PBS Nominated for 4 News & Documentary Emmys

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PBS Nominated for 43 News & Documentary Emmys

PBS programs received 43 nominations for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the most earned by any organization. The nominees were announced July 15, 2014 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards honor programming distributed during the 2013 calendar year.

PBS programs receiving multiple nominations include FRONTLINE (11), INDEPENDENT LENS (10), POV (6) and PBS NEWSHOUR (4). A complete list of PBS nominations is below.

Congratulations to all of our Emmy nominated producers. At PBS, we aim to share programs that help put our world in context, and provide objective and thorough analysis, said Paula Kerger, PBS President & CEO. Each of our programs nominated today have done incredible work helping inform and inspire people to look at the world a little differently, and I'm very proud to have them on PBS.

The awards will be presented on September 30, 2014 during a ceremony at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, in the Time Warner Center in New York City.

Nominees

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

- PBS NewsHour Veterans

- PBS NewsHour Weekend Costly Generics

Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

- PBS NewsHour Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?

- PBS NewsHour New Uses for Virtual Reality

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine

- Need to Know

Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis

- PBS NewsHour Voices of the ACA

Outstanding Coverage a Current News Story Long Form

- FRONTLINE Egypt in Crisis

- FRONTLINE Syria Behind the Lines

- POV Brooklyn Castle

- POV The World Before Her

Outstanding Investigative Journalism

- FRONTLINE A Death in St. Augustine

- FRONTLINE League of Denial: The NFLs Concussion Crisis

Outstanding Investigative Journalism Long-Form

- FRONTLINE Rape in the Fields

- INDEPENDENT LENS The Invisible War

Outstanding Investigative Journalism Long-Form

- POV Special Flight

Outstanding Informational Programming Long-Form

- FRONTLINE Outlawed in Pakistan

Outstanding Informational Programming Long-Form

- POV Reportero

Outstanding Historical Programming Long-Form

- DEFIANT REQUIEM: Voices of Resistance

- THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.

- THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting Long Form

- FRONTLINE The Retirement Gamble

- FRONTLINE The Untouchables

- INDEPENDENT LENS The Revolutionary Optimists

Outstanding Interview

- POV 56 Up

Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming

- INDEPENDENT LENS Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

- POV Hermans House

Outstanding Science and Technology Programming

- NOVA Manhunt - Boston Bombers

Best Documentary

- INDEPENDENT LENS How to Survive a Plague

- INDEPENDENT LENS The Invisible War

- THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

New Approaches: Documentaries

- FRONTLINE The Bombing of Al Bara

Outstanding Writing

- DEFIANT REQUIEM: Voices of Resistance

- PBS NewsHour Weekend

Outstanding Research

- FRONTLINE Outlawed in Pakistan

Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form

- INDEPENDENT LENS Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

- INDEPENDENT LENS Detropia

- INDEPENDENT LENS How to Survive a Plague

- INDEPENDENT LENS The Waiting Room

Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction

- INDEPENDENT LENS Beauty Is Embarrassing

- SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE

Outstanding Lighting Direction & Scenic Design

- Lincoln@Gettysburg

Outstanding Promotional Announcement - Institutional

- AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Outstanding Promotional Announcement Episodic

- FRONTLINE League of Denial Dangerous Love Affair Trailer

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