International Emmy News & Current Affairs Nominees Unveiled

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has revealed the nominees for the 2020 news and current affairs categories, which hail from Brazil, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Sweden and the U.K.

“In the midst of the pandemic, we are grateful for news organizations like these who even before the pandemic were boldly exploring the issues in their societies,” said Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the outstanding work and great courage of our nominees for reporting on difficult and sensitive matters, despite the many challenges and obstacles continuously thrown at them.”

In the news category, the nominees are Channel 4 News: Hong Kong—A Year of Living Dangerously (ITN, U.K.), RJ2: Ghost Staff (TV Globo, Brazil), Russian Jet Crash-Landing in Moscow: Timeline and Survivors (RT International, Russia) and The Battle for Burkina Faso (Al Jazeera English, Qatar).

The current affairs nominees are BBC Africa Eye: Sex for Grades (BBC Africa Eye, Nigeria), GloboNews Documentário: Allies (GloboNews/Globo TV, Brazil), Swedbank och Penningtvätten: Dirty Banking (The Story of Swedbank and the World’s Largest Money Laundering Scandal) (Mission Investigate/Sveriges Television SVT, Sweden) and Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (Hardcash Productions/ITV, U.K.).

The International Emmy winners will be recognized alongside their U.S. news peers during an online ceremony on September 21.