34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards


The 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on October 1, 2013, at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary. In attendance were over 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists.
Notable awards included the Lifetime Achievement Award given to David Fanning, founder and executive producer of Frontline.

Winners

Network breakdown

The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
ChannelNumber of Emmys
CBS12
PBS9
HBO6
CNN3
National Geographic Channel2
NBC2
ABC1
AXS TV1
BBC1
Center for Investigative Reporting1
Discovery Channel1
History Channel1
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum1
The New York Times1
Science Channel1
WBZ-TV 1
KING-TV 1

Breakdown by program

Awards

Lifetime Achievement AwardChairman's Award

  • Regularly Scheduled NewscastNews Magazine
  • Coverage of a Breaking News Story
  • * The Fight For Idlib, CBS Evening News
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
  • * Inside Syria’s Uprising, BBC World News
  • Feature Story
  • * Arctic Journey: The Unicorn of the Sea, Nightline
  • * Glen Campbell, CBS News Sunday Morning
  • * Starting Over, CBS News Sunday Morning
  • Investigative Journalism
  • * Exposing the Business of Congress, CBS News Sunday Morning
  • Business And Economic Reporting
  • * Cancer Drug Shortages, CBS Evening News
  • Coverage of a Breaking News Story
  • * The Battle for Syria, Frontline
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
  • * Aleppo, 60 Minutes
  • Feature Story
  • * Joy in the Congo, 60 Minutes
  • Investigative Journalism
  • * Opium Brides, Frontline
  • Business And Economic Reporting
  • * A Hard Landing, 60 Minutes
  • News Discussion And Analysis
  • * Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture, Anderson Cooper 360°
    • Long FormInterview
  • Live Coverage of a Current News Story
  • * Election Night in America, CNN
  • Continuing Coverage of a News Story
  • * Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, Frontline
  • Investigative Journalism
  • * Big Sky, Big Money, Frontline/Marketplace
  • Informational Programming
  • * The Interrupters, Frontline
  • Historical Programming
  • * The Loving Story, HBO Documentary Films
  • Business And Economic Reporting
  • * Money, Power and Wall Street, Frontline
  • Killing Bin Laden, 60 Minutes
    • ProgrammingBest Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast
  • Arts & Culture
  • * Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present, HBO Documentary Films
  • Science And Technology
  • * Space Dive,
  • Nature
  • * An Original DUCKumentary, Nature
  • On The Road: The Longest Wait, CBS Evening News
  • Inside Syria, NBC Nightly News
    • Best Report In A News MagazineBest Documentary
  • Killing Bin Laden, 60 Minutes
  • Saving Face, HBO Documentary Films
    • New Approaches To News & Documentary ProgrammingIndividual Achievement In A Craft
  • Current News Coverage
  • * In Jennifer's Room
  • Documentaries
  • * Clouds Over Cuba,
  • Arts, Lifestyle & Culture
  • * Life, Interrupted
  • Writing
  • * Nick Paton Walsh: Reports from Syria and Afghanistan, Nick Paton Walsh
  • Research
  • * Vito, HBO Documentary Films
  • * Jesse Owens, American Experience
  • Cinematography - Documentary & Long Form
  • * Winged Planet
  • * Untamed Americas
  • Editing
  • * Joy in the Congo, 60 Minutes
  • Editing–Documentary & Long Form
  • * Saving Face, HBO Documentary Films
  • Graphic Design & Art Direction
  • * WWII From Space
  • Music & Sound
  • * In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution, HBO Documentary Films
  • Lighting Direction & Scenic Design
  • * Election Night from Democracy Plaza, NBC News: Decision 2012
  • Video Journalism – News
  • * In the Running, Dan Rather Reports
    • Promotional AnnouncementRegional News Story
  • Institutional
  • * Frontline Fall Preview: How Come?, Frontline
  • Episodic
  • * Through the Wormhole
  • Spot News
  • * Newtown Tragedy, WBZ-TV News
  • Investigative Reporting
  • * Their Crime, Your Dime, KING 5 News

    • Presenters

  • Ted Koppel, Special Correspondent NBC News, News Analyst NPR, and Contribution Columnist to The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal
  • Sharyl Attkisson, Investigative Correspondent CBS News
  • Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent CNN, host of State of the Union
  • David Muir, Correspondent ABC News, Weekend Anchor of ABC World News, co-Anchor of 20/20
  • Katty Kay, Anchor of the BBC World News America
  • Alex Wagner, Host of MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner
  • Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent WPIX-TV, anchor/host of PIX News Close Up
  • N.J. Burkett, award-winning correspondent WABC-TV, President of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  • Bruce Paisner, President & CEO, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences