The 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on October 1, 2013, 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 2012. 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 David Fanning, founder and executive producer of Frontline.
Winners
Network breakdown The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station. ChannelNumber of EmmysCBS12PBS9HBO6CNN3National Geographic Channel2NBC2ABC1AXS TV1BBC1Center for Investigative Reporting1Discovery Channel1History Channel1John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum1The New York Times1Science Channel1WBZ-TV (Boston)1KING-TV (Seattle)1
Breakdown by program ProgramChannelNumber of Emmys60 MinutesCBS6CBS Evening NewsCBS3CBS News Sunday MorningCBS2CBS This MorningCBS1NBC Nightly NewsNBC1NBC News: Decision 2012NBC1FrontlinePBS7American ExperiencePBS1NaturePBS1NightlineABC1HBO Documentary FilmsHBO6Space DiveNational Geographic Channel1Untamed AmericasNational Geographic Channel1Rising: Rebuilding Ground ZeroScience Channel1CNN NewsroomCNN2Anderson Cooper 360°CNN1Dan Rather ReportsAXS TV1BBC World NewsBBC1In Jennifer’s RoomCenter for Investigative Reporting1Winged PlanetDiscovery Channel1WWII From SpaceHistory Channel1Clouds over CubaJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum1Life, InterruptedNYTimes.com1Through the WormholeScience Channel1WBZ-TV NewsWBZ-TV (Boston, Massachusetts)1KING 5 NewsKING-TV (Seattle, Washington)1
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award Chairman's Award Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision David Fanning of PBS Regularly Scheduled Newscast News Magazine Coverage of a Breaking News Story The Fight For Idlib, CBS Evening News (CBS) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Inside Syria's Uprising, BBC World News (BBC) Feature Story Arctic Journey: The Unicorn of the Sea, Nightline (ABC) (tie) Glen Campbell, CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) (tie) Starting Over, CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) (tie) Investigative Journalism Exposing the Business of Congress, CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) Business And Economic Reporting Cancer Drug Shortages, CBS Evening News (CBS) Coverage of a Breaking News Story The Battle for Syria, Frontline (PBS) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Aleppo, 60 Minutes (CBS) Feature Story Joy in the Congo, 60 Minutes (CBS) Investigative Journalism Opium Brides, Frontline (PBS) Business And Economic Reporting A Hard Landing, 60 Minutes (CBS) News Discussion And Analysis Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture, Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) Long Form Interview Live Coverage of a Current News Story Election Night in America, CNN (CNN) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, Frontline (PBS) Investigative Journalism Big Sky, Big Money, Frontline/Marketplace (PBS) Informational Programming The Interrupters, Frontline (PBS) Historical Programming The Loving Story, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Business And Economic Reporting Money, Power and Wall Street, Frontline (PBS) Killing Bin Laden, 60 Minutes (CBS) Programming Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast Arts & Culture Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Science And Technology Space Dive, (National Geographic Channel) Nature An Original DUCKumentary, Nature (PBS) On The Road: The Longest Wait, CBS Evening News (CBS) (tie) Inside Syria, NBC Nightly News (NBC) (tie) Best Report In A News Magazine Best Documentary Killing Bin Laden, 60 Minutes (CBS) Saving Face, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming Individual Achievement In A Craft Current News Coverage In Jennifer's Room (Center for Investigative Reporting) Documentaries Clouds Over Cuba, (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum) Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Life, Interrupted (The New York Times) Writing Nick Paton Walsh: Reports from Syria and Afghanistan, Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) Research Vito, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) (tie) Jesse Owens, American Experience (PBS) (tie) Cinematography - Documentary & Long Form Winged Planet (Discovery Channel) Untamed Americas (National Geographic Channel) Editing Joy in the Congo, 60 Minutes (CBS) Editing–Documentary & Long Form Saving Face, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Graphic Design & Art Direction WWII From Space (History Channel) Music & Sound In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Lighting Direction & Scenic Design Election Night from Democracy Plaza, NBC News: Decision 2012 (NBC) Video Journalism – News In the Running, Dan Rather Reports (AXS TV) Promotional Announcement Regional News Story Institutional Frontline Fall Preview: How Come?, Frontline (PBS) Episodic Through the Wormhole (Science Channel) Spot News Newtown Tragedy, WBZ-TV News (WBZ-TV (Boston, Massachusetts)) Investigative Reporting Their Crime, Your Dime, KING 5 News (KING-TV (Seattle, Washington))
Presenters Ted Koppel, Special Correspondent NBC News, News Analyst NPR, and Contribution Columnist to The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal Sharyl Attkisson, Investigative Correspondent CBS News Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent CNN, host of State of the Union David Muir, Correspondent ABC News, Weekend Anchor of ABC World News, co-Anchor of 20/20 Katty Kay, Anchor of the BBC World News America Alex Wagner, Host of MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent WPIX-TV, anchor/host of PIX News Close Up N.J. Burkett, award-winning correspondent WABC-TV, President of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Bruce Paisner, President & CEO, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
References
External links Official Site List of Nominees