48 Hours

'48 Hours' Wins Emmy For 'Hostage'

By Daniel Schorn

September 26, 2006 / 12:24 PM EDT / CBS

48 Hours, the CBS News magazine program that delves into a single subject, examining it from multiple angles with its saturation coverage and action-driven style, won an Emmy Award for its gripping report on the 2004 school hostage crisis in Beslan, Russia.

The Emmy was in the outstanding continuing coverage of a news story category. The program was titled "Hostage"; Peter Van Sant reported on children, parents and teachers terrorized by Chechen separatists in Beslan. Joe Halderman and Jonathan Sanders were the producers; Michael McHugh and Michael Vele were the editors.

Also, the CBS News magazine program 60 Minutes won four awards in the following categories:

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine: "Rendition" — Scott Pelley investigates the CIA practice of handing over terrorist suspects to foreign countries known to use torture. Graham Messick, producer; Matthew Lev, editor.

Outstanding Coverage of Breaking News Story in a News Magazine: "Aftershock" — Bob Simon follows a team of New York paramedics who left jobs and paychecks to help Pakistani earthquake victims. Michael Gavshon and Solly Granatstein, producers; Paul Bellinger, editor.

Outstanding Interview in a News Magazine: "First Man" — Ed Bradley speaks to Neil Armstrong in a rare interview with the first man on the moon. Mitch Weitzner, Kara MacMahon, producers; Matthew Danowski, editor.

Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: "The Sea Gypsies" — Bob Simon visits the Moken people, nomadic Southeast Asian island dwellers who survived the 2004 tsunami. Michael Gavshon and Solly Granatstein, producers; Paul Bellinger, editor.

In total, CBS News was awarded five News and Documentary Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, tying it with PBS for the most Emmys for a single network.

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