44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards

Awards for American news and documentary programming in 2022
  • September 27, 2023 (News Categories)
  • September 28, 2023 (Documentary Categories)
LocationPalladium Times Square, New York CityPresented byNational Academy of Television Arts and SciencesMost awardsVICE News Tonight (9)Most nominationsVICE News Tonight (28)Television/radio coverageNetworkWatch.TheEmmys.TV
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The 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), to honor the best in American news and documentary programming in 2022. The winners are set to be announced on two ceremonies held at Palladium Times Square in New York City and live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and other associated apps. The winners of the news categories are scheduled to be announced on September 27, 2023, while the ones for the documentary categories are set to be revealed on September 28, 2023.[1][2]

The nominees were announced on July 27, 2023. Vice's news program VICE News Tonight led the nominations with 28 nominations followed by CBS's 60 Minutes with eleven, and National Geographic's Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller and PBS' FRONTLINE, both with nine. CNN was the most nominated network with 45 nominations.[3] The nominees for the international categories were announced on August 15, 2023.[4] The Gold and Silver Circle inductees were announced on August 29, 2023, dedicated t honour several professionals for their distinguished service within the television industry for 50 or 25 years respectively.[5]

VICE News Tonight received the most awards with eight, while HBO Max's The Janes and National Geographic's Retrograde were the most awarded documentaries with three wins each.[6][7] American journalist and new anchor Wolf Blitzer and American film director Barbara Kopple were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the news and documentary ceremonies, respectively.[8]

Winners and nominees

Wolf Blitzer, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Barbara Kopple, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
David Martin, Golden Circle Inductee
John Quiñones, Gold Circle Inductee
Dan Rather, Gold Circle Inductee
Jon Alpert, Gold Circle Inductee
Kim Godwin, Silver Circle Inductee
Steve Osunsami, Silver Circle Inductee
Jorge Ramos, Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media winner

The nominees were announced on July 28, 2023. The winners were announced on September 27 and 28, 2023.[9][10][11][12]

Lifetime Achievement Award

Gold Circle Inductees

Silver Circle Inductees

  • Steve Fastook – Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC (news)
  • Kim Godwin – President of ABC News (news)
  • Rand Morrison – executive producer of CBS News Sunday Morning (news)
  • Steve Osunsami – Senior National correspondent of ABC News (news)
  • Otto Padron – President & CEO of Meruelo Media (news)
  • Thomas Snowden – editor of NBC News (news)
  • Daniel H. Birman – documentarian, Birman Productions (documentary)
  • Lois Vossen – executive Producer, Independent Lens (documentary)
  • Chris White, executive Producer, American Documentary (documentary)

News Programming

Outstanding Live News Program Outstanding Recorded News Program
Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form
  • VICE News Tonight: "Putin's War on Ukraine" (Vice)
    • 60 Minutes: "Belief in the Ballot, Dominion, and Voting Rights & Wrongs" (CBS)
    • 60 Minutes: "War in Ukraine" (CBS)
    • ABC News: "Uvalde 365: A Year in the Community" (ABC)
    • Nightline: "A Reckoning: The Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools" (ABC)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form
  • Op-Docs: "My Disability Roadmap" (The New York Times)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short Form Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
  • FRONTLINE: "Afghanistan Undercover" (PBS)
    • FRONTLINE: "Crime Scene: Bucha" (PBS)
    • Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha (The New York Times)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Fish Pirates" (National Geographic)
    • VICE News Tonight: "Above the Law: Investigating the Louisville Metro Police Department" (Vice)
Outstanding Live News Special Outstanding Recorded News Special
  • Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later (CNN)
    • ABC News: "NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Mission | Liftoff to Space" (ABC)
    • ABC News Special Report: "Queen Elizabeth" (ABC)
    • CBS News: "CBS News: America Decides Campaign '22 – Midterm Elections" (CBS)
    • NBC News Specials: "Decision 2022: The Balance of Power" (NBC)
    • Noticiero Telemundo: "Decision 2022: Battle for the Power" (Telemundo)
Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion
  • VICE News Tonight: "Inside Rights: Teenagers Discuss Abortion" (Vice)
    • CNN Tonight: "77 Minutes in Uvalde" (CNN)
    • Fareed Zakaria GPS: "The Fall of Kabul, One Year Later" (CNN)
    • State of the Union with Jake Tapper: "Russia's War" (CNN)
    • This Week with George Stephanopoulos: "On the Brink of War" (ABC)
  • The New York Times Opinion Video: "The Taliban Promised Them Amnesty. Then They Executed Them" (The New York Times)
    • All In with Chris Hayes: "From Kanye to Trump" (MSNBC)
    • State of the Union: "Jake Tapper on Trump's dinner with antisemite" (CNN)
    • The New York Times Opinion Video: "I'm a Pro-Life Pastor, but I Support a Woman's Right to Choose" (The New York Times)
    • The New York Times Opinion Video: "We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed" (The New York Times)
Outstanding Live Interview: Short Form Outstanding Live Interview: Long Form
  • Amanpour: "Russian Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov interviewed by Christiane Amanpour" (CNN)
    • Anderson Cooper 360°: "Speaker Nancy Pelosi Describes Her Experience Following Husband's Anack That Was Intended for Her" (CNN)
    • The New York Times DealBook Summit: "Sam Bankman-Fried with Andrew Ross Sorkin" (The New York Times)
    • State of the Union with Jake Tapper: "Jake Tapper interview Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves" (CNN)
    • TODAY: "Savannah Guthrie Interviews Bill Barr" (NBC)
Outstanding Edited Interview Outstanding Emerging Journalist
Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
  • In Real Life: "Plastic Time Bomb" (Newsy)
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage

Spanish Language Programming

Outstanding News Program in Spanish Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish
  • Noticiero Telemundo: "Ira de Putin" (Telemundo)
    • Aquí y Ahora: "Devastación de Ian" (Univision)
    • Conclusiones con Fernando del Rincón: "La Guerra de Rusia en Ucrania" (CNN en Español)
    • Noticiero Telemundo: "Uvalde" (Telemundo)
    • Noticiero Univision: "Guerra en Ucrania" (Univision)
    • Noticiero Univision: "Masacre en Uvalde" (Univision)
  • Aquí y Ahora: "Persecución Mortal" (Univision)
    • Aquí y Ahora: "Se Busca Trabajo" (Univision)
    • Caro Quintero: Narco de Narcos (ViX)
    • Conclusiones con Fernando del Rincón: "Protected Witness" (CNN en Español)
    • Noticiero Telemundo: "Unidad Investigativa: Venezolanos" (Telemundo)
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
  • Ritos de Pasaje: "Sicarios" (Vice)
    • Aquí y Ahora / Univision Investiga: "Ley de la selva" (Univision)
    • Fentanilo: futura para el narco, muerte para la humanidad (ViX)
    • A Sense Of Community: "Iztapalapa" (Al Jazeera International USA)
    • Univision Noticias: "Unidos en Iowa: Latinos luchan por apoyos económicos en tiempos de pandemia" (Univision)

Documentary Programming

Best Documentary Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
  • Retrograde (National Geographic)
    • 11 Minutes (Paramount+)
    • Endangered (HBO Max)
    • P.O.V.: "Let the Little Light Shine" (PBS)
    • P.O.V.: "Wuhan Wuhan" (PBS)
    • The Trapped 13: How We Survived The Thai Cave (Netflix)
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
  • P.O.V.: "The Last Out" (PBS)
    • Eat The Rich: The GameStop Saga (Netflix)
    • Icahn: The Restless Billionaire (HBO Max)
    • Independent Lens: "TikTok, Boom." (PBS)
    • Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons (Hulu)
Outstanding Investigative Documentary Outstanding Historical Documentary
  • Escape from Kabul (HBO Max)
  • Hostages (HBO Max)
    • CNN Original Series: "Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal" (CNN)
    • FRONTLINE, Retro Report: "American Reckoning" (PBS)
    • Meltdown: Three Mile Island (Netflix)
    • Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha (PBS)
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary Outstanding Nature Documentary
  • How to Survive a Pandemic (HBO Max)
  • Wildcat (Amazon Prime)
    • America the Beautiful (Disney+)
    • Animal (Netflix)
    • The Green Planet (PBS)
    • Kangaroo Valley (Netflix)
    • Super/Natural (National Geographic)
Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary Outstanding Short Documentary
  • MTV Documentary Films: "The Fire That Took Her" (Paramount+)
  • The Flagmakers (National Geographic)
    • Guardian Documentaries: "Beirut Dreams in Color" (The Guardian)
    • MSNBC Films: "The Sentence of Michael Thompson" (MSNBC)
    • MTV Documentary Films: "As Far as They Can Run" (Paramount+)
    • Op-Docs: "MINK!" (The New York Times)

Craft

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary Outstanding Video Journalism: News
  • Retrograde – Tim Grucza, Matthew Heineman, Olivier Sarbil (National Geographic)
    • Master of Light (HBO Max)
    • Nuisance Bear (The New Yorker)
    • Op-Docs: "Long Line of Ladies" (The New York Times)
    • Super/Natural (National Geographic)
Outstanding Direction: News Outstanding Direction: Documentary
  • The JanesTia Lessin, Emma Pildes (HBO Max)
    • In Her Hands (Netflix)
    • Master of Light (HBO Max)
    • Nothing Compares (Showtime)
    • Retrograde (National Geographic)
    • Wildcat (Amazon Prime)
Outstanding Editing: News Outstanding Editing: Documentary
  • Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha – Alexander Cardia, Dmitriy Khavin, Natalie Reneau (The New York Times)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Cocaine Queens" (National Geographic)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "White Supremacy" (National Geographic)
    • VICE News Tonight: "Battle for the South of Ukraine" (Vice)
    • VICE News Tonight: "Beyond Fentanyl" (Vice)
  • Retrograde – Pablo Garza, Matthew Heineman, Grace Zahrah, Andy Gersh, Jim Hession, David Zieff (National Geographic)
    • CNN Films: "Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" (CNN)
    • In Her Hands (Netflix)
    • Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (Peacock)
    • Master of Light (HBO Max)
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: News Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary
  • As Equals: "The Dangers of Mercury in Skin Whitening Products Explained" – Elisa Solinas, Emma Beinis, Jue Gong, Agne Jurkenaite (CNN)
  • A Trip to Infinity – Jon Halperin, Drew Takahashi, Colin Thorton, Neil Wilson, Raven Kwok, Gordon Clark, Henrik Reistad, Dimitrios Sakkas, Susi Sie, Christian Stangl Stangl, Grant Sanderson, Rebecka Taule, Pasquale D'Amico, Adrianna Dufay, Florian Grolig, Jimbo Matison, Mac Premo, Henrik Reistad, Gergely Wootsch, Tadju Takahashi (Netflix)
Outstanding Research: News Outstanding Research: Documentary
  • VICE News Tonight: "Undercover in Guyana" – Mr. Chan, Belle Cushing, Xiao Ge, Isobel Yeung (Vice)
    • CNN Newsroom: "The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh" (CNN)
    • FRONTLINE: "Afghanistan Undercover" (PBS)
    • FRONTLINE: "Crime Scene: Bucha" (PBS)
    • The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: "Horror at Kabul's Abbey Gate" (CNN)
    • The New York Times Opinion Video: "The Taliban Promised Them Amnesty. Then They Executed Them" (The New York Times)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "White Supremacy" (National Geographic)
  • Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power – Dema Paxton Fofang, Anya Rous, Lizzy McGlynn (Peacock)
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design Outstanding Technical Achievement
  • The Pez Outlaw – Britton Foster, Amy Bandlien Storkel, David Pink, Lauren Schilling, Bryan Storkel, Chad Miller (VOD)
  • NBC News Election Coverage – Marc Greenstein, Margot Silver, Mike Masek, Alex Bassett, Ilya Livshits, Rob Barton, Ted Natoli, Nini Li, Miguel Yabredes, Wilson Li, Jean Boucklos, Andrew Mannino, Morgan Herrmann, Barry Herzner, Mahe Dewan, James Matarese, Jeff Taylor (NBC)
    • Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later (CNN)
    • NBC News Election Coverage: "Decision 2022 Midterm Elections" (NBC)
    • New Media Element Builder (CNN)
    • Noticiero Telemundo: "Decision 2022: Battle for the Power" (Telemundo)
Outstanding Music Composition Outstanding Sound
Outstanding Writing: News Outstanding Writing: Documentary
  • 60 Minutes: "The Lost Souls of Bucha" – Maria Gavrilovic, Alex Ortiz, Scott Pelley (CBS)
    • 60 Minutes: "Pathogen X" (CBS)
    • 60 Minutes: "Platform 4" (CBS)
    • Fault Lines: "The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh" (Al Jazeera International USA)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Cocaine Queens" (National Geographic)
    • Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: "Fish Pirates" (National Geographic)
  • Good Night Oppy – Ryan Whie, Helen Kearns (Amazon Prime)
    • FRONTLINE: "Lies, Politics and Democracy" (PBS)
    • Hostages (HBO Max)
    • Nothing Compares (Showtime)
    • P.O.V.: "Not Going Quietly" (PBS)
Outstanding Interactive Media Outstanding Promotional Announcement
  • How We Went Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' (The New York Times)
    • CNN Digital: "How Iran's Security Forces Use Rape to Quell Protests" (CNN)
    • The DJ and the War Crimes (Rolling Stone)
    • Extreme Heat Will Change Us (The New York Times)
    • 'Putin Is a Fool': Intercepted Calls Reveal Russian Army in Disarray (The New York Times)
  • Super/Natural (National Geographic)
    • Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story: "Captive Audience "Shocking" Trailer" (Hulu)
    • NOVΛ: "Augmented" (PBS)
    • Retrograde (National Geographic)
    • Shark Week: "Seal Cam / Shark Week 2022" (Discovery Channel)

Regional News

Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report

International News & Current Affairs

News Current Affairs

Multiple wins

Shows that received multiple wins
Wins Program Network
8 VICE News Tonight Vice
3 60 Minutes CBS
Anderson Cooper 360° CNN
The Janes HBO Max
Retrograde National Geographic
2 Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later CNN
Good Night Oppy Amazon Prime
MTV Documentary Films Paramount+
Wins by Network
Wins Network
10 CNN
9 Vice
6 HBO Max
5 The New York Times
National Geographic
4 CBS
3 Univision
Amazon Prime
2 PBS
Netflix
Paramount+

Multiple nominations

Shows that received multiple nominations
Nominations Program Network
28 VICE News Tonight Vice
11 60 Minutes CBS
9 FRONTLINE PBS
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller National Geographic
8 Nightline ABC
7 Anderson Cooper 360° CNN
P.O.V. PBS
6 Retrograde National Geographic
Good Night Oppy Amazon Prime
Noticiero Telemundo Telemundo
5 ABC News Soul of a Nation Presents ABC
The New York Times Opinion Video The New York Times
4 CNN Films CNN
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Super/Natural National Geographic
The Janes HBO Max
3 Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later CNN
CNN Digital
NOVΛ PBS
CBS Mornings CBS
In Her Hands Netflix
Hostages HBO Max
Master of Light
Op-Docs The New York Times
Dateline NBC NBC
NBC News Specials
Aquí y Ahora Univision
Noticiero Univision
Wildcat Amazon Prime
MTV Documentary Films Paramount+
2 CNN Original Series CNN
CNN Worldwide
Erin Burnett OutFront
State of the Union with Jake Tapper
20/20 ABC
ABC News
ABC News Live
This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Great Performances PBS
Independent Lens
CBS Sunday Morning CBS
A Trip to Infinity Netflix
Escape from Kabul HBO Max
Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha The New York Times
NBC News Election Coverage NBC
TODAY
MSNBC Films MSNBC
Nothing Compares Showtime
Fault Lines Al Jazeera International USA
BBC World News America BBC World News
In Real Life Newsy
Nuisance Bear The New Yorker
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Peacock
Nominations by Network
Nominations Network
45 CNN
30 Vice
28 ABC
26 PBS
20 CBS
National Geographic
18 Netflix
16 HBO Max
The New York Times
15 NBC
14 Univision
10 Amazon Prime
8 Telemundo
5 MSNBC
4 Hulu
Paramount+
Showtime
3 Al Jazeera International USA
VOD
2 BBC World News
CNN en Español
ESPN
Newsy
The New Yorker
Peacock
ViX
Vox
WORLD

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