“ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” and CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” were among the major winners on the first day of the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, held Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. The first of two nights is dedicated to the news categories, with documentary winners announced Thursday night.
CNN’s Nada Bashir won the Outstanding Emerging Journalist award, and Univision’s Pedro Urteras won the Outstanding Journalist in Spanish-Language Media award.
Bashir was also one of the show’s hosts, along with Jim Axelrod, Jamelle Bouie, Maria Antonietta Collins, Joe Fryer, Amna Nawaz, Rachel Scott and Del Walters.
Coverage of the Middle East wars won in many categories, including Outstanding Breaking News Reporting (CNN’s “Israel-Hamas War”), Outstanding Short Form Continuing News Reporting and Outstanding Long Form Continuing News Reporting (conflict coverage by Clarissa Ward and Anderson Cooper, respectively).
In the Outstanding Hard News Feature: Short Form category, “I’m Bisan from Gaza. I’m Still Alive” won an Emmy for journalist Bisan Ouda, just one week after the National Television Academy rejected her nomination despite a campaign calling for it to be rescinded.
ABC’s “2020” tribute to Barbara Walters, “Our Barbara,” won a special award for Outstanding Recorded News.
CNN led all broadcast networks with 11 wins, ABC had six and ABC News Studios added three more. “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” and “Trafficked With Marianna van Zeller” led individual shows with five wins each.
As previously announced, Jane Pauley received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her more than 50 years of experience in broadcast journalism. She has also received four Daytime Emmy Awards, five News and Documentary Emmy Awards, a Sports Emmy Award, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Service and the Gracie Allen Award from the Foundation for American Women in Radio and Television.
The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, selected from more than 2,200 submissions by more than 980 jurors working in the news and documentary industries across television and streaming/digital media, celebrate achievements in television programming in 2023.
See the full list of winners below: A full list of winners and companies in each category can be found at theemmys.tv
45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Winners — News Category
Outstanding Live News Program: “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” (ABC)
Outstanding Recorded News Program: “Anderson Cooper and the Truth” (CNN)
Outstanding Emerging Journalist: Nada Bashir (CNN)
Great breaking news coverage: “Israel-Hamas War” (CNN)
Outstanding Continuous News Coverage: Short: “Clarissa Ward covers the Israel-Hamas war” (CNN)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Feature-length: “Israeli Terrorism/Anderson Cooper’s Full Story” and “Anderson Cooper 360” (CNN)
Outstanding Software Feature Article: Short story: “South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War” (ABC World News)
Outstanding Software Feature Article: Feature length: “What Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde” (ABC 2020)
Great hard news feature: Short story: “I’m Bisan in Gaza. I’m still alive” (Aj+ Reports)
Outstanding hard news feature stories: Feature length: “Behind Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenary” (VICE Special Report)
Excellent investigative journalism: Short story: “Contaminated Water” (Scripps News)
Outstanding investigative journalism: feature length: “Coming Home: The War in Sudan” (Anderson Cooper, CNN)
Great live news feature: “CNN Town Hall: Toxic train wreck, Ohioans speak out” (CNN)
Outstanding Recorded News Special: “Our Barbara” (ABC 2020)
Outstanding news discussion and analysis: “Guns: A Tale of Three Americans” (Meet the Press Reports)
Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis: Editorials and Opinions: (tie) “The Knight Doctrine” (ProPublica, New Yorker) and “Meet the World’s Most Honored Bank Robber” (New York Times Opinion)
Outstanding Live Interviews – Short Feature: “Israeli Leaders Speak / ABC News Live (ABC)
Outstanding Live Interview – Long Form: Christian Amapour interviews Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (CNN)
Outstanding Edited Interview: “The Hostage Story” (60 Minutes, CBS)
Outstanding science and technology journalism: “Cyberpiracy: Trafficking in the Internet by Mariana Van Zeller” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage: “Shark Fin Hunters” (Fault Lines)
Excellent health or medical coverage: “IMPACT x Nightline” (Hulu)
Arts, Culture and Entertainment Category Excellence Award: “Rap Trap: Hip Hop on Trial” (Hulu)
Outstanding business, consumer and economics coverage: “Black Market Babies: Human Trafficking by Mariana Van Zeller” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage: “Grand Nighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK” (Hulu)
Great news program in Spanish: “Noticiero Univision” (Univision)
Outstanding Journalist in Spanish-Language Media: Pedro Urteras (Univision)
Outstanding Spanish Breaking News Report: “Huracan Otiz – Repentina of Rage” (Telemundo)
Outstanding investigative journalism in Spanish: “Ovidio’s Weapons” (N+ Focus)
Great Spanish novel: “BBCMundo”
Excellence Award: News: “The Trek: Immigrants to America” (Anderson Cooper, CNN)
Good research: News: “Adrift: An Associated Press investigation” (Associated Press)
Outstanding Directing: NEWS: “Black in Vegas” / Soul of a Nation Presentation (ABC)
Excellent video journalism: “Terrorist Oil” (NatGeo)
Best Editing: News: “Ghost Guns” (NatGeo)
Outstanding Graphic Design: News: “The Night Doctrine” (ProPublica, The New Yorker)
Outstanding Music Composition: News: “The Night Doctrine” (ProPublica, The New Yorker)
Great Sound: News: “The Trek: The Immigrant Journey to America”/”Anderson Cooper in a Nutshell” (CNN)
Outstanding Lighting Production: News: “MDMA” (NatGeo)
Outstanding Production Design/Set Decoration/Set Design: News: “17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” (CNN)
Technical Excellence: News: “FloodFX – Florida Storm (Idalia) / Tracking Idalia” (The Weather Channel)
Great ad: News: “60 Minutes: It’s Time for…” (CBS)
Great local news story: Spot or breaking news: December tornado outbreak (WDSU)
Great local news story: Investigative report: “Disabled and Rejected” (WFFF)
International News: “Inside Gaza: The War Between Israel and Hamas” (Channel 4 News)
International News: “The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar” (Sky News)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane Pauley
Gold Circle News Hall of Fame Inductees: Rodney Batten, Rita Braver, Maria Antonieta Collins, Marvin Kalb
Silver Circle News Inductees: Catherine McKenzie, Javier Morgado, Eduardo Suarez, Pierre Thomas
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