Television today enables the world to know exactly what is happening, when it is happening.
The dedicated professionals both on and off camera, who achieve excellence as they bring the real world directly into people's living rooms daily, are honored every year with the Emmy Award in News and Documentary categories. Joining together for a unique, black-tie evening gala, the television industry will recognize with the prestigious Emmy Award its achievements within the year 2000 in News and Documentary television on Wednesday, September 5, 2001.