Sky News, ITN Win International Emmys for News & Current Affairs

NEW YORK: Sky News’s Migration Crisis has received the 2016 International Emmy for news, while Dispatches: Escape from Isis from ITN Productions won the award in the current affairs category.

Migration Crisis, produced by Sky News, covers the dangerous journey of a group of migrants from Turkey to Greece. It offers exclusive insight from the Sky crew live on the Hungary-Serbia border as refugees and riot police clash.

Dispatches: Escape from Isis was produced by ITN Productions, Ronachan Films, Evan Williams Productions and Mediadante. The special exposes the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State. It also puts a spotlight on an underground network trying to save the women and children ISIS is holding as slaves.

The International Emmys were presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the US News Emmys during a ceremony at Lincoln Center in New York City last night.

“Extraordinary and disheartening events in the Middle East have set a new bar for courageous journalism and for the dedicated reporters, cameramen and crews who pour themselves into this work,” said Bruce L. Paisner, the president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We congratulate them.”