The 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Awards have recently released the full list of nominations for their 40th awards show. NYWIFT is happy to share that a number of our members have been nominated in a variety of categories!
The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan. There are 10 NYWIFT members nominated in 10 different categories this year – some of whom have received multiple nominations!
The nominations below are sorted by category.
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
Mexico’s Deadly Drug War – BBC World News America
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Kate Farrell
Yemen’s Young Victims – BBC World News America
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Kate Farrell
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
Putin’s Russia – MSNBC
Co-Producer: NYWIFT Member Kimberly Mayhorn
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report
Deadly Haze: Inside the Fraternity Crisis – CNN
Producer: NYWIFT Member A. Chris Gajilan
Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report
Future of Aging – Retro Report and Quartz
Producer: NYWIFT Member María Villaseñor
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
I Am Evidence – HBO
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities – PBS
Producers: NYWIFT Members Stacey L. Holman & Cyndee Readdean
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial, and Depiction – Starz
Post Producer: NYWIFT Member Shirley Williams
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
Arthur Miller: Writer – HBO
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
The Price of Everything – HBO
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Outstanding Short Documentary
Traffic Stop – HBO
Director: NYWIFT Member Kate Davis
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
Best Documentary
I Am Evidence – HBO
Executive Producer: NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
Outstanding Research
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media – NBC
Researcher: NYWIFT Member Brittany Clemons
We are very excited to celebrate the achievements of each of these individuals and wish them all the best at the 40th News & Documentary Emmy’s Ceremony! Congratulations all!
