Emmy Winners for News and Public Affairs
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NEW YORK — Here are major winners of the 1988 Emmy Awards for news and public-affairs programs, which were handed out in ceremonies here Tuesday night.
Coverage of a Single,
Breaking News Story
Program: “The Tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103.” CBS. Lane Venardos, executive producer; Dan Rather, anchor.
Segment: “Vincennes,” “NBC Nightly News: Vincennes,” NBC. Naomi Spinrad, producer; Fred Francis, correspondent.
Background/Analysis of a
Single, Current Story
Programs: “Nova: Race for the Superconductor,” PBS, Paula S. Apsell, executive producer. “Burning Questions--The Poisoning of America,” ABC, Av Westin, executive producer. “48 Hours: Nightmare Next Door,” CBS, Andrew Heyward, executive producer. “Nightline in the Holy Land,” ABC, Richard M. Kaplan, executive producer; Ted Koppel, anchor and managing editor.
Segments: “20/20: Still on the Wrong Track,” ABC, Martin Clancy, producer; Tom Jarriel, correspondent. “20/20: Fall From Grace,” ABC, Janice Tomlin, producer; Tom Jarriel, correspondent. “20/20: A Formula for Tragedy,” ABC, Rob Wallace, producer; Tom Jarriel, correspondent.
Investigative Journalism
Program: “Frontline: Murder on the Rio San Juan,” PBS, David Fanning, executive producer.
Segments: “West 57th: Men of God--Borrowing on Faith,” CBS, Jane Stone, producer; Meredith Vieira, correspondent. “20/20: Cutting Corners, Costing Lives,” ABC, Mary Whittington, Sharon Young, producers; Tom Jarriel, correspondent.
Interview/Interviewers
Program: “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth With Bill Moyers: Masks of Eternity,” PBS, Joan Konner, Alvin H. Perlmutter, executive producers; Bill Moyers, correspondent.
Segments: “Nightline: Austrian President Kurt Waldheim,” ABC, Robert Jordan, senior producer; Ted Koppel, Pierre Salinger, reporters. “CBS Evening News: Soviet Dentist,” CBS, Tom Bettag, executive producer; Charles Kuralt, correspondent. “60 Minutes: Edward Teller,” CBS, Ira Rosen, producer; Mike Wallace, correspondent. “60 Minutes: Cara’s Story,” CBS, Marti Galovic Palmer, producer; Morley Safer, correspondent.
Coverage of a
Continuing News Story
Programs: “CE Newsmagazine: Election ’88 Wrapup,” PBS, Harry Moses, executive producer. “48 Hours on Gang Street,” CBS, Andrew Heyward, executive producer. “48 Hours: Faith Under Fire,” CBS, Andrew Heyward, executive producer.
Segments: “NBC Nightly News: Palestinian Uprising,” NBC, Tom Kennan, Jim Maceda, Victor Solis, producers; Martin Fletcher, correspondent. “NBC Nightly News: Sudan Famine,” NBC, Bish Eltouni, Pat Thompson, producers; Jim Bitterman, correspondent. “West 57th: Pat Robertson,” CBS, Jane Stone, producer; Meredith Vieira, correspondent.
Informational, Cultural or
Historical Programming Programs: “Nova: Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?” PBS, Paula S. Apsell, executive producer. “JFK: In His Own Words,” HBO, Peter Kunhardt, producer.
Segments: “West 57th: Marriage License Bureau,” CBS, Ray Farkas, producer. “West 57th: Children in Crisis--Saving Face,” CBS, Alan B. Goldberg, producer; Meredith Vieira, correspondent. “West 57th: Broadway Baby,” CBS, Pauline Canny, producer; Bob Sirott, correspondent.
News and Documentary
Achievement
Program: “We Shall Overcome,” PBS, Jim Brown, Ginger Brown, Harold Leventhal, George Stoney, producers. “Point of View: Living with AIDS,” PBS, Marc Weiss, executive producer.
Individuals: “The Unquiet Death of Eli Creekmore,” PBS, David Davis, producer.
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