CBS News has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) with an industry-leading 31 News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations for segments broadcast in 2009.  Among the network's nominations, 60 Minutes received 16 and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric was honored with eight. 48 Hours Mystery and Sunday Morning each garnered three and CBS Evening News Weekend Edition was recognized with one.

The 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, Sept. 27, at a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York.  Details of the nominated broadcasts are as follows:

60 MINUTES:

• "Closing the Clinic - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
• "War in Pakistan" - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
• "Congo Gold" - Outstanding Feature Story in News Magazine
• "The Birdmen" - Outstanding Feature Story in News Magazine
• "The Yakuza" - Outstanding Feature Story in News Magazine
• "60 Billion Dollar Fraud" - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in News Magazine
• "The Man Who Knew" - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine
• "Witness" - Outstanding Interview
• "Saving Flight 1549" - Outstanding Interview; Best Report in a News Magazine
• "Eyewitness" - Best Report in a News Magazine
• "The Winter of Our Hardship and the Long Recession" - Best Report in a News Magazine
• "Cost of Dying" - Best Report in a News Magazine; Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Writing
• "Your Bank Has Failed" - Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing‑‑Quick Turnaround
• "60 Minutes in 60 Seconds" - Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Institutional

 

CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC:

• "Afghanistan: The Road Ahead" - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Mia's Story" - Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "FEMA's Toxic Bureaucracy" - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Follow the Money: Congressional Oversight" - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Rape in America: Justice Denied" - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Financial Family Tree" - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Follow the Money: Taxpayer Money Investigation" - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "The Battle of Wanat" - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

 

48 HOURS MYSTERY:

• "Craigslist: Classified for Murder" - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine
• "American Girl, Italian Nightmare" - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
• "The Lost Children" - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine

 

CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING:

• "A Stone's Throw" - Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "On the Mend" - Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• "Out of Work" - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

           

CBS EVENING NEWS - WEEKEND EDITION:

• "War and the Home Front" - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

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