News & Documentary Emmys Names News Categories Winners

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has crowned the winners for the news categories of the 45th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards and has honored journalist, anchor and author Jane Pauley with a lifetime achievement award.

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC) won the outstanding live news program award, while The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN) won in the outstanding recorded news program category. Nada Bashir (CNN) was crowned as the outstanding emerging journalist.

For outstanding breaking news coverage, Israel-Hamas War (CNN) picked up the prize. For outstanding continuing news coverage: short form, Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War (CNN) came out on top, while the long form prize for the same category went to Terror in Israel (The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper & Anderson Cooper 360/CNN).

In the outstanding soft feature story categories, South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War (ABC World News Tonight with David Muir/ABC) won for short form, while It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde (20/20/ABC) won for long form. It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive (AJ+ Reports/AJ+) took the award for outstanding hard news feature story: short form. Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenaries (VICE Special Report/Vice) won for outstanding hard news feature story: long form.

Further awards went to Scripps News, CNN, ABC, NBC News NOW, The New York Times, CBS, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, Hulu and more.

The ceremony was hosted by Jim Axelrod (CBS News), Nada Bashir (CNN), Jamelle Bouie (The New York Times), Maria Antonieta Collins (Univision), Joe Fryer (NBC News), Amna Nawaz (PBS NewsHour), Rachel Scott (ABC News), and Del Walters (Scripps News).

The second class of national Gold and Silver Circle honorees for news was also inducted. The Gold and Silver Circle is a society honoring members of the television and wider broadcasting community who have made an enduring contribution to the industry. These honorees are an elite group of professionals who have made significant contributions to television for 50 and 25 years, respectively.

Gold Circle inductees include Rodney Batten, Rita Braver, Maria Antonieta Collins and Marvin Kalb. Silver Circle inductees are Catherine McKenzie, Javier Morgado, Eduardo Suarez and Pierre Thomas.

Terry O’Reilly, chairman of NATAS, commented, “To say that this year has been a tumultuous one would be a sorry understatement. I don’t think I have ever seen a year so challenging and yet so very exciting: a year when the talents of our journalistic and documentary communities have contributed so much to the future of our culture and to that of our nation.”

Adam Sharp, NATAS CEO and president, said, “Those who shine a light on inconvenient truths, give voice to the voiceless or simply report documented facts are far too often punished through efforts to demonize and delegitimize such essential work. On these two nights, we do the vital opposite. The Emmys celebrate those who face these headwinds to bring important stories to our screens and, in turn, provide a vision of excellence that inspires the next generation to follow.

“We are particularly pleased to honor the career contributions of Jane Pauley and our class of Gold and Silver Inductees.”