ABC, CNN and National Geographic Among Top Winners at 2024 News Emmys
CNN, ABC and National Geographic are among the top winners at night one of the 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday.
ABC World News Tonight With David Muir took home the award for outstanding live news program, while CNN’s The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper won outstanding recorded news program. CNN also scored 10 additional wins, while ABC collected four additional wins (ABC News had eight total wins, including three credited to Hulu) and National Geo landed five wins.
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Aj+ Report’s It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive, also won outstanding hard news feature story: shortform, despite calls for the Emmy nomination to be revoked. The journalist, Bisan Owda, who filmed it was criticized for her connection to a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. However, NATAS CEO and president Adam Sharp defended the nomination.
In response the controversial nominee’s win, nonprofit entertainment industry organization Creative Community for Peace executive director Ari Ingel criticized the honor and what it says about the news business.
“The NATAS decision to honor Owda effectively celebrates PFLP [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine] propaganda and condones terrorism,” Ingel said. “Instead of recognizing one of the respectable journalistic pieces documenting the war in Gaza, they chose to applaud a political activist affiliated with the PFLP. There is clearly a significant blind spot within the journalistic community — if you support terrorism against Israelis, NATAS will happily recognize your content as award-worthy. This is a sad day for journalism. And a troubling omen for the future of the industry.”
CCFP, which had objected to Owda’s nomination, is made up of prominent entertainment industry members who seek to promote the arts as a means to peace and to counter antisemitism within the industry and galvanize support against the cultural boycott of Israel.
The awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, handed out Wednesday night recognized winners in the news categories. Winners will be announced in the documentary categories during a ceremony Thursday at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.
“Those who shine a light on inconvenient truths, give voice to the voiceless, or simply report documented facts are far too often punished through efforts to demonize and delegitimize such essential work,” Sharp wrote in a statement. “On these two nights, we do the vital opposite. The Emmys celebrate those who face these headwinds to bring important stories to our screens and, in turn, provide a vision of excellence that inspires the next generation to follow.”
The presenters at Wednesday’s ceremony included Jim Axelrod (CBS News), Nada Bashir (CNN), Jamelle Bouie (The New York Times), Maria Antonieta Collins (Univision), Joe Fryer (NBC News), Amna Nawaz (PBS NewsHour), Rachel Scott (ABC News), Del Walters (Scripps News) and Rand Morrison (executive producer, CBS Sunday Morning).
Jane Pauley, Emmy-winning journalist/anchor/author, also received the Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday, and Alex Gibney, Academy Award-winning documentarian/director/producer, is set to receive the honor Thursday.
A complete list of this year’s night one winners follows.
Outstanding Live News Program
ABC World News Tonight With David Muir (ABC)
Outstanding Recorded News Program
The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Outstanding Emerging Journalist
Nada Bashir (CNN)
Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
Israel-Hamas War (CNN)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Shortform
Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War (CNN)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Longform
“Terror in Israel”; The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper and Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Shortform
“South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War”; ABC World News Tonight With David Muir (ABC)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Longform
“It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde”; 20/20 (ABC)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Shortform
It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive; Aj+ Report (AJ+)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Longform
“Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenaries”; Vice Special Report (Vice)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Shortform
“Poisoned Water”; Scripps News
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Longform
“Going Home: The War in Sudan”; The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Outstanding Live News Special
“A CNN Town Hall: Toxic Train Disaster, Ohio Residents Speak Out” (CNN)
Outstanding Recorded News Special
Our Barbara; 20/20 (ABC)
Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis
“Guns: Three American Stories”; Meet the Press Reports (NBC News NOW)
Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis: Editorial and Opinion
“Meet the World’s Most Honorable Bank Robbers”; The New York Times Opinion (The New York Times)
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“The Night Doctrine”; ProPublica and The New Yorker
Outstanding Live Interview—Shortform
Israeli Leader Speaks Out; ABC News Live (ABC)
Outstanding Live Interview—Longform
Christiane Amanpour Interviews Iranian Foreign Minister; Hossein Amir-Abdollahian; Amanpour (CNN)
Outstanding Edited Interview
“The Hostage Story”; 60 Minutes (CBS)
Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage
“Cyber Pirates”; Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller; National Geographic [Muck Media]
Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage
The Shark Fin Hunters; Fault Lines (Al Jazeera)
Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
On the Brink; Impact x Nightline; Hulu [ABC News Studios]
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage
Rap Trap: Hip Hop on Trial; Hulu [ABC News Studios]
Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
“Black Market Babies”; Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller; National Geographic [Muck Media]
Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage
Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK; Hulu [ABC News Studios | The Associated Press]
Outstanding News Program in Spanish
Noticiero Univision (Univision)
Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media
Pedro Ultreras (Univision)
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish
Huracan Otis – Furia Repentina; Noticias Telemundo (Telemundo)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage in Spanish
Las Armas de Ovidio; N+ FOCUS (VIX | TelevisaUnivision)
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
Los buscadores de migrantes perdidos en el desierto de; Sonora (BBC News Mundo)
Outstanding Writing: News
The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America; The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Outstanding Research: News
“Adrift: An AP Investigation”; The Associated Press (apnews.com)
Outstanding Direction: News
“Black in Vegas”; A Soul of a Nation Presentation; ABC [ABC News Studios]
Outstanding Video Journalism
“Terrorist Oil”; Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller; National Geographic [Muck Media]
Outstanding Editing: News
“Ghost Guns”; Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller; National Geographic [Muck Media]
Outstanding Graphic Design: News
“The Night Doctrine”; ProPublica and The New Yorker
Outstanding Music Composition: News
“The Night Doctrine”; ProPublica and The New Yorker
Outstanding Sound: News
“The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America”; The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Outstanding Lighting Direction: News
“MDMA”; Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller; National Geographic [Muck Media]
Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: News
The 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (CNN)
Technical Excellence: News
FloodFX – Florida Storms (Idalia); Tracking Idalia; The Weather Channel
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: News
60 Minutes: “It’s Time for…”; 60 Minutes (CBS)
Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News
December Tornado Outbreak; WDSU [Suncoast Chapter]
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
“Disabled & Denied”; WBFF [National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter]
Sept. 26, 12:21 p.m. This story has been updated with a statement from the Creative Community for Peace about Bisan Owda’s win.
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