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PBS Receives 47 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominations
July 26, 2019
PBS Staff Writers
We are honored to receive an incredible 47 nominations for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, by far the most of any network. Our nominations are spread across 12 shows, and are include noms 12 for Independent Lens, 10 for Frontline and six for both POV and PBS NewsHour.
Among the highlights, Wildland received three nominations for Independent Lens, including Outstanding Nature Documentary. The film covers the personal story a crew of firefighters sent to battle nature's most dangerous force.
In The Facebook Dilemma, FRONTLINE explored the controversial company and discovered multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on privacy and democracy were eclipsed by Facebook’s relentless pursuit of growth. The film received two nominations.
And a tip of the cap to Rocky Mountain PBS in Colorado, which received a regional nomination for Insight with John Ferrugia.
Let's take a look at all of the nominees:
PBS Staff Writers
We are honored to receive an incredible 47 nominations for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, by far the most of any network. Our nominations are spread across 12 shows, and are include noms 12 for Independent Lens, 10 for Frontline and six for both POV and PBS NewsHour.
Among the highlights, Wildland received three nominations for Independent Lens, including Outstanding Nature Documentary. The film covers the personal story a crew of firefighters sent to battle nature's most dangerous force.
In The Facebook Dilemma, FRONTLINE explored the controversial company and discovered multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on privacy and democracy were eclipsed by Facebook’s relentless pursuit of growth. The film received two nominations.
And a tip of the cap to Rocky Mountain PBS in Colorado, which received a regional nomination for Insight with John Ferrugia.
Let's take a look at all of the nominees:
Independent Lens
Dawnland
Dolores
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
The Cleaners
The Judge
Unrest
I Am Not Your Negro
Wildland
- Outstanding Research
- Outstanding Music and Sound
Dolores
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
The Cleaners
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
The Judge
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Unrest
- Outstanding Editing: Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
- Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
- Best Documentary
Wildland
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
- Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
- Outstanding Editing: Documentary
FRONTLINE
Documenting Hate
Exodus: The Journey Continues
Myanmar's Killing Fields
Separated: Children at the Border
The Facebook Dilemma
The Last Generation
The Pension Gamble
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
- Outstanding Writing
Exodus: The Journey Continues
- Best Documentary
Myanmar's Killing Fields
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Separated: Children at the Border
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
The Facebook Dilemma
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
- Outstanding Research
The Last Generation
- Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary
The Pension Gamble
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
POV
Nowhere to Hide
Quest
Survivors
The Workers Cup
Earthrise
Give
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
- Best Documentary
Quest
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
- Best Documentary
Survivors
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
The Workers Cup
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Earthrise
- Outstanding Short Documentary
Give
- Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary
PBS NewsHour
Flossie Lewis, Still Spectacular at 94
Kept Out
Rape, Harassment and Retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service: Women Firefighters Tell Their Stories
The End of AIDS: Far From Over
These Girls Escaped Boko Haram. Now They’re Pleading for Help to Save Their Generation
Yemen's Spiraling Hunger Crisis is a Man-Made Disaster
- Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast
Kept Out
- Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report
Rape, Harassment and Retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service: Women Firefighters Tell Their Stories
- Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast
The End of AIDS: Far From Over
- Outstanding Science, Medical or Environmental Report
These Girls Escaped Boko Haram. Now They’re Pleading for Help to Save Their Generation
- Outstanding Edited Interview
Yemen's Spiraling Hunger Crisis is a Man-Made Disaster
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast
Nature
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner
Super Cats: Extreme Lives
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
Super Cats: Extreme Lives
- Outstanding Music and Sound
NOVA
Black Hole Apocalypse
Decoding the Weather Machine
Transplanting Hope
- Outstanding Writing
Decoding the Weather Machine
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Transplanting Hope
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
More Nominees
America ReFramed
God Knows Where I Am
Going to War
Insight with John Ferrugia (Rocky Mountain PBS in Colorado)
Traded and Trafficked
Native America
Neanderthal
The Amazing Human Body
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
God Knows Where I Am
- Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
Going to War
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
Insight with John Ferrugia (Rocky Mountain PBS in Colorado)
Traded and Trafficked
- Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report
Native America
- Outstanding Music and Sound
Neanderthal
- Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction
The Amazing Human Body
- Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction
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