The 46th News and Documentary Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, honored the best in American news and documentary programming in 2024. The award ceremonies took place on June 25 and 26, 2025, at Palladium Times Square in New York City. The winners of the news categories were revealed on the first night, and the winners of the documentary categories were announced on the second night. The ceremonies were live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and the Emmys app.
In January 2025, NATAS president Adam Sharp revealed that the News and Documentary Emmys would change its scheduling from late September to June, saying that moving the ceremony earlier "shines a brighter light on the timely nature of the incredible content being recognized".
The nominees were announced on May 1, 2025. National Geographic's investigative series Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller led the nominations with 29. American weather presenter Al Roker and American documentary filmmaker Jon H. Else received the Lifetime Achievement Awards, for their work in news and documentaries respectively.
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced on May 1, 2025. The winners were revealed on June 25 and 26, 2025.
Lifetime Achievement Award Al Roker (Weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author – news) Jon H. Else (Documentary filmmaker and professor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism – documentary)
Gold Circle Inductees Marc Burstein – Senior Executive Producer & Mentor, ABC News (news) Martha Teichner – Correspondent & Journalist, CBS Sunday Morning (news) Michael Kirk – Filmmaker, Frontline and Kirk Documentary Group (documentary) Gordon Quinn – Filmmaker, Kartemquin Films (documentary) Marcia Smith – Filmmaker, Firelight Media (documentary)
Silver Circle Inductees Akram Abi-Hanna – Veteran Cameraman & Photojournalist, ABC News (news) Cater Lee – Executive Management, Spectrum News and E.W. Scripps (news) Bill Owens – Executive Producer, 60 Minutes (news) Deborah Roberts – Journalist & Co-Anchor, 20/20 (news) Gemma Cubero del Barrio – Producer, Director & Writer, PBS (documentary) Aljernon Tunsil – Editor, PBS and Firelight Films (documentary)
News Programming Outstanding Live News Program Outstanding Recorded News Program ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC) CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (CBS) CBS Mornings (CBS) Good Morning America (ABC) Top Story with Tom Llamas (NBC News Now) NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC) The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Worldwide) CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) Dateline NBC (NBC News) In Real Life (Evident, Scripps News) Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic) Outstanding Breaking News Coverage Outstanding Emerging Journalist Tracking Helene: "Hurricane Helene Landfall" (The Weather Channel) "Hurricane Milton" (CNN Worldwide) ABC World News Tonight with David Muir: "Hurricane Milton State of Emergency" (ABC) "On the Brink" (PBS News Hour) "South Korea Declares Martial Law" (CNN Worldwide) "The Trump Assassination Attempt" (The New York Times) Natasha Zouves (NewsNation) Gerardo del Valle (ProPublica / The Texas Tribune / Univision) Skyler Henry (CBS) Jay O'Brien (ABC News) Katie Polglase (CNN Worldwide) Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form "Myanmar's Civil War" (BBC News) (Jonathan Head, Yogita Limaye, and Quentin Sommerville, correspondents) "Clarissa Ward: The Fall of Damascus" (CNN Worldwide) (David Culver, correspondent) "Gang-Fueled Unrest in Haiti" (CNN Worldwide) "Inside Syria: Assad Overthrown" (ABC News) (James Longman, correspondent) "Nick Paton Walsh Covers the War in Ukraine" (CNN Worldwide) 60 Minutes: "Border Coverage" (CBS News) (Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, correspondents) Nightline: "Abortion in America: Fallout from the Dobbs Decision" (ABC) (Rachel Scott and Selina Wang, correspondents) "Donie O'Sullivan: MisinfoNation Trilogy" (CNN Worldwide) "Sudan's Civil War" (PBS News Hour) (Leila Molana-Allen, correspondent) 60 Minutes: "A Week in Israel & The Pager Plot" (CBS News) (Lesley Stahl, correspondent) Outstanding Light Feature Story: Short Form Outstanding Light Feature Story: Long Form CBS Sunday Morning: "Face to Face" (CBS) (Seth Doane, correspondent) ABC News Nightline and ABC News Prime: "African Migration: The Deadly Atlantic Route" (ABC) (Ian Pannell, correspondent) CBS Sunday Morning: "Empty Rooms" (CBS) (Steve Hartman, correspondent) "How Tyson Captured All The Pork You Eat (And Made Billions)" (More Perfect Union) (Chai Dingari, director) ABC World News Tonight with David Muir: "Return to Normandy" (ABC) (David Muir, anchor) "The Man Who Feeds Gaza's Children" (Business Insider) (Reem Makhoul, producer) 60 Minutes: "Bhutan" (CBS News) (Lesley Stahl, correspondent) 60 Minutes: "The Cap Arcona" (CBS News) (Bill Whitaker, correspondent) ABC News Live and Global Conservation: "Last Lands: Central Africa" (ABC) (Bob Woodruff, correspondent) In the Shadows with Jason Bellini: "The Moses Videos" (Scripps News) (Jason Bellini, correspondent) The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "The Playing Field" (CNN Worldwide) (Adrienne Magun and Alice Yu, producers) Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form "She Survived an Airstrike that Killed Her Entire Family in Gaza" (The New York Times) (Mona El-Naggar, reporter) BBC World News America: "Haiti: Inside the City Ruled by Over 100 Gangs" (BBC News) (Nawal Al-Maghafi, correspondent) "How Indiscriminate Israeli Fire Killed Half a Family in Gaza" (CNN Worldwide) (Jomana Karadsheh, correspondent) "A Mother's Tragic Tale from War-Torn Gaza" (CNN Worldwide) (Jeremy Diamond, correspondent) Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien: "Nowhere to Call Home: The Working Homeless" (Hearst Television) (Jessica Gomez, correspondent) "Sde Teiman: Israeli Whistleblowers Detail Abuse" (CNN Worldwide) (Matthew Chance, correspondent) "The Walking Route" (CNN Worldwide) (David Culver, correspondent) Fault Lines: "Children of the Darien Gap" (Al Jazeera International USA) (John Holman, correspondent) Fault Lines: "All That Remains" (Al Jazeera International USA) (Rhana Natour, director) Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller: "Caught in a Coup" (National Geographic) (Robert Muraskin, director) In Real Life: "A Hidden War" (Evident, Scripps News) (Sebastian Walker, correspondent) "On the Front Lines of Sudan's Forgotten War" (The Wall Street Journal) (Ben C. Solomon, correspondent) Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short Form Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form "Europe's Migration Crisis" (BBC News) (Andrew Harding, Yogita Limaye, and Jess Parker, correspondents) NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: "Dealing the Dead" (NBC News) (Liz Kreutz, correspondent) "Grandmother Shot and Killed Fleeing Gaza" (CNN Worldwide) (Clarissa Ward, correspondent) "Hospitals in Peril, The Looting of Steward Health Care" (CBS News) (Jonathan LaPook, correspondent) Scripps News Investigates: "Maine Shooting: Missed Warnings" (Scripps News) (Lori Jane Gliha, correspondent) 60 Minutes: "Targeting Americans" (CBS) (Scott Pelley, correspondent) "Baby Heaven: The Buried Stories of Camp Lejeune" (NBC News NOW) (Cynthia McFadden, correspondent) Frontline: "Documenting Police Use of Force" (PBS) (Martha Bellisle, Ryan J. Foley, Kristin M. Hall, Aaron Morrison, and Mitch Weiss, correspondents) Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller: "The Drug Mule Scam" (National Geographic) "How 'Trophy' Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan" (The New York Times) (Aaron Byrd, Christoph Koettl, Sanjana Varghese, and Declan Walsh, producers) Scripps News Investigates: "Missed Warnings" (Scripps News) (Lori Jane Gliha, correspondent) Outstanding Live News Special Outstanding Recorded News Special "2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA" (NASA+) (Tahira Allen, Megan Cruz, Gina DiBraccio, and Sarah Noble, anchors) "CNN Presidential Town Hall with Vice President Kamala Harris" (CNN Worldwide) (Anderson Cooper, anchor) "Decision 2024: Election Night" (NBC News) (Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Hallie Jackson, Tom Llamas, Craig Melvin, Kate Snow, and Kristen Welker, anchors) "Special Report: Assassination Attempt" (NBC News) (Hallie Jackson and Tom Llamas, anchors) "Total Eclipse of the Heartland" (CBS) (Tony Dokoupil, William Harwood, Kristine Johnson, Norah O'Donnell, Marie Saavedra, anchors) "Your Voice Your Vote: The 2024 Election" (ABC News) (Linsey Davis and David Muir, anchors) 20/20: "Jimmy Carter: A Full Life" (ABC) (Steve Osunsami, Byron Pitts, and Deborah Roberts, correspondents) ABC News Live: "Exodus: Global Migration" (ABC) (Britt Clennett, Ian Pannell, Matt Rivers, and Mireya Villarreal, correspondents) NewsNation Prime: "Growing Broke: Forever Chemicals in America's Heartland" (NewsNation) (Ryan Kerr and Natasha Zouves, producers) The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: "Hostages: The Road Home" (CNN Worldwide) (Bianna Golodryga, correspondent) VICE Special Report: "Surviving Nova" (VICE News) (Gilad Thaler, director) Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis: Editorial and Opinion "America First: A Fareed Zakaria Special" (CNN Worldwide) "Elliott County Voted for Democrats For 144 Years. Then Came Trump..." (More Perfect Union) (Josh Hirschfield-Kroen and John Russell, producers "American Autocracy: It Could Happen Here" (MSNBC) (Vaughn Hillyard, correspondent) In Real Life: "Independent America" (Evident, Scripps News) (Gianna Toboni, correspondent) Face the Nation: "Israel-Hamas War" (CBS) (Mark Strassmann and Imtiaz Tyab, correspondents) The New York Times Opinion: "Two Weeks Inside Gaza's Ruined Hospitals" (The New York Times) (Alexander Stockton and Amanda Su, producers) "Deadlock: An Election Story" (PBS) (Mark Mannucci, director) The New York Times Opinion: "Grab Your Calculators. We’re Going to Jail." (The New York Times) (Jonah Kessel and Kirk Semple, producers) The New York Times Opinion: "How Tennessee Keeps Nearly Half a Million People From Voting" (The New York Times) (Emily Holzknecht, producer) The New York Times Opinion: "I Put Him on Death Row. He Shouldn't Die." (The New York Times) (Kirk Semple and Adam Westbrook, producers) Outstanding Live Interview: Short Form Outstanding Live Interview: Long Form Amanpour: "Interview with Jake Larson" (CNN Worldwide) (Christiane Amanpour, anchor) "Breaking News: The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump" (BBC News) (Gary O'Donoghue, correspondent) Newsroom with Pamela Brown: "Interview with Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters" (CNN Worldwide) (Pamela Brown, anchor) NewsNight with Abby Phillip: "Interview with the Parents of Breonna Moffett" (CNN Worldwide) (Abby Phillip, anchor) Anderson Cooper 360°: "Interview with Vice President Kamala Harris" (CNN Worldwide) (Anderson Cooper, anchor) NBC News Specials and NBC Nightly News: "President Biden Exclusive" (NBC News) (Lester Holt, anchor) State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: "Interview with JD Vance" (CNN Worldwide) (Dana Bash, anchor) Anderson Cooper 360°: "Interview with the Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin" (CNN Worldwide) (Anderson Cooper, anchor) The Beat with Ari Melber: "Interview with Trump Advisor Stephen Miller" (MSNBC) (Ari Melber, anchor) Good Morning America and This Week with George Stephanopoulos: "One on One with President Biden" (ABC News) (George Stephanopoulos, anchor) Outstanding Edited Interview Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage 60 Minutes: "Pope Francis" (CBS News) (Norah O'Donnell, correspondent) NBC News: "Celine's Story: An NBC News Special with Hoda Kotb" (NBC News / Dateline) (Hoda Kotb, correspondent)