Overview
- ABC led night one with eight Emmys, including Outstanding Live News Program for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.
- Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller converted multiple nominations into seven wins for National Geographic and Muck Media, highlighting the strength of serialized investigative reporting.
- CNN took four awards, led by The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper winning Outstanding Recorded News Program.
- Emmy-winning ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz received the News Emmys lifetime achievement award at the Jazz at Lincoln Center ceremony.
- Documentary-category winners and a second lifetime honor for Sam Pollard are scheduled for Thursday and will stream on the NATAS YouTube channel, extending the two-night awards format that split news and documentary categories.