31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards

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31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards
DateSeptember 27, 2010
LocationRose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City
Television/radio coverage
NetworkC-SPAN (aired October 9th at 8pm)

The 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on September 27, 2010, at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Awards were presented in 41 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 documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. PBS NewsHour received the Chairman's Award, with it being accepted by longtime news anchor Jim Lehrer, former anchor Robert MacNeil, longtime executive producer , and current executive producer .[1]

Winners[]

Network breakdown[]

The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.

Channel Number of Emmys
This Season
CBS 7
NBC 6
PBS 5
ABC 2
HDNet 2
History Channel 2
National Geographic Channel 2
Planet Green 2
Sundance Channel 2
CNBC 1
Discovery Channel 1
Globeandmail.com 1
HBO 1
NYTimes.com 1
TIME.com 1
VH1 1
KPIX-TV (San Francisco) 1
KHOU-TV (Houston) 1
KSTP-TV (Minneapolis – Saint Paul) 1

Breakdown by program[]

Program Channel Number of Emmy's
This Season
60 Minutes CBS 4
CBS Evening News With Katie Couric CBS 3
NBC News Special NBC 2
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams NBC 2
Dateline NBC NBC 1
Today NBC 1
Bill Moyers Journal PBS 1
FRONTLINE PBS 2
FRONTLINE/World PBS 1
P.O.V. PBS 1
ABC News Special Events ABC 1
Diane Sawyer 20/20 Special ABC 1
HDNet 1
Dan Rather Reports HDNet 1
History Channel 1
WWII in HD History Channel 1
National Geographic Channel 1
National Geographic Channel 1
Planet Green 1
Planet Green 1
War/Dance Sundance Channel 2
CNBC 1
Wild Pacific Discovery Channel 1
theglobeandmail.com (The Globe and Mail) 1
HBO Documentary Films HBO 1
NYTimes.com 1
TIME.com 1
Anvil! The Story of Anvil VH1 1
KHOU News at 10pm KHOU-TV (Houston, TX) 1
KPIX Eyewitness News KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA) 1
KSTP 5 Eyewitness News KSTP-TV (Minneapolis, MN) 1

Awards[]

Lifetime Achievement Award Chairman’s Award
  • Frederick Wiseman
  • PBS NewsHour
Regularly Scheduled Newscast News Magazine
  • Coverage of a Breaking News Story
    • Miracle on the Hudson, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (NBC)
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
    • Unlikely Refuges, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (NBC)
  • Feature Story
    • Fighting Grossmans, Today (NBC)
  • Investigative Journalism
    • Rape in America: Justice Denied, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (CBS)
  • Business And Economic Reporting
    • Financial Family Tree, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (CBS)
  • Coverage of a Breaking News Story
    • Miracle on the Hudson, Dateline NBC (NBC)
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
    • War in Pakistan, 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • Feature Story
    • South Africa's Shame: Modern‑Day Slavery and the World Cup, (HDNet)
  • Investigative Journalism
    • Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, FRONTLINE/World (PBS)
  • Business And Economic Reporting
Long Form Interview
  • Live Coverage of a Current News Story
    • Inauguration 2009 ‑ Barack Obama, ABC News Special Events (ABC)
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
    • A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE (PBS)
  • Investigative Journalism
    • The Warning, FRONTLINE (PBS)
  • Informational Programming
    • Which Way Home, HBO Documentary Films (HBO)
  • Historical Programming
  • Business And Economic Reporting
    • Inside the Mind of Google (CNBC)
  • Saving Flight 1549 60 Minutes (CBS)
Programming Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast
  • Arts & Culture
    • Anvil! The Story of Anvil (VH1)
  • Science And Technology
  • Nature
    • The Last Beekeeper (Planet Green)
  • The Battle of Wanat, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (CBS)
Best Report In A News Magazine Best Documentary
  • The Winter of Our Hardship and The Long Recession, 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • War/Dance (Sundance Channel)
New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Individual Achievement In A Craft:
  • Current News Coverage
    • Behind the Veil (Globeandmail.com)
  • Documentaries
    • (NYTimes.com)
  • Arts, Lifestyle & Culture
    • (Time.com)
  • Writing
    • Inside the Obama White House, NBC News Special (NBC)
  • Research
    • Split Estate, (Planet Green)
  • Cinematography - Nature
    • Survivors, Wild Pacific (Discovery Channel)
  • Cinematography - News Coverage / Documentaries
    • War/Dance (Sundance Channel)
  • Editing
    • Afghan Warrior, (National Geographic Channel)
  • Editing–Quick Turnaround
    • Inside the Obama White House, NBC News Special (NBC)
  • Graphic Design & Art Direction
    • (History Channel)
  • Music & Sound
    • Point of No Return, WWII in HD (History Channel)
  • Lighting Direction & Scenic Design
    • (National Geographic Channel)
Promotional Announcement: Regional News Story
  • Institutional
    • 60 Minutes in 60 Seconds, 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • Episodic
    • A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains, Diane Sawyer 20/20 Special (ABC)
  • Spot News
    • Oakland Riot, KPIX Eyewitness News (KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA))
  • Investigative Reporting
    • Soldiers at Risk: The Iraq Water Investigation, KHOU News at 10pm (KHOU-TV (Houston, TX))
    • Prisoners Ride the Bus, KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (KSTP-TV (Minneapolis, MN))

Nominees[]

Presenters[]

  • Diane Sawyer, anchor, ABC World News
  • Lester Holt, weekend anchor, NBC Nightly News and weekend co-anchor, Today
  • Sheila Nevins, President, HBO Documentary Films
  • Dan Rather, anchor and managing editor, Dan Rather Reports
  • Bob Simon, correspondent, 60 Minutes
  • Paula Zahn, Executive Producer/Host, On the Case with Paula Zahn
  • , President and CEO- PBS
  • Roger Mudd, former Washington correspondent for CBS News, NBC News and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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