Short Film News- Nominations for the 27th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, September 25 at a ceremony in New York City, attended by more than 700 television and new media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists.

"This year's nominees have done an exceptional job of covering the major stories of the day - from the war zones around the world to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina," said Peter Price, President/CEO, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "They also shed light on serious social concerns, such as the growing number of Americans without health insurance. The quality and breadth of the reporting in this year's nominees are exceptional."

"This year's nominations are exceptionally fine," said Bill Small, Chairman of News and Documentary Emmy Awards. "Their high quality - as good as we've seen in years - is especially reflected in the large number of nominations for Hurricane Katrina coverage and aspects of the war in Iraq."
 
The 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented for programming distributed during the calendar year 2005 in such categories as Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine, Best Documentary, Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form, Outstanding Interview - Long Form, and Best Individual Achievement in a Craft for areas including Research, Writing, Direction, Cinematography and Editing. Also during that ceremony the first Emmy Award for News & Documentary programming distributed via non-traditional platforms, including the Internet, cell phones, portable media players and other devices will also be presented. Nominations for this new Emmy Award were announced earlier this month and are included in the following listing.

A complete list of nominees for the 27th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards is available on the National Television Academy's website, www.emmyonline.tv .