47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Honor Excellence in Journalism

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) celebrated the best in television journalism Wednesday night during the News categories ceremony of the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards in New York City. Held at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, the ceremony recognized the top achievements in broadcast and streaming news programming from 2025.

Comedian, writer and actress Amber Ruffin hosted the event, which streamed live on YouTube and aired simultaneously on C-SPAN. The annual ceremony honored news organizations and journalists whose reporting shaped conversations around the world over the past year.

ABC News earned one of the evening’s top honors as “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” won Outstanding Live News Program, while Anderson Cooper and CNN Worldwide’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” took home Outstanding Recorded News Program. CNN entered the night among the most nominated organizations, receiving 32 nominations across multiple categories earlier this year.

CBS News and “60 Minutes” also had a major presence during the ceremony. Veteran journalist Scott Pelley accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Hard News Report: Short Form for “The War in Gaza,” continuing the long-running program’s legacy of investigative journalism. During the event, Pelley also drew attention for publicly recognizing fellow correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi during his remarks while presenting the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship.

Other notable winners included ABC News’ “Eric Dane Speaks,” which won Outstanding Interview: Long Form, while “CNN’s Jeremy Diamond Presses Hamas Official on Suffering in Gaza” received the award for Outstanding Interview: Short Form.

The ceremony featured appearances from many of the most recognizable names in broadcast journalism, including Linsey Davis, Hallie Jackson, Jen Psaki and Jorge Ramos among others.

One of the night’s most emotional moments came when ABC News honored longtime correspondent Martha Raddatz with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented by ABC’s Debra O’Connell in recognition of Raddatz’s decades-long contributions to journalism through her reporting on global conflicts, politics and international affairs. NATAS previously announced Raddatz as the 2026 recipient when revealing ceremony details earlier this spring.

NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp used the ceremony to emphasize the importance of journalism and the First Amendment, praising reporters and broadcasters for continuing to defend the public’s right to information during a time of growing challenges for the news industry.

The event also highlighted the future of journalism through the presentation of the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship. Santiago Campos, a student at District of Columbia International School in Washington, D.C., received the scholarship, which supports students pursuing careers in television journalism. The scholarship honors legendary CBS correspondent Mike Wallace and is funded through a grant from CBS News.

This year’s News & Documentary Emmy Awards recognized programming released during the 2025 calendar year. According to NATAS, more than 2,100 submissions were evaluated by approximately 1,600 industry professionals during the judging process.

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards continue to serve as one of the television industry’s highest honors for journalism, spotlighting coverage ranging from breaking news and investigative reporting to long-form interviews and documentary storytelling.