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32nd Annual NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY®AWARDS EMMY AWARDS THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS Celebrating Excellence in Global Broadcast Journalism By Bruce L. Paisner Two months from now, when Subhash Chandra, the founder of India’s Zee channel, steps up to the podium to receive the International Academy’s Directorate Emmy Award, he will be the first Indian so honored, and he will represent a country that has emerged as a major player on the world stage. The international television business is thriving, no more so than in reporting and analyzing the news in an ever more complex and interdependent world. The 2011 International Emmy® Award nominees come from countries as different and distant as Iceland and The Philippines, further testament to the vibrancy and quality of TV news everywhere. The nominees represent 6 countries including Brazil, Germany, Iceland, Japan, The Philippines and The United Kingdom, and this year there is also a first nomination for UNTV (United Nations). We are proud to shine the spotlight on these leading international news organizations from around the world: ABS-CBN (The Philippines); Discovery Networks Latin America (Brazil); Infonetwork GmbH (Germany);NHK (Japan); RUV Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (Iceland); Sky News (United Kingdom); UNTV and TV Globo (Brazil). With coverage ranging from the volcano eruption in Iceland and the international tribunal in Cambodia, to the war on drugs in Brazil or the Chilean mine disaster, this year’s nominated programs offer unique perspectives from all parts of the world on the events that have shaped the year and touched audiences. And The International Academy is proud to be bringing these riveting stories to the global stage. As international news reporting comes of age, it is particularly fitting that we honor the best of this work, tonight in New York, in conjunction with the National Academy, as it recognizes the best in American broadcast journalism. We congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding achievements. Bruce L. Paisner is President & CEO, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 14 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
NOMINATIONS OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE ABC / 20-20 / Brian Ross Investigates: Make-A-Wish Swindle 20/20 conducted an exhaustive, six-month investigation into a littleknown, $20 million fraud scheme headquartered in Costa Rica that has systematically robbed thousands of elderly Americans of their retirement nest-eggs. The scammers pretend to be representatives of well-known charities such as the Make-a-Wish foundation. They interact with their victims for months and con them into helping them move money offshore. This report led to the arrest of two of the scammers and a mass mailing by the U.S. Postal service warning potential victims about the fraud scheme. Executive Producers: Rhonda Schwartz, David Sloan Producers: Matthew Mosk, Vic Walter Chief Investigative Correspondent: Brian Ross CBS / 60 Minutes / 21st Century Snake Oil Hundreds of illegal and unregulated clinics have popped up around the world to take advantage of the still unfulfilled promise of a stem cell panacea. In these clinics, the vulnerable and the chronically sick are persuaded to part with tens of thousands of dollars in the false hope that crude stem cell injections into the spine, brain or heart, will ‘treat’, ‘reverse’, ‘fix’, or ‘cure’ their devastating illness. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Senior Producer: Michael Radutzky Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producers: David Gelber, Sam Hornblower Co-Producer: Robert Shattuck Correspondent: Scott Pelley CBS / 60 Minutes / Blackwater 61 “Blackwater 61” was the culmination of a two-year investigation into a plane crash that killed six people in Afghanistan, including three American servicemen. The flight was supposed to be routine, but the pilots had never flown the route before, and inexplicably flew off course and into a box canyon among one of the highest in all of Afghanistan. Rescue crews weren’t able to locate the plane until the next day because Blackwater had no flight tracking devices on the plane and no flight plan had been filed. 60 Minutes exposed the outsized role private military contractors have played in the war in Afghanistan—and the lack of oversight and accountability of those same contractors. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Draggan Mihailovich Correspondent: Steve Kroft HDNet / Dan Rather Reports / Spiritually Bankrupt Dan Rather Reports investigates how the Roman Catholic Church has been hiding and shielding assets from victims of sexual abuse. From the Vatican on down, the church has vowed to make peace with hundreds of victims of a decades-long epidemic of sex abuse by its priests. But we found a pattern showing the church behaving more like a big corporation than a sacred institution: Wealthy U.S. Dioceses from California to Delaware were claiming to be broke and filing for bankruptcy to avoid paying damages; bishops were exploiting arcane corporate laws to shield church assets from liability; and in one diocese, a priest was literally caught hiding money in a parish safe. Executive Producer: Wayne Nelson Senior Producer: Elliot Kirschner Producer: Andrew Glazer Co-Producer: Steve Tyler Correspondent: Dan Rather OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY—LONG FORM PBS / FRONTLINE / The Quake On January 12, 2010, one of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history leveled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The Quake takes viewers on a searing and intimate journey into the camps, hospitals and broken neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. Producers: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith Co-Producer: Will Cohen Executive Producer: David Fanning Senior Producer: Raney Aronson-Roth PBS / FRONTLINE / The Wounded Platoon FRONTLINE investigates a single Fort Carson platoon of infantrymen and finds a group of young men changed by war and battling a range of psychiatric disorders that many blame for their violent and self-destructive behavior. Since returning from Iraq, three members of the 3rd Platoon have been convicted on murder or attempted murder charges; one has been jailed for drunk driving and another for assaulting his wife; and one has attempted suicide. Producer/Director/Reporter: Dan Edge Producer/Reporter: Christopher Buchanan Executive Producer: David Fanning Senior Producer: Raney Aronson-Rath HBO / HBO Documentary Films / War Don Don In Krio, the native tongue of Sierra Leone—a country locked in bloody civil conflict for much of the last two decades—war don don means ‘the war is over.’ In 2002, the guns fell silent across the plains of this impoverished West African nation, and the people started down the road to reconciliation. This film follows the trial of Issa Sesay, a rebel commander of the Revolutionary United Front, and a key player in the peace process, who was convicted in 2009 of crimes against humanity. Director/Producer: Rebecca Richman Cohen Producer: Francisco Bello Executive Producers: Jim Butterworth, David Menschel Co-Producer: Daniel J. Chalfen PBS / Independent Lens / A Village Called Versailles Welcome to Versailles, New Orleans—home to the densest ethnic Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. For over 30 years, its residents lived a quiet existence on the edge of New Orleans. But then came Hurricane Katrina, the immense garbage piles and the shocking discovery of a toxic landfill planned in their neighborhood. Watch as they fight back, turning a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance to build a better future. Producer/Director: S. Leo Chiang Executive Producer for ITVS: Sally Jo Fifer National Geographic Channel / Restrepo: Afghan Outpost Journalist/author Sebastian Junger and photojournalist Tim Hetherington spent more than a year following U.S. troops stationed in a remote outpost in Afghanistan, the location named in honor of a medic, PFC Juan Restrepo, who was killed in action. The Korengal Valley was considered to be a crucial relay point for Taliban fighters moving from Pakistan toward Kabul, and several top Al Qaeda leaders were thought to have used it as a base of operations. A heavy combat zone, the fighting there was on foot and deadly, as American control moved hilltop by hilltop, ridge by ridge, a hundred yards at a time. The film’s focus on the soldiers themselves and their activities broke new ground in war coverage, and made this National Geographic documentary an unusually immersive and insightful look at the face of war in the 21st Century. Director/Producers: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger Executive Producers: John Battsek, Nick Quested Senior Vice President, Production: Michael Cascio OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A NEWS MAGAZINE CBS / 60 Minutes / Brazil 60 Minutes went to Brazil last year to take a first-hand look at a South American sleeping giant that has finally awakened from a centurylong slumber. The country which previously had displayed an uncanny ability to squander its huge potential has not only bucked the Great Recession, it has flourished. By the end of the year, Brazil’s economy was growing three times faster than America’s. And with off-shore oil discoveries preparing to come online in the next decade, Brazil appears ready finally to fulfill its vast promise. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Draggan Mihailovich Correspondent: Steve Kroft 32nd Annual NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® EMMY AWARDS CBS / 60 Minutes / Davos If you ask 100 of the world’s most influential CEOs, politicians and thinkers where they spend the last week of January each year, nearly everyone will say Davos. That’s because the tiny Swiss alpine village plays host to the World Economic Forum—the most exclusive gathering of decision makers anywhere on the planet. Scott Pelley got unprecedented access to Davos, the people, the meetings and the back rooms, to give a one of a kind look at how 2,500 capitalists, globalists, and futurists get together for 5 days each January to discuss the fate of earth’s other 7 billion inhabitants. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Michael Karzis Correspondent: Scott Pelley Co-Producer: Kara Vaccaro HDNet / Dan Rather Reports / Home Loans From Hell America is facing a foreclosure tsunami—in 2010, 2.5 million foreclosures were initiated, with an equal number expected in 2011. A little-reported and little-understood aspect to the foreclosure crisis is that foreclosure can be very profitable for the banks. The banks dispute this, but after speaking to dozens of homeowners, bankers, regulators and investors, and poring through piles of documents, our investigation showed that the fees associated with foreclosure can add considerably to the bank’s bottom line. In many cases, the banks have little incentive to keep owners in their homes by modifying the loan; and we also found that the government-led effort to stop foreclosures could actually be making the problem worse. Executive Producer: Wayne Nelson Senior Producer: Elliot Kirschner Producer: Janet Klein Co-Producers: Caroline Cooper, Steve Tyler Correspondent: Dan Rather HDNet / Dan Rather Reports / The Mysterious Case of Kevin Xu In March 2010, an FDA official testified that the complexity of the US pharmaceutical supply chain “leaves weaknesses through which counterfeit, adulterated, and misbranded products might infiltrate.” It’s likely that the official knew about the case of Kevin Xu—a slick Chinese businessman who was caught trying to sell fake, but very real-looking, prescription drugs to undercover agents. Xu is emblematic of the increasing difficulty of securing the safety of the global drug supply. And as our months long investigation showed, the growing supply of counterfeit medicines worldwide pose a rising threat to some of the most protected markets in the US and UK, putting many people’s lives at risk. Executive Producer: Wayne Nelson Senior Producer: Elliot Kirschner Producer: Kelly Buzby Supervising Editor: Steve Tyler Co-Producer: Daniel Madden Correspondent: Dan Rather OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING HBO / HBO Documentary Films / Smash His Camera Smash His Camera profiled paparazzi photographer Ron Galella. Galella created beautiful pictures of the celebrities who fled him. In their flight, or merely unconscious of their presence, his subjects never looked better. To the celebrities, most of them, Galella was the beast who threatened beauty. As it turned out, he gave them a strange and lasting beauty they might never have known without him. Producers: Linda Saffire, Adam Schlesinger Director: Leon Gast Executive Producers: William Ackman, Daniel Stern, Jeffrey Tarrant National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 15
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