FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS 26th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Sheila Nevins, President, HBO Documentary and Family Dan Rather Receives Special Tribute New York, September 19, 2005 – The 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Television Academy tonight at a black-tie ceremony at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York. The evening featured an impressive line-up of prominent newsmakers and industry executives including Charlie Rose, host of PBS-TV’s The Charlie Rose Show; Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international correspondent; Bob Schieffer, interim anchor of The CBS Evening News and moderator of CBS News’ Face The Nation; Elizabeth Vargas, ABC News correspondent and co-anchor, 20/20; and Jose Diaz-Balart, Telemundo news anchor, who presented the awards to a distinguished group of broadcast journalists. During the ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary and Family. Nevins was honored for her contributions to the art of the documentary: this is the first time the National Television Academy has awarded Lifetime Achievement recognition to a documentarian. Presenters of the Lifetime Achievement Award included Mike Wallace, CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent; actress Rosie O'Donnell; actress and singer Elaine Stritch; actress Mary Tyler Moore; and filmmaker Lee Grant. “For more than a quarter century, the National Television Academy has honored the work of the medium’s best news and documentary practitioners,” said Peter Price, president of the National Television Academy. “Tonight, we’re pleased to honor Sheila Nevins, as well as all of this year’s honorees, for their innovative and profound contributions in their respective fields.” In addition to the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award, CBS News’ anchor and correspondent Dan Rather received a special tribute in recognition of his 55 years as a correspondent and anchor. Special guests who participated in this tribute include anchor and managing editor of ABC News Nightline Ted Koppel; anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News Brian Williams; former Secretary of Defense William Cohen; executive producer of CBS News' 48 Hours Susan Zirinsky; MSNBC president Rick Kaplan; Nightline executive producer Tom Bettag; and Marvin Kalb, director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University and host of The Kalb Report. NBC News correspondent Tom Brokaw made a special tribute via video. The late Peter Jennings’ extraordinary contributions to broadcast journalism were also remembered during the event. As part of the Lifetime Achievement Award festivities, the Academy hosted a panel discussion with Sheila Nevins and Dan Rather earlier today at Fordham University. The 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony will be televised by C-SPAN on a date to be announced. Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, presented two awards on behalf of the International Academy of TV Arts and Sciences at this year’s News and Documentary ceremony in the categories of Breaking News and Continuing Coverage. International Awards are tabulated by the international accounting firm Ernst & Young. The News and Documentary Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2004 calendar year. The finalists were chosen by blue ribbon panels composed of broadcast industry professionals. The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of KPMG, LLP, follows: PBS6Discovery Times Channel2ABC4Discovery Channel2NBC4History Channel1CBS4MSNBC1HBO3Sundance Channel1Cinemax2 Regional Reporting Finalists WABC1WCAU1 International Finalists APTN (UK)1NPB (The Netherlands)1 A complete list of the 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award recipients is available for viewing and downloading on the academy's web site at 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 Craft, 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.   Local Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United States. Beyond awards, the National Academy has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award of 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. MEDIA CONTACTS: AWARDS CONTACT: Tanya Lopez Bill Small, Vice Chairman for Goodman Media Intl News and Documentaries 212-576-2700, EXT 230 National Television Academy tlopez@goodmanmedia.com 212-586-8424 John Bianchi David Winn Goodman Media Intl Director, News & Documentaries 212-576-2700 EXT 228 National Television Academy jbianchi@goodmanmedia.com 212-484-9424 newsemmy@natasonline.com 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Finalists NOMINEE INDEX Regularly Scheduled Newscasts Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY…………………... 5 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY….……………... 5 Outstanding FEATURE STORY………...…………………… …………………... 6 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM…………..…………..…………….. 6 News Magazines Outstanding COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY……………...….… 6 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY………....……... 7 Outstanding FEATURE STORY………...…………………… ……………….…... 7 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM…………..…………..………….….. 7 Long Form Outstanding LIVE COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY………….…. 8 Outstanding CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY…………….…... 8 Outstanding INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM……………….……………….….... 8 Outstanding INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING……………………………...... 9 Outstanding HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING………………………………….… . 9 Open To All News & Documentary Programs Outstanding INTERVIEW……………………..……………….. …………………… 9 Outstanding CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING………………….... 10 Outstanding SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE PROGRAMMING...... 10 Best of Best STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST…………………… 10 Best REPORT IN A NEWSMAGAZINE…………………………………..………… 11 Best DOCUMENTARY………………………………………..……………………… 11 Crafts Outstanding WRITING………………………………………………..……….…..... 11 Outstanding DIRECTION……………………………………...………………….... 12 Outstanding RESEARCH…...…………………………………………………….…. 12 Outstanding CINEMATOGRAPHY………………………………………...…….…. 12 Outstanding EDITING………………………………………………………..…….… 13 Outstanding GRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC DESIGN…………………………......... 13 Outstanding MUSIC AND SOUND……………………………………………....… 13 Outstanding LIGHTING DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN………………….. 14 Regional News Story Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY—SPOT NEWS……………………..... 14 Outstanding REGIONAL NEWS STORY—INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING…... 14 International News Story Outstanding INTERNATIONAL NEWS—BREAKING NEWS…………………... 15 Outstanding INTERNATIONAL NEWS—CONTINUING COVERAGE……….... 15 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Finalists OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Battle of Fallujah ABC Executive Producer Jonathan Banner Senior Broadcast Producer Tom Nagorski Senior Producer Kate Felsen Producer and Correspondent Nick Watt Producers Sean Smith; Geof Thorpe-Willet Anchor and Senior Editor Peter Jennings OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Hidden War: Genocide in Darfur ABC Executive Producer Jonathan Banner Senior Broadcast Producer Tom Nagorski Senior Producer Kate Felsen Producers Almin Karamehmedovic; Nick Watt Anchor and Senior Editor Peter Jennings Correspondents Martin Seemungal; David Wright OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST * CBS News Sunday Morning Net Gain CBS Executive Producer Rand Morrison Senior Broadcast Producer Estelle Popkin Senior Producers Gavin Boyle; Marquita Pool-Eckert Producers Brian Healy; Patrick Lee Correspondent Charles Osgood OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST * The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather The Enron Tapes CBS Executive Producer Jim Murphy Senior Producer Susan Bean Producer Barbara Pierce Correspondent Vince Gonzales OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE * ABC News Nightline Anatomy of Beslan ABC Executive Producer Leroy Sievers Anchor & Managing Editor Ted Koppel Producers James Blue; Jay LaMonica Field Producer Karina Melikyan OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE * CBS News 60 Minutes The Murder of Emmett Till CBS Executive Producer Jeff Fager Executive Editor Patti Hassler Senior Broadcast Producer Michael R. Whitney Producer Michael Radutzky Correspondent Ed Bradley OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE * CBS News 60 Minutes II Garden of Eden CBS Executive Producer Jeff Fager Executive Editor Patti Hassler Senior Broadcast Producer Michael R. Whitney Producer Andrew Tkach Correspondent Christiane Amanpour OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE * Dateline NBC Children for Sale NBC Executive Producer David Corvo Executive Editor Marc Rosenwasser Senior Investigative Producer Allan Maraynes Producer Richard Greenberg Correspondent Chris Hansen OUTSTANDING LIVE COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY--LONG FORM * NBC News Special The Death and Funeral of Ronald Wilson Reagan NBC Executive Producer Mark Lukasiewicz Senior Broadcast Producer Philip Alongi Senior Producers Bob Epstein; Cliff Kappler; Margaret Lehrman; Beth O'Connell Producers Joe Alicastro; Tony Capra; Martha Caskey; Brian Cavanagh; Lauren Fairbanks Betsy Fischer; Roxanne Garcia; Les Kretman; Marian Porges; Meaghan Rady Joel Seidman Anchor Tom Brokaw Correspondents David Gregory ; Andrea Mitchell; Chip Reid Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY—LONG FORM * Wide Angle Ladies First PBS Executive Producer Stephen Segaller Series Producer Pamela Hogan Producers Colette Kunkel; Gini Reticker; Deborah Shaffer OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM--LONG FORM * FRONTLINE The Secret History of the Credit Card PBS Executive Producer David Fanning Executive Producer, Special Projects Michael Sullivan Producers Nelli Black; David Rummel Correspondent Lowell Bergman OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM * DOCday In Rwanda We Say...The Family That Does Not Sundance Speak Dies Channel Executive Producer Laurent Bocahut Producer Anne Aghion OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM * Reporters at War Discovery Times Channel Series Producer Jon Blair Executive Producers Bettina Hatami; Diana Sperrazza; Brian Woods OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW * Dateline NBC Bin Laden's Brother NBC Executive Producer David Corvo Executive Editor Marc Rosenwasser Producers Jack Cloherty; Andy Court; Joe DelMonico; Nancy Ing-Duclos; Sarah Karlson Mary Lockhart; Keris Salmon; Jason Samuels Correspondent Matt Lauer OUTSTANDING CULTURAL & ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING * Cinemax Reel Life Bus 174 CINEMAX Executive Producer Sheila Nevins Producer Marcos Prado Co - Producer Rodrigo Pimentel Producer Jose Padilha OUTSTANDING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE PROGRAMMING * DNA The Human Race PBS Executive Producer Beth Hoppe Series Producer David Dugan Producer Carlo Massarella BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST * ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Iraq: Where Things Stand ABC Executive Producer Jonathan Banner Senior Foreign Producers Kate Felsen; Stu Schutzman Senior Producers Tom Nagorski; David Reiter Producers Hoda Abdel-Hamid; Ray Homer; Joanne Levine; Vinnie Malhotra; Mark Stone Producer/Director of Polling Gary Langer Anchor and Senior Editor Peter Jennings Correspondents Jim Sciutto; Bob Woodruff BEST REPORT IN A NEWS MAGAZINE * Dateline NBC Children for Sale NBC Executive Producer David Corvo Executive Editor Marc Rosenwasser Senior Investigative Producer Allan Maraynes Producer Richard Greenberg Correspondent Chris Hansen BEST DOCUMENTARY * America Undercover My Flesh and Blood HBO Executive Producer Sheila Nevins Supervising Producer Lisa Heller Producer Jennifer Chaiken OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: WRITING * Nature Pale Male PBS Writer Janet Hess OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: DIRECTION (TWO EMMYS AWARDED IN THIS CATEGORY) * National Geographic Specials Arlington: Field of Honor PBS Director John Bredar * American Experience The Fight PBS Director Barak Goodman OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: RESEARCH (TWO EMMYS AWARDED IN THIS CATEGORY) * ABC News Productions/ Discovery Times Declassified: Nixon in China Discovery Times Channel Researchers Tom Blanton ; Polly Pettit; Kathleen Toner * Decisions that Shook the World LBJ Discovery Channel Researchers Michael Beschloss, Bruce Kennedy; Robin Espinola OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: CINEMATOGRAPHY * Cinemax Reel Life Balseros Cinemax Cinematographer Josep Domθnech OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING (TWO EMMYS AWARDED IN THIS CATEGORY) * America Undercover Capturing the Friedmans HBO Editor Richard Hankin * America Undercover My Flesh and Blood HBO Editor Eli Olson OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: GRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC DESIGN * Virtual History Discovery Channel The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler Visual Effects Supervisor Jim Radford Graphic Designers Anthony Buonomo; Piers Wallace OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: MUSIC AND SOUND * National Geographic ULTIMATE EXPLORER On Thin Ice MSNBC Composers Chris Biondo; Harry Leonard Williams Sound Mixer Dave Hurley OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTION & SCENIC DESIGN * Ten Days to D-Day History Channel Director of Photography Michael Robinson Art Director Kate Guyan OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY: SPOT NEWS * WABC Eyewitness News at 11pm Chopper 4 Crash WABC-TV Pilot Paul Smith Reporter and Cameraperson Shannon Sohn OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING * WCAU NBC 10 News at 11pm Dirty Little Secret WCAU-TV Senior Producer Edward Dress Producer Brandyn Bissinger Reporter LuAnn Cahn Editor James Simmons Photographer David Bentley OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORY: BREAKING NEWS * Associate Press Television News (United Kingdom) Beslan APTN OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORY: CONTINUING COVERAGE * Netherlands Public Broadcasting (The Netherlands) Return to Beslan NPB THE NOMINATIONS THE 2004-2005 NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS BREAKDOWN BY MULTILPLE NOMINATIONS PBS (6) DNA (1) The Human Race 1 FRONTLINE (1) The Secret History of the Credit Card 1 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALS (1) Arlington: Field of Honor 1 NATURE (1) Pale Male 1 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (1) The Fight 1 WIDE ANGLE (1) Ladies First 1 ABC (4) ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE (1) Anatomy of Beslan 1 ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS (3) Battle of Fallujah 1 Hidden War: Genocide in Darfur 1 Iraq: Where Things Stand 1 NBC (4) DATELINE NBC (3) Bin Laden's Brother 1 Children for Sale 2 NBC NEWS SPECIAL (1) The Death and Funeral of Ronald Wilson Reagan 1 CBS (4) CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES (1) The Murder of Emmett Till 1 CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES II (1) Garden of Eden 1 CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING (1) Net Gain 1 THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (1) The Enron Tapes 1 HBO (3) AMERICA UNDERCOVER (3) Capturing the Friedmans 1 My Flesh and Blood 2 Cinemax (2) CINEMAX REEL LIFE (2) Balseros 1 Bus 174 1 Discovery Times Channel (2) ABC NEWS PRODUCTIONS/ DISCOVERY TIMES (1) Declassified: Nixon in China 1 REPORTERS AT WAR (1) 1 Discovery Channel (2) DECISIONS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (1) LBJ 1 VIRTUAL HISTORY (1) The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler 1 History Channel (1) TEN DAYS TO D-DAY (1) MSNBC (1) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER (1) On Thin Ice 1 Sundance Channel (1) DOCDAY (1) In Rwanda We Say...The Family That Does Not Speak Dies 1 REGIONAL REPORTING FINALISTS WABC-TV (1) WABC EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11PM (1) (New York, NY) Chopper 4 Crash 1 WCAU-TV (1) (Philadelphia, PA) NBC 10 NEWS AT 11PM (1) Dirty Little Secret 1 INTERNATIONAL REPORTING FINALISTS Associate Press Television News (APTN) (1) (United Kingdom) Beslan 1 Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPB) (1) (The Netherlands) Return to Beslan 1 ?? ?? ?? ?? 1