NBR Wins Emmy For Business & Finance Reporting
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
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AND THE EMMY GOES TO…
Nightly Business Report wins at the Third Annual Emmy ® Awards for Business and
Finance Reporting
New York (November 8, 2005) – Nightly Business Report – the top-rated
and longest running daily business news program on television – was honored
at the third annual Emmy ® Awards for Business and Finance Reporting for Outstanding
Extended Coverage of a Business Story, for their series on "China's Emergence
as an International Economic Power".
The five part series focused on how the giant Asian nation is remaking itself and the challenges it faces. Wendie Feinberg served as Senior Producer, with Stephanie Dhue as Producer. Also receiving credit were Washington Bureau Chief Darren Gersh, New York Bureau Chief Scott Gurvey, Managing Editor Rodney Ward, and Reporter Nick Mackie. The award is the first for Nightly Business Report, and was one of two for PBS, which received 4 nominations overall.
“Nightly Business Report is extremely honored to have won an Emmy ® for
Business and Finance Reporting,” said Executive Editor Linda O’Bryon.
“For over 25 years, NBR has strived to provide accurate, substantial and
quality programming in the business arena, and we are so pleased to have been
acknowledged for it.”
Created in 1979, Nightly Business Report is television's longest-running daily
business news program on broadcast or cable. It is produced by NBR Enterprises/WPBT2/Miami
and is distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service to more than 225 public
television stations across the country, reaching more than 90% of U.S. television
households. NBR is underwritten nationally by A.G. Edwards and Franklin Templeton.
Contact: Dan Klores Communications
Caitlin O’Neill, (212) 981-5275
