The Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences has tapped W. Kamau Bell, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning slapstick comedian, because the host of the forty fifth Annual Documentary Emmy Awards on Sept. 26.
Final 12 months, Bell earned a Kids’s & Household Emmy Award for excellent non-fiction program for “1000% Me: the Rising Up Blended.”
“After we met Kamau on the Kids’s and Household Emmys along with his daughters Samaiyah and Juno, we knew he’d be a compelling and entertaining host,” stated Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS. “His sensitivity and experience is an ideal match, particularly for the documentary neighborhood.”
The forty fifth Annual Information & Documentary Emmy Awards happen reside on the Palladium Occasions Sq. in New York Metropolis and shall be streamed reside on NATAS’ devoted viewing platform, in addition to be obtainable on the net at watch.theemmys.television and through The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV and Roku.
Along with recognizing winners in 65 information and documentary-related Emmy Awards classes, NATAS will induct new members into the Gold and Silver Circle.
Right here’s a take a look at a few of the inductees.
Gold Circle – 2024 Information Inductees:
- Rodney Batten, Photojournalist, NBC Information
- Rita Braver, Nationwide Correspondent, “CBS Sunday Morning” CBS Information
- Maria Antonieta Collins, Journalist and Tv Host, Univision
- Marvin Kalb, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, NBC Information, CBS Information, “Meet the Press”
Silver Circle – 2024 Information Inductees:
- Catherine McKenzie, Govt Producer, ABC Information
- Javier Morgado, Govt Producer, “New Day,” “Early Begin,” CNN
- Eduardo Suarez, Vice President of Manufacturing Packages, CNN en Español
- Pierre Thomas, Senior Justice Correspondent, ABC Information
Gold Circle – 2024 Documentary Inductees:
- Tom Spain, Cinematographer, Vice President and Editorial Director of Simon & Schuster Audio
Silver Circle – 2024 Documentary Inductees:
- Raney Aronson-Rath, Editor-in-Chief and Govt Producer of PBS’ FRONTLINE
- Ric Esther Bienstock, Documentary Director, Author, Producer, and Govt Producer, Good Soup Productions, Inc.
- Abby Ginzberg, Documentary Director and Producer, Ginzberg Productions
- Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Documentary Director and Producer, The Why Basis
