WINNERS FOR THE NEWS
CATEGORIES OF THE 45^th ANNUAL
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY®
AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Jane Pauley honored with 

Lifetime Achievement Award

(NEW YORK) SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 – Winners of the News categories of the 45^th Annual News and Documentary Emmy®Awards were announced tonight by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards were presented at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. 

Jane Pauley, the Emmy-winning journalist, anchor, and author, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her esteemed career in news broadcasting. The award was presented to her by Rand Morrison (Executive Producer, CBS Sunday Morning).

Tonight’s News Emmy Award ceremony was hosted by a group of industry leaders introducing different segments of the show. The group included: 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 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards are presented as two individual ceremonies: categories honoring Television News Programming were presented tonight; categories honoring Documentaries will be presented tomorrow evening. Both tonight’s and tomorrow’s ceremony are live-streamed at 7:30 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m. PDT on our dedicated platform, Watch.TheEmmys.TV powered by Vimeo.

“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,” said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. 

“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,” said Adam Sharp, NATAS CEO & President. 

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

This is the second class of national Gold and Silver Circle honorees for news was inducted tonight. 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 – 2024 NEWS INDUCTEES:

• Rodney Batten, Photojournalist, NBC News
• Rita Braver, National Correspondent, “CBS Sunday Morning” CBS News
• Maria Antonieta Collins, Journalist and Television Host, Univision
• Marvin Kalb, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, NBC News, CBS News, “Meet the Press”

SILVER CIRCLE – 2024 NEWS INDUCTEES:

• Catherine McKenzie, Executive Producer, ABC News
• Javier Morgado, Executive Producer, “New Day,” “Early Start,” CNN
• Eduardo Suarez, Vice President of Production Programs, CNN en Español
• Pierre Thomas, Chief Justice Correspondent, ABC News

The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honor programming content from more than 2200 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2023, judged by a pool of 980 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media News & Documentary industry.

The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards was produced by NATAS with Lisa Armstrong and Adam Sharp, Executive Producers, and David Winn and Christine Chin, News & Documentary Administration. Tonight’s program was Directed by John D’Incecco.

All programming is available on the web at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).

The complete list of winners is also available on the National Television Academy’s website: theemmys.tv

All voting was tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.

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ABOUT NATAS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime and Daytime Creative Arts programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering.

NATAS membership consists of more than 18,000+ broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including regional student television and its Student Award for Excellence and the National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.

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