International Emmy Award for Best News
Award for excellence in international news coverage
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The International Emmy Award for Best News is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to recognize the best news programming produced and initially broadcast outside the United States. The award was first presented in 1999. The categories for international journalism were previously presented at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards alongside their U.S. counterparts.[1]
| International Emmy Award for Best News | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1999 |
| Currently held by | Gaza, Search for Life Qatar (2025) |
| Website | www |
In 2025, they began to be presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala, along with the other categories.[2]
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 [3] | Dispatches | "A Witness to Murder" | Hardcash Productions / Channel 4 |  United Kingdom |
| News 23 Special | "A Discussion with President Clinton" | Tokyo Broadcasting |  Japan | |
| Kosovo: Liberation Day | Sky News | United Kingdom | ||
2000s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [4] | The Mozambique Floods | ITN News | United Kingdom | |
| Correspondent: Inside Chechnya | BBC / Wilton Films | United Kingdom | ||
| Zone Interdite | "Chile: Torturers Running Free" | Tony Comiti Productions / Metropole Television |  France | |
| 2001 | Not awarded | |||
| 2002 [5][6] | BBC News at Ten | "Fall of Kabul" | BBC News | United Kingdom |
| Jornal Nacional | "September 11" | TV Globo |  Brazil | |
| ITN for ITV | "Attack on America" | ITN Production | United Kingdom | |
| RTL aktuell | "Terror Against America" | RTL Television |  Germany | |
| 2003 [7] | Channel 4 News | "The Fall of Sadam" | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Looting at Baghdad Museum | France 2 | France | ||
| Gulf War II | AP Television | United Kingdom | ||
| Radioactive Ammunitions: Deployed Again Despite Scientists' Warnings | ARD / Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Germany | ||
| 2004 [8][9] | Channel 4 News | "The Madrid Bombing" | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Good Morning Japan | "Eclipse in the Antarctic" | NHK | Japan | |
| News 7 | "Terrorist Bombing of UN Headquarters in Iraq" | |||
| Sky News | "Liberia" | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| 2005 [10][11] | Return to Belsan | NCRV |  Netherlands | |
| ITV News | "Beslan siege" | Associated Press Television News | United Kingdom | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Re-election of George W. Bush" | Rede Globo | Brazil | |
| ITV News | "Tsunami: Seven Days that Shook the World" | Associated Press Television News | United Kingdom | |
| 2006 [12] | Hunting for Taliban | NPS / VARA Television | Netherlands | |
| Sky News | "London Bombings July 7, 2005" | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| Summit of the Americas | Artear / El Trece |  Argentina | ||
| BBC News 24 | "London Bombings July 7, 2005" | BBC News | United Kingdom | |
| The First Mehlis Report on Hariri's Murder | Al Arabiya |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2007 [13] | BBC News | "Lebanon Crisis" | BBC News | United Kingdom |
| Bandila | "The Subic Rape Case Promulgation" | ABS-CBN |  Philippines | |
| Pro TV News | "Tibetans at the Chinese Border" | Pro TV |  Romania | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Caravana JN: Elections" | Globo TV | Brazil | |
| 2008 [14] | Pro TV News | "Any Idea of What Your Kid is Doing Right Now?" | Pro TV | Romania |
| Al Jazeera English Kuala Lumpur News Hour | "Popular Uprising in Myanmar & Military Crackdown" | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | |
| ITV News | "Zimbabwe: The Tyranny and the Tragedy" | ITV News / ITN / ITV1 | United Kingdom | |
| Jornal Nacional | "TAM Accident" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| 2009 [15] | ITV News | "China Earthquake" | ITV News | United Kingdom |
| Al Jazeera News Hour | "Russia-Georgia War" | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | |
| Details | "South Ossetian War" | National Information Systems / INTER TV Channel |  Ukraine | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Eloá's Story" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
2010s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [16] | Pakistan: Terrors' Front Line | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| Al Jazeera English News Hour | "Gaza War" | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | |
| RT News | "Extended News Coverage on Obama's Visit to Russia" | RT Channel |  Russia | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Blackout in Brazil" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| 2011 [17] | Jornal Nacional | "Guerra contra as Drogas" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| RÚV News | "Volcano Eruption at Eyjafjallajokull" | RUV Icelandic National Broadcasting Service |  Iceland | |
| Sky News Live at Five | "Inside the Taliban" | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| TV Patrol | "Manila Hostage Crisis" | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation | Philippines | |
| 2012 [18] | Great East Japan Earthquake Emergency News | NHK | Japan | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Rains in the Mountain Region of Rio" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Newshour | "Fall of Tripoli" | Al Jazeera Network / Al Jazeera English | Qatar | |
| Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Movement | RT Channel | Russia | ||
| 2013 [19] | Channel 4 News | "The Battle for Homs" | ITN / Channel 4 News | United Kingdom |
| 24 Oras | "Typhoon Pablo" | GMA Network | Philippines | |
| Jornal Nacional | "Collapse in Rio" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Pro TV News | "Romania Buried in Snow" | Pro TV | Romania | |
| 2014 [20] | Syria's Descent | ITV / Channel 4 News | United Kingdom | |
| Fantástico and Jornal Nacional | "Fire in a Nightclub" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| RT News | Guantanamo Hunger Strike Coverage | RT News Channel | Russia | |
| TV Patrol Weekend | "Most Powerful Storm" | ABS-CBN | Philippines | |
| 2015 [21][22] | CBC News: The National | "The Ebola Effect (Ebola Outbreak in West Africa)" | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |  Canada |
| The Buck Stops Here: "Srinagar Floods Coverage" | New Delhi Television Limited |  India | ||
| The National Day of Mourning | NOS Broadcasting Organization | Netherlands | ||
| Jornal Hoje and Jornal Nacional | "The Death of Eduardo Campos" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| 2016 [23][24] | Sky News | "Migration Crisis" | Sky News | United Kingdom |
| Nepal Earthquake Coverage: "Nepal Earthquake and its Aftermath" | Al Jazeera English News | Qatar | ||
| RT News | "UNGA: Special Coverage" | RT | Russia | |
| Jornal Nacional and Fantástico | "Microcephaly/Zika" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| 2017 [25][26] | Inside Aleppo: Battle for Aleppo | Channel 4 News / ITN | United Kingdom | |
| Jornal Nacional | "The Ryan Lochte Scandal" | Globo Comunicação e Participações | Brazil | |
| Le Journal: "Paris/Jaffa: Republican National Convention, Cleveland" | i24NEWS |  Israel | ||
| TV Patrol | "Super Typhoon Lawin's Trail of Damage" | ABS-CBN | Philippines | |
| 2018 [27][28] | Sky News | "Rohingya Crisis" | Sky News | United Kingdom |
| #MosulSOS | RT | Russia | ||
| Jornal GloboNews | "Dozens Killed and Wounded in Alcacuz Prison Riot: The Collapse of Brazil's Prison System" | GloboNews / TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Newsgrid | "Qatar Crisis Special" | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | |
| 2019 [29][30] | Data, Democracy and Dirty Tricks: The Cambridge Analytica Scandal | ITN / Channel 4 News | United Kingdom | |
| Indonesia: Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| Jornal do Globo, Jornal Nacional and Fantástico | "The Murder of Marielle Franco" | TV Globo / GloboNews | Brazil | |
| Siberia Fire: Kemerovo Tragedy | RT | Russia | ||
2020s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [31] | Channel 4 News | "Hong Kong: A Year of Living Dangerously" | ITN | United Kingdom |
| RJ2 | "Ghost Staff" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Russian Jet Crash-Landing in Moscow: Timeline and Survivors | RT International | Russia | ||
| The Battle for Burkina Faso | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| 2021 [32][33] | Sky News | "A Warning from Italy" | Sky News | United Kingdom |
| Beirut Blast | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| Jornal Nacional | "COVID-19 in Brazil" | Globo | Brazil | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh War: Bloodshed and Path to Ceasefire | RT (ANO TV-Novosti) | Russia | ||
| 2022 [34][35] | ITV News | "Storming of the Capitol" | ITV Productions / ITV News | United Kingdom |
| Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| Afghanistan Crisis News Coverage | Euronews | France | ||
| Jornal Nacional | "Prevent Senior Case" | Globo | Brazil | |
| 2023 [36][37] | The Battle for Bucha & Irpin | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| TV4 Nyheterna | "Beyond Enemy Lines" | TV4 News |  Sweden | |
| Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| Jornal Nacional and Fantástico | "The Murder of Bruno and Dom" | Globo | Brazil | |
| 2024 [38] | Channel 4 News | "Israel-Hamas at War" | Channel 4 News | United Kingdom |
| GloboNews & RJ2 | "Secret Payrolls" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Tragediata v lokorsko | Nova |  Bulgaria | ||
| War on Gaza | Al Jazeera English | Qatar | ||
| 2025 [39] | Gaza, Search for Life | Al Jazeera News Directorate | Qatar | |
| Fantástico | "El Salvador: Safety's Somber Side" | Globo | Brazil | |
| Sky News | "The Gangs of Haiti" | Sky News | United Kingdom | |
| Syria – The Truth Coming Out | TV4 | Sweden | ||