PBS NewsHour’s January 6th Coverage Named Recipient of a News & Documentary Emmy Nomination

Arlington, VA (July 28, 2022) – PBS NewsHour today received a News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage category from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its Special Coverage of the Electoral College Count on January 6, 2021. Today’s announcement follows the April 2022 news that anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff was named the recipient this year’s Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television News.

This year’s awards will be presented during two live ceremonies, News categories on Tuesday, September 28 and Documentary categories on Wednesday, September 29, at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards will also be streamed live on NATAS’ dedicated viewing platform powered by Vimeo, available on the web at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv)

PBS programming received 28 nominations in total.

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Category: Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage

PBS NewsHour’s Special Coverage of the Electoral College Count
As the world was witnessing the attacks on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins was the only journalist outside of lockdown and reporting from the halls of Congress. PBS NewsHour chief correspondent Amna Nawaz and former White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor relayed the events of the day as they unfolded outside of the Capitol as well.

PBS NewsHour’s anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff anchored special coverage of the electoral college count for over eleven hours on January 6th. During that time, she interviewed several members of Congress to get their reactions to the day’s events in real-time.

Credits: Anchor and Managing Editor Judy Woodruff; Correspondents Yamiche Alcindor, Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz, John Yang, William Brangham; Senior Producers Mike Melia, Elizabeth Summers, Stephanie Kotuby, Emily Carpeaux; Deputy Senior Producer Matt Loffman; Producers Sam Lane, Alexis Cox, Jaywon Choe, Frank N. Carlson, Mike Fritz, Rachel Wellford, Meredith Lee, Kate Grumke, Geoffrey Guray; Associate Producers Tess Conciatori, Saher Khan, Alex D’Elia, Patty Gorena Morales, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Vika Aronson; Design and Technical Staff: Julia Griffin, Tim McPhillips, Vanessa Dennis, Travis Daub, Gretchen Frazee; Production Assistants Rebecca Newman, Harry Zahn, Ian Couzens; Editors, Dan Knapp, John Morgan, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux, Senior Graphic Designer Michael Harry; Director Mary Lawrence; Assistant Director Janice Huey, Tatiana Terleckyi; Engineer in Chief Nancy Gerstman, Heather Harris; Technical Director Jay Nevel; Audio Operator Martin Carr, Sylvia Reis, Tom Satterfield; Video Operator Enoch Chan, John Hyater; EVS Operator Ali Jaafar, Steve Shaw; Tape Operator Brian Smith; Teleprompter Operator Avo Aghguiguian, David Tillette; Transmission Operator Tim Bowen; Vice President of Production Operations Matt Speiser; Production Manager Kamili Johnson; Executive Producer Sara Just.

Press Contact: Ella Richardson, erichardson (at) newshour (dot) org