31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

What’s New

* At-Home Judging: All judging for the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be done at-home. DVDs and entry materials will be mailed to judges, who will have two weeks to review submissions and return their ballots.

Judging will take place on the following dates:
Round 1: May 11 – May 26
Round 2: June 14- June 30

For more information or to apply to serve as an Emmy judge go to www.emmyonline.tv/news/judge.html

* 12 DVDs per submission: As a result of the switch to at-home judging, entrants are now required to submit 12 copies of the entry DVD for each submission. Please do not copy-protect entry DVDs as NATAS may be required to make additional copies for categories in which the number of judges exceeds 12.

*New Categories for Business Reporting: There are 3 new categories for business and economic reporting in this year’s competition:
5. Outstanding Business & Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
10. Outstanding Business & Economic Reporting in a News Magazine
16. Outstanding Business & Economic Reporting—Long Form

These categories replace the business-oriented categories that were formerly awarded at a separate ceremony in December. The eligibility period for the new business categories is calendar year 2009, and the Emmy Awards for these categories will be presented on September 27 at the News & Documentary Emmy ceremony in New York City. For more information see the Award Category Definitions section of the rulebook.

*New Categories for Science and Nature Programming: The Science and Nature category has been split into two categories:
-Outstanding Science and Technology Programming
-Outstanding Nature Programming
For complete definitions see page 3 of the rulebook.