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39th ANNUAL
NEWS AND
DOCUMENTARY
EMMY AWARDS
®
OCTOBER 1, 2018
JAZZ AT LINCOLN
CENTER’S
FREDERICK P.
ROSE HALL
LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT
HONOREE
PAULA S. APSELL
39th ANNUAL
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS ®
Letter from the Chairman Contents
As the newly elected Chairman of The National Academy of Television Arts 3 Letter from the Chairman
& Sciences, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 39th Annual News & Letter from the President
Documentary Emmy Awards.
I’m particularly proud to be with you for tonight’s celebration given the
4 Lifetime Achievement
Paula Apsell
intersection at which we find journalism and political discourse these days. At a by Debra Kaufman
time when some seek to perpetuate politically useful falsehoods in the further-
ance of partisan ideology, we have never needed our nation’s journalists and 8 The Nova Effect
by Dr. Sylvester James “Jim” Gates
documentarians more.
Tonight we honor the outstanding work being done by each and every one of you as you provide 8 A Heroic Leap
viewers with thorough, fact-based reporting of the highest caliber. Be it an investigative report, a by Doug Hamilton
thought-provoking documentary or a breaking-news story, our industry provides America with critical
10 Science is a Story
content and essential context: programming that keeps our nation informed and strong. by Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt
We are also honored tonight to celebrate the career of Paula Apsell, a filmmaker, producer and
science journalist who has opened our eyes to the role of science in our daily lives and made NOVA 12 Dedicated to Excellence
America’s premier science television program. The National Academy proudly honors her with our by Melanie Wallace, Rebecca Eaton,
Susanne Simpson, Laurie Cahalane and
Lifetime Achievement Award. Denise DiIanni
Special thanks to our Board of Trustees, our National Awards Committee and our New York
based staff for their oversight, guidance and execution of this year’s program and event. Additional 16 The International
thanks go to our sponsor, United Airlines, the official airline of The National Academy of Television Emmy® Awards
Arts & Sciences. 18 Nominees
Best of luck to all of tonight’s nominees. Thank you again for joining us, and enjoy the show!
52 Presenters
Terry O’Reilly
54 Officers of the National
Academy of Television
Letter from the President
Arts & Sciences
56 Special Thanks
As the Interim President & CEO of The National Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall for the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Photography by Marc Bryan-Brown
Photos from the event can be viewed at
We gather tonight to honor all of those in the journalism and documentary
www.bryan-brown.com
television community who bring truth to the screen. In a time when some of those
sworn to protect the Constitution instead assail the press as “the enemy of the
About The National Academy of
people,” it is more important than ever that we recognize and defend our peers’ Television Arts & Sciences
integrity, clarity, and dedication to the First Amendment’s protected mandate. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci-
This year’s nominees are shining examples of that ethic. Their stories took us to the front lines ences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to
the advancement of the arts and sciences of television
of war and disaster, cast light into hidden corners of government and the corporate boardroom, and and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic,
revealed both the outermost reaches of space and the innermost complexities of the human body. The educational and technical achievements within the
topics are myriad as ever but share a common pursuit of truth. television industry. It recognizes excellence in tele-
vision with the coveted Emmy® Award for News
In addition, we are especially happy to honor Paula Apsell with our Lifetime Achievement Award. & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment,
Her explorations of science continue to inform and inspire millions of viewers. We also commend the Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public &
work of Madeleine Glas, representing the next generation of truth-seeking journalists, as our Mike Community Service, and Technology & Engineer-
ing. NATAS membership consists of over 16,000
Wallace Memorial Scholarship honoree.
broadcast and media professionals represented in 19
Our event would not be possible without the hard work of the NATAS team and the particular regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards,
dedication and leadership of our News & Documentary unit: Senior Vice President David Winn NATAS has extensive educational programs including
Regional Student Television and its Student Award
and Director Christine Chin. We thank them and the hundreds of volunteer judges from across our
for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by
industry that have participated in making these awards a success. high school students, as well as scholarships, publica-
Enjoy the show. tions, and major activities for both industry profes-
sionals and the viewing public. For more information,
Adam Sharp please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv
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Photo: Anthony Tieuli
Lifetime Achievement Award
Paula S. Apsell
by Debra Kaufman
The force behind NOVA, the most watched primetime science series newsreader and then the station’s state house reporter.
on American television, is senior executive producer Paula S. Apsell, whose In 1975, she took a step backwards to move forwards, switching from
enthusiasm for science and excellence is the foundation of its in-depth, radio to TV by becoming a production assistant for NOVA, a joint production
thoughtful programs on a range of science topics. Honored with multiple of WGBH, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, then in its
Emmys (and two CINE Golden Eagles), Apsell has devoted her professional second season. “I can’t tell you how innovative it was,” says Apsell. “[Creator]
career to building what has become a living repository of science stories Michael Ambrosino was an incredible visionary. He knew a science series was
that inspire and educate. a good idea and persisted in the face of enormous skepticism, from people
“I have watched her progress over more than 30 years and continue who thought it was too intellectual and that no one would want to watch it.”
to be amazed at the way she steers the great ship that is NOVA,” says Switching to TV was a learning curve, and Apsell’s first job was to
Robert M. Hazen, senior staff scientist of the geophysical laboratory at schedule a three-week shoot for “The Plutonium Connection.” Her next
the Carnegie Institution for Science. At the Smithsonian Institute, Kirk step up the ladder was the chance to produce her own NOVA episode,
Johnson, Sant director of the National Museum of Natural History, praises “Death of a Disease,” about the eradication of smallpox, followed shortly
Apsell’s persistence and high standards. “She smashes through the barriers thereafter by episodes on artificial intelligence and genetic engineering,
to get funding and runs the teams hard to get excellence,” he says. “She hardly hot topics in the 1970s. “I waited for years for another opportunity
has zero limits to her energy. Knowing how hard I work on one of these to do a film on AI, but there just didn’t seem to be enough progress in
programs, it stuns me that she works on several of them simultaneously.” the area until IBM created Watson,” she says. “Then we did another one,
Apsell’s interest in science started in high school and continued into ‘Smartest Machines on Earth’. It’s been an amazing experience to follow
college, but after graduation she first looked for a job in social work. Lost AI and genetic engineering from the time they first emerged and now see
in Boston after a job interview, she found herself in front of WGBH’s so much progress and so many breakthroughs to become the crucial fields
headquarters and, on a whim, went inside and asked if there were any they are today.”
openings. There was — for the job no one there wanted to do: the station’s Ask Apsell what her favorite episodes are, however, and she demurs.
log typist. “It was a job that gave entry level a whole new meaning,” recalls “I love all my children equally,” she says. “As a senior executive producer,
Apsell. “I had to document every single piece of content every hour of I touch every long-form documentary. Even if I’m not initially passionate
every day. It was incredibly tedious made worse by the fact I was a horribly about the topic, in the process of helping to shape it, I kind of fall in love
inept typist.” But the job had its benefits, and Apsell made the most of it. each and every time.”
She developed a children’s program, The Spider’s Web, and produced it as She doesn’t always go on the shoot, but when she does, she knows
a volunteer. It became a surprise hit, which led her to becoming an on-air what to do. “I’m still an amazing PA,” she says wryly. “As a PA, I brought
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IT’S MORE THAN AN ART.
IT’S A SCIENCE.
For over 30 years, she’s made NOVA the
most-watched science show on TV.
Congratulations to Paula Apsell on her
Lifetime Achievement Emmy® Award.
PBS is proud to have such a shining star in our galaxy.
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people amazing food because I know how it helps motivate people, and I
still bring everyone lunch.” Apsell’s creative input, however, is much more
foundational. Johnson — who has participated in “Ice Age Death Trap,”
“Making of North America” and “Day the Dinosaurs Died” — notes that
working with Apsell is “definitely an interactive process of creation.” “A
lot of producers are more used to delivering a final product, but Paula and
her team are really striving for excellent production and accuracy,” he says.
“They pay attention to everything.”
When Apsell does goes on location, she is fearless, once hiking a narrow
ridge above a 500-foot ravine and then climbing a 50-foot metal ladder
pinned to a cliff face to get into a cave full of bats for the episode “Ancient
Refuge in a Holy Land.” At the University of Hartford, professor Richard
Freund, who is also director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
studies, worked with Apsell on two NOVA episodes, and recounts her trek
at the Dead Sea in Israel where, in 2000, he was excavating the remote,
barely accessible cave that held the bones of Jews escaping the Romans
and a cache of ancient letters and documents. “Needless to say, NOVA sent
their very toughest crew into the cave with us, which not only was full of
Paula Apsell at Israel’s Cave of Letters
bats, but had little air,” Freund recounts. “Its three chambers were only
accessibly by wiggling through small breaks in the limestone roof.” Apsell
wanted to see it all for herself. “Most producers would have just watched U.S. district judge John E. Jones III presided over an historic trial that
the dailies,” says Freund. “No, she wanted to experience it. It was a place challenged a Dover, Pennsylvania school board’s intent to teach intelligent
that most climbers never get to, but we arranged for expert climbers to design alongside evolution, an event depicted in NOVA episode “Judgment
accompany her all along the way.” Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.” Jones, who was interviewed for the two-
In 2016, Freund and Apsell again worked together on an episode on hour episode, attended a TV critics’ event to promote the show where he
the “Holocaust Escape Tunnel,” where, in the forests of Lithuania, Jewish caught up again with Apsell, whom he’d met briefly before. “We had this
prisoners were able to dig a tunnel to escape. “She not only came, but took terrific synergy and I developed a special friendship with Paula that’s carried
on the added burden of co-directing the filming with Kirk Wolfinger,” on until this day,” he says. “She has this great intellectual curiosity that I
says Freund. “Her unabated enthusiasm for the work in the film is very found very alluring.” Later, Apsell asked him to appear on the NewsHour
inspiring to me as an archaeologist and to our whole scientific team and with Jim Lehrer, The Today Show and panels at various universities.” “I’ve
the students we bring to the field. Her commitment to understanding her rarely seen someone as dedicated and appropriately driven to the task of
own Jewish heritage made it personal for her and me.” Apsell recalls this making our fellow citizens smarter about so many things,” he concludes.
experience as “very meaningful,” as well as another 2014 episode, “D-Day’s “The essential goodness of NOVA is attributable to that drive Paula has.
Sunken Secrets,” that took her to Normandie, where hundreds of U.S. ships She’s the real deal putting out quality TV year after year.”
were sunk in the D-Day invasion. “With [co-director] Doug Hamilton, we Apsell notes that, while NOVA’s goals have stayed the same — to tell
worked with a team of underwater archaeologists,” she recalls. “My father good stories about science and show it as a process and a human endeavor —
was a B-17 navigator who flew in the D-Day invasion, so that show, a technology has “opened doors to make the shows more visual and exciting
two-hour NOVA episode, was full of meaning for me.” to watch,” with photoreal 3D graphics and better cameras helping to “depict
what scientists are doing and feeling in times of great stress.” “Still,” she
says, “everything comes down to storytelling and that hasn’t changed at all.”
What has changed is NOVA’s distribution. “Once upon a time, we were a
TV program,” she says. “And now we’re content, distributed everywhere
and anywhere people want to access us, 24/7. In a digital landscape, NOVA
stands out as a source that teachers and others trust, and this has created a
huge opportunity for us to reach out to a large, diverse and generally much
younger audience than we serve on broadcast.”
Photo: The Galien Foundation
“Especially at a time when science is under attack and understanding
of science is so important to grow the investment this country puts into
issues that are scientific at their core, there’s great support for NOVA,” she
says. “It’s a rare opportunity and a unique responsibility. We have a public
trust to get the story right and inspire a broad spectrum of people.” With
Apsell at the helm, it’s clear that her lifetime achievement is a lifetime
Paula Apsell with her family at the Prix Galien Awards Ceremony
commitment. Stay tuned.
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WGBH is proud to congratulate NOVA senior executive producer Paula S. Apsell on her Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Tributes
The Nova Effect when I was a teenager in Athens with my family watching you on NOVA.”
by Dr. Sylvester James “Jim” Gates I owe a direct personal debt to Paula’s NOVA leadership for inspiring
great students and researchers for my own research efforts. Paula, you have
This “simple country theoretical earned an “A+” grade from this practicing physics professor and researcher.
physicist” quaked when faced with Like many scientists, I have been a NOVA fan since it first aired. In
paying tribute to Ms. Paula S. Apsell those early years, I never dreamt of being swept up into this powerful force
on this occasion. The bestowal upon for telling the genuine stories of STEM. In 1996 the late Henry Hampton’s
her of this Lifetime Achievement company recruited me to appear with Neil de Grasse Tyson in “The Path
Emmy Award celebrates a greater of Most Resistance.” In 2003, I finally had the chance to meet Paula on
than four decades-long magnificent the “Elegant Universe” press tour. Not only did a fast friendship form upon
career in science journalism. meeting this energetic and demanding, but warm personality, it extended to
My first thought was, “Why our families. My wife and I have enormously enjoyed getting to know her
not ask Sheldon of The Big Bang and her husband Sheldon (though I am still waiting for my ride with him
Theory? Making a few remarks about in the glider he pilots). Paula is a fun person. Perhaps it is little known, but
Paula’s stellar career is harder than like Alfred Hitchcock and more recently Stan Lee, Paula has appeared in
trying to solve all the supersymmetry a NOVA production (in period costume, no less)!
equations of string theory.” Legions of It has been my extraordinary pleasure to be a “knight” in the NOVA
theoretical physicists have tried to solve those equations and failed. I hope kingdom of which she is sovereign ruler. I thank her for the multiple
to be more successful at honoring Paula. opportunities to contribute to NOVA and am grateful to serve (in her words)
NOVA debuted in 1974. Since then it has been recognized many times as the “…‘go to’ guy for episodes about physics, astronomy, and mathematics.”
with both Emmy and Peabody Awards. NOVA is the Public Broadcasting I commend, in the extreme, Paula’s leadership and stewardship of NOVA.
System’s premier science documentary series — many would say it holds that I look forward to making future contributions.
position globally. Each episode averages four million viewers. It impressively Let me end with something fans of Mel Brooks’ character Yoghurt will
evolved into a multi-media presence through online platforms to the point recognize: “May the Schwartz be with you.”
of one million digital interactions per day! Much of this innovation and Congratulations Paula Schwartz Apsell.
success was accomplished under Paula’s leadership. Dr. Sylvester James “Jim” Gates is an American theoretical physicist and is the
What is a mortal active in mathematical and theoretical physics research Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, and an Affiliate Mathematics Professor
to say about the goddess of this multi-media juggernaut? Let me share two at Brown University.
Paula comments from 2016. For over thirty years Paula has breathed life
into these two statements. Here are personal reflections on the Paula Apsell
vision around NOVA-enabled inspiration. A Heroic Leap
“Scientists now recognize that public support is absolutely necessary by Doug Hamilton
to advance their work.”
In 1998, NOVA was the inaugural recipient of the U.S. National Science Picture 6-foot ocean swells off
Foundation’s Public Science Award. This alone is a striking indication of the coast of France, a Zodiac dinghy
how strongly the scientific community agrees with Paula’s statement. bashing through them, and at the bow,
“We needed to be in the entertainment business and in the education Paula Apsell, a bit ashen, hanging on
business; but most of all we needed to be in the inspiration business.” for dear life.
Paula and her NOVA associates have invited me to collaborate in her When I think about why Paula
vision of the “inspiration business.” The impact of NOVA has been tangible is such a TV legend, one specific —
in this regard. During the latter half of my 46 years of teaching math and and potentially dangerous — moment
physics, I have encountered students who say “I saw you on NOVA when I comes to mind. We were shooting a
was a kid.” The entertainment, education and inspiration that Paula spoke of NOVA special to commemorate the
inspires students’ quests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics 70th anniversary of the crucial WWII
(STEM) fields. The breadth of NOVA’s impact is clear as similar comments D-Day landings that would highlight
come from international students from diverse locations like Australia, the science and engineering critical in
Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, and many more. the assault. Paula was being ferried
Remarkably the NOVA effect is seen in young researchers. A few years out to our film set that day, which was onboard a high tech sonar vessel
ago, a postdoctoral researcher remarked, “My interest in string theory began searching for shipwrecks still littering the seafloor from that battle; by the
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time she arrived the swells were increasing, and she was confronted by the Science is a Story
choice of turning back or leaping from the dinghy onto the sonar ship. by Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt
Her jump would require precise timing, as the Zodiac was aggressively
bobbing up and down in the notoriously rough waters off the Normandy
landing beaches. That surf had been a major obstacle in the D-Day invasion
itself, contributing to the devastatingly high casualty rate.
But Paula was not about to let the rolling sea get in her way of taking
part in what was to be a very special day. The shoot included not only
this state of the art sonar-mapping vessel, but also watching an incredible
personal drama unfold. On board was a remarkable ninety-year-old veteran
of D Day, who we planned to ferry underwater — with the help of a small
James Cameron-like submarine — and film as he saw the ghostly remains
of the very ship he had once sailed on — and nearly died on.
Let’s just say that Paula’s leap to the sonar ship was suitably heroic —
demonstrating to everyone on board that while this Boston raised city
girl might not have the sea legs of a veteran sailors, she had a grit and an
enthusiastic spirit to match any of them.
There is no doubt that Paula Apsell is a remarkably deserving recipient In 2008 Paula Apsell phoned Powderhouse Productions, a Boston-area
of this lifelong television achievement award. She is a too frequently unsung production company, and uttered a sentence that most likely had never
industry legend: 33 seasons at the helm of the most watched and respected been spoken before (or since) by any executive producer in the history
science series on American television. As one of NOVA’s regular program of television: “We want to make four hours about Materials Science”.
directors, I can attest to her passion and tireless determination to keep NOVA’s For those unfamiliar with the term, Materials Science is exactly what it
commitment to dynamic science reporting through exciting storytelling. sounds like — the study of basic materials. Universities with Materials
I also can attest to the reality that that excellence doesn’t always come Science departments offer classes with titles like “Reinforced Concrete” &
painlessly. She won’t compromise — even if you’re breathing down a deadline “Microstructural Dynamics.” The challenge of turning this topic into an
in what was intended to be the final screening. “Wouldn’t this sequence really entertaining TV series probably ranks as just slightly easier than attempting
work better split between the top and end of the show?” she says making my to make a feature doc about the color beige. But nevertheless, it is science
head spin, knowing that little tweak means I’ll have to completely restructure and so by definition, as far as Paula was concerned, there ought to be a story
the film (while fact checking and fine cutting) to make air. embedded somewhere in the topic. What resulted was the successful and
Paula’s unforgiving commitment to excellence is fortunately paired popular mini-series called Making Stuff.
with a remarkable skill to navigate rough scripts and sequences that fall Today, the toughest challenges we face at NOVA aren’t always topic
flat, but I would say that the key to her success is much more, it is the grit driven. And for that reason, this award could not come at a better time. As
and enthusiasm demonstrated by that heroic nautical leap. Paula doesn’t Paula often repeats: science and science journalism are under siege as never
just want to make TV, she has a deep curiosity and drive to reveal how the before. At NOVA we all feel it acutely. That’s partly why it’s so important to
world around us works — down to the molecular level — and she has a recognize Paula’s willingness to tackle tough topics and tell stories aimed at
fundamental eagerness to be right there with you in the trenches. For me, general audiences in an effort to raise science literacy and promote critical
that is why Paula is legend — and frankly, why I’m so proud to work for her. thinking among the millions of viewers who tune in or stream the programs
Who wouldn’t want a boss that will leap on board — literally — because they made by NOVA’s indefatigable filmmakers.
care more about the work than the discomfort that commitment entails? It Not many broadcasters would have the temerity to tackle string theory
is inspiring, and in the end, a lot of fun. in “The Elegant Universe” or the theory of General Relativity in a film like
No wonder the excellence of NOVA thrives year after year — and why it’s “Inside Einstein’s Mind,” which premiered on the 100th anniversary of the
been on the air longer than Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, and Friends — combined. publication of that world-altering theory. Likewise, there aren’t many who
Doug Hamilton has 30 years experience reporting, producing, directing would commission a two-hour film about the least visible objects in the
and writing documentaries on a wide range of subjects including investigative universe — black holes — finding a way to make them visible by hitching
reports, international affairs, arts, science and history. He produced and directed a ride on the imaginations and passions of the physicists and astronomers
more than 20 films for PBS NOVA and FRONTLINE, was a producer for who study them. Not to mention, simultaneously showcasing the outsized
Ed Bradley at CBS News 60 Minutes, and directed the Showtime and feature contributions of women scientists working in the field. And in recent years,
release film, Broadway Idiot. Paula has found purpose in probing the intersection of science and social
justice — commissioning films like “Poisoned Water” about the Flint water
crisis, a film honored this year with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding
Science and Technology Documentary.
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Over her long career Paula has provided a platform for great science best practitioners. Spacewomen was one of my first programs for Paula. For
communicators, whether as protagonists in quests to solve mysteries, or as the initial screening, I thought the storytelling was working. When viewed,
hosts like Neil DeGrasse Tyson, David Pogue, Kirk Johnson, Janna Levin Paula said, “You know what’s wrong with this film? “ I didn’t. “The ending
or Brian Greene. It’s editorial choices like these that challenge public needs to be at the beginning and the beginning at the end.” I was stunned,
perceptions of science as remote or inaccessible, and reveal instead the but she was right. Supremely skilled in identifying how to tell a good story,
inherent drama and beauty of the human struggle to understand the natural she also has an uncanny ability to improve films by identifying key flaws.
world. For over 30 years, I’ve had the honor of working side by side with Paula
This ever-evolving, eclectic mix of stories across all facets of science, and I count her not only as my mentor and friend, but as my inspiration
engineering, history and the natural world are what NOVA is known for and for how to use the medium of television to make a difference in the world.
is responsible for keeping NOVA at the forefront of science journalism for Melanie Wallace is Senior Series Producer of NOVA.
45 years — fully 2/3rds of that history, we note, with Paula’s hand firmly
on the tiller. NOVA began in 1974 as an experiment inspired by the British Rebecca Eaton
science series Horizon. But under Paula’s leadership it has reached an ever- When I met Paula in March,
wider national and international audience to become the American icon 1971, we both had just been hired
that it is today. Over her long tenure, Paula has demonstrated a dedication at WGBH Radio in Boston. She
to NOVA’s viewers that is unsurpassed among us. She tries to see the entirety was newly-married, wore blue jeans,
of the world and current affairs of the day through the filter of science and proceeded to create a national
journalism; always on the lookout for the stories that will entertain and children’s radio program, “The
nourish our audience. Spider’s Web,” practically out of thin
As Paula so often reminds us — science is not a thing. It is a story. It air. “All Things Considered” hadn’t
is an endeavor that has its roots in our fundamental humanity and in the even been born.
curiosity we can trace to our primate ancestors. And each week NOVA 47 years later, we are both still at
proudly sets out to tell those stories. WGBH. Paula is still married (to the
We are so fortunate to have joined Paula Apsell in the eminently same man).
worthwhile work that NOVA has been doing for more than 40 years and As a professional, she is tops in
we are looking forward to the decades to come. her field, jaw-droppingly articulate, appropriately implacable, and relentless
Julia Cort is Deputy Executive Producer of NOVA. in her pursuit of excellence in science programming. She is an international
Chris Schmidt is Senior Producer of NOVA. television executive with irresistible “girlfriend” overtones.
As a friend, she is unwaveringly loyal. When trouble happens, she is
the first person at your door.
Dedicated to Excellence Paula caught the fever of public broadcasting in 1970, and has never
by Melanie Wallace, Rebecca Eaton, Susanne Simpson, lost it. To her great credit, personally and professionally, she truly believes
Laurie Cahalane and Denise DiIanni that PBS is one way she can make the world a better place than the way
she found it.
As colleagues we offer the following in honor of Paula Apsell’s Lifetime Rebecca Eaton is Executive Producer of Masterpiece.
Achievement Award:
Susanne Simpson
Melanie Wallace I had the good fortune to work
Stories unraveling the complexity for Paula as a producer for almost
of the universe with simplicity, insight 20 years — good fortune because
and beauty are the hallmarks of NOVA. as a young filmmaker she gave me
Paula Apsell makes it all work and has enormous opportunities and has
been doing so for 33 years. Her stellar remained a true friend ever since.
vision guides our team, enabling us Everyone who works with Paula
to create more than 700 hours (and knows that words matter — really
still counting) of science programs matter. She has storyteller instincts,
for PBS. She searches out every able to see the big picture, the arc,
opportunity to keep NOVA strong, and the meaning of a story. But she
mission focused, and relevant. Paula also has razor-sharp focus for details.
hired me to be her associate producer, I used to dread showing her rough
giving me the chance of a lifetime to cuts of my NOVA programs because I knew she would zero in on the
learn how to tell a science story with truth, grit and heart, from one of the very inconsistencies, the lack of transitions, and the words I chose…but that
12 | THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCESCongratulations to
Knight Science Journalism
alumna Paula Apsell
on receiving the
Lifetime Achievement Award
KSJ, an acclaimed 9-month fellowship program at MIT,
is home of The Victor K. McElheny Award
and the digital magazine Undark.
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was Paula’s genius, to get to the heart of the matter and to make it better. and giving them opportunities was not limited to editorial. When I started
That drive for excellence is what I admire most about her. in 1991, I was a production secretary and knew very little about broadcasting
Paula is fiercely intelligent, passionate, hard-working, and a great science or production or why we had a Steenbeck (a bit of insight into how young
filmmaker. But what is remarkable about Paula is that words matter because I am). I quickly learned that NOVA was a place where if you worked hard
ideas matter — complex, unfathomable, and profound ideas in the world of and demonstrated initiative, opportunities were available. And so, under
science. Her devotion to communicating scientific ideas and to the people the guidance of Paula and Alan Ritsko, our former Managing Director, and
who live in that world is unmatched, and her contribution is immeasurable. so many other talented colleagues at WGBH, I followed a similar path.
Susanne Simpson is Deputy Executive Producer of Masterpiece. Paula is a passionate and tenacious advocate for NOVA, science
communication, and public media, and is equally dedicated to the family
Laurie Cahalane of staff, talent and colleagues that make up our world. There is no off
“A strong woman stands up for switch for Paula and, while I cannot prove it, I believe she has figured out
herself. A stronger woman stands a way to work while she sleeps. Her energy and dedication are contagious
up for everybody else.” I cannot and continue to inspire so many to dig deep and rise to the absolute level
definitively attribute this marvelous of their abilities.
quote, but if I had to describe Paula I am grateful and proud to be a member of the “Mama NOVA” team.
in only two sentences, this would Congratulations, Paula!
be it. For 25 years, I have watched Laurie Cahalane is the Director of Business, Operations and Finance for
Paula mentor interns and production NOVA and a 25-year veteran of the NOVA team.
assistants, coaching them up through
the ranks to become successful
Editors, Producers and Executive
Producers. Mentoring young talent
The Corporation
for Public Broadcasting
Congratulates
Paula Apsell
Recipient of the
Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award
from the
National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences
A private corporation funded by the American people
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NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS ®
Denise DiIanni assistants Paula trained a generation of public media professionals. We
Paula and Her Girl Band would go on to produce our own science documentaries, to head national
Screening one’s documentary for primetime series, to soar to a top PBS job. Under her, a former NOVA
Paula was often rousing, a splash of production assistant rose internally to become her heiress apparent. By
cold water in the face, an exhortation Paula’s example, her fervor, and her unique leadership, she toppled many
to dig deeper, to find the story which road blocks for NOVA and for all of us.
would make audiences fall in love with Denise DiIanni is Senior Executive in Charge Content Development,
science, just as she had. Her audacious National Programming at WGBH Educational Foundation
goal was science literacy for the nation
and her method was to ensure her
team was the best in the business. To
accomplish this, she could be fierce
and formidable but always inspiring.
We’d walk through fire to make Paula
proud, and to bring home the goods for our audiences.
When she began at NOVA more than three decades ago, the sciences
and science media were largely the domains of men; in spite of some
creakingly slow progress, too often, they still are. While Paula pushed her
entire staff to excel — men and women both — she modeled for we young
women the art of the possible.
From our freshman class of female interns, secretaries and production
From all of us at HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Congratulations, Paula!
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES | 1539th ANNUAL
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS ®
The 2018 International Emmy ®
Nominees for News & Current Affairs
Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Each year this gathering celebrates the competitor has been banned from the room or ignored during a press briefing
business and the art of television news. We or isolated by angry crowds. It has become apparent that journalists in every
recognize important accomplishments with country, if they work together, can stop many authoritarian tendencies.
Emmys, and we talk about the dangers that A gesture as simple as leaving a press briefing en masse if a colleague is
reporters face around the world. The traditional ignored or dismissed would be a start. As Benjamin Franklin said at the
list of dangers encompasses wars, terrorism signing of the Declaration of Independence, “We must all hang together, or
and natural disasters. But to these has now surely we will all hang separately.” And as German pastor Martin Niemoller
been added a new one, the cry of “fake news” famously concluded about apathy, “When they came for me, there was no
or “enemy of the people.” In the last year this one left to speak for me.”
has become a pressing problem, and one which So, tonight we will, as always, celebrate excellence in TV newsgathering
threatens to upend the fair and honest reporting around the world. We will recognize the journalists who do the work, and
of the news and the protections traditionally given to journalists under the executives who back them. And hopefully, in an era when authoritarian
democratic laws and constitutions. governments seem to have taken hold in many parts of the world, we will
Journalism is traditionally a very competitive profession, and practitioners reaffirm the need for an independent press to stand up for democracy
historically seek scoops of one sort or another. But it is not a scoop when your and freedom.
The Nominees for News are: The Nominees for Current Affairs are:
#MosulSOS GloboNews Especial — Children of Maria da Penha
RT, Russia GloboNews / TV Globo, Brazil
The operation in Mosul killed thousands of civilians, while hundreds of thousands of others Stories are showcased about children of victims of domestic violence. Brazil is considered
were forced to flee for their lives. On the ground, reports from the war-ravaged cities have one of the most violent countries for women in the world. A recent study shows that 71%
shown that the level of civilian suffering was so massive that RT decided to launch the of these victims who die leave children behind. They don’t receive any special assistance or
hashtag #MosulSOS. psychological care.
Jornal GloboNews — Dozens killed and wounded in Menschenschmuggler — Das Geschäft mit den
Alcacuz prison riot — the collapse of Brazil’s prison Flüchtlingen
system DR / ZDF German Television, Germany
GloboNews / TV Globo, Brazil Human smugglers reveal — on camera — the secrets of their trade in this inside look at the
In early 2017, Brazil experienced a collapse of the prison system. A jail in Rio Grande do industry that has brought millions of migrants to Europe as European politicians promise to
Norte, in terrible conditions, emerged as a scenario for fights between gangs. 26 prisoners put an end to the uncontrolled and illegal influx.
died. Clashes were broadcast live, laying bare the lack of control by the authorities.
Off the Grid — Silent Death on a Syrian Journey
Newsgrid — Qatar Crisis Special TRT World, Turkey
Al Jazeera English, Qatar With no other way to survive, Abu Ahmed resorted to selling one of his kidneys. So did
This special offered in-depth analysis and reporting on the Gulf Country Council Crisis, Abdullah, in exchange for free passage to Europe. But things don’t go as planned when they
in which Qatar was blockaded by air, sea and land routes by its neighboring countries. Al are duped by remorseless and unscrupulous organ brokers, like Abbas, who cheated them.
Jazeera English found itself at the center of the story, with blockading countries demanding
it be closed. White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Fuuse Films for ITV, United Kingdom
Sky News — Rohingya Crisis In this authored documentary for ITV’s Exposure current affairs strand, award-winning
Sky News, United Kingdom Muslim filmmaker Deeyah Khan meets US neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to
Rakhine had been closed off for months, but Sky News managed to gain access to witness face. She attends the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and engages with those who
the dire conditions and the suffering of the Rohingya people stranded there, exposing what demonize her, Khan’s search for the humanity behind the hatred produces her most personal
the Myanmar government had denied. and most political film yet.
16 | THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCESW E P R O UDLY CON GRAT U L AT E
O U R 2 01 8 N EWS & DOCU M EN TA RY
E M M Y AWA RD N OM I N EES
®
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING BUSINESS,
A BREAKING NEWS STORY REPORT IN A NEWSMAGAZINE LIVE INTERVIEW NEW APPROACHES: CONSUMER AND
IN A NEWSCAST DOCUMENTARY ECONOMIC REPORT
60 MINUTES: FRIENDLY FIRE ANDERSON COOPER 360°:
CBS NEWS: ANDERSON COOPER ZERO DAYS VR 60 MINUTES: BRAIN HACKING
LAS VEGAS MASSACRE
BILL WHITAKER INTERVIEWS JANET PORTER
ALEX GIBNEY ANDERSON COOPER
TJ ASPREA 60 MINUTES AND ANDERSON COOPER
THE WASHINGTON POST: 60 MINUTES:
JOHN BLACKSTONE THE WHISTLEBLOWER ANDERSON COOPER 360°: CHIEF OF CHOBANI
JONATHAN BLAKELY BILL WHITAKER FACES OF GRIEF:
STEVE KROFT
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS OUTSTANDING CONTINUING
ANTHONY MASON ON ASSIGNMENT WITH PASTOR & HEATHER MELTON COVERAGE OF A NEWS 60 MINUTES:
NORAH O’DONNELL RICHARD ENGEL: PANAMA ANDERSON COOPER STORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE PASSPORTS FOR SALE
LIVE COVERAGE OF ERIKA ANGULO THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 60 MINUTES: SHOTS FIRED STEVE KROFT
HURRICANE HARVEY JAKE TAPPER AND BILL WHITAKER
STEPHANIE ABRAMS KELLYANNE CONWAY
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF JAKE TAPPER
OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY OUTSTANDING SCIENCE,
WITH LESTER HOLT: MEDICAL AND
IN A NEWSMAGAZINE
LAS VEGAS MASSACRE OUTSTANDING FEATURE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
JOE FRYER 20/20: A HOSTILE ACT: STORY IN A NEWSMAGAZINE
WHAT HAPPENED TO OTTO? OUTSTANDING ARTS & 60 MINUTES:
STEPHANIE GOSK CULTURE DOCUMENTARY 20/20: MY REALITY: OUT OF DARKNESS
DAVID MUIR A HIDDEN AMERICA
JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER BILL WHITAKER
DAVID SLOAN WILL NOT HOLD DAVID SLOAN
CNN SPECIAL REPORTS:
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING
20/20: CITY UNDERWATER GRIFFIN DUNNE SEPARATED: SAVING
COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY MARC BURSTEIN THE TWINS
IN A NEWSCAST GWEN GOWEN OUTSTANDING BREAKING JIM MURPHY
CNN INTERNATIONAL: FALL MATT GUTMAN OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE FAULT LINES:
OF ISIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA DOCUMENTARY HEROIN’S CHILDREN
TOM LLAMAS ABC NEWS:
NICK PATON WALSH THE LAS VEGAS MASSACRE JOSH RUSHING
DAVID SLOAN CNN FILMS: ELIÁN
GINGER ZEE ALEX GIBNEY MARC BURSTEIN
STACEY OFFMAN MATTHEW GUTMAN
20/20: LAS VEGAS:
OUTSTANDING FEATURE HEARTBREAK AND HEROES RICHARD PERELLO CNN WORLDWIDE
STORY IN A NEWSCAST BEST STORY
HURRICANE COVERAGE
MATT GUTMAN PARCHED IN A NEWSMAGAZINE
NIGHTLINE:
DAVID MUIR ANDERSON COOPER
BEYOND THE BUCKET ALEX GIBNEY 60 MINUTES AND
DAVID SLOAN LEYLA SANTIAGO THE WASHINGTON POST:
JUJU CHANG STACEY OFFMAN INVESTIGATING THE OPIOID
FALL OF RAQQA
NIGHTLINE: FEMICIDE: 60 MINUTES: RICHARD PERELLO EPIDEMIC: THE
THE UNTOLD WAR STORMING ROOM 135 NICK PATON WALSH WHISTLEBLOWER AND
TOO BIG TO PROSECUTE
JUJU CHANG BILL WHITAKER MANCHESTER CONCERT
ATTACK BILL WHITAKER
SUNDAY MORNING: BEST DOCUMENTARY
AFTERMATH ANDERSON COOPER
INDEPENDENT LENS:
DAVID MARTIN OUTSTANDING NEWS SPECIAL
THE WITNESS
HALA GORANI
ABC NEWS: THE GREAT JAMES SOLOMON DON LEMON OUTSTANDING
AMERICAN ECLIPSE ERIN MCLAUGHLIN NEWSCAST OR
MARC BURSTEIN NEWSMAGAZINE IN SPANISH
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS ISHA SESAY
NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO
FEATURE STORY CNN SPECIAL REPORTS:
OUTSTANDING FAREED ZAKARIA
IN A NEWSCAST THE MOST POWERFUL MAN
SHORT DOCUMENTARY JOSE DIAZ-BALART
IN THE WORLD
NIGHTLINE: PUTIN’S POWER:
A JOURNEY INSIDE RUSSIA FAREED ZAKARIA HEROIN(E)
DAN HARRIS VICE NEWS TONIGHT:
ELAINE MCMILLION OUTSTANDING ARTS,
TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE: SHELDON CULTURE AND OUTSTANDING COVERAGE
INAUGURATION DAY KERRIN SHELDON ENTERTAINMENT REPORT OF A BREAKING NEWS
STORY IN SPANISH
CAROLINE LONG SHOT 60 MINUTES: THE FORGER
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE MODARRESSY-TEHRANI PRIMER IMPACTO: UNIDOS EN
REPORT IN A NEWSCAST JACOB LAMENDOLA ANDERSON COOPER EL DOLOR: HURACAN MARIA
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT EN PUERTO RICO
CBS THIS MORNING: MEET THE PRESS FILM
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY FESTIVAL IN COLLABORATION GUMBEL: MAN VS. BEAST: JUAN RIVERA, MD
SEXUAL ASSAULT OUTSTANDING NEWS WITH AFI: EDITH AND EDDIE THE ART OF BULLFIGHTING
DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS JON FRANKEL
NORAH O’DONNELL CHUCK TODD
ANDERSON COOPER 360°:
NFL TOWN HALL:
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL
PATRIOTISM, THE PLAYERS
NEWS STORY:
AND THE PRESIDENT
OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING SOCIAL BEST STORY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
EDITED INTERVIEW ANDERSON COOPER ISSUE DOCUMENTARY IN A NEWSCAST
NBC5 NEWS AT 6 (DALLAS/
ANDERSON COOPER 360°: STATE OF THE UNION WITH ACTIVE SHOOTER: AMERICA CBS THIS MORNING: FORT WORTH, TX): BIG
SALLY YATES AND JAKE TAPPER: THE MORNING UNDER FIRE CHARLESTON, U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY BUSES, BIGGER PROBLEMS:
ANDERSON COOPER AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA SEXUAL ASSAULT THE LAND DEAL
ANDERSON COOPER JAKE TAPPER STAR PRICE NORAH O’DONNELL SCOTT FRIEDMAN39th ANNUAL
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS ®
Nominations
On Assignment withMSNBC NaturePBS
Richard Engel Yosemite
Panama Yosemite was forged by time and shaped by the power of water.
A special investigation by Richard Engel and his On Assignment Water made life possible in this “stone wilderness”, carved out the
team into Donald Trump’s first international hotel venture: The iconic Yosemite Valley, and gave birth to the Earth’s largest living
Outstanding Investigative Report Trump Ocean Club in Panama City. On Assignment, in conjunc- trees. But with climate change, Yosemite is feeling the heat. In
in a Newsmagazine tion with Reuters, spent months digging into persistent rumors Yosemite, scientists and adventurers explore the past, present, and
about the building’s connection to dirty money. In November, future of the Sierra Nevada’s most precious resource, its water.
20/20 in partnership withABC they exclusively revealed that the building was a magnet for Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman
The Investigative Fund money launderers, drug dealers and Russian mafia. Series Producer: Bill Murphy
Life and Death at the Border Chief Foreign Correspondent: Richard Engel Series Editor: Janet Hess
A year-long joint investigation revealed a history of cases in Executive Producers: Cory Gnazzo, Ben Plesser Producer: Joseph Pontecorvo
which the U.S Customs and Border Protection appeared to Director: Robert Katko
ignore accusations of treatment and abuse of people trying to Senior Producers: Kate Benyon-Tinker, Laura Conaway Outstanding Politics and
cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Producers: Aggelos Petropoulos, Leon Ferguson, Kevin Man- Government Documentary
Senior Executive Producer: David Sloan nino, Rachele Webb, Erika Angulo
Executive Producer: Rhonda Schwartz Field Producers: Mauricio Valenzuela, Julian Prictoe, John All Governments Lie: Truth, Starz
Executive Editor: Esther Kaplan Kooistra, Miguel Toran, Nico Hameon, Mark Dobbin, Dave Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Senior Producer: Miguel Sancho Copeland, Ksenia Zhivago Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Green-
Investigative Producer: Brian Epstein Co-Producer: Julie Cerullo wald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face
Producers: Andrew Fredericks, Randy Kreider Additional Producers: Leon Ferguson, Rachele Webb, Charlotte of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives
Field Producer: Cho Park Gardiner, Michael Kaplan, Kimberly Mayhorn, Owen Fay, to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Our cameras follow as
Digital Producer: Pete Madden, Lauren Effron Hatice Soyal, David Firestone, Rawan Jabaji they expose government and corporate deception — just as the
Reporter: John Carlos Frey Senior Assignment Manager: Ian Sherwood ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades
Chief Investigative Correspondent: Brian Ross ago.Featuring: Carl Bernstein, Noam Chomsky, David Corn,
Outstanding Nature Documentary John Carlos Frey, Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Chris
60 MinutesCBS Hedges, Ana Kasparian, Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Jeremy
Friendly Fire Chasing CoralNetflix Scahill, Nermeen Shaikh, Matt Taibbi, and Cenk Uygur.
As the Trump Administration sends more U.S. Army Special Chasing Coral taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad Director: Fred Peabody
Forces back into harm’s way, 60 Minutes’ report provides a cau- man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, Executive Producers: Jeff Cohen, Steve Ord, Peter Raymont,
tionary tale about the Pentagon’s reliance on technology over and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse Oliver Stone
people. The results of a three-year investigation into a secret camera to record bleaching events as they happen. Producers: Andrew Munger, Steve Ord, Peter Raymont
mission by U.S. Green Berets, the report details the worst case Director: Jeff Orlowski Line Producer: Maxim Gertler-Jaffe
of fratricide involving U.S. forces in 16 years of ongoing war in Executive Producers: Jill K. Ahrens, Ryan W. Ahrens, David J.
Afghanistan. Cornfield, Linda A. Cornfield CNN FilmsCNN
Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes Legion of Brothers
Executive Editor: Bill Owens Legion of Brothers tells the story of Jason Amerine, Mark Nutsch
Producers: Howard L. Rosenberg, Julie Holstein Independent LensPBS and many of the Green Berets who led secret missions into
Correspondent: Bill Whitaker SEED: The Untold Story Afghanistan immediately after 9/11, and played a key role in
Co-Producer: Stephanie Palewski Brumbach Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, which overthrowing Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime. These Special
have been worshipped and treasured since the dawn of human- Operations teams were the very first foot-soldiers of the War on
60 Minutes and theCBS kind. SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed-keepers Terror — now the longest war in American history. They speak
Washington Post protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. openly and honestly about the deep, enduring impact of war on
The Whistleblower Directors: Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel themselves, on their families, and on our society. Their stories are
In a series of joint investigations, 60 Minutes and The Washington Executive Producers: Phil Fairclough, Sally Jo Fifer, Marc Turtle- iconic illustrations of what makes war such an endemic part of
Post exposed a war within the DEA over whether to hold the taub, Lois Vossen the human condition.
powerful drug industry accountable for fueling the opioid epi- Supervising Producer: Amy Shatsky-Gambrill Executive Producers: Amy Entelis, Vinnie Malhotra
demic in communities across the country. Producers: Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel Producers: Greg Barker, John Battsek, Peter Bergen, Tresha
Executive Producer: Jeff Fager Mabile
Executive Editor: Bill Owens Ireland’s Wild CoastPBS Supervising Producer: Courtney Sexton
Producers: Ira Rosen, Sam Hornblower A unique personal journey along one of the most spectacular Co-Producer: Diane Becker
Co-Producer: Robert Zimet coastlines in the world featuring the wildlife and wild places that
Reporters: Lenny Bernstein, Scott Higham make it so special. Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson FRONTLINEPBS
Correspondent: Bill Whitaker takes viewers on an authored odyssey along Ireland’s rugged Bannon’s War
Atlantic coast — the place he chooses to make his home after 30 Donald Trump’s first months in office were marked by bold
Fault Lines Al Jazeera International USA years spent shooting some of the world’s most celebrated wildlife initiatives, swirling controversies, contempt for the conventions
Haiti by Force films. of Washington and reports of internal chaos within the White
“Haiti By Force” investigates the legacy and impact of sex abuse Director: Cepa Giblin House. Apart from the president, no figure was more central
by UN peacekeepers in Haiti, giving voice to many of the victims Executive in Charge, PBS: Bill Gardner to the style, substance and direction of the new administration
for the first time. For nearly a decade, UN peacekeepers around Director/Producer: John Murray than Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen Bannon. In Bannon’s War,
the globe have faced allegations of rape and sexual exploitation. FRONTLINE explored and explained the key moments of Ban-
Chronic patterns of abuse have been compounded by bureau- NaturePBS non’s unlikely rise to power and the worldview that drives his
cratic inaction, mishandling of evidence, inconsistent reporting Naledi: One Little Elephant mission to transform the country and its role in the world.
procedures and a lack of transparency. Using Haiti as a focal Defending the lives of Africa’s elephants from poachers and Executive Producer: Raney Aronson
point, Femi Oke and the Fault Lines team spent months work- human development can be a thankless and desperate job for Managing Editor: Andrew Metz
ing through community contacts to investigate allegations of their caretakers and researchers. But when an elephant orphan Director/Producer: Michael Kirk
abuse, uncovering a cluster of previously unreported cases in the is in need of a new family, it changes everything. Born inside an Producers: Mike Wiser, Philip Bennett
remote village of Anse-a-Pidres. Across the country, the reporting elephant sanctuary in the wilderness of Botswana, Naledi the Producer/Reporter: Gabrielle Schonder
revealed a serious gap between the official UN estimates and the baby elephant loses her mother and faces the world alone. It is Production Executive: Colette Neirouz Hanna
actual number of abuse allegations, and revealed that cases that now up to a team of guardians to help save her life, urge her to Coordinating Producer: Karinna Sjo-Gaber
were reported very rarely led to resolution. survive, and help find her place in the herd.
Executive Producer: Mat Skene Directors: Ben Bowie, Geoff Luck
Producers: Singeli Agnew, Jeremy Dupin Executive Producers: Jody Allen, Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko,
Co-Producers: Jacquelynne Causey, Adrienne Haspel, Joel Van Ellen Windemuth, Fred Kaufman
Haren Series Producer: Bill Murphy
Correspondent: Femi Oke Series Editor: Janet Hess
Field Producer: Richard Slater-Jones
Producers: Emre Izat, Hilary Sparrow
Co-Producer: Kate Bradbury
18 | THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCESCONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR 2018 NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINEES
®
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
SHEILA NEVINS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE DOCUMENTARY BEST STORY IN A NEWSCAST
TRACY DROZ TRAGOS, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY LAURA FREID, JULIE GOLDMAN, SHEILA NEVINS, “CHARLOTTESVILLE: RACE & TERROR”
SARA BERNSTEIN, SENIOR PRODUCER EVGENY AFINEEVSKY, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JEFF SKOLL, DIANE WEYERMANN, EXECUTIVE SHANE SMITH, JOSH TYRANGIEL,
DAN DURAN, CO-PRODUCER BOHDAN BATRUCH, DAVID DINERSTEIN, PRODUCERS; CRISTIN CANTERBURY BAGNALL, MADELEINE HAERINGER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
SHEILA NEVINS, CHAMSY SARKIS, CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER; NANCY ABRAHAM, RITA CHAN, SHAWNA THOMAS, SENIOR PRODUCERS
TOMÁŠ SROVNAL, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SENIOR PRODUCER; MORGAN NEVILLE, DIRECTOR JUSTIN DIAL, SUPERVISING PRODUCER; JOSH DAVIS,
NANCY ABRAHAM, SENIOR PRODUCER CAITRIN ROGERS, PRODUCER PATRICIA GUERRA, TRACY JARRETT, PRODUCERS
OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY AARON I. BUTLER, DEN TOLMOR, PRODUCERS CHRISTINA VALLICE, LINE PRODUCER; JOE LOCASCIO,
IRENE TAYLOR BRODSKY, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY
JAWAD SHARBAJI, SHAHIDA TULAGANOVA, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER; ELLE REEVE, CORRESPONDENT
SHEILA NEVINS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HELEN KEARNS, JASON ZELDES, EDITORS
SERGEI ZHURAVSKY, CO-PRODUCERS OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A
SARA BERNSTEIN, SENIOR PRODUCER DOUG BLUSH, SUPERVISING EDITOR
SOPHIE HARRIS, PRODUCER OUTSTANDING MUSIC & SOUND NEWS STORY IN A NEWSCAST
OUTSTANDING MUSIC & SOUND “BATTLE FOR MARAWI” – SHANE SMITH,
MAXIM SKORUPSKIJ, SOUND DESIGNER
AL NELSON, SOUND DESIGNER; DENNIS HAMLIN, JOSH TYRANGIEL, MADELEINE HAERINGER,
VICKI HIATT, SEBASTIAN ZULETA, MUSIC EDITORS
DIMITRI TISSEYRE, SOUND RECORDISTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; CRAIG THOMSON, SENIOR
JÖRG HÜTTNER, WILLIAM V. MALPEDE,
PETE HORNER, SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR/ PRODUCER; ADAM DESIDERIO, HARRIET DEDMAN,
ADDITIONAL MUSIC COMPOSERS; MARTIN TILLMAN,
RE-RECORDING MIXER; ANDRE ZWEERS, SFX EDITOR PRODUCERS; ISOBEL YEUNG, CORRESPONDENT
DIANE WARREN, COMPOSERS; KATHY NELSON,
MUSIC SUPERVISOR; VADIM STOLYAR, SOUND “LIBYA” – SHANE SMITH, JOSH TYRANGIEL,
EDITOR/DIALOGUE EDITOR; OLEG KULCHYTSKYI, MADELEINE HAERINGER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER/SOUND EDITOR CRAIG THOMSON, SENIOR PRODUCER
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH ADAM DESIDERIO, ALEX WATERFIELD, PRODUCERS
OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE AND AMEL GUETTATFI, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
EVGENY AFINEEVSKY, SHAHIDA TULAGANOVA, ENTERTAINMENT REPORT
RESEARCHERS “MAN VS. BEAST: THE ART OF BULLFIGHTING” SEBASTIAN WALKER, ISOBEL YEUNG, CORRESPONDENTS
OUTSTANDING WRITING RICK BERNSTEIN, PETER NELSON, JOE PERSKIE, OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A
EVGENY AFINEEVSKY, AARON I. BUTLER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; NICK DOLIN, BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWSCAST
SHAHIDA TULAGANOVA, WRITERS SENIOR COORDINATING PRODUCER; TIM WALKER, “CHARLOTTESVILLE: RACE & TERROR”
PRODUCER; EVAN BURGOS, ADDITIONAL PRODUCER SHANE SMITH, JOSH TYRANGIEL,
JON FRANKEL, REPORTER MADELEINE HAERINGER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
RITA CHAN, SHAWNA THOMAS, SENIOR PRODUCERS
JUSTIN DIAL, SUPERVISING PRODUCER
JOSH DAVIS, PATRICIA GUERRA, TRACY JARRETT,
PRODUCERS; CHRISTINA VALLICE, LINE PRODUCER
JOE LOCASCIO, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY ELLE REEVE, CORRESPONDENT
CHRISTOPHER CLEMENTS, DAVID MENSCHEL, SHEILA NEVINS,
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; STEVEN SILVER, ROBIN SMITH, NEIL TABATZNIK, OUTSTANDING NEWS SPECIAL
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; NANCY ABRAHAM, SENIOR PRODUCER “TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE: INAUGURATION DAY”
KRISTI JACOBSON, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER; JULIE GOLDMAN, SHANE SMITH, JOSH TYRANGIEL, MADELEINE HAERINGER,
KATIE MITCHELL, PRODUCERS; INGMAR TROST, CO-PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; REID CHERLIN, RUBEN DAVIS,
DEVIN GREENLEAF, BRANDON LISY, SHAWNA THOMAS,
OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY CRAIG THOMSON, SENIOR PRODUCERS; JUSTIN DIAL,
BEN GOLD, EDITOR CHRISTINA VALLICE, SUPERVISING PRODUCERS
QUINTON BOUDWIN, SARAH BURKE, JUANITA CEBALLOS,
RITA CHAN, HARRIET DEDMAN, LEE DOYLE,
KRISTIN FRASER, AXEL GERDAU, MARY GRACE LUCAS,
LENA JAKOBSSON, TRACY JARRETT, SARA JERVING,
JULIA LINDAU, ISABELLA MCKINLEY CORBO,
SIMONE PEREZ, LAUREN PRINCE, ALYSE SHORLAND,
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
BRIAN WHEELER, ROBBIE WILKINS, PRODUCERS
DA PENNEBAKER, DIRECTOR; CATHERINE ALVARESSE,
MARAL USEFI, LINE PRODUCER; AMANDA PISETZNER,
HÉLÈNE COLDÉFY, NICK FRASER, SHEILA NEVINS, KATE TOWNSEND,
COORDINATING PRODUCER; JOSH HERSH,
BARBARA TRUYEN, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS; SARA BERNSTEIN,
ANTONIA HYLTON, EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO,
SENIOR PRODUCER; FRAZER PENNEBAKER,
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