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CBS NEWS RECEIVES 19 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

July 12, 2004

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CBS NEWS RECEIVES 19 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FROM THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES

CBS News received 19 News and Documentary Emmy Awards nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. CBS News broadcasts recognized for outstanding work were: CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING, 60 MINUTES, 60 MINUTES II, CBS EVENING NEWS Weekend Edition, CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER and THE EARLY SHOW.

Following are the nominations received:

CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING (6) 

        Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast-- "Superpower," (Martha Teichner, correspondent)
        Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Birds of a Feather," (Bill Geist, correspondent)
        Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Heart of the Country," (Martha Teichner, correspondent)
        Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Lalmba," (Stephanie Riggs, KCNC correspondent)
        Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "In Memoriam," (Martha Teichner, correspondent)
        Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing -- "In Memorium" (Martha Teichner, Writer and Correspondent)

60 MINUTES (5) 

        Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a News Magazine --  "All In the Family," (Steve Kroft, correspondent)
        Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a News Magazine -- "The Wrong Man" (Lesley Stahl, correspondent)
        Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine -- "Alice Coles of Bayview" (Ed Bradley, correspondent)
        Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine -- "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (Christiane Amanpour, correspondent)
        Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Musically Speaking," (Lesley Stahl, correspondent)

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60 MINUTES II (3) 

        Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine -- "Be Good, Smile Pretty" (Bob Simon, correspondent)
        Outstanding Interview -- "The Man Who Knew" (Scott Pelley, correspondent)
        Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a News Magazine -- "The Line," (Scott Pelley, correspondent)

CBS EVENING NEWS Weekend Edition (3) 

        Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Capture of Saddam Hussein," (Dan  Rather,  John Roberts, Thalia Assuras,  Gretchen  Carlson,  Kimberly  Dozier, Bob  MacNamara,  David  Martin, Randall Pinkston, Byron  Pitts, correspondents)
        Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Out of the Blue: The Shuttle Columbia Disaster," (Cynthia  Bowers,  Mika Brzezinski,  Tony  Guida,  Bill  Harwood,  David Hawkins, Bob  MacNamara, Bob  Orr, Dan  Rather,  John Roberts,  Richard Schlessinger,  Mark Strassmann, correspondents)
        Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast-- "Catholic Union," (Thalia Assuras, correspondent)

CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (1)

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast -- "Airport Security," (Vince Gonzales, correspondent)

CBS NEWS THE EARLY SHOW (1)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing -- "Everybody Has a Story: Roundup, Montana" (Steve Hartman)

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