43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards

{{Short description|Awards for American news and documentary programming in 2021}}

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| name = 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards

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| date = {{unbulleted list

| September 28, 2022 (News Categories)

| September 29, 2022 (Documentary Categories)

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| location = Palladium Times Square, New York City

| presenter = National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

| most_awards = Frontline (4)

| most_nominations = VICE News Tonight and HBO Documentary Films (19)

| network = Watch.TheEmmys.TV

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| previous = 42nd

| next = 44th

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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.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/abc-vice-2022-news-emmy-award-winners-1235387811/|title=ABC, Vice Lead 2022 News Emmy Award Winners|publisher=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/documentary-emmys-winners-2022-list-1235229677/|title=‘The Rescue,’ ‘The First Wave’ Among Top Documentary Emmy Winners|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Christy|last=Peña|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/43rd-annual-news-and-documentary-emmy-nominations-1235079421/|title=News And Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Announced For 43rd Edition|website=Deadline|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=July 28, 2022|accessdate=July 30, 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/national-academy-of-tv-arts-sciences-announces-2022-news-documentary-emmy-nominees-1235188293/|title=2022 News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Beatrice|last=Verhoeven|date=July 28, 2022|accessdate=July 30, 2022}}

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on July 28, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/news-43rd-nominations.pdf|title=NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 43RD ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS|website=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=July 28, 2022|accessdate=July 30, 2022}} The winners are listed first and in bold.{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/43rd-Annual-News-and-Doc-9-28-22-rev-3.pdf|title=WINNERS FOR THE NEWS CATEGORIES OF THE 43rd ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED|website=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/43rd-Annual-Documentaries-Winners-9-29-22.pdf|title=WINNERS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES OF THE 43rd ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED|website=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022}}

=Lifetime Achievement Award=

=News Programming=

class=wikitable
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Live News Program

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Recorded News Program

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style="width:50%"| Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage

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  • Vice News: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSRCPiklhI Inside the Battle for Jerusalem]" (Vice)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-interview-60-minutes-2021-01-10/ January 6th]" (reported by Lesley Stahl) (CBS)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/kentucky-december-10-11-tornado-outbreak-60-minutes-video-2021-12-19/ The Beast] 30." (CBS)
  • [https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-from-inside-the-capitol-siege A Reporter's Video from Inside the Capitol Siege] (by Luke Mogelson) (The New Yorker)
  • ABC News Originals for Hulu: "[https://www.hulu.com/series/24-hours-assault-on-the-capitol-46663918-924b-41a0-a2ac-e60d8097de9b 24 Hours: Assault on the Capitol]" (Hulu)
  • ABC World News Tonight with David Muir: "The Insurrection" (ABC)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form

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style="width:50%"| Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form

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  • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "[https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/black-mcgruders-trace-lineage-back-slave-alabama-76353893 Miss Lucille]" (ABC)
  • CNN Digital: "[https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/07/sport/athletics-testosterone-rules-negesa-imali-running-as-equals-dsd-spt-intl-cmd/ Running as Equals]" (CNN)
  • CNN Heroes: "[https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/us/los-angeles-covid-beauty-wellness-homeless-cnnheroes/index.html Shirley Raines]" (CNN)
  • The Undefeated Presents: "[https://andscape.com/features/the-story-behind-the-high-school-basketball-team-that-took-a-knee-in-oklahoma/ Why We Kneel]" (ESPN)
  • Vice News: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8dr7M-aq4 Deaf in a Pandemic]" (Vice)

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  • 20/20: "[https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-09/10-the-babies-of-911-twenty-years-later The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later]" (reported by Diane Sawyer) (ABC)
  • 48 Hours: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-happened-to-the-perfect-child/ What Happened to the Perfect Child?]" (reported by Troy Roberts) (CBS)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-football-team-quarterback-alex-smith-60-minutes-2021-08-29/ The Comeback]" (reported by Norah O'Donnell) (CBS)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007778961/strabismus-vision-disability-relationships.html How Life Looks Through My ‘Whale Eyes]’" (The New York Times)
  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZVrQ7U5aro This Family of Black Cowboys Dates Back 5 Generations]" (Vice)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form

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  • The Lead with Jake Tapper: "[https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/asia/afghanistan-child-marriage-crisis-taliban-intl-hnk-dst/index.html 9-Year-Old Afghan Sold into Marriage]" (reported by Anna Coren) (CNN)
  • [https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/africa/tigray-axum-aid-blockade-cmd-intl/index.html Axum: Journey to a Sacred City] (reported by Nima Elbagir) (CNN)
  • [https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/china/xinjiang-detective-torture-intl-hnk-dst/index.html Chinese Detective Turned Whistleblower Reveals Torture Against Uyghurs] (reported by Ivan Watson) (CNN)
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/27/us/louisiana-graves-enslaved-people.html Searching for the Lost Graves of Louisiana's Enslaved People] (The New York Times)
  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK63yqJYkGg The Central African Republic Is Enlisting Russians in its War Against Rebels]" (Vice)
  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpez7/election-officials-receiving-death-threats-causing-mass-exodus Death Threats: Election Officials Call It Quits]" (Vice)

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  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idY-44IZ1SY A Christian Summer Camp's History of Abuse]" (Vice)
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000007798345/gaza-israel-war.html ‘So They Know We Existed’: Palestinians Film War in Gaza] (The New York Times)
  • Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol (The New York Times)
  • Fault Lines: "[https://www.aljazeera.com/program/fault-lines/2021/11/24/buried-truths-americas-indigenous-boarding-schools Buried Truths: America's Indigenous Boarding Schools]" (Al Jazeera International USA)
  • NBC News Digital: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f6RBCsjqxA Southlake: Racial Reckoning in a Texas Suburb]" (NBC)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short Form

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form

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  • [https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000007963596/us-drone-attack-kabul-investigation.html How a U.S. Drone Strike Killed the Wrong Person] (by Christoph Koettl, Evan Hill, Matthieu Aikins, Eric Schmitt, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Drew Jordan) (The New York Times)
  • Anderson Cooper 360°: "[https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/03/24/china-xinjiang-children-culver-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn The Lost Children of Xinjiang]" (reported by David Culver) (CNN)
  • CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell: "Norah O'Donnell Investigates: [https://www.cbsnews.com/video/combating-domestic-violence-in-the-military/ A Silent Epidemic in the U.S. Military]" (CBS)
  • CBS Mornings and CBS Evening News: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seat-back-safety-legislation-signed/ Seatback Collapse]" (reported by Kris Van Cleave) (CBS)
  • [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/africa/tigray-mahibere-dego-massacre-video-cmd-intl/index.html Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide] (reported by Nima Elbagir) (CNN)

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  • Frontline: "[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/yemens-covid-cover-up/ Yemen's COVID Cover-Up]" (reported by Nawal al-Maghafi of BBC News Arabic) (PBS)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bashar-al-assad-syria-evidence-war-crimes-60-minutes-2021-02-21/ Handcuffed to the Truth]" (reported by Scott Pelley (CBS)
  • Fault Lines: "[https://www.aljazeera.com/program/fault-lines/2021/10/20/unrelinquished-when-americas-gun-laws-fail-abuse-victims Unrelinquished: When Abusers Keep Their Guns]" (reported by Jennifer Gollan of The Center for Investigative Reporting) (Al Jazeera International USA)
  • Frontline in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: "The Pandora Papers" (reported by Richard Bilton of Panorama) (PBS)
  • Nightline: "[https://abc.com/shows/nightline/episode-guide/2021-02/03-wednesday-february-3-2021 Blindsided]" (reported by Pete Madden and Ryan Smith (ABC)
  • The Source: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gI2kxx3x5s The Shockwave]" (directed by Paula Neudorf) (Vice)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Live News Special

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Recorded News Special

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  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-11-fdny-world-trade-center-60-minutes-2021-09-12/ 9/11: The FDNY]" (reported by Scott Pelley) (CBS)
  • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "[https://abc.com/shows/soul-of-a-nation/episode-guide/season-01/01-soul-of-a-nation-reckonings Reckonings]" (ABC)
  • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "[https://abc.com/movies-and-specials/juneteenth-together-we-triumph-a-soul-of-a-nation-special-event Juneteenth: Together We Triumph]" (hosted by Leslie Odom Jr. (ABC)
  • CBS Sunday Morning: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rebuilding-the-publics-trust-in-the-police/ Behind the Badge]" (reported by Ted Koppel) (CBS)
  • [https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/series/the-moms-of-magnolia-street/ The Moms of Magnolia Street] (reported by Melissa Colorado, Cheryl Hurd, Kris Sanchez) (NBC)
  • [https://www.sho.com/titles/3507061/return-of-the-taliban-a-vice-special-report Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report] (Hind Hassan, Ben Soloman, Seb Walker, and Isobel Yeung, correspondents (Showtime)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion

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  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html Blue States, You're the Problem]" (Johnny Harris and Binyamin Appelbaum) (The New York Times)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008010161/greta-thunberg-climate-crisis.html Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians]" (by Norma V. Toraya and Jared P. Scott) (The New York Times)
  • Amanpour: "[https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/opinions/adolf-eichmann-trial-anniversary-honig/index.html 60 Years Ago, We Saw the Face of Evil]" (by Elie Honig) (CNN)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/opinion/arkansas-vaccine-hesitant.html Dying in the Name of Vaccine Freedom]" (by Alexander Stockton and Lucy King) (The New York Times)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/transgender-sports-science.html I'm a Trans Runner Struggling to Compete Fairly]" (by Lindsay Crouse, Taige Jensen and Adam Wolffbrandt) (The New York Times)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Live Interview

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Edited Interview

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  • 20/20: "[https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-11/19-2020-escape-from-a-house-of-horror-a-diane-sawyer-special-event Escape from a House of Horror]" (reported by Diane Sawyer) (ABC)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/ The Facebook Whistleblower]" (reported by Scott Pelley) (CBS)
  • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "[https://abc.com/shows/soul-of-a-nation/episode-guide/season-01/01-soul-of-a-nation-reckonings Officer Dunn: Capital Cop]" (reported by Pierre Thomas) (ABC)
  • ABC News Special Events: "[https://abc.com/movies-and-specials/alec-baldwin-unscripted Alec Baldwin Unscripted]" (reported by George Stephanopoulos (ABC)
  • CNN Special Report: "COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out" (reported by Sanjay Gupta) (CNN)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage

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  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvTsiod1wM Aging, Inc.]" (Vice)
  • CNN Special Report: "WEED 6: Marijuana and Autism" (reported by Sanjay Gupta) (CNN)
  • Nightline: "[https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/texas-college-student-travels-400-miles-mississippi-abortion-80574474 The Appointment]" (reported by Rachel Scott) (ABC)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007578176/covid-icu-nurses-arizona.html Death, Through a Nurse's Eyes]" (by Alexander Stockton and Lucy King) (The New York Times)
  • The New York Times Presents: "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/NYT-Presents/100000008082806/the-new-york-times-presents-move-fast-and-vape-things.html Move Fast & Vape Things]" (directed by John Pappas) (FX)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage

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  • FRONTLINE and The New York Times: "[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/boeings-fatal-flaw/ Boeing's Fatal Flaw]" (reported by David Gelles, James Glanz, Natalie Kitroeff, and Jack Nicas) (PBS)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/model-architecture-serving-society-60-minutes-video-2021-10-31/ A New Model]" (reported by Lesley Stahl) (CBS)
  • ABC News Originals for Hulu: "[https://www.hulu.com/series/gamestopped-d3603a76-5963-41dd-8f8a-b2428e720acb GameStopped]" (reported by Rebecca Jarvis) (Hulu)
  • Bloomberg Quicktake: "[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-05-14/the-systemic-overtaxing-of-black-homes-in-america-video The Paycheck: The Systemic Overtaxing of Black Homes in America]" (Bloomberg News)
  • FRONTLINE and NPR in conjunction with the Investigative Reporting Workshop: "[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-healthcare-divide/ The Healthcare Divide]" (reported by Laura Sullivan) (PBS)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Emerging Journalist

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  • [https://www.theoutlawocean.com/investigations/the-secretive-libyan-prisons-that-keep-migrants-out-of-europe/documentary/ Get Away from the Target — Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard] (directed by Ed Ou) (The Outlaw Ocean Project / The Guardian)
  • 20/20: "[https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-04/23-george-floyd-a-man-a-moment-america-changed George Floyd: A Man, A Moment, America Changed]" (anchored by David Muir and Amy Robach) (ABC)
  • 48 Hours: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-station-nightclub-fire-rhode-island-what-happened-and-whos-to-blame/ The Station Nightclub Fire: Who's Responsible?]" (reported by Jim Axelrod) (CBS)
  • Dateline NBC: "[https://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-investigation/9000161929 The Investigation]" (reported by Lester Holt) (NBC)
  • Fault Lines: "[https://www.aljazeera.com/program/fault-lines/2021/10/4/the-jim-crow-convictions The Jim Crow Convictions]" (reported by Natasha Del Toro) (Al Jazeera International USA)

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style="width:50%"| Best News Coverage: Short Form

!style="width:50%"| Best News Coverage: Long Form

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  • [https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000007963596/us-drone-attack-kabul-investigation.html How a U.S. Drone Strike Killed the Wrong Person] (by Christoph Koettl, Evan Hill, Matthieu Aikins, Eric Schmitt, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Drew Jordan) (The New York Times)
  • [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/africa/tigray-mahibere-dego-massacre-video-cmd-intl/index.html Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide] (reported by Nima Elbagir) (CNN)
  • [https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/video-investigation-proud-boys-were-key-instigators-in-capitol-riot/37B883B6-9B19-400F-8036-15DE4EA8A015 Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol Riot] (by Deborah Acosta, Frank Matt, and Khadeeja Safdar) (The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Coup in Myanmar (CNN)
  • VICE News Tonight: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejwp6UAP%20Fw BANNED: A Woman's 200-Mile Journey to Get an Abortion]" (Vice)

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  • [https://www.sho.com/titles/3507061/return-of-the-taliban-a-vice-special-report Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report] (Hind Hassan, Ben Soloman, Seb Walker, and Isobel Yeung, correspondents (Showtime)
  • [https://www.theoutlawocean.com/investigations/the-secretive-libyan-prisons-that-keep-migrants-out-of-europe/documentary/ Get Away from the Target — Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard] (directed by Ed Ou) (The Outlaw Ocean Project / The Guardian)
  • 60 Minutes: "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-11-fdny-world-trade-center-60-minutes-2021-09-12/ 9/11: The FDNY]" (reported by Scott Pelley) (CBS)
  • VICE News Tonight: "Taliban's Takeover of Afghanistan" (Vice)
  • VICE News Tonight: "Yemen: The Forgotten War" (Vice)

=Spanish Language Programming=

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!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media

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  • Vanessa Huac (Telemundo)
  • Ilia Calderón (Univision)
  • Cristina Londoño (Telemundo)
  • Jorge Ramos (Univision)
  • Teresa Rodriguez (Univision)
style="width:50%"| Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish

!style="width:50%"| Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish

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style="width:50%"| Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
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  • VICE News Tonight: "Después de la Tormenta" (Vice)
  • Aquí y Ahora: "Carne de Cañón" (Univision)
  • Noticiero Telemundo: "Galápagos, una Ventana hacia el Futuro" (Telemundo)
  • Op-Docs: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/opinion/the-death-cleaner-mexico.html The Death Cleaner]" (by Louise Monlaü) (The New York Times)
  • Op-Docs: "57 Days" (by Mario Lumbreras and Laura Brasero) (The New York Times)
  • Univision News Digital: "La Lucha de Mujeres Negras e Hispanas Contra la Amenaza del Desalojo" (Univision)
  • =Documentary Programming=

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    style="width:50%"| Best Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Investigative Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Historical Documentary

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    • HBO Documentary Films: "The Forever Prisoner" (HBO)
    • Assassins (Starz)
    • Frontline: "[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/escaping-eritrea/ Escaping Eritrea]" (directed by Evan Williams) (PBS)
    • Frontline: "[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/in-the-shadow-of-9-11/ In the Shadow of 9/11]" (directed by Dan Reed) (PBS)
    • [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-line/umc.cmc.4u53f7zokr7g40tjj4gs61xbu The Line] (directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Doug Shultz) (Apple TV+)

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    • 9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic)
    • Desert One (History Channel)
    • [https://www.pbs.org/show/downing-flag/ Downing of a Flag] (directed by Scott Galloway) (PBS)
    • POV: "[https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/neutralground/ The Neutral Ground]" (directed by CJ Hunt and Darcy McKinnon) (PBS)
    • [https://www.pbs.org/show/black-church/ The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song] (hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr.) (PBS)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Nature Documentary

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    • Puff: Wonders of the Reef (Netflix)
    • [https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYGYPWAIhboi1wgEAAAEq Lucy the Human Chimp] (directed by Alex Parkinson) (HBO / HBO Max)
    • Nature: "[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephant-and-termite-about-depsre/26434/ The Elephant and the Termite]" (directed by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone) (PBS)
    • Nature: "[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-garden-thousand-bees-about/26263/ My Garden of a Thousand Bees]" (directed by Martin Dohrn) (PBS)
    • [https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/playing-with-sharks/anRDLKTZ5azV Playing with Sharks] (directed by Sally Aitken) (Disney+)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Short Documentary

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    • [https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYNNLfQw-rLWHsgEAAAAo Through Our Eyes]: "Apart" (directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Rudy Valdez) (HBO / HBO Max)
    • [https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/re-creating-the-syria-of-his-memories-through-miniatures A Broken House] (directed by Jimmy Goldblum) (The New Yorker)
    • HBO Documentary Films: "The Last Cruise" (HBO)
    • Op-Docs: "[https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007959477/takeover.html Takeover]" (directed by Emma Francis-Snyder) (The New York Times)
    • [https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYNNLfQw-rLWHsgEAAAAo Through Our Eyes]: "Shelter" (directed by Smriti Mundhra) (HBO / HBO Max)

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    class=wikitable
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Video Journalism: News

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    • 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)
    • 60 Minutes: "The Green River Drift" (CBS)
    • Unlivable Oasis (ProPublica, TIME, Truly CA, Univision Noticias)
    • VICE News Tonight: "After the Flood" (Vice)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Direction: News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Direction: Documentary

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    • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "Juneteenth: Together We Triumph" – Tine Fields (ABC)
    • 20/20: "911 Babies: Twenty Years Later" – Michaela Dowd (ABC)
    • ABC News Soul of a Nation – James Adolphus (ABC)
    • January 6th – Reza Baktar (CNN)
    • The 15th Annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute – Brett Kelly (CNN)

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Editing: News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Editing: Documentary

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    • Vice News: "The Shockwave" – Karim Lopez (Vice)
    • 20/20: "George Floyd: A Man, A Moment, America Changed" (ABC)
    • Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol (The New York Times)
    • Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report (Showtime)
    • Unlivable Oasis (ProPublica, TIME, Truly CA, Univision Noticias)

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary

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    • CNN Digital: "The Hippie Trail" – Ignacio Osorio, Agne Jurkenaite, Emma Beinish, Daisy Mella Roca (CNN)
    • ABC News Soul of a Nation: "Graphic Open" (ABC)
    • CNN Digital: "QAnon Letter" (CNN)
    • The New York Times Opinion Video: "Joe Did It. But How?" (The New York Times)
    • The Secret IRS Files (ProPublica)
    • VICE News Tonight: "Pandemic Time" (Vice)

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    • CNN Films: "Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street" (CNN)
    • Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis (Netflix)
    • Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (MTV Documentary Films)
    • Gossip (Showtime)
    • Vox: "Missing Chapter" (Vox)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Research: News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Research: Documentary

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    • 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, Lindsey Schneider (Vice)
    • 20/20: "Nowhere to Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story" (ABC)
    • The New York Times Presents: "Move Fast & Vape Things" (FX)
    • VICE News Tonight: "Handle With Care: Investigating the For-Profit Foster Care System" (Vice)

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Technical Achievement

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    • 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)
    • ABC News Live: "Mission to Mars, Live!" (ABC)
    • CBS Mornings: "NEW Challenge" (CBS)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Music Composition

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Sound

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Writing: News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Writing: Documentary

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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Interactive Media

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation

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    • Re-Educated (The New Yorker)
    • Alchemy Immersive: "Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough" (Oculus TV)
    • Alchemy Immersive: "David Attenborough's First Life" (Oculus TV)
    • CNN Visuals: "Assault on Democracy: Paths to the Insurrection" (CNN)
    • The New York Times Opinion Video: "Postcards from a World on Fire" (The New York Times)

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    • Frontline: "Un(re)solved" (PBS)
    • Goliath: Playing with Reality (Oculus)
    • Inaccessible Cities (AJ Contrast / Al Jazeera Digital)
    • POV: "The Changing Same: American Pilgrimage" (POV)
    • What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed (The New York Times)
    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Promotional Announcement
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  • 9/11: One Day in America – Chris Spencer, Tyler Korba, Carla Daeninckx, Daniela Delgado, Isabella Alonzo, Maricruz Merlo (National Geographic)
  • Becoming Cousteau (Disney+)
  • History of the Sitcom Campaign (CNN)
  • The First Wave (Hulu)
  • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
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    style="width:50%"| Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News

    !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report

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    Multiple nominations

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    |+ Shows that received multiple nominations

    scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Program

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Network

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 19

    | VICE News Tonight

    | Vice

    HBO Documentary Films

    | HBO

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 13

    | Frontline

    | PBS

    60 Minutes

    | CBS

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 10

    | 20/20

    | ABC

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 9

    | ABC News Soul of a Nation

    | ABC

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 8

    | The New York Times Opinion Video

    | The New York Times

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 7

    | The First Wave

    | Hulu

    rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 6

    | Vice News

    | Vice

    9/11: One Day in America

    | National Geographic

    Noticiero Telemundo

    | Telemundo

    rowspan="4" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 5

    | Nature

    | PBS

    The Rescue

    | National Geographic

    Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report

    | Showtime

    Aquí y Ahora

    | Univision

    rowspan="5" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4

    | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

    | ABC

    CNN Films

    | CNN

    Independent Lens

    | PBS

    Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

    | National Geographic

    The New York Times Presents

    | FX

    rowspan="12" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3

    | ABC News Live Prime

    | rowspan="3"|ABC

    ABC News Special Events
    Nightline
    CNN Digital

    | rowspan="3"|CNN

    Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide
    CNN Special Report
    48 Hours

    | CBS

    Op-Docs

    | The New York Times

    The Reason I Jump

    | Netflix

    MSNBC Films

    | MSNBC

    Fault Lines

    | Al Jazeera International USA

    Unlivable Oasis

    | ProPublica, TIME, Truly CA, Univision Noticias

    rowspan="24" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2

    | ABC News Live

    | ABC

    Anderson Cooper 360°

    | rowspan="5"|CNN

    State of the Union
    The 15th Annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute
    The Coup in Myanmar
    The Lead with Jake Tapper
    POV

    | PBS

    CBS Sunday Morning

    | rowspan="2"|CBS

    CBS News Face the Nation
    Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol

    | rowspan="2"|The New York Times

    How a U.S. Drone Strike Killed the Wrong Person
    Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis

    | rowspan="2"|Netflix

    Puff: Wonders of the Reef
    Buried

    | rowspan="2"|Showtime

    The Real Charlie Chaplin
    Noticiero Univision

    | Univision

    NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

    | rowspan="2"|NBC

    TODAY
    ABC News Originals for Hulu

    | Hulu

    Fathom

    | rowspan="2"|Apple TV+

    The Line
    Desert One

    | History Channel

    Alchemy Immersive

    | Oculus

    Get Away from the Target — Rescuing Migrants from the Libyan Coast Guard

    | The Outlaw Ocean Project / The Guardian

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    |+ Nominations by Network

    scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Network

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 39

    | ABC

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 37

    | CNN

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 28

    | PBS

    Vice
    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 26

    | CBS

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 23

    | HBO

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 19

    | The New York Times

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 15

    | National Geographic

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 13

    | Netflix

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 12

    | Showtime

    Univision
    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 10

    | NBC

    Hulu
    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 9

    | Telemundo

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 6

    | Apple TV+

    MSNBC
    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4

    | FX

    rowspan="5" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3

    | Al Jazeera International USA

    History Channel
    ProPublica, TIME, Truly CA, Univision Noticias
    The New Yorker
    Oculus
    rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2

    | CNN en Español

    Disney+
    The Outlaw Ocean Project / The Guardian

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    Multiple wins

    {{col-float}}

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    |+ Shows that received multiple wins

    scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Wins

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Program

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Network

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4

    | Frontline

    | PBS

    rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3

    | The First Wave

    | Hulu

    The Rescue

    | National Geographic

    HBO Documentary Films

    | HBO

    rowspan="6" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2

    | The New York Times Opinion Video

    | rowspan="2"|The New York Times

    How a U.S. Drone Strike Killed the Wrong Person
    60 Minutes

    | CBS

    Return of the Taliban: A VICE News Special Report

    | Showtime

    9/11: One Day in America

    | National Geographic

    CNN Films

    | CNN

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    |+ Wins by Network

    scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Wins

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Network

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 9

    | ABC

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 8

    | Vice

    National Geographic
    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 7

    | CNN

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 6

    | PBS

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 5

    | The New York Times

    scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4

    | HBO

    rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3

    | CBS

    NBC
    rowspan="4" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2

    | Showtime

    Telemundo
    Univision
    Netflix

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