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. They honored the best in American news and documentary programming in 2009. 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 Les Crystal, and current executive producer Linda Winslow.
Winners
Network breakdown The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
ChannelNumber of Emmys This SeasonCBS7NBC6PBS5ABC2HDNet2History Channel2National Geographic Channel2Planet Green2Sundance Channel2CNBC1Discovery Channel1Globeandmail.com1HBO1NYTimes.com1TIME.com1VH11KPIX-TV (San Francisco)1KHOU-TV (Houston)1KSTP-TV (Minneapolis – Saint Paul)1
Breakdown by program ProgramChannelNumber of Emmy's This Season60 MinutesCBS4CBS Evening News With Katie CouricCBS3NBC News SpecialNBC2NBC Nightly News with Brian WilliamsNBC2Dateline NBCNBC1TodayNBC1Bill Moyers JournalPBS1FRONTLINEPBS2FRONTLINE/WorldPBS1P.O.V.PBS1ABC News Special EventsABC1Diane Sawyer 20/20 SpecialABC1HDNet World ReportHDNet1Dan Rather ReportsHDNet1Stealing Lincoln’s BodyHistory Channel1WWII in HDHistory Channel1CIA Confidential: Pakistan UndercoverNational Geographic Channel1National Geographic’s Most Incredible PhotosNational Geographic Channel1The Last BeekeeperPlanet Green1Reel Impact SeriesPlanet Green1War/DanceSundance Channel2Inside the Mind of GoogleCNBC1Wild PacificDiscovery Channel1Behind the Veil theglobeandmail.com (The Globe and Mail) 1HBO Documentary FilmsHBO1One in 8 MillionNYTimes.com1The Iconic Photo SeriesTIME.com1Anvil! The Story of AnvilVH11KHOU News at 10pmKHOU-TV (Houston, TX)1KPIX Eyewitness NewsKPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA)1KSTP 5 Eyewitness NewsKSTP-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 World Report (HDNet) Investigative Journalism Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, FRONTLINE/World (PBS) Business And Economic Reporting Iran's Manhattan Project, Dan Rather Reports (HDNet) 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 The Good Soldier, Bill Moyers Journal (PBS) 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 The English Surgeon (PBS) 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 One in 8 Million (NYTimes.com) Arts, Lifestyle & Culture The Iconic Photo Series (Time.com) Writing Inside the Obama White House, NBC News Special (NBC) Research Split Estate, Reel Impact Series (Planet Green) Cinematography - Nature Survivors, Wild Pacific (Discovery Channel) Cinematography - News Coverage / Documentaries War/Dance (Sundance Channel) Editing Afghan Warrior, National Geographic's Most Incredible Photos (National Geographic Channel) Editing–Quick Turnaround Inside the Obama White House, NBC News Special (NBC) Graphic Design & Art Direction Stealing Lincoln's Body (History Channel) Music & Sound Point of No Return, WWII in HD (History Channel) Lighting Direction & Scenic Design CIA Confidential: Pakistan Undercover (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 By station By award category
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 Paula A. Kerger, President and CEO- PBS Roger Mudd, former Washington correspondent for CBS News, NBC News and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
References
External links Official Site Official Program List of Nominees