of Emmys This SeasonPBS9ABC7CBS7NBC3CNN2Discovery Channel2HBO2National Geographic Channel1CFR/MediaStorm1CNBC1Discovery Channel1The New York Times1Showtime1Science Channel1Smithsonian Channel1Time1WFAA (Dallas)1WTHR (Indianapolis)1
Breakdown by program ProgramChannelNumber of Emmy's This Season60 MinutesCBS5CBS Evening NewsCBS148 HoursCBS1Rock Center with Brian WilliamsNBC1Dateline NBCNBC1NBC News Education NationNBC1POVPBS5FrontlinePBS2Independent LensPBS1NaturePBS1ABC News Special EventsABC1Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps – A Trust BetrayedABC1New Generation Explorers CampaignNational Geographic Channel1Rising: Rebuilding Ground ZeroScience Channel1Anderson Cooper 360°CNN1Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps DownCNN1The Tillman StoryShowtime1Crisis Guide: IranCFR/MediaStorm1Human PlanetDiscovery Channel1Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero: Stories from the PileDiscovery Channel1New Generation Explorers CampaignNational Geographic Channel1HBO Documentary FilmsHBO2Touch of EvilNYTimes.com1Beyond 9/11: Portraits of ResilienceTIME.com1Decoding ImmortalitySmithsonian Channel1WFAA News 8 at 10pmWFAA (Dallas, Texas)1WTHR Eyewitness News NightbeatWTHR (Indianapolis, Indiana)1
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award Chairman's Award Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision Regularly Scheduled Newscast News Magazine Coverage of a Breaking News Story Gadhafi Speaks, ABC News Special Report/Nightline (ABC) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Crisis in Libya, ABC World News (ABC) Feature Story American Valor: The Land of the Brave, Nightline (ABC) Investigative Journalism Gunwalker: Fast and Furious, CBS Evening News (CBS) Business And Economic Reporting The Center for Public Integrity and ABC News Brian Ross Investigates: Green Energy: Contracts, Connections and the Collapse of Solyndra, Good Morning America, ABC World News & Nightline (ABC) Coverage of a Breaking News Story Revolution in Cairo, Frontline (PBS) (tie) Syria Undercover, Frontline (PBS) (tie) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Grave Injustice, 48 Hours (CBS) Feature Story Gospel for Teens, 60 Minutes (CBS) Investigative Journalism Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps—A Trust Betrayed, 20/20 (ABC) Business And Economic Reporting The Next Housing Shock, 60 Minutes (CBS) News Discussion And Analysis Bullying: It Stops Here, Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) Long Form Interview Live Coverage of a Current News Story Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps Down, CNN/CNN International (CNN) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Where Soldiers Come From, POV (PBS) Investigative Journalism Enemies of the People, POV (PBS) Informational Programming The Tillman Story, Passion Pictures (Showtime) Historical Programming Reagan, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Business And Economic Reporting Last Train Home, POV (PBS) Sandusky Speaks, Rock Center with Brian Williams (NBC) Programming Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast Arts & Culture The Woodmans, Independent Lens (PBS) Science And Technology Decoding Immortality, (Smithsonian Channel) Nature My Life as a Turkey, Nature (PBS) American Valor: The Land of the Brave, Nightline (ABC) Best Report In A News Magazine Best Documentary Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps—A Trust Betrayed, 20/20 (ABC) Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience, (TIME.com) New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Individual Achievement In A Craft: Current News Coverage Crisis Guide: Iran (CFR/MediaStorm) Documentaries Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience, (TIME.com) Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Touch of Evil (NYTimes.com) Writing Hard Times Generation ‑ Families in Cars, 60 Minutes (CBS) Research Hard Times Generation ‑ Families in Cars, 60 Minutes (CBS) Cinematography - Nature Survivors, Wild Pacific (Discovery Channel) Cinematography - News Coverage / Documentaries Human Planet (Discovery Channel) Editing 60 Minutes' Gospel for Teens (CBS) Editing–Documentary & Long Form POV: Armadillo (PBS) Graphic Design & Art Direction Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero - Stories from the Pile (Science Channel) Music & Sound HBO Documentary Films: Saving Pelican 895 (HBO) Lighting Direction & Scenic Design NBC News' Education Nation Summit (NBC) Video Journalism – News Rescue in the Mountains, Dateline NBC (NBC) Promotional Announcement Regional News Story Institutional New Generation Explorers Campaign (National Geographic Channel) Episodic Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (Science Channel) Spot News A Day of Weather, WFAA News 8 at 10pm (WFAA (Dallas, Texas)) Investigative Reporting Reality Check: Where Are The Jobs?, WTHR Eyewitness News Nightbeat (WTHR (Indianapolis, Indiana))
Nominees By station
Presenters George Stephanopoulos, anchor, Good Morning America and This Week Jeff Fager, chairman, CBS News and Executive Producer, 60 Minutes Bill Moyers, host, Moyers & Company Lara Logan, correspondent, CBS News and 60 Minutes, co-host Person to Person Fareed Zakaria, host, Fareed Zakaria GPS and Editor at Large, Time David Pogue, technical columnist, The New York Times and host, Nova ScienceNow Tamron Hall, anchor, MSNBC's NewsNation, frequent co-host, Today Marvin Scott, senior correspondent, WPIX, anchor/host of PIX News Close Up N. J. Burkett, correspondent, WABC-TV Bruce Paisner, President & CEO, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
References
External links Official Site List of Nominees