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IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/11/02
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES PRESENTS 23rd
ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS New York, September 11, 2002 – The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Tuesday, September 10, 2002. A stellar line-up of prominent newsmakers and industry executives including Barbara Walters, Bernard Shaw and Pat Mitchell, president of PBS, presented the awards to a distinguished group of broadcast journalists at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. Garrick Utley of CNN acted as Master of Ceremonies during the event. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2001 calendar year. During the ceremony, Barbara Walters presented the first-ever lifetime achievement award to Roone Arledge, Chairman, ABC. The Awards Committee of NATAS granted the award. "If ever there was a year to recognize television news coverage, this was it," said NATAS President Peter Price. "It was our honor to present so many notable broadcasters with the coveted Emmy in tribute to their skill, hard work and commitment. It also proved to be a worthy time to recognize the contributions of Roone Arledge whose impact on the television industry is unparalleled." The finalists were chosen by blue ribbon panels composed of broadcast industry professionals. Entries were reviewed from the 2001 calendar year. The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows:
PBS 14 MSNBC 2 CBS 7 National Geographic ABC 6 Channel 1 CNN 4 TLC 1 HBO 3 WABC 1 NBC 3 WKRC 1
A complete list of the 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award recipients is available for viewing and downloading on the academy's web site at www.emmyonline.org. The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards is presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of television.
#### MEDIA CONTACTS: AWARDS CONTACT: Lori Genes DeniseW. Burk Goodman Media International Director, Awards, NATAS [email protected] [email protected] 212-576-2700 EXT 228 212-586-8424 EXT 212 Stacey Sanner Goodman Media International [email protected] 212-576-2700 EXT 234
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
“KABUL LIBERATED” NBC (NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw) Executive Producer: Steve Capus
Senior Producer: Mary Laurence Flynn
Producers: Babak Behnam, Lori Fujii, Fiona Turner
Correspondent: Tom Aspell
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
“WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK: FIRST THREE DAYS” ABC
(ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings) Executive Producer: Paul Slavin
Producer: Kate Felsen
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
“THE FRIDAY SQUAD” CBS
(CBS Evening News Weekend Edition) Executive Producer: Patricia Shevlin Producer: Thomas J Aviles
OUTSTANDING BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CURRENT STORY
IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
“MATTIE'S STORY” ABC (Good Morning America)
Executive Producer: Shelley Z. Ross Senior Broadcast Producer: Stuart Schwartz Senior Editorial Producer: Steve Thode Senior Producers: Laurye Blackford, John Green,
Ann Reynolds Producers: Patty Neger, Brian O'Keefe Correspondents: Chris Cuomo, Charles Gibson,
Diane Sawyer
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST
“THE ENERGY CRISIS” CBS (CBS Evening News with Dan Rather)
Executive Producer: Jim Murphy Senior Producer: Gavin Boyle Producer: Barbara Pierce Correspondent: Vince Gonzales
and
“POST 9/11 INVESTIGATION” ABC (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings)
Executive Producer: Paul Slavin Senior Producers: Chris Isham, Stu Schutzman Producers: Brenda S Breslauer, Jill
Rackmill , Dave Rummel, Rhonda Schwartz, David W Scott, Len Tepper,
Chris Vlasto, Vic Walter Field Producer: Simon Surowicz Chief Investigative Correspondent: Brian Ross
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW / INTERVIEWER
“TED KOPPEL” National Geographic Channel (Inside Base Camp) Correspondent: Tom Foreman
Executive Producers for
National Geographic
Channel: John Bowman, Andrew C. Wilk
Executive Producers for
National Geographic
Television: Gil Pimentel, David Royle
Producers for National
Geographic
Television: John Ebinger, Gigi Maartens
and
“NEW YORK FIRE CHIEF DANIEL NIGRO” ABC (ABC News Primetime Thursday) Senior Executive
Producer: Victor Neufeld
Executive Producer: David Doss
Senior Producer: Robert Lange
Producer: Kristen Strand Adams
Anchor: Diane Sawyer
and
“THE TRAITOR” CBS (60 Minutes II) Executive Producer: Jeff Fager
Senior Producers: Patti Hassler, Michael R. Whitney
Producers: Jill Landes, Michael Rosenbaum
Correspondent: Bob Simon
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY - LONG FORM
“AGAINST ALL ODDS” NBC (Dateline NBC) Executive Producer: David Corvo
Senior Producer: Adam Gorfain
Producer: Izhar Harpaz
Correspondent: John Hockenberry
and
“TWIST OF FATE” CBS (CBS News Sunday Morning) Executive Producer: Rand Morrison
Senior Broadcast
Producer: Mary Murphy
Senior Producers: Marquita Pool-Eckert, Estelle Popkin
Producers: David Bhagat, Ed Forgotson Jr., James Houtrides
Correspondent: Martha Teichner
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY – LONG FORM
“ROMANIA: CHILDREN FOR SALE” ABC (ABC News 20/20)
Executive Producers: David Sloan, Janice Tomlin
Senior Executive
Producer: Victor Neufeld
Correspondent: Tom Jarriel
and
“UNHOLY WAR” CNN (CNN Presents)
Executive Producers: David Henshaw, Vivian Schiller
Supervising Producer: Jennifer Hyde
Producer: James Miller
Reporter: Saira Shah
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY – LONG FORM
“HER LOST WORLD” ABC (ABC News 20/20)
Executive Producer: David Sloan
Senior Executive
Producer: Victor Neufeld
Senior Producer: Meredith White
Producer: Joanna Breen
Correspondent: Deborah Roberts
OUTSTANDING BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CURRENT STORY – LONG FORM
“BIOTERROR” PBS (Nova)
Executive Producers: Paula S. Apsell, Lawrie Mifflin, Michael Oreskes, Charles Tremayne
Producers: Matthew Collins, Kirk Wolfinger
and “INSIDE FLIGHT 93” TLC
Executive Producers: Brett Alexander, Stephen H. Schwartz, Tom Seligson
Producers: Todd Auslander, Linda Martin, Chris Weicher, Char Woods, Emily M. Bernstein, David Small, Mike Baluzy, Peter Stader, Kendrick Simmons
and “PROMISES” PBS/ITVS (P.O.V.)
Executive Producers: Janet Cole, Sally Jo Fifer, Cara Mertes Producers: B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM – LONG FORM
“BENEATH THE VEIL” CNN (CNN Presents) Executive Producers: David Henshaw, Vivian Schiller
Supervising Producer: Jennifer Hyde
Producer: Cassian Harrison
Reporter: Saira Shah
and
“THE CARPET SLAVES: STOLEN CHILDREN OF INDIA” HBO (Cinemax Reel Life) Executive Producers: Grant McKee, Sheila Nevins
Supervising Producer: Nancy Abraham
Producers: Kate Blewett, Brian Woods
and
“TRADE SECRETS: A MOYERS REPORT” PBS Executive Producers: Judy Doctoroff O'Neill, Judith
Davidson Moyers
Executive Editors: Judith Davidson Moyers, Bill Moyers
Producer: Sherry Jones
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM
“FOREVER FOURTEEN” PBS (Life 360: A Place in Time) Co-Executive Producers: Tom Bettag, John Lindsay
Executive Producer: Janet Tobias
Senior Producer: Dan Morris
Producer: Kelly St. John
and
“SHE SAYS/WOMEN IN NEWS” PBS Executive Producer: Joan Konner
Producer: Barbara Rick
OUTSTANDING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM
“DANCE IN AMERICA: FREE TO DANCE–STEPS OF THE GODS” PBS (Great Performances) Producer: Madison Davis Lacy
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND NATURE PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM
“THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHICKEN” PBS (PBS Special) Executive Producer,
Channel 4: Charles Furneaux Executive Producer,
Devillier Donegan
Enterprises: Gregory Diefenbach Producer: Mark Lewis
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY - LONG FORM
“KOREAN WAR STORIES” PBS (PBS Special) Executive Producer: Phylis Geller Producer: Robert Uth
BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST IN 2001
“MCVEIGH PAPERS” CBS (CBS Evening News with Dan Rather) Executive Producer: Jim Murphy Senior Producer: Jim McGlinchy
Producer: Mark Katkov
Correspondent: Jim Stewart
and
“BYRON PITTS AT GROUND ZERO” CBS (CBS Evening News with Dan Rather) Executive Producer: Jim Murphy
Senior Producer: Wayne Nelson
Producers: Amy Birnbaum, Betty Chin, Jamie Kraft, Joe Haldeman, Alan Golds, Karen Raffensperger, Jennifer Buksbaum, Craig Crawford, Bob Davis
Correspondent: Byron Pitts
and
“STRUGGLE FOR ISLAM” CNN (CNN Presents) Executive Producer: Vivian Schiller
Producers: Kate Andrews, Bud Bultman, William Smee
Reporter: Christiane Amanpour
BEST REPORT IN A NEWS MAGAZINE IN 2001
“NO GREATER LOVE: THE STORY OF FLIGHT 93” NBC (Dateline NBC) Executive Producer: David Corvo
Senior Producer: Ellen Mason
Producers: Benita Alexander-Noel, Sharon Isaak Hoffman, Lai Ling Jew, Lee Kamlet, Tim Peek
Anchor: Jane Pauley BEST DOCUMENTARY IN 2001
“PROMISES” PBS/ITVS
(P.O.V.) Executive Producers: Janet Cole, Sally Jo Fifer, Cara Mertes
Producers: B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: WRITING
“LIFE'S GREATEST MIRACLE” PBS (Nova) Writer: Julia Cort
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: DIRECTION
“EXODUS FROM AFRICA WITH SORIOUS SAMURA” CNN (CNN Presents)
Director: Dollan Cannell
and
“OF CIVIL WRONGS AND RIGHTS: THE FRED KOREMATSU STORY” PBS (P.O.V.)
Director: Eric Paul Fournier
and
“THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHICKEN” PBS (PBS National Special)
Director: Mark Lewis
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: RESEARCH
“THE CARPET SLAVES: STOLEN CHILDREN OF INDIA” HBO (Cinemax Reel Life)
Researchers: Kate Blewett, Brian Woods
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: CINEMATOGRAPHY
“AFGHANISTAN REVEALED” MSBNC (National Geographic Explorer)
Videographers: Stephen Cocklin, Charles Poe, Yusuf Jannesar
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING
“OF CIVIL WRONGS AND RIGHTS: THE FRED KOREMATSU STORY” PBS (P.O.V.)
Editors: Eric Paul Fournier, Jean Kawahara
and
“SUICIDE” HBO (HBO: America Undercover)
Editor: Patrick Gambuti, Jr.
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: GRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC DESIGN
“VERMEER: MASTER OF LIGHT” PBS
Art Director: Carol Hilliard Animator: Robert Grove
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: MUSIC AND SOUND
“HAUNT OF THE HIPPO” MSNBC (National Geographic Explorer)
Sound Mixers: Trevor Barber, Nelson Funk Composers: Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo
Sound: Mark Deeble, Victoria Stone Sound Editors: Tim Owens, Mike Kelly
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTIONAND SCENIC DESIGN
“YOYO MA PERFORMANCE FROM OSCAR NOMINATED FILM” CBS (The Early Show)
Designer: William McGarvey
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY – SPOT NEWS
“CINCINNATI IN BLACK AND WHITE: RIOTS DAY ONE” WKRC (WKRC-TV 11:00pm News)
Reporter: Frank J Graff Photojournalist: Christopher A Hursh
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY – INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
“CAUGHT OFF GUARD” WABC (WABC Eyewitness News at 6:00pm)
Producers: Daniela Royes, Bryan White Reporter: Jim Hoffer
BREAKDOWN BY PROGRAM PBS (14) P.O.V. ……….......................................................................................................……... 4 Nova …………………...............................………………………………………………. 2 PBS Special …………...............................………………………………………………. 2 Great Performances ...............................………………………………………………. 1 Life 360: A Place in Time .……..................……………………………………………… 1 PBS National Special ..............................………………………………………………. 1 She Says/Women in News ...................................………............................................ 1 Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report ........................………............................................. 1 Vermeer: Master of Light ……………………………………...................………………. 1
CBS (7) CBS Evening News with Dan Rather .................………............................................ 3 60 Minutes II ..........................................................………............................................. 1 CBS Evening News Weekend Edition ..............................……...........………………. 1 CBS News Sunday Morning …………..............................……...........………………. 1 The Early Show …………………………..............................……...........………………. 1
ABC (6) ABC News 20/20
…………………………………..……………........................……….. 2 ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings ......................………....………........ 2 ABC News Primetime Thursday ………...................................………....………........ 1 Good Morning America ………………...................................………....………........ 1 CNN (4) CNN Presents …………..………………….................................................................... 4 HBO (3) Cinemax Reel Life ……................................................................................................ 2 HBO: America Undercover ….........................................................…..…...............… 1 NBC (3) Dateline NBC ..........................................................….........….................................…. 2 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw ..……………………................................…….. 1
MSNBC (2) National Geographic Explorer ......................………...............…............................. 2 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL (1) Inside Base Camp ……..………………….................................................................... 1 TLC (1) Inside Flight 93 ………………………………..……………………................................ 1 WABC (1) WABC Eyewitness News at 6:00pm ................………...............…............................. 1 WKRC (1) WKRC-TV 11:00pm News ….…………….................................................................... 1