PBS Wins 7 News & Documentary Emmy Awards

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PBS Wins 17 News & Documentary Emmy Awards

More Than Any Other Organization

ARLINGTON, VA; September 29, 2015 PBS programs were honored with 17 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, more than any other organization, at the 36th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards presentation at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, Home of the New York Philharmonic, in New York City on September 28.

On behalf of PBS and our member stations, congratulations to our all our programs and producers who were honored with News & Documentary Emmy Awards, said Beth Hoppe, PBS Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming. Our mission in public media is to shed light where others may not go--through in-depth investigative journalism, outstanding nature and natural history programming, and independent film--and our 2015 News & Documentary Award winners lead the way. These awards are a welcome recognition of our focus on distinctive content and speak to the extraordinary quality of programming being produced by public media. Congratulations to all of our winners and nominees.

Acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE earned six awards, followed by NATURE with four. FRONTLINE's United States of Secrets and POV's After Tiller were tied for Best Documentary. The complete list of PBS' News & Documentary Emmy Award winners follows:

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine

FRONTLINE Hunting Boko Haram

Outstanding Informational Programming Long-Form

POV When I Walk

Outstanding Nature Programming

NATURE Snow Monkeys

Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction

YOUR INNER FISH

Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting-Long Form

INDEPENDENT LENS Medora

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine

FRONTLINE The Battle for Ukraine

Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story-Long Form

FRONTLINE United States of Secrets

Outstanding Music & Sound

NATURE Animal Misfits

Outstanding Promotional Announcement

New season of NATURE: Sneak Preview

Outstanding Investigative Journalism-Long-Form

FRONTLINE Firestone and the Warlord

Outstanding Historical Programming-Long-Form

INDEPENDENT LENS The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form

NATURE Snow Monkeys

Outstanding Research

FRONTLINE Firestone and the Warlord

Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

PBS NEWSHOUR Whos Behind The Chinese Takeover Of The Worlds Biggest Pork Producer?

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

PBS NEWSHOUR and THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Hazardous Work: Diving into the Philippines' Dangerous Underwater Mines

Best Documentary

FRONTLINE United States of Secrets

POV After Tiller

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