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Best Documentary

Winner
Advocate
7.2 (402)
Philippe Bellaiche(director)
Rachel Leah Jones(director)
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Erika Cohn
Barbara Dobkin
Nicole Docta
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Blye Pagon Faust
Sally Jo Fifer
Doree Friedman
Mark Lipson
Christen Hepuakoamana'a Marquez
Diane W. Philips
Patty Quillin
Angela Lynn Tucker
Kristin Vogelsong
Lois Vossen
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Matthew Heineman
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Tchavdar Georgiev
Jean Kawahara
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Pagan Danielle Harleman(Executive Producer)
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Anthony Corleto(on-line editor)

Best Story in a Newscast

Winner
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor
Malachy Browne(senior producer)
Nancy Gauss(executive producer)
Mark Scheffler(executive producer)
Drew Jordan(producer)
Barbara Marcolini(producer)
Anjali Singhvi(producer)
Asad Faruqi(cinematographer)
Erik Ljung(cinematographer)
Natalie Reneau(producer)
The New York Times

Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Writers

Winner
The Story of Plastic
7.9 (408)
Tony Hale
Brian Wilson
Deia Schlosberg
Stiv Wilson

Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long Form

Winner
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
7.6 (436)
James Jacoby(director)
Anya Bourg(producer)
Megan Robertson(co-producer)
Raney Aronson(executive producer)
Ken Druckerman(executive producer)
Banks Tarver(executive producer)
Kevin Vargas(producer)
Stuart Fero(executive in charge)
Andrew Metz(managing editor)
Frank Koughan(senior producer)
Scams
8.5 (128)
Mariana van Zeller(executive producer)
Aaron Ohlmann(director)
Jeff Plunkett(executive producer)
Dana Ballout(producer)
Adam Kaplan(producer)

Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage

Winner
Rescuing Her Father
Katie Campbell(Producer)
Joe Singer(Producer)
Hannes Hosp(Cinematographer)
Michael Werner(Cinematographer)
Joaquin Sapien(Reporter)
ProPublica

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary

Winner
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Jacopo Campaiola
Pablo Durana
Nicholas Kraus
Ross McDonnell
Max Preiss
The Weekly
Episode:
The Sicario
7.1 (322)
Víctor Tadashi Suárez
FX Network
Epic Animal Migrations: Mexico
8.4 (7)
Emiliano Ruprah
Smithsonian

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast

Winner
Vice News Tonight
8.3 (496)
Mark Apicella(Editor)
Jeb Banegas(Editor)
Rob Cosentino(Editor)
Adam Deniston(Editor)
Jose Flores(Editor)
Josh Luddeni(Editor)
Victoria Lesiw(Editor)
Joe Matoske(Editor)
Rachel Win(Editor)
Vice Media

Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a News Magazine

Winner
Falling From the Sky
7.9 (16)
Elle Luan(Producer)

Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

Winner
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Erika Cohn
Barbara Dobkin
Nicole Docta
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Blye Pagon Faust
Sally Jo Fifer
Doree Friedman
Mark Lipson
Christen Hepuakoamana'a Marquez
Diane W. Philips
Patty Quillin
Angela Lynn Tucker
Kristin Vogelsong
Lois Vossen
Independent Lens
Black Public Media
Winner
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Tchavdar Georgiev
Jean Kawahara
Père et soldat
7.3 (1.1K)
Catrin Einhorn(Leslye Davis)
Stockton on My Mind
6.6 (192)
Marc Levin
James Lester
HBO Documentary Films
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Matthew Heineman
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Pagan Danielle Harleman(Executive Producer)
Stockton on My Mind
6.6 (192)
Cassius Michael Kim(producer)
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Anthony Corleto(on-line editor)

Outstanding Direction: Documentary

Winner
The Trade
7.4 (400)
Matthew Heineman
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Erika Cohn
Rewind
7.9 (2.9K)
Sasha Joseph Neulinger

Outstanding Edited Interview

Winner
President Donald J. Trump/An Interview
8.6 (62)
Matthew O'Neill
Perri Peltz
Beth Morrissey
Anna Casper
Jonathan Swan
Downtown Community Television Center
HBO Documentary Films

Outstanding Editing: Documentary

Winner
Père et soldat
7.3 (1.1K)
Amy Foote
Belly of the Beast
7.3 (113)
Tchavdar Georgiev
Jean Kawahara
Rewind
7.9 (2.9K)
Avela Grenier
Challenger: The Final Flight
7.8 (8.4K)
Adrienne Gits
Poppy Das
Zipper Bros Films
Bad Robot
Sutter Road Picture Company

Outstanding Editing: News

Winner
Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line
Michael McHugh
Michael Vele
Diana DeCilio
Seth Fox
CBS News
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
7.3 (1.4K)
Evan Wise(supervising editor)
Jane Jo(supervising editor)
Benjamin Kast(supervising editor)
Seth Skundrick(supervising editor)
Charles Divak(editor)
Barry Blaschke(editor)
Michelle Brundige(editor)
Stefanie Maridueña(editor)

Outstanding Feature Story - Long Form

Winner
20/20
6.8 (3K)
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Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish

Winner
Atención! Murderer Next Door
Sean Mattison
Vice News Tonight
8.3 (496)
Lucas Howard(editor)
For episode: "El precio de protestar en Chile"

Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine

Winner
Vice Investigates
7.1 (111)
Jackie Jesko(producer)
Isobel Yeung(senior correspondent)
Subrata De(executive producer)
Beverly Chase(co-executive producer)
Rob Booth(senior producer)
Maria Gabriella Pezzo(coordinating producer)
Andrew Pattison(editor)
Kelly Kendrick(editor)
Hulu Originals
Vice Media

Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast

Winner
The Kids Being Trained and Armed to Fight Mexican Cartels
Michael Learmonth(Executive Producer)
Courtney Brooks(Senior Producer)
Craig Thomson(Senior Producer)
Jika Gonzalez(Producer)
Milena Mikael-Debass(Producer)
Emily Green(Correspondent)
Michael Shade(Editor)
VICE News
Winner
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor
Malachy Browne
Anjali Singhvi
Natalie Reneau
Drew Jordan
Erik Ljung
The New York Times

Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction

Winner
Les Mondes extraterrestres
6.6 (4.4K)
Sebastian Read(Producer)
Simon Wood(Creative Director)
The Framestore
Winner
Les Mondes extraterrestres
6.6 (4.4K)
Sebastian Read(Producer)
Simon Wood(Creative Director)
Paul Simpson(Creative Director)
The Framestore
Winner
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
7.2 (212)
Salima Koroma(director)
CNN Films
The SpringHill Company
Connected
7.5 (2K)
Mike Houston
Daniel de Graaf
Naoko Saito
High Score: L'âge d'or du gaming
7.4 (9.2K)
France Costrel
Netflix

Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage

Winner
20/20
Episode:
The Shot: Race for the Vaccine
6.8 (3K)
Jeanmarie Condon(senior executive producer)
Megan Harding(executive producer)
Melia Patria(executive producer)
Cindy Galli(executive producer)
Ann Reynolds(senior producer)
Nadine Shubailat(senior producer)
Teri Whitcraft(senior producer)
Josh Margolin(senior editorial producer)
Erica Baumgart(supervising producer)
Eric Strauss(managing editor)
Zunaira Zaki(managing editor)
Tia Schellstede(editor)
Bob Officer(editor)
Paulo Bolivar(editor)
Bob Woodruff(correspondent)
Martha Raddatz(correspondent)
Steve Osunsami(correspondent)
Jonathan Karl(correspondent)
Gio Benitez(correspondent)
Jennifer Ashton(correspondent)
Misha Rezvi(story producer)
Kaitlyn Folmer(story producer)
Matthew Cullinan(story producer)
Ely Brown(story producer)
Jenny Wagnon Courts(producer)
Zoe Magee(producer)
Alex Hosenball(producer)
Mary Kathryn Burke(producer)
Keith Krimbel(editor)
Jackie Baskin(story producer)
Chris Miller(editor)
The Weekly
Episode:
My Blood
7.1 (322)
Samantha Stark(director)
Alexandra Garcia(producer)
Singeli Agnew(supervising producer)
Gemma Jordan(supervising producer)
Hanaan Sarhan(supervising producer)
Adrienne Haspel(editor)
Víctor Tadashi Suárez(director of photography)
Mat Skene(executive producer)
Mary Robertson(executive producer)
Liz Day(managing editor)
FX Network

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Lighting Direction & Scenic Design

Winner
Alabama Snake
5.5 (836)
Nisa Schoonhoven(set decorator)
HBO Documentary Films
Winner
Alabama Snake
5.5 (836)
Katie Hickman(production designer)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Sound

Winner
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
7.4 (3.3K)
Benny Mouthon(Supervising Sound Editor / Re-Recording Mixer)
Brian Bracken(Sound Editor)
Gautam Choudhury(Sound Mixer)
String and Can

Outstanding Investigative Documentary

Winner
Team USA: Scandale dans le monde de la gymnastique
7.6 (13K)
Jon Shenk(director)
Bonni Cohen(director)
Serin Marshall(Producer) (p.g.a.)
Julie Parker Benello(producer)
Jennifer Sey(producer)
Richard Berge(executive producer)
Don Bernier(editor)
A Netflix Original Documentary
Return from ISIS
7.2 (69)
Joshua Baker(producer/director)
Daniel Edge(senior producer)
Raney Aronson(executive producer)
Paul Dosaj(Editor)
Max Green(Producer)
Finding Yingying
7.2 (225)
Jiayan 'Jenny' Shi
Brent E. Huffman
Diane Moy Quon
Shilin Sun
Mark Mitten
Ken Pelletier
Sheila Nevins
Gordon Quinn
Jolene Pinder
Peng Zhao
Cherry Chen
Shizuka Asakawa
John Farbrother
Kartemquin Films
MTV Documentary Films
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections
7.4 (794)
Russell Michaels(director/producer)
Simon Ardizzone(director/producer)
Sarah Teale(director/producer)
HBO Documentary Films
Blumhouse Productions
Ish Entertainment
Team USA: Scandale dans le monde de la gymnastique
7.6 (13K)
Jon Shenk(director)
Bonni Cohen(director)
Serin Marshall(producer) (p.g.a.)
Julie Parker Benello(producer)
Jennifer Sey(producer)
Richard Berge(executive producer)
Don Bernier(editor)
A Netflix Original Documentary
Agents of Chaos
7.4 (1.6K)
Alex Gibney(producer)
Javier Alberto Botero(producer)
Kara Elverson(producer)
HBO Documentary Films

Outstanding News Special

Winner
Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line
Andrew Bast
Guy Campanile
Josh Gaynor
Josh Gelman
T. Sean Herbert
Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson
Pat Milton
Sasha Reuther
Marcelena Spencer
Gilad Thaler
Mitch Weitzner
Susan Zirinsky
Diana DeCilio
Seth Fox
Michael McHugh
Michael Vele
CBS News
Enemies of the People
Susie Banikarim(Director, Producer)
Bret Sigler(Co-Director, Editor)
Victor Couto(Co Producer)
Kyra Darnton(Executive Producer)
Christopher Buck(Executive Producer)
Vice TV
Retro Report

Outstanding Newscast

Winner
Vice News Tonight
8.3 (496)
Josh Luddeni(editor)
Mark Apicella(editor)
Alejandro Soto Goico(editor)
Jeb Banegas(editor)
Nelson Ryland(editor)
Adam Deniston(editor)
Kristie Ferriso(editor)
Rachel Win(editor)
Anne Garrett(editor)
Ilaria Polsonetti(editor)
Kimmy Gorden(editor)
Joe Matoske(editor)
Andrew Marulanda(editor)
Danielle Miller(editor)
Victoria Lesiw(editor)
Winner
Vice News Tonight
8.3 (496)
Lucas Howard(editor)

Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

Winner
Kingdom of Silence
7.1 (1K)
Alex Gibney(Executive Producer)
Vinnie Malhotra(Executive Producer)
Stacey Offman(Executive Producer)
Richard Perello(Executive Producer)
Lawrence Wright(Executive Producer)
Rick Rowley(Director)
Sam Black(Producer)
Trevor Davidoski(Producer)
Alexis Johnson(Editor)
AJ Edwards(Editor)
Showtime Networks
Jigsaw Productions
The Way I See It
8.2 (2K)
Anomaly Content & Entertainment (ACE)

Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News

Winner
Not Again: STEM School Shooting
Tom Mustin
Joseph Peters
Jon Ewing
Kara Van Hoose
Matt Pastor
Jennifer Kovaleski
Shannon Ogden
Anne Trujillo
James Dougherty
Josh Whitston
Tony Kowalski
Chad Skinner

Outstanding Research: Documentary

Winner
Feels Good Man
7.5 (5.8K)
Arthur Jones
Giorgio Angelini
Caryn Capotosto
Aaron Wickenden
Independent Lens

Outstanding Science & Technology Documentary

Winner
Chirurgiens d'exception
8.4 (1.3K)
Julius Brighton(director of photography)
Stephen Cooter(Director)

Outstanding Short Documentary

Best Story in a Newsmagazine

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
7.3 (1.4K)
John Heilemann(executive producer)
Mark McKinnon(executive producer)
Alex Wagner(executive producer)
Banks Tarver(executive producer)
Ken Druckerman(executive producer)
Tom Johnson(executive producer)
Ted Bourne(executive producer)
Siobhan Walshe(executive producer)
Kevin Vargas(producer)
Stuart Fero(executive in charge)
Jennifer Palmieri(co-host)
Evan Wise(producer)
Jane Jo(producer)
Benjamin Kast(producer)
Seth Skundrick(producer)
Lizzie Blenk(Supervising Producer)
Bryan Taylor(co-executive producer)
Emma Salo(senior producer)
Olivia Snyder-Spak(senior producer)
Lucas Mumford(producer)
Enemies of the People
Susie Banikarim(Director, Producer)
Bret Sigler(Co-Director, Editor)
Victor Couto(Co-Producer)
Kyra Darnton(Executive Producer)
Christopher Buck(Executive Producer)
Vice TV
Retro Report

Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Sound

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
8.7 (14)
Oliver Kadel
Atlantic Productions
Oculus
Alchemy Immersive
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
8.7 (14)
Oliver Kadel(Sound Designer)
Elliot Graves(Sound Designer)
Oculto Tv
Alchemy Immersive

Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary

Mucho Mucho Amor: La légende de Walter Mercado
7.3 (3.6K)
Cristina Costantini
Kareem Tabsch
Alex Fumero
Muck Media
Netflix

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

31 Days in March: The Month Coronavirus Unraveled American Business
Frank Matt
Robert Libetti
Kate Ferraguto
Darnell Stalworth
Christina Vallice
The Wall Street Journal

Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report

Between Musk and Mars
5.2 (70)
Beverly Chase(executive producer)
Eric Weinrib(produced and directed by)
Rob Booth(senior story producer)
Jake Perron(producer)
Chris Iversen(editor)
Zach Caldwell(director of photography)

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine

20/20
6.8 (3K)
For American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here? -- A Special Edition of 20/20
American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here? -- A Special Edition of 20/20
7.8 (13)
Paulo Bolivar(Editor)
20/20
6.8 (3K)
Jeanmarie Condon(senior executive producer)
Chris Vlasto(senior executive producer)
Cindy Galli(executive producer)
Melia Patria(executive producer)
Megan Christie(senior producer)
Nadine Shubailat(senior producer)
Andy Genovese(supervising producer)
Ely Brown(coordinating producer)
Marjorie McAfee(coordinating producer)
Joseph Rhee(coordinating producer)
Kaitlyn Folmer(senior editorial producer)
Josh Margolin(senior editorial producer)
Matthew Mosk(senior editorial producer)
John T. Santucci(senior editorial producer)
Gary Conner(field producer)
Michael Harris(field producer)
Todd McKee(field producer)
Greta Morris(field producer)
Ali Dukakis(editorial producer)
Katherine Faulders(editorial producer)
Chris Francescani(editorial producer)
Jackie Baskin(producer)
Nick Capote(producer)
Brian Epstein(producer)
Halley Freger(producer)
Josh Gaynor(producer)
Audrey Gruber(producer)
Megan Harding(producer)
Alex Hosenball(producer)
Jinsol Jung(producer)
John Palacio(producer)
Ashlee Romain(producer)
Sony Salzman(producer)
Evan Simon(producer)
Tonya Simpson Kerr(producer)
Emily Wynn(producer)
David Hoffman(director)
Tom Behrens(editor)
Paulo Bolivar(editor)
Brian Derr(editor)
Lauren Giordano(editor)
Matt Griffin(editor)
Shilpi Gupta(editor)
Andrew Hassell(editor)
Faith Jones(editor)
Keith Krimbel(editor)
Constantine Limperis(editor)
A.M. Peters(editor)
Mara Wollong(editor)
ABC News
for episode #43.32

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine

Outstanding Historical Documentary

John Lewis: Good Trouble
7.5 (1.1K)
Erika Alexander
Ben Arnon
CNN Films
Il était une fois en Irak
9.0 (1.5K)
Stewart Armstrong
Sally Brindle
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn
6.8 (1.1K)
Julie Goldman
Carolyn Hepburn
HBO Documentary Films
The Art of Political Murder
7.3 (305)
Teddy Leifer(producer)
Regina K. Scully(producer)
Paul W. Taylor(director)
HBO Documentary Films
Challenger: The Final Flight
7.8 (8.4K)
Sean M. Stuart(executive producer)
Steven Leckart(producer)
Ben Stephenson(executive producer)
Daniel Junge(producer)
Maren Domzalski(co-producer)
Glen Zipper(executive producer)
Rachel Rusch Rich(executive producer)
Andrew Lopez(associate producer)
J.J. Abrams(executive producer)
Bridget Topp(co-producer)
Sutter Road Picture Company
Bad Robot
Netflix
Zipper Bros Films

Outstanding Interactive Media: Current News

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor
Malachy Browne
Natalie Reneau
Drew Jordan
Anjali Singhvi
Erik Ljung
Mark Scheffler
Nancy Gauss
Haley Willis
David Botti
Whitney Hurst
The New York Times

Outstanding Interactive Media: Documentary

Outstanding Music Composition

The Love Bugs
9.1 (32)
Allison Otto
Maria Clinton
Mark Crawford
Independent Lens
The Soul of America
7.3 (564)
Gary Lionelli(composer)
HBO Documentary Films

Outstanding Nature Documentary

Jane Goodall: The Hope
7.9 (262)
Elizabeth Leiter
Kimberly Woodard
National Geographic
Lucky 8

Outstanding Nature Programming

Nature's Fear Factor
7.6 (75)
David Murdock(Producer/Director/Writer)
Jared Lipworth(Executive Producer/Writer)
Sean B. Carroll(Executive Producer)

Outstanding Research

Be Natural : L'Histoire cachée d'Alice Guy-Blaché
7.7 (1.2K)
Pamela B. Green

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

Human Nature
7.7 (1.8K)
Adam Bolt
Regina Sobel
Dan Rather
Elliot Kirschner
Greg Boustead
Meredith DeSalazar
Sarah Goodwin
Derek Reich
Steve Tyler
Harry Jackson
Sandbox Films
Connected
7.5 (2K)
Christopher Collins(executive producer)
David Mettler(executive producer)
Latif Nasser(executive producer)
Erik Osterholm(executive producer)
Lydia Tenaglia(executive producer)
Nick Brigden(director)
Arianna LaPenne(director)
Alyse Walsh(director)
Mona Karrenbach(segment producer)
Jonathan Cianfrani(editor)
Andrew Ford(editor)
Michelle Kim(editor)
Derek Pons(editor)
Peter Alton(cinematographer)
Christopher Gill(cinematographer)
Jeremy Leach(cinematographer)
Omar Mullick(cinematographer)
Steve Pitre(cinematographer)
Rick Smith(cinematographer)
Netflix
Pandémie
6.4 (2.9K)
Joshua Altman(executive producer)
Jared Andrukanis(executive producer)
Joe Caterini(executive producer)
Jim Clemente(executive producer)
Christopher Collins(executive producer)
Jeremiah Crowell(executive producer)
Sheri Fink(executive producer)
Glenn Geller(executive producer)
Peter McDonnell(executive producer)
Ryan McGarry(executive producer)
Lydia Tenaglia(executive producer)
Isabel Castro(director)
Danni Mynard(director)
Arianna LaPenne(director)
Doug Shultz(director) (director of photography)
Jeremy Leach(director of photography)
Jerry Risius(director of photography)
Brian Dawson(director of photography)
Jeffrey Johnson(director of photography)
Omar Mullick(director of photography)
Ora Dekornfeld(director of photography)
Jeff Feller(director of photography)
Lorca Shepperd(supervising producer)
Marcus D. Grewe(line producer)
Veronika Adaskova(segment producer)
Olga Lezhepekova(segment producer)
Mona Karrenbach(segment producer)
Zubin Sayari(segment producer)
Anne Barliant(editor)
Derek Pons(editor)
Jennifer McGarrity(editor)
Randall Meehl(additional editor)
Netflix

Outstanding Writing: Documentary

In the Cold Dark Night
7.1 (507)
Stephen Robert Morse
Max Peltz
Miikka Leskinen
Lone Wolf Studios

News and Documentary Emmy

Outstanding Music Composition

Winner
Primates
8.0 (161)
Adam Lukas
Being the Queen
6.6 (188)
Adam Lukas

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
7.2 (212)
Rob Jackson(line producer)

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