Overview
- The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences opened the 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards with a news categories ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on Wednesday.
- ABC News led night one with eight wins, National Geographic’s Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller took seven Emmys, and CNN collected four awards.
- Top program honors included ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for outstanding live news program, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper for outstanding recorded news program, and 60 Minutes for an outstanding hard news short-form report.
- Emmy-winning ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz received the NATAS lifetime achievement award, NATAS CEO Adam Sharp framed journalists as defenders of the public’s right to know, and Mike Wallace scholarship recipient Santiago Campos used his speech to publicly criticize CBS News’ recent direction.
- National Geographic entered the weekend with a record 51 nominations driven by Trafficked, and the full awards picture will be completed when documentary-category winners and additional honors are announced Thursday.