PBS wins 6 News and Documentary Emmys ®
PBS has received six News and Documentary Emmy ® Awards, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced last week! FRONTLINE won four out of the six awards with two News Emmys ®, and two Documentary Emmys ®, followed by NATURE (1) AND POV (1).
Additionally, Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for her groundbreaking career as anchor and managing editor at PBS NewsHour.
"PBS is so grateful for Judy’s work and accomplishments at PBS Newshour," Sylvia Bugg, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming at PBS, said. "Throughout her inspiring career she has raised journalistic standards and encouraged women in the communications industry worldwide. The Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award is very well deserved!"
See below for our full list of winners and nominees!
EMMY WINS
NEWS EMMY ® WINS
FRONTLINE Yemen’s COVID Cover-Up | Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
FRONTLINE Boeing’s Fatal Flaw | Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
DOCUMENTARY EMMY ® WINS
FRONTLINE A Thousand Cuts | Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
FRONTLINE Un(re)solved | Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
NATURE The Elephant and the Termite | Outstanding Writing: Documentary
POV Mayor | Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
NOMINEES
FRONTLINE
A Thousand Cuts | Outstanding Social Issue Documentary | Best Documentary
American Insurrection | Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary | Best Documentary
China’s COVID Secrets | Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Escaping Eritrea | Outstanding Investigative Documentary
In the Shadow of 9/11 | Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Un(re)solved | Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
Yemen’s COVID Cover-Up | Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
The Power of the Fed | Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
The Healthcare Divide | Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
Boeing’s Fatal Flaw | Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
The Pandora Papers | Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
Nature
My Garden of a Thousand Bees | Outstanding Nature Documentary
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains | Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
The Elephant and the Termite | Outstanding Nature Documentary | Outstanding Writing: Documentary | Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Independent Lens
Coded Bias | Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Cured | Outstanding Research: Documentary
Mr. Soul! | Outstanding Sound
Storm Lake | Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
POV
Mayor | Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
The Neutral Ground | Outstanding Historical Documentary
The Changing Same: American Pilgrimage | Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
A Broken House | Outstanding Short Documentary
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour’s Special Coverage of the Electoral College Count | Outstanding Live Breaking Coverage
Downing of a Flag | Outstanding Historical Documentary
