NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES …

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/11/02

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES PRESENTS 23rd ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS

New York, September 11, 2002 ? The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Tuesday, September 10, 2002. A stellar line-up of prominent newsmakers and industry executives including Barbara Walters, Bernard Shaw and Pat Mitchell, president of PBS, presented the awards to a distinguished group of broadcast journalists at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. Garrick Utley of CNN acted as Master of Ceremonies during the event.

The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2001 calendar year. During the ceremony, Barbara Walters presented the first-ever lifetime achievement award to Roone Arledge, Chairman, ABC. The Awards Committee of NATAS granted the award.

"If ever there was a year to recognize television news coverage, this was it," said NATAS President Peter Price. "It was our honor to present so many notable broadcasters with the coveted Emmy in tribute to their skill, hard work and commitment. It also proved to be a worthy time to recognize the contributions of Roone Arledge whose impact on the television industry is unparalleled."

The finalists were chosen by blue ribbon panels composed of broadcast industry professionals. Entries were reviewed from the 2001 calendar year.

The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, follows:

PBS CBS ABC CNN HBO NBC

14

MSNBC

2

7

National Geographic

6

Channel

1

4

TLC

1

3

WABC

1

3

WKRC

1

A complete list of the 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award recipients is available for viewing and downloading on the academy's web site at .

The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards is presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of television.

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MEDIA CONTACTS: Lori Genes Goodman Media International lgenes@ 212-576-2700 EXT 228

Stacey Sanner Goodman Media International ssanner@ 212-576-2700 EXT 234

AWARDS CONTACT: DeniseW. Burk Director, Awards, NATAS denise@ 212-586-8424 EXT 212

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

"KABUL LIBERATED"

(NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw)

NBC

Executive Producer: Senior Producer: Producers:

Correspondent:

Steve Capus Mary Laurence Flynn Babak Behnam, Lori Fujii, Fiona Turner Tom Aspell

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

"WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK: FIRST THREE DAYS" ABC

(ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings)

Executive Producer: Producer:

Paul Slavin Kate Felsen

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

"THE FRIDAY SQUAD" (CBS Evening News Weekend Edition)

Executive Producer: Producer:

Patricia Shevlin Thomas J Aviles

CBS

OUTSTANDING BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CURRENT STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

"MATTIE'S STORY"

(Good Morning America)

Executive Producer: Senior Broadcast

Producer: Senior Editorial

Producer: Senior Producers:

Producers: Correspondents:

ABC

Shelley Z. Ross

Stuart Schwartz

Steve Thode Laurye Blackford, John Green, Ann Reynolds Patty Neger, Brian O'Keefe Chris Cuomo, Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

"THE ENERGY CRISIS"

(CBS Evening News with Dan Rather)

Executive Producer: Senior Producer: Producer: Correspondent:

Jim Murphy Gavin Boyle Barbara Pierce Vince Gonzales

and

CBS

"POST 9/11 INVESTIGATION"

(ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings)

Executive Producer: Senior Producers: Producers:

Field Producer: Chief Investigative Correspondent:

Paul Slavin Chris Isham, Stu Schutzman Brenda S Breslauer, Jill Rackmill , Dave Rummel, Rhonda Schwartz, David W Scott, Len Tepper, Chris Vlasto, Vic Walter Simon Surowicz

Brian Ross

ABC

OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW / INTERVIEWER

"TED KOPPEL"

(Inside Base Camp)

Correspondent: Executive Producers for National Geographic Channel: Executive Producers for National Geographic Television: Producers for National Geographic Television:

National Geographic Channel

Tom Foreman John Bowman, Andrew C. Wilk Gil Pimentel, David Royle

John Ebinger, Gigi Maartens and

"NEW YORK FIRE CHIEF DANIEL NIGRO"

(ABC News Primetime Thursday)

Senior Executive Producer:

Executive Producer: Senior Producer: Producer: Anchor:

Victor Neufeld David Doss Robert Lange Kristen Strand Adams Diane Sawyer

and

ABC

"THE TRAITOR"

(60 Minutes II)

Executive Producer: Senior Producers: Producers: Correspondent:

Jeff Fager Patti Hassler, Michael R. Whitney Jill Landes, Michael Rosenbaum Bob Simon

CBS

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY - LONG FORM

"AGAINST ALL ODDS"

(Dateline NBC)

Executive Producer: Senior Producer: Producer: Correspondent:

David Corvo Adam Gorfain Izhar Harpaz John Hockenberry

and

"TWIST OF FATE"

(CBS News Sunday Morning)

Executive Producer: Senior Broadcast Producer: Senior Producers:

Producers:

Correspondent:

Rand Morrison

Mary Murphy Marquita Pool-Eckert, Estelle Popkin David Bhagat, Ed Forgotson Jr., James Houtrides Martha Teichner

NBC CBS

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING NEWS STORY ? LONG FORM

"ROMANIA: CHILDREN FOR SALE"

(ABC News 20/20)

Executive Producers: Senior Executive Producer: Correspondent:

David Sloan, Janice Tomlin

Victor Neufeld Tom Jarriel

and

"UNHOLY WAR"

(CNN Presents)

Executive Producers: Supervising Producer: Producer: Reporter:

David Henshaw, Vivian Schiller Jennifer Hyde James Miller Saira Shah

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY ? LONG FORM

"HER LOST WORLD" (ABC News 20/20)

Executive Producer: Senior Executive Producer: Senior Producer: Producer: Correspondent:

David Sloan

Victor Neufeld Meredith White Joanna Breen Deborah Roberts

ABC CNN

ABC

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