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32nd Annual NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY®AWARDS EMMY AWARDS OUTSTANDING NATURE PROGRAMMING (cont.) Animal Planet / Secret Life of Elephants Follow the remarkable stories of magnificent wild elephants living in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve through the eyes of Kenya’s ground breaking Save the Elephants project. With the help of Iain Douglas-Hamilton and his daughter, Saba Douglas-Hamilton, this picturesque documentary explores the secret, beguiling world of elephants as never seen before. For the first time, researchers will follow the astonishing, intimate stories of individual elephants as these beautiful giants raise their families, forge alliances and fight for survival. Executive Producers: Sara Ford, Mick Kaczorowski Series Producer: Nigel Pope Producer: Holly Spearing OUTSTANDING EDITING National Geographic Channel / A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman is an exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy through the words and memories of playwright/author/activist Ariel Dorfman (‘Death and the Maiden’, ‘How to Read Donald Duck’, ‘Other Septembers’). The documentary was filmed in the USA, Argentina and Chile in late 2006 coinciding with the death of the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. Editor: Michèle Hozer ABC / Boston Med / Face Transplant This episode of Boston Med chronicles the remarkable tale of Joseph Helfgot, an accomplished man with a congenital heart ailment hoping for a transplant. Neither Helfgot nor the producers who befriended him suspected he would not survive. More shocking still was the discovery that he had become the donor in the second face transplant ever performed in the United States. The gathering of footage was done through pure observational television, classic cinema verite’. There was no script, and the challenge for the editor was to cull through over 100 hours of tape to shape a compelling narrative that could hold its own in a time slot with scripted dramas. Editor: Faith Jones A&E / Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Nicknamed ‘The Sheriff of Wall Street’ when he was New York’s Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer prosecuted crimes by America’s largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful executives in the country. After his election as Governor, with the largest margin in the state’s history, many believed Spitzer was on his way to becoming the nation’s first Jewish President. Then, shockingly, Spitzer’s meteoric rise turned into a precipitous fall when the New York Times revealed that Spitzer—the paragon of rectitude—had been caught seeing prostitutes. Editor: Plummy Tucker A.C.E. Co-Editor: Alison Amron 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. The challenge in editing this film was to illuminate the nature of justice, traumatic memory, and a court’s ability to “write history.” Throughout the editing, the filmmakers frequently referenced Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon—a film that puts multiple narratives in tension, and that shows how the truth can be unsettled and how perception influences memory. Editor: Francisco Bello 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 22 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 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. This 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. Editor: Michael Levine OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY— SPOT NEWS WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) / Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Burr Oak Cemetery became embedded in the public’s consciousness overnight. NBC-5 Chicago broke the story of allegations that cemetery workers had been digging up graves, disposing of human remains, and re-selling the burial plots for personal profit. Executive Producer: Joe Kolina Producer: Jennifer Lay-Riske Anchors: Dick Johnson, Allison Rosati Director: Patrick Lake Reporters: Marion Brooks, Lauren Jiggetts, Phil Rogers Assignment Desks: Jill Bastian, Jackie Goldman, Angie Rosemond, Marco Stendardo WSMV-TV (Nashville, TN) / 1000 Year Flood No one could have imagined the impact the 1000 Year Flood would have on the city of Nashville. In a matter of days, the event changed the city and the people forever. Channel 4 News went on the air and stayed on the air to get the city through its greatest emergency ever, providing life-saving information and horrifying images of the catastrophe. Producers: Christy Brown, Melissa James, Corinne Jasso Anchors: Demetria Kalodimos, Bob Sellers, Aaron Solomon, Holly Thompson Reporters: Josh DeVine, Cara Kumari-Jones News Director: Matthew Hilk Meteorologist: Lisa Spencer OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY —INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 7News KMGH-TV (Denver, CO.) / 33 Minutes to 34 Right On December 20, 2008, a Continental 737 crashed off of Runway 34 Right at Denver International Airport and burst into flames. Miraculously none of the of the 115 people on board was killed, but the crash did expose a critical flaw in Denver’s emergency response system. Investigative Reporter: Tony Kovaleski Investigative Correspondents: Tom Burke, Arthur Kane Photojournalist/Editor: Jason Foster KHOU-TV (Houston, TX) / Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard They used words like ‘harassed’, ‘humiliated’ and ‘punished.’ That’s how soldiers and airmen were describing their time in the Texas National Guard. But these volunteers all had one thing in common: they were women. Thus began a two-year investigation of the Guard which would uncover wide- spread sexism and eventually, serious financial corruption involving the very top commanders of the National Guard. Investigative Reporter: Mark Greenblatt Executive Producer of Investigations: David Raziq KUSA-TV (Denver, CO) / Foreclosure Woes The 9NEWS Investigative team spent months unraveling a string of predatory frauds that created two sets of victims—those facing foreclosures and those looking to rent. They followed the story halfway around the world to expose a man taking advantage of foreclosed homeowners and desperate renters in five states, including Colorado. Producer: Anna Hewson Investigative Reporter: Jace Larson Executive Reporter: Nicole Vap WTHR-TV (Indianapolis, IN) / WTHR Eyewitness News / State of Your Money WTHR’s State of Your Money investigation exposed outrageous state spending at a time when Indiana government faced a statewide budget crisis. By analyzing nearly 1.7 million expenditures in Indiana’s general ledger, WTHR revealed state agencies had purchased millions of dollars in overpriced and unnecessary office furniture; luxury travel to expensive resorts and spas; and promotional trinkets such as paper weights, golf ball markers and potato chip clips—all at taxpayer expense. The year-long series of investigations (and the public reaction that followed) got immediate results and triggered drastic changes that saved Hoosier taxpayers millions of dollars. Investigative Reporter: Bob Segall Photojournalist: Bill Ditton Producer: Cyndee Hebert
WVUE-TV(New Orleans, LA) / Missing from the Bench WVUE-TV’s careful research tracked a New Orleans Judge—who was elected to office—visiting the judge’s courtroom every day for three months. The judge was rarely in court. Through further research, it was found out that the judge lived and worked in a Boston suburb. Anchor/Correspondent: Lee Zurik Executive News Producer: Greg Phillips OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE CBS / 60 Minutes / Haiti A massive earthquake struck Haiti just before 5 pm Tuesday January 12, 2010; the worst to hit the region in more than 200 years. More than three-and-a-half million Haitians had their lives turned inside out by the quake and its aftermath. But the tragedy of Haiti was not something that could be totaled in numbers. It was best understood through the eyes of the people who came to offer help. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producers: Harry A. Radliffe II, Michael Gavshon, Jenny Dubin, Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, Correspondent: Byron Pitts CBS / 60 Minutes / The Blowout 60 Minutes interviewed Michael Williams, the chief electronics technician aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which exploded on April 20, 2010, resulting in the largest offshore oil spill in US history. Williams revealed, among other things, that the crew had “blown out” the bottom of the well a few weeks earlier; that the rig’s “blowout preventer” had been damaged in an incident a month before the accident; and that one of the two “communication pods” on the blowout preventer was not functioning. 60 Minutes devoted considerable time and effort to confirming Williams’ story, and the report was mentioned repeatedly in speeches in Congress. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Senior Producer: Michael Radutzky Producers: Solly Granatstein, Graham Messick Co-Producers: Richard Buddenhagen, Daniel Glucksman, Michael Karzis, Rachael Kun, Matthew Lev, Andy Soto, Nicole Young Correspondent: Scott Pelley NBC / Dateline NBC / The Passenger in Seat 19A On Christmas Day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young Nigerian educated in London, attempted to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit, demonstrating that more than eight years after 9/11, al Qaeda is still intent on attacking the United States. NBC News broadcast a comprehensive Dateline hour detailing the harrowing experience of passengers on board, the background of the would-be bomber, and the security and intelligence lapses that enabled him to travel from Africa to Detroit with a powerful explosive strapped to his body. Executive Producer: David Corvo Executive Editor: Elizabeth Cole Senior Investigative Producer: Allan Maraynes Supervising Producer: Richard Greenberg Producers: Justin Balding, Tom Keenan, Fred Rothenberg Correspondents: Richard Engel, Chris Hansen Additional Producers: Robert Brandel, Bruce Burger, Andrew Finkelstein, Michael Sheehan OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE ABC / 20/20 / 7 Going on 70— A Barbara Walters Special What happens to a family when a child’s birth becomes a medical mystery? Barbara Walters reported on Kaylee Halko and Lindsay Ratcliffe, two vibrant young girls who suffer from a rapid aging disease called progeria, a fatal condition that currently affects just 68 known children in the world. Anchor/Correspondent: Barbara Walters Executive Producer: David Sloan Senior Producer: Jessica Velmans Producer: Muriel Pearson CBS / 60 Minutes / Derek Derek is the story of a young man with an overwhelming array of disabilities, who has managed to translate his one area of brilliance— music— into a means of communicating with, and inspiring others. It is a story of the paradoxes and mysteries of the human mind. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Shari Finkelstein Co-Producers: Jennie Held, Matthew Lev Correspondent: Lesley Stahl CBS / 60 Minutes / Football Island Correspondent Scott Pelley traveled 8,000-miles to American Samoa, a remote tiny island speck in the Pacific Ocean, to find out why a boy from this tropical paradise is 40 times more likely to play in the National Football League than a boy from the US mainland. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Peter Radovich, Jr. Co-Producers: Richard Koppel, Tadd Lascari Correspondent: Scott Pelley CBS / 60 Minutes / Stand Down Veterans are a significant portion of this country’s homeless population and even as the Vietnam-era population begins to age out, history is threatening to repeat itself as a new generation of homeless veterans, men and women who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, emerges. Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Executive Editor: Bill Owens Producer: Henry Schuster Co-Producers: Warren Lustig, Tom Rapier, John Detarsio Correspondent: Scott Pelley 32nd Annual NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® EMMY AWARDS NBC / Dateline NBC / Hurricane Katrina: The First Five Days NBC News’ Brian Williams looks back on one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history. Combining key footage from hundreds of hours of NBC’s original raw video with Brian Williams’ reflections five years later, the report revisits the first 5 days in New Orleans after the storm made landfall, and serves to remind viewers of the horrific impact of Hurricane Katrina on both people and property. Executive Producer: David Corvo Executive Editor: Elizabeth Cole Producer: Robert Buchanan Anchor: Brian Williams Additional Producer: Irene Trullinger OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST CBS / CBS Evening News with Katie Couric / Follow the Money This year-long series of investigations tracked the money trail when it came to tax dollars, charity dollars and corporate/government conflicts of interest. In one report, CBS News exposed just how many federal officials took all expense-paid luxury trips on the taxpayer dime to the failed climate summit in Copenhagen. Food and rooms cost $2,200 dollars a day, more than most Americans spend on their monthly mortgage payment. In another report, CBS exposed a major charity’s exaggerated claims, leading to the resignation of several of the charity’s members, including the executive interviewed on the ground in Haiti. Executive Producer: Rick Kaplan Senior Producer: Bill Piersol Anchor and Managing Editor: Katie Couric Producer: Christopher Scholl Correspondent: Sharyl Attkinson PBS / PBS NewsHour / Cubans Grapple with Challenges and Promises of Economic Change In a country journalists rarely get to report on, the PBS NewsHour visited Cuba in the fall of 2010 to report on what some economists are predicting is the eve of huge economic change for this communist run country. The very idea of communist hold-out Cuba turning to private ownership in the business sector is very big news. The News- Hour’s reporting team comprised of senior correspondent Ray Suarez, producer Merrill Schwerin, and reporter/producer Catherine Wise, worked months in advance, pushing Cuba’s government to allow the NewsHour in at this very critical time. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 23
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