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THE 42nd NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMYS®

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Outstanding Newscast

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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC
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NBC Nightly News

NBC
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Nightline

ABC
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The Rachel Maddow Show

MSNBC
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VICE News Tonight

Vice

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast

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Go There

Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan
CNN
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Nightline

Conspiracy in Michigan
ABC
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Nightline

Voices of Conviction
ABC
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WINNER

VICE News Tonight

American Uprising
Vice
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The Washington Post

How a Night of Protest Turned Deadly in Kenosha
The Washington Post

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast

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Nightline

Turning Point
ABC
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PBS NewsHour

Searching for Justice
PBS
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PBS NewsHour

Desperate Journey
PBS
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PBS NewsHour

Inside Venezuela
PBS
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Yemen Hunger Crisis: Made in America
CNN
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

CNN Investigates China’s Treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
CNN
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VICE News Tonight

Death and Denial: COVID in Bolsonaro's Brazil
Vice

Outstanding Short Feature Story in a Newscast

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CNN Business

Conspiracy Theorists Said She Started the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now She's Afraid for Her Life.
CNN
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CNN Newsroom

The Body Collectors
CNN
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Vice News

The Kids Being Trained and Armed to Fight Mexican Cartels
Vice
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VICE News Tonight

Table Stakes
Vice
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VICE News Tonight

Surviving COVID-19
Vice

Outstanding Long Feature Story in a Newscast

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WINNER

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor

The New York Times
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Inside One of New York's Deadliest Zip Codes

The New York Times
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A Racist Attack Was Caught on Camera. Nearly 45 Years Later, It Still Stings.

The New York Times
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VICE News Tonight

COVID-19: Italy’s Tragedy
Vice
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The Washington Post

Murder in Afghanistan, a Trump Pardon, and the Soldiers Left Behind
The Washington Post

Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast

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AC360

CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny
CNN
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CBS Evening News

Military Sexual Assault: Norah O’Donnell Investigates
CBS
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CBS This Morning

Toxic Legacy
CBS
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CBS This Morning

Escaping Justice: U.S. Sex Crime Suspects Using Legal Loophole to Move to Israel
CBS
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Investigation
CNN
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VICE News Tonight

Unreleased Footage Gives an Inside Look at the Night Breonna Taylor Died
Vice

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine

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20/20

Outbreak: What You Need to Know
ABC
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20/20

Kobe Bryant: The Death of a Legend
ABC
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60 Minutes

On the Frontline
CBS
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60 Minutes

Counting the Vote
CBS
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60 Minutes

Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Cell
CBS

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine

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20/20

Falling From the Sky
ABC
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20/20

American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?
ABC
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20/20

Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein
ABC
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FRONTLINE

Taliban Country
PBS
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FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, Pulitzer Center

Undocumented in the Pandemic
PBS

Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine

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60 Minutes

Talking to the Past
CBS
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Fringe Nation

Legacy of the KKK
Vice
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FRONTLINE

Love, Life & the Virus
PBS
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Investigations by VICE

Disgrace
Hulu
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On Assignment with Richard Engel

Enemy of the State
MSNBC

Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine

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48 Hours

Find Yura: Manhunt on the Dark Web
CBS
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60 Minutes

Opioid Playbook
CBS
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60 Minutes

Excited Delirium
CBS
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FRONTLINE in partnership with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Luanda Leaks
PBS

Outstanding Breaking News Coverage

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The Coronavirus Outbreak in China

CNN
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The Death of George Floyd

CNN
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MSNBC Live

Steve Kornacki Reports - Election 2020
MSNBC
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Real America with Jorge Ramos

Eye of the Hurricane
Univision
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Trump's Photo-Op at St. John's Church

CNN

Outstanding News Special

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20/20

Juneteenth
ABC
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WINNER

CBS News Special

Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line
CBS
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CNN Special Report

Witness to the Pandemic
CNN
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Fareed Zakaria Special

China's Deadly Secret
CNN
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Retro Report

Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press
Retro Report and VICE TV

Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis

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Face the Nation

US & Iran on the Brink
CBS
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Face the Nation

Facing the Pandemic
CBS
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WINNER

Fareed Zakaria Special

How the World Sees America
CNN
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

A Discussion with Barack Obama: “A Promised Land”
MSNBC
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This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Your Voice Your Vote
ABC

Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion

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If I Caught the Coronavirus, Would You Want Me Making Your Next Meal?

The New York Times
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WINNER

Heartache in the Hot Zone: The Front Line Against Covid-19

The New York Times
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How the U.S. Bungled the Plague

The New York Times
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How Was My Son Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder Not a Hate Crime?

The New York Times
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VICE News Tonight

Black, Pissed, and Patriotic
Vice

Outstanding Live Interview

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CNN Newsroom

Anderson Cooper Presses Las Vegas Mayor
CNN
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CNN Newsroom

Anderson Cooper Grills Mike Lindell of MyPillow
CNN
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CNN Tonight

Sara Sidner Connects Floyd Family with Minneapolis Police Chief
CNN
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WINNER

NBC News Specials: Trump Town Hall

NBC
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Wolf Blitzer interviews Attorney General Bill Barr
CNN
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State of the Union

Dana Bash Presses Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on School Reopenings
CNN

Outstanding Edited Interview

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60 Minutes

Putin's Public Enemy
CBS
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60 Minutes

The Republican Ticket
CBS
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ABC News

Their Painful Bond- Black Mothers Speak Out Together on Their Unimaginable Loss
ABC
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ABC News

Judge Esther Salas: A Mother's Journey
ABC
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HBO Documentary Films

Axios: President Donald J. Trump--an interview
HBO
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The Rachel Maddow Show

The Lev Parnas Interview
MSNBC

Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage

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AC360

Pandemic: How a Virus Changed the World in 1918
CNN
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CNN Special Report

Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19
CNN
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VICE News Tonight

A Climate for Locusts
Vice
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VICE News Tonight

Longest Oil Spill
Vice
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Vox Atlas

Why Scientists Are So Worried About This Glacier
Vox
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WINNER

The Wall Street Journal

E-ternal: A Tech Quest to ‘Live’ Forever
Wall Street Journal

Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage

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WINNER

20/20

The Shot: Race for the Vaccine
ABC
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60 Minutes

Short Supply
CBS
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CNN Worldwide Covid-19 Coverage

CNN
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PBS NewsHour

Best Health Care?
PBS
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The Weekly

My Blood
FX

Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage

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60 Minutes

Joaquin Phoenix
CBS
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ABC News Prime

Diaspora Divide
ABC
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Dominic Fike, at First

The New York Times
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Opinion Video

Cause of Life
The New York Times
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

Fairway to Freedom: The Story of Valentino Dixon
HBO
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WINNER

World News Tonight with David Muir and Nightline

The Children of Auschwitz
ABC

Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage

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60 Minutes

Talent on the Spectrum
CBS
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CBS Sunday Morning

Not So Plain
CBS
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Fault Lines

Virus on the Poultry Line
Al Jazeera International USA
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New Day

A Family's Struggle as Pandemic Worsens Food Insecurity
CNN
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WINNER

Rescuing Her Father From an Assisted Living Facility in the Coronavirus Epicenter

ProPublica
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VICE Versa

Between Musk and Mars
Vice

Best Story in a Newscast

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AC360

Idlib: Forced to Flee Again
CNN
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CBS Sunday Morning

Americans without Water
CBS
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WINNER

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor

The New York Times
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VICE News Tonight

COVID-19: Italy's Tragedy
Vice
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VICE News Tonight

Armenia and Azerbaijan Return to War
Vice

Best Story in a Newsmagazine

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20/20

America in Pain: What Comes Next?
ABC
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The Circus: Inside the Craziest Political Campaign on Earth

Showtime
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FRONTLINE

Taliban Country
PBS
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WINNER

FRONTLINE

Love, Life & the Virus
PBS
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Retro Report

Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press
Retro Report and VICE TV