The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will announce the winners of the 30th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York on September 21, 2009.
'Al Jazeera News Hour - Russia-Georgia War' was chosen as a nominee in the category of News for its un-paralleled coverage of the Russia-Georgia War in 2008. Al Jazeera's Moscow bureau was on top of the coverage of this story three days before the fighting began and on Friday, August 8, 2008, witnessed the outbreak of hostilities on the South Ossetian border.
Al Jazeera journalists were on the front lines across the region, feeding live updates and cut packages of the events as they happened. The entry comprises of four packages from Gori, Tskhinvali and South Ossetia and a live update from Tiblisi.
Al Jazeera English's nomination for the current affairs section was a Witness Special - Return to Nablus. Presented by Rageh Omaar, the special travels back to the Palestinian town of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, to complete the year-in-life observation of two schools, the Hajja Rushda girls' school and the King Talal boy's school, for the final months of the academic year.
The documentary tells the stories of both the teachers and students facing extraordinary circumstances of life and learning under Israeli occupation in addition to the usual stresses of running a school and facing exams. This Witness special was directed by Tom Evans and executive produced by Ingrid Falck, both of Flashback Television in cooperation with Al Jazeera English Channel.
Al Jazeera English also received two nominations at last year's International Emmy Awards in the category of current affairs for Witness - Red Mosque documentary and KL's News Coverage of the crackdown in Myanmar.
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Al Jazeera English has been nominated for Emmy awards in both the News and Current Affairs categories for the second successive year.
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About Al Jazeera EnglishAl Jazeera English is the first English language world news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Launched in November 2006, Al Jazeera English is setting the global news agenda and acts as a bridge between cultures. With unique access as the channel of reference for Middle East events, and broadcast centres strategically placed around the world in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English is balancing the information flow from South to North, providing independent and impartial news for a global audience from a grass roots level, giving voice to different perspectives from under-reported regions around the world.
Al Jazeera English is available in over 100 countries to over 150 million households worldwide, and was recently awarded "Best 24 Hour News Program" at the 48th Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival. The channel also recently received its first three International Emmy nominations - two in news and current affairs for its groundbreaking coverage of the military crackdown in Myanmar and its Red Mosque coverage and one for digital programmes for their coverage of the US election.
Al Jazeera started out over twelve years ago as the first independent Arabic news channel in the world dedicated to providing comprehensive television news and live debate for the Arab world. Al Jazeera has been ranked by brandchannel.com as the most impactful television broadcast news brand globally.
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Posted by Rima Ali Al MashniSaturday, August 01 - 2009 at 09:39 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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