The 32nd News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on September 26, 2011, 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 2010. 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 television and radio host Larry King.
Winners
Network breakdown The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
ChannelNumber of Emmys This SeasonCBS10National Geographic Channel7PBS6Discovery Channel3CNN2NBC2The New York Times2HBO1BBC America1CNBC1HDNet1Los Angeles Times1MSNBC1NPR1Smithsonian Channel1KMGH (Denver)1WMAQ (Chicago)1
Breakdown by program ProgramChannelNumber of Emmy's This Season60 MinutesCBS7CBS Evening NewsCBS2CBS News Sunday MorningCBS1National Geographic ExplorerNational Geographic Channel2Great MigrationsNational Geographic Channel2Restrepo: Afghan OutpostNational Geographic Channel2Witness: KatrinaNational Geographic Channel1POVPBS4FrontlinePBS2Independent LensPBS1Frontline Fall Image CampaignPBS1First Life with David AttenboroughDiscovery Channel3Anderson Cooper 360°CNN2NBC Nightly NewsNBC1Dateline NBCNBC1The New York TimesThe New York Times1The New York Times Magazine Online]The New York Times1BBC America World NewsBBC America1CNBC Original: Trash Inc.CNBC1HBO Documentary FilmsHBO1Dan Rather ReportsHDNet1Caught in the Crossfire: Victims of Gang ViolenceLos Angeles Times1The Rachel Maddow ShowMSNBC1NPR Music Presents Project SongNPR1Hindenburg: The Untold StorySmithsonian Channel17NewsKMGH (Denver, Colorado)110PM Spot NewsWMAQ (Chicago, Illinois)1
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award Chairman's Award Larry King Regularly Scheduled Newscast News Magazine Coverage of a Breaking News Story Haiti in Ruins, Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Afghan Bomb Squad, CBS Evening News (CBS) Feature Story Inside the North Korean Bubble, BBC World News America (BBC America) Investigative Journalism Photocopiers Hidden Dangers, CBS Evening News (CBS) Business And Economic Reporting Paving the Way, CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) Coverage of a Breaking News Story The Blowout, 60 Minutes (CBS) Continuing Coverage of a News Story America Now: Friends and Neighbors, Dateline NBC (NBC) Feature Story Football Island, 60 Minutes (CBS) Investigative Journalism 21st Century Snake Oil, 60 Minutes (CBS) Business And Economic Reporting The Mysterious Case of Kevin Xu, Dan Rather Reports (HDNet) News Discussion And Analysis Good Morning, Landlocked Central Asia, The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) Long Form Interview Live Coverage of a Current News Story Crisis in Haiti, Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) Continuing Coverage of a News Story ''Restrepo: Afghan Outpost (National Geographic Channel) Investigative Journalism Presumed Guilty, POV (PBS) Informational Programming Food Inc, POV (PBS) Historical Programming Witness: Katrina (National Geographic Channel) Business And Economic Reporting Good Fortune, POV (PBS) Medal of Honor, 60 Minutes (CBS) Programming Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast Arts & Culture Art & Copy, Independent Lens (PBS) Science And Technology Google Baby , HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Nature First Life with David Attenborough, (Discovery Channel) Mexico: The War Next Door, NBC Nightly News (NBC) Best Report In A News Magazine Best Documentary The Blowout, 60 Minutes (CBS) (tie) The Lost Children of Haiti, 60 Minutes (CBS) (tie) Food, Inc., POV (PBS) New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Individual Achievement In A Craft: Current News Coverage A Year At War (The New York Times) Documentaries Caught in the Crossfire: Victims of Gang Violence, (Los Angeles Times) Arts, Lifestyle & Culture 14 Actors Acting New York Times Magazine Online (The New York Times) (tie) Moby NPR Music Presents Project Song (NPR) (tie) Writing First Life with David Attenborough, (Discovery Channel) Research Can the Gulf Survive?, National Geographic Explorer (National Geographic Channel) Cinematography - Nature Great Migrations, (National Geographic Channel) Cinematography - News Coverage / Documentaries Lost Mummies of New Guinea, National Geographic Explorer (National Geographic Channel) Editing Restrepo: Afghan Outpost, (National Geographic Channel) Quick Turnaround Haiti, 60 Minutes (CBS) Graphic Design & Art Direction First Life with David Attenborough, (Discovery Channel) Music & Sound Great Migrations, (National Geographic Channel) Lighting Direction & Scenic Design Hindenburg: The Untold Story, (Smithsonian Channel) Promotional Announcement Regional News Story Institutional Frontline Fall Image Campaign (PBS) Episodic Garbage Ballet CNBC Original: Trash Inc. (CNBC) Spot News Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal, 10PM Spot News (WMAQ (Chicago, Illinois)) Investigative Reporting 33 Minutes to 34 Right, 7News (KMGH (Denver, Colorado))
Nominees By station
Presenters Scott Pelley, anchor and managing editor, CBS News and correspondent, 60 Minutes Brian Ross, chief investigative correspondent, ABC News Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor, Washington Week and senior correspondent, The PBS NewsHour Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent, CNN Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films Lawrence O'Donnell, host, MSNBC's The Last Word Bill Small, past chairman, News & Documentary Emmy Awards Bruce Paisner, President & CEO, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
References
External links Official Site List of Nominees