CNN nominated for 5 news, documentary Emmys

CNN has been nominated for five news and documentary Emmy awards, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced.

CNN was nominated for awards in the following categories:

 • Outstanding instant coverage of a news story
The Amadou Diallo case verdict -- aired on CNN Newsstand.

On February 25, 2000, jurors acquitted four white New York City police officers of all charges in the death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black man who was hit by 19 of 41 shots fired at him in the vestibule of his Bronx home. Deborah Feyerick and Maria Hinojosa covered the story with CNN Newsstand anchors Stephen Frazier and Greta Van Susteren.

 • Outstanding instant coverage of a news story in a regularly scheduled newscast, segments
The Elian Gonzalez seizure -- aired on CNN.

VIDEO Newsstand open for February 25, 2000 Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) Elian Gonzalez taken from relatives Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) 'Cry Freetown' Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) Amanpour interviews Arafat Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the violence in Sierra Leone Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media)

Early in the morning on April 22, 2000, federal agents stormed the Miami home where Elian Gonzalez had been staying and took the 6-year-old boy away with them. CNN's Brian Cabell was there, covering the raid and the riots that followed.

 • Outstanding investigative journalism, programs
Cry Freetown -- aired on CNN Perspectives.

Risking his life to film the systematic murder of his fellow countrymen during the civil war, Sorious Samura described in Cry Freetown what he calls "a nation in dire need, a nation that was being murdered, a country that was dying, that was being left to die by the Western world, by the so-called developed world."

 • Outstanding interview/interviewer(s), programs and/or segments
Christiane Amanpour's interview with Yasser Arafat -- aired on CNN.

One month after the failure of the Camp David summit last year, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton invited Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. On CNN, Senior International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour asked PLO leader Yasser Arafat direct questions about his intentions.

 • Outstanding coverage of a continuing news story, segments
Continuing coverage of Sierra Leone -- aired on CNN.

Ravaged by civil war for more than a decade, nearly half of the people of Sierra Leone have been driven from their homes and thousands have been killed or mutilated. CNN's Cairo Bureau Chief Ben Wedeman covered the fighting.

Awards ceremony

Winners will be announced at the formal dinner and ceremony on Wednesday, September 5, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel's Broadway Ballroom in New York City. Broadcast journalist Charles Osgood will host the ceremony.

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