NYWIFT Members Nominated for the 2025 News and Documentary Emmy Awards

New York Women in Film & Television is happy to share that twelve of our members have been nominated in a variety of categories for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards! 

The winners will be announced in two ceremonies on June 25th and 26th in New York. This is the first year that the awards will be presented in June, rather than their usual time in September. The news categories will be presented on Wednesday, June 25, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The documentary categories will be presented on Thursday, June 26, at 7:00 p.m. EDT.

The awards will be presented at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, and will 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. 

See the full list of nominees

The nominations below are sorted by category.


Outstanding Investigative News Coverage – Long Form

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Documenting Police Use of Force

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry (EMMY WINNER!)


Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage

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Maui’s Deadly Firestorm

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry (EMMY WINNER!)


Current Affairs Documentary

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64 Days: The Insurrection Playbook

Producer – NYWIFT Treasurer Gretchen McGowan


Historical Documentary

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Fly With Me

Editor – NYWIFT Member Charnelle Qualis


Arts and Culture Documentary

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Hollywood Black

Producer – NYWIFT Member Liat Rubin


Business and Economic Documentary

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Razing Liberty Square

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Sabine Schenk


Social Issue Documentary

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Death Without Mercy

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins

 

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Name Me Lawand

Dialogue Editor – NYWIFT Member Lauren Cooper

 

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Two American Families: 1991-2024

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry


Investigative Documentary

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A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry

 

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South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry

 


Best Documentary

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Hollywood Black

Producer – NYWIFT Member Liat Rubin


Direction – Documentary

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Frida

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Julia Cohen


Editing – Documentary

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Citizen Nation

Archival Producer – NYWIFT Member Rebecca Losick

 

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Death Without Mercy

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins


Graphic Design – Documentary

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Frida

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Julia Cohen

 

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Omnivore

Editor – NYWIFT Member Arielle Sherman


Music Composition

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Frida

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Julia Cohen

 

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Endurance

Supervising Sound Editor – NYWIFT Member Deborah Wallach


Promotional Announcement – Documentary

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Patrice: The Movie

Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch


Research – News

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Documenting Police Use of Force

Senior Producer – NYWIFT Member Nina Chaudry

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