News & Documentary Emmys Night 1 Winners List

We have the winners for Night 1 of the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The News categories were in the spotlight tonight at the at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, which also will host the Documentary ceremony on Thursday night.

The 65 total categories cover programming content that premiered during calendar 2023. Both ceremonies are presented live on the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ dedicated viewing platform and streaming at watch.theemmys.tv and Emmy apps starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. The full list of nominees is here.

TV news legend Jane Pauley was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award tonight, and Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney will receive the same honor Thursday.

Here are the Night 1 winners at the 2024 News & Doc Emmys.

Outstanding Live News Program

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC)

Outstanding Recorded News Program

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN)

Outstanding Emerging Journalist

Nada Bashir (CNN)

Outstanding Breaking News Coverage

Israel-Hamas War (CNN)

Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form

Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War (CNN)

Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper & Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)

Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form

‘South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War’

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC)

Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form

‘It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde’

20/20 (ABC)

Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form

‘It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive’

Aj+ Reports (AJ+)

Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form

Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenaries

VICE Special Report (Vice)

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