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THE 41st NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMYS®

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Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast

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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

California Burning
ABC
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

Shooting in El Paso
ABC
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline

The Sri Lanka Easter Massacre
ABC
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WINNER

New Day

Roger Stone Raid
CNN
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PBS NewsHour

Why the Caliphate’s fall is a ‘milestone’ but not the end for ISIS
PBS
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Today

Mass Shootings in America
NBC

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast

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PBS NewsHour

Inside the Honduran Migrant Crisis
PBS
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VICE News Tonight

Hong Kong Revolts
HBO
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VICE News Tonight

Collapse of the Caliphate
HBO
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VICE News Tonight

Cross-Border Crackdown
HBO
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VICE News Tonight

Enduring Maduro: Life in Venezuela
HBO

Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast

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WINNER

CBS Sunday Morning

What Price?
CBS
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CBS Sunday Morning

Alec's Mission
CBS
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CBS Sunday Morning

The Real Green Book
CBS
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Nightline

Mexico: The Disappeared
ABC
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VICE News Tonight

What It’s Like to Have a Second-Trimester Abortion
HBO

Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast

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'It's Mutilation': The Police in Chile Are Blinding Protesters

The New York Times
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CBS This Morning

R. Kelly Breaks His Silence
CBS
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Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State

The New York Times
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PBS NewsHour

The Opaque Operations Involved in Fighting the Taliban
PBS
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WINNER

Today

‘Zone Rouge’: An army of children toils in African mines
NBC

Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast

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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline

Vanished: China's Missing Muslims
ABC
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CNN International Desk / Amanpour

Fear and Oppression in Xinjiang
CNN
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Misuse of U.S. Weapons in the War in Yemen
CNN
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Putin's Private Army
CNN
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VICE News Tonight

They Come For Us At Night: China's Vanishing Muslims
HBO

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine

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60 Minutes

The Impeachment Debate and The Impeachment Inquiry
CBS
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60 Minutes

Hong Kong
CBS
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Dateline NBC

The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
NBC
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Vice News

Bringing Down Baghdadi
VICE TV
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The Weekly

El Chapo's Son: The Siege of Culiacán
FX Networks

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine

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Dateline NBC

Life Inside
NBC
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FRONTLINE

Targeting Yemen
PBS
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FRONTLINE

Kids Caught in the Crackdown
PBS
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The Weekly

Baby Constantin
FX Networks
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The Weekly

Connecting the World
FX Networks

Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine

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60 Minutes

Nadia
CBS
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ABC News

The Dropout
ABC
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Freedom Fighters

Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

Love & Basketball: The Elena Delle Donne Story
HBO
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The Weekly

The Gallagher Effect
FX Networks

Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine

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60 Minutes

The Label
CBS
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Fault Lines

In Bad Faith
Al Jazeera International USA
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FRONTLINE

Coal's Deadly Dust
PBS
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FRONTLINE

Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
PBS
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Unsafe Factories in Bangladesh Are Supplying Amazon Sellers

The Wall Street Journal

Outstanding Breaking News Coverage

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A Deadly Weekend in America

CNN
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Hong Kong Protesters Storm LegCo

CNN
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Hurricane Dorian Hits the Bahamas

CNN
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Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

CNN
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Turkey's Incursion into Syria

CNN

Outstanding News Special

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20/20

Screen Time
ABC
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WINNER

CBS Sunday Morning

A Sunday Morning in Florence
CBS
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CNN Special Report

Abuse and Scandal in the Catholic Church: The Case of the Predator Priest
CNN
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CNN Special Report

The Fall: The Final Days of the Caliphate
CNN
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Justice For All Town Hall

MSNBC

Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis

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All In with Chris Hayes

All In America: Live at the Border
MSNBC
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All In with Chris Hayes

Climate in Crisis
MSNBC
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WINNER

Black Women OWN the Conversation

Motherhood
OWN
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Meet the Press

Special Edition: Alternative Facts
NBC
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PBS NewsHour

The Mueller Report, Explained
PBS

Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion

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Equal Play

The New York Times
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A Message from the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Intercept
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New Day Weekend

‘Infested,’ He Says
CNN
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The Rachel Maddow Show

Tiller and Beyond: Abortion Wars in Kansas
MSNBC
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Real America with Jorge Ramos

Detained by a Dictator
Univision

Outstanding Live Interview

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AC360

Anderson Cooper Interviews Facebook's Monika Bickert
CNN
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Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour Interviews Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
CNN
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Amanpour

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper Interviewed by Christiane Amanpour
CNN
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The Beat with Ari Melber

Mueller Witnesses Interview
MSNBC
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Today

Nikki Haley Live In Studio 1A
NBC

Outstanding Edited Interview

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60 Minutes

Know My Name
CBS
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60 Minutes

Investigating the President
CBS
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60 Minutes

Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman
CBS
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Dateline NBC

Reckoning
NBC
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Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

Netflix
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Real America with Jorge Ramos

Interview with a Dictator
Univision

Outstanding Science, Medical or Environmental Report

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CNN Special Report

A Toxic Tale - Trump’s Environmental Impact
CNN
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Fault Lines

Sick Inside: Death and Neglect in U.S. Jails
Al Jazeera International USA
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Nightline

Journey to the Edge
ABC
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PBS NewsHour

Stopping A Killer Pandemic
PBS
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PBS NewsHour

Warnings from Antarctica
PBS

Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report

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60 Minutes

The Lost Music
CBS
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WINNER

60 Minutes

Mark Bradford
CBS
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PBS NewsHour

Making Her Own Sound: Redefining Who Can Be A Musician
PBS
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

On the Basis of Sex: Girls' Baseball in America
HBO
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VICE News Tonight

Nobody Wants to Die: Surviving D-Day
HBO
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VICE News Tonight

A Dose of Humanity in Virtual Reality
HBO

Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report

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Fault Lines

Recovering from Rehab
Al Jazeera International USA
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Fault Lines

System Failure: The Boeing Crashes
Al Jazeera International USA
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Fault Lines

Targeted by a Text
Al Jazeera International USA
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The Hidden Safety Risks of Your Amazon Order

The Wall Street Journal
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WINNER

The Lead with Jake Tapper

Maduro's Blood Gold
CNN

Best Story in a Newscast

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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Maduro's Blood Gold
CNN
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The Russia Tapes: Health Care and Civilians Under Attack in Syria

The New York Times
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Misuse of U.S. Weapons in the War in Yemen
CNN
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Putin's Private Army
CNN
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Today

‘Zone Rouge’: An army of children toils in African mines
NBC
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VICE News Tonight

Taken by ISIS
HBO

Best Story in a Newsmagazine

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48 Hours

Man on the Moon
CBS
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60 Minutes

Know My Name
CBS
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Fault Lines

In Bad Faith
Al Jazeera International USA
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FRONTLINE

Coal's Deadly Dust
PBS
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WINNER

FRONTLINE

Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
PBS