Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams (NBC), “Hurricane Katrina: Moment of Crisis”; executive producer: John Reiss; senior producers: Heather Allen, Patrick Burkey, Mary Laurence Flynn, Sharon Hoffman, Rich Latour, Frieda Morris; producers: Doug Adams, Anne Binford Allen, Donna Bass, Teresa Crawford, Clare Duffy, Carol Eggers, Roxanne Garcia, Andrew Gross, Sylvie Haller, Izhar Harpaz, Jean Harper, Al Henkel, Mark Hudspeth, Mike Kosnar, Joo Lee, Donna Nelson, Bita Nikravesh, Larry Register, Christopher Scholl, Carl Sears, Joel Seidman, Doug Stoddart, Bethany Thomas, Kelly Venardos, John Zito; correspondents: Mike Boettcher, Campbell Brown, Jim Cummins, Bob Faw, Carl Quintanilla, Tony Zumbado, Kerry Sanders, Martin Savidge, Don Teague, Anne Thompson, Pete Williams; anchor and managing editor: Brian Williams; director: Brett Holey
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (ABC), “Iraq: Where Things Stand 3”; executive producer: Jon Banner; senior producers: Kate Felsen, Tom Nagorski, David Reiter, Stu Schutzman; producers: Clark Bentson, Bob Haberl Ray Homer, Vinnie Malhotra, Bruno Roeber; director: Eric Siegel; anchor and senior editor: Peter Jennings
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“Charity Hospital”
Senior executive producer: David Doss; executive producers: Sid Bedingfield, Kathleen Friery; senior broadcast producer: Charlie Moore; managing editor: Bud Bultman; executive director of production: Jody Gottlieb; post-production producer: Matt Scheibner; producers: Robert Howell, Heather O’Neill, Chris Gajilan, Dave Timko; correspondent: Dr. Sanjay Gupta
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
ABC World News Tonight (ABC), “Money Trail” Series; Executive producer: Jon Banner; senior investigative producer: Rhonda Schwartz; senior producer: Stu Schutzman; producers: Jill Rackmill, David W Scott, Vic Walter; field producers: Madeleine Sauer, Simon Surowicz; director: Eric Siegel; correspondent: Brian Ross; anchor and senior editor: Peter Jennings
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
CBS News 60 Minutes (CBS)
“Aftershock”
Executive producer: Jeff Fager; senior broadcast producer: Michael R Whitney; executive editor: Patti Hassler; producers: Michael Gavshon, Solly Granatstein; correspondent: Bob Simon
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
CBS News 48 Hours (CBS)
“Hostage”
Executive producer: Susan Zirinsky; senior producer: Peter Schweitzer; producers: Joe Halderman, Jonathan Sanders; correspondent: Peter Van Sant
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
CBS News 60 Minutes (CBS)
“The Sea Gypsies”
Executive producer: Jeff Fager; senior broadcast producer: Michael R Whitney; executive editor: Patti Hassler; producers: Michael Gavshon, Solly Granatstein; correspondent: Bob Simon
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE
CBS News 60 Minutes (CBS)
“Rendition”
Executive producers: Jeff Fager, Patti Hassler; senior broadcast producer: Michael R. Whitney; producer: Graham Messick; correspondent: Scott Pelley
OUTSTANDING LIVE COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY-LONG FORM
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“Starving in Plain Sight”
Senior executive producer: David Doss; executive producer: Kathleen Friery; senior broadcast producer: Charlie Moore; correspondents: Anderson Cooper, Jeff Koinange
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING
COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY-LONG FORM
Frontline (a co-production with RAINmedia) (PBS)
“The Storm”
Executive producer: David Fanning; producers: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith; co-producer: Christopher Durrance
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM-LONG FORM
Frontline (a co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd.) (PBS)
“The Torture Question”
Executive producer: David Fanning; producer and director: Michael Kirk; co-producer and reporter: Jim Gilmore
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING-LONG FORM
“Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge” (PBS)
Executives in charge, Vulcan Productions: Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton; executive in charge, WGBH/NOVA Science Unit: Paula S. Apsell; executive producer, Vulcan Productions: Richard Hutton; series executive producer: Larry Klein; senior producer: Lisa Mirowitz; producers: Tabitha Jackson, Jill Shinefield, Andy Young; producer and directors: Mike Beckham, Sarah Holt, Rob Whittlesey, Gail Willumsen; director: Richard Dale
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING-LONG FORM
“Slavery and the Making of America: Seeds of Destruction” (PBS)
Executive producer: William Grant; series producer: Dante James; producer and director: Chana Gazit
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW
CBS News 60 Minutes (CBS)
“First Man”
Executive producer: Jeff Fager; senior producers: Michael Radutzky, Michael R Whitney; Executive Editor: Patti Hassler; producer: Mitch Weitzner; co-producer: Kara MacMahon; correspondent: Ed Bradley
OUTSTANDING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING
“Independent Lens: A Lion’s Trail” (PBS)
Executive producer for ITVS: Sally Jo Fifer; producers: Dan Jawitz, Mark J. Kaplan; producer and director: Francois Verster
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE PROGRAMMING
“National Geographic Special: Predators at War” (National Geographic Channel)
Executive producers: John Bredar, Michael Rosenfeld, Keenan Smart; senior producers: Eleanor Grant, Kathryn Pasternak; supervising producer: Chris Sondreal; producers: Jeff Morales, Kim Wolhuter
BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (ABC)
“Iraq: Where Things Stand 3”
Executive producer: Jon Banner; senior producers: Kate Felsen, Tom Nagorski, David Reiter, Stu Schutzman; producers: Clark Bentson, Bob Haberl, Ray Homer, Vinnie Malhotra, Bruno Roeber; director: Eric Siegel; anchor and senior editor: Peter Jennings
Best Report in a News
Magazine
Dateline NBC (NBC), “Children of War”; executive producer: David Corvo; senior investigative producer: Allan Maraynes; executive editor: Marc Rosenwasser; producer: Tim Sandler; correspondent: Keith Morrison
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Cinemax Reel Life
“Born into Brothels” (Cinemax)
Executive producer: Geralyn White Dreyfous; co-executive producer: Pamela Tanner Boll; producer and directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CONTENT FOR NON-TRADITIONAL DELIVERY PLATFORMS
Washingtonpost.com
Hurricane Katrina Coverage in New Orleans
Senior videojournalist: Travis Fox
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: WRITING
“Ape to Man” (History Channel)
Writer: Nic Young
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: RESEARCH
“Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights” (History Channel)
Researchers: Annie Herringer, Shelley Friedman, Laura Rabhan
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Mississippi: Tales from the Last River Rat” (Discovery Channel)
Cinematographers: Neil Rettig, Colin Stafford-Johnson
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING
“Beyond the Moon: Failure is not an Option II” (Discovery Channel)
Editor: Tony Bacon
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: GRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC DESIGN
National Geographic Special (National Geographic Channel)
“Predators at War”
Art director/animation director: Ricardo Andrade; visual effects directors: Laurie Hunter, Elisa Sauleda; visual effects producer: Bernice Kenton-Briggs; visual effects artist: Nick Jernigan
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: MUSIC AND SOUND
National Geographic Explorer (National Geographic Channel)
“Deadly Love”
Composers: Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams; sound editor: Jim Sheehy; sound recordist: Carlos de Hita; sound mixer: Dave Hurley
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN
“The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross” (History Channel)
Director of photography: Jeff Baynes
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY-SPOT NEWS
WBBM-TV Chicago 10 P.M. News
“Farewell to the Pope”
Executive producers: Ann Isaac, Todd Woolman; producers: Sue Brown-Williams, Steffanie Dupree, Shelly Howell, Marda Le Beau, Tansy Soltysiak; reporters: Derrick Blakley, Mary Ann Childers, Mike Flannery, Suzanne Le Mignot, Jay Levine, Joanie Lum; editors: Mike Klingele, Jerry Molnar, John Petrosky, Damon Ranger; assignment editor: Yianis Fournelis; videographers: Nathan Delack, Dave Fox, Tom Kennedy
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY-INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
WBAL-TV News
“Dirty Secret”
Producer and videographer: Beau Kershaw; reporter: John Sherman
The full list of winners is available at Emmyonline.org.
Source: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences