NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS
27th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to PBS’s Bill Moyers
World Press Freedom Fighters Honored

New York, N. Y. – September 25, 2006 – The 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tonight at a black-tie ceremony at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York.  During the ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to PBS journalist Bill Moyers.  Moyers was honored for his contributions as a television journalist and documentarian over more than three decades.  Presenters of the Lifetime Achievement Award included his wife and business partner Judith Davidson Moyers, legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, past Chairman/CEO of CNN News Group Tom Johnson, and PBS President/CEO Paula Kerger. 

Also at this ceremony, three press organizations --New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, The International Press Institute (Vienna) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters  sans Frontieres), headquartered in Paris – were honored for  their work in the defense of freedom of the press worldwide.  Accepting these awards were Terry Anderson, honorary chairman, Committee to Protect Journalists, and former Associated Press Beirut bureau chief, who was held hostage for nearly seven years in Lebanon; Johann Fritz, Director, International Press Institute; Robert Menard, Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders.

The 27th Annual News & Documentary Awards will be telecast on C-Span at a later date to be announced.  In addition, selected winners will be featured on the jumbo screens on NASDAQ Tower in New York’s Times Square.  All the nominees for the first Broadband Emmy for News & Documentary can now be seen, in their entirety, on the New York Times website, www.nytimes.com/newsemmys.

Sponsors for the 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards include Grass Valley, a Thomson brand, and Television Week, the print partner.  Results for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards are tabulated by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz & Carr LLP.

The evening featured an impressive line-up of prominent newsmakers and industry executives, including CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper (“Anderson Cooper 360”),  “ABC World News” anchor Charlie Gibson,  “Noticiero Univision” news anchor Maria Elena Salinas and “NBC Nightly News” anchor  and managing editor Brian Williams who presented the awards to a distinguished group of broadcast journalists.

Two Emmy Awards were presented to international news organizations in the categories of Breaking News & Continuing Coverage by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  International Emmy Awards are tabulated by the international accounting firm Ernst & Young.

Also this year, the first Emmy Award for News & Documentary programming distributed via non-traditional platforms, including the Internet, cellphones, portable media players and other devices, was presented. The 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in television journalism by individuals and programs broadcast in the 2005 calendar year. The finalists were chosen by blue ribbon panels composed of broadcast industry professionals.

The numerical breakdown by award recipients, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz & Carr LLP, follows

A complete list of nominees for the 27th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards is available on the National Television Academy's website, www.emmyonline.tv.

The National Television Academy is a professional 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 Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Creative Arts, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering/Advanced Media and Business & Financial Reporting. Excellence in Primetime programming and international programming is recognized by its affiliate, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Regional Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United States. Beyond awards, the National Television Academy has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv.

Contact: Cheryl Daly cdaly@emmyonline.tv 212-484-9446