CNBC and PBS each won two Emmys Tuesday at the Fifth Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting at a luncheon in New York, while networks CNN, CBS and NBC each won one award. (Photos from the luncheon can be found here.)
The Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting are given in seven categories and recognize outstanding achievement in business & financial reporting telecast from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
CNBC‘s “Business Nation” won for investigative reporting in the magazine or long form category for a story about prescription drugs, and its documentary “Big Brother, Big Business” with David Faber as the correspondent won in the documentary category.
“NOW on PBS” won for outstanding coverage of a busines news event in the magazine or long form format for a story on franchising health care in developing countries, while the “News Hour with Jim Lehrer” of PBS won in the category of outstanding interpretation or analysis of a business news story in the magazine or long for format for a story on the cost of war.
CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” won in the category for outstanding coverage of a business news event in a regularly scheduled newscast, while NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian Williams” won in the category for outstanding investigative report of a business news story in a regularly scheduled newscast.
CBS News “Sunday Morning” won in the category of outstanding interpretation or analysis of a business news story in a regularly scheduled newscast.
Read more about the winners here.
