# 33rd News & Documentary Emmy Awards

The 33rd News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on October 1, 2012, at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary. In attendance were over 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists.
Notable awards included the Lifetime Achievement Award given to news anchors Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision.

## Winners
### Network breakdown

The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
| Channel | Number of Emmys This Season |
| PBS | 9 |
| ABC | 7 |
| CBS | 7 |
| NBC | 3 |
| CNN | 2 |
| Discovery Channel | 2 |
| HBO | 2 |
| National Geographic Channel | 1 |
| CFR/MediaStorm | 1 |
| CNBC | 1 |
| Discovery Channel | 1 |
| The New York Times | 1 |
| Showtime | 1 |
| Science Channel | 1 |
| Smithsonian Channel | 1 |
| Time | 1 |
| WFAA (Dallas) | 1 |
| WTHR (Indianapolis) | 1 |

### Breakdown by program

| Program | Channel | Number of Emmy's This Season |
| 60 Minutes | CBS | 5 |
| CBS Evening News | CBS | 1 |
| 48 Hours | CBS | 1 |
| Rock Center with Brian Williams | NBC | 1 |
| Dateline NBC | NBC | 1 |
| NBC News Education Nation | NBC | 1 |
| POV | PBS | 5 |
| Frontline | PBS | 2 |
| Independent Lens | PBS | 1 |
| Nature | PBS | 1 |
| ABC News Special Events | ABC | 1 |
| Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps – A Trust Betrayed | ABC | 1 |
| New Generation Explorers Campaign | National Geographic Channel | 1 |
| Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero | Science Channel | 1 |
| Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN | 1 |
| Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps Down | CNN | 1 |
| The Tillman Story | Showtime | 1 |
| Crisis Guide: Iran | CFR/MediaStorm | 1 |
| Human Planet | Discovery Channel | 1 |
| Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero: Stories from the Pile | Discovery Channel | 1 |
| New Generation Explorers Campaign | National Geographic Channel | 1 |
| HBO Documentary Films | HBO | 2 |
| Touch of Evil | NYTimes.com | 1 |
| Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience | TIME.com | 1 |
| Decoding Immortality | Smithsonian Channel | 1 |
| WFAA News 8 at 10pm | WFAA (Dallas, Texas) | 1 |
| WTHR Eyewitness News Nightbeat | WTHR (Indianapolis, Indiana) | 1 |

### Awards

| Lifetime Achievement Award | Chairman's Award |
| Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision | |
| Regularly Scheduled Newscast | News Magazine |
| Coverage of a Breaking News Story Gadhafi Speaks, ABC News Special Report/Nightline (ABC) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Crisis in Libya, ABC World News (ABC) Feature Story American Valor: The Land of the Brave, Nightline (ABC) Investigative Journalism Gunwalker: Fast and Furious, CBS Evening News (CBS) Business And Economic Reporting The Center for Public Integrity and ABC News Brian Ross Investigates: Green Energy: Contracts, Connections and the Collapse of Solyndra, Good Morning America, ABC World News & Nightline (ABC) | Coverage of a Breaking News Story Revolution in Cairo, Frontline (PBS) (tie) Syria Undercover, Frontline (PBS) (tie) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Grave Injustice, 48 Hours (CBS) Feature Story Gospel for Teens, 60 Minutes (CBS) Investigative Journalism Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps—A Trust Betrayed, 20/20 (ABC) Business And Economic Reporting The Next Housing Shock, 60 Minutes (CBS) News Discussion And Analysis Bullying: It Stops Here, Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) |
| Long Form | Interview |
| Live Coverage of a Current News Story Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps Down, CNN/CNN International (CNN) Continuing Coverage of a News Story Where Soldiers Come From, POV (PBS) Investigative Journalism Enemies of the People, POV (PBS) Informational Programming The Tillman Story, Passion Pictures (Showtime) Historical Programming Reagan, HBO Documentary Films (HBO) Business And Economic Reporting Last Train Home, POV (PBS) | Sandusky Speaks, Rock Center with Brian Williams (NBC) |
| Programming | Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast |
| Arts & Culture The Woodmans, Independent Lens (PBS) Science And Technology Decoding Immortality, (Smithsonian Channel) Nature My Life as a Turkey, Nature (PBS) | American Valor: The Land of the Brave, Nightline (ABC) |
| Best Report In A News Magazine | Best Documentary |
| Brian Ross Investigates: Peace Corps—A Trust Betrayed, 20/20 (ABC) | Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience, (TIME.com) |
| New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: | Individual Achievement In A Craft: |
| Current News Coverage Crisis Guide: Iran (CFR/MediaStorm) Documentaries Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience, (TIME.com) Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Touch of Evil (NYTimes.com) | Writing Hard Times Generation ‑ Families in Cars, 60 Minutes (CBS) Research Hard Times Generation ‑ Families in Cars, 60 Minutes (CBS) Cinematography - Nature Survivors, Wild Pacific (Discovery Channel) Cinematography - News Coverage / Documentaries Human Planet (Discovery Channel) Editing 60 Minutes' Gospel for Teens (CBS) Editing–Documentary & Long Form POV: Armadillo (PBS) Graphic Design & Art Direction Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero - Stories from the Pile (Science Channel) Music & Sound HBO Documentary Films: Saving Pelican 895 (HBO) Lighting Direction & Scenic Design NBC News' Education Nation Summit (NBC) Video Journalism – News Rescue in the Mountains, Dateline NBC (NBC) |
| Promotional Announcement | Regional News Story |
| Institutional New Generation Explorers Campaign (National Geographic Channel) Episodic Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (Science Channel) | Spot News A Day of Weather, WFAA News 8 at 10pm (WFAA (Dallas, Texas)) Investigative Reporting Reality Check: Where Are The Jobs?, WTHR Eyewitness News Nightbeat (WTHR (Indianapolis, Indiana)) |

## Nominees

* By station

## Presenters

* George Stephanopoulos, anchor, Good Morning America and This Week
* Jeff Fager, chairman, CBS News and Executive Producer, 60 Minutes
* Bill Moyers, host, Moyers & Company
* Lara Logan, correspondent, CBS News and 60 Minutes, co-host Person to Person
* Fareed Zakaria, host, Fareed Zakaria GPS and Editor at Large, Time
* David Pogue, technical columnist, The New York Times and host, Nova ScienceNow
* Tamron Hall, anchor, MSNBC's NewsNation, frequent co-host, Today
* Marvin Scott, senior correspondent, WPIX, anchor/host of PIX News Close Up
* N. J. Burkett, correspondent, WABC-TV
* Bruce Paisner, President & CEO, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences