With Monday’s announcement of the winners of the Business and Financial Emmy Awards, at which CBS News won four of the eight awards, CBS News & Sports president Sean McManus sent a note to staff congratulating them on the wins. “In fact,” writes McManus, “CBS was the only network news organization to win any Emmys yesterday. Special congratulations go to Scott Pelley and 60 MINUTES for winning three of those awards. Sharyl Attkisson’s incisive investigation of TARP funds for The Evening News won the fourth.”
The memo after the jump…
From: McManus, Sean
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:02 PM
To: @CND News
Cc: Moonves, Leslie
Subject: Message from Sean McManus
I am proud to report that CBS News was far and away the biggest winner at yesterday’s Business and Financial Emmy Awards ceremony, taking home four Emmys – half of the 8 awards for reporting allocated to the entire industry and double the number of the nearest competitor. In fact, CBS was the only network news organization to win any Emmys yesterday. Special congratulations go to Scott Pelley and 60 MINUTES for winning three of those awards. Sharyl Attkisson’s incisive investigation of TARP funds for The EVENING NEWS won the fourth.
Our extraordinary dominance in these awards corroborates that CBS News truly has done the best job on television covering the financial meltdown and remains in the lead on reporting the continuing economic crisis. It is a critical yet highly complex story that affects literally every American. So congratulations to the winners and to all who have contributed to our unmatched coverage of one of the biggest stories in decades.
Here are the details:
Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Follow the Money
Executive Producer: Rick Kaplan
Senior Producer: Bill Piersol
Producer: Christopher Scholl
Correspondent: Sharyl Attkisson
Editor: Matt Tureck
Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story — News Magazines
60 Minutes
The Chairman
Executive Producer: Jeff Fager
Executive Editor: Bill Owens
Producers: Rebecca Peterson, Henry Schuster
Correspondent: Scott Pelley
Associate Producer: Coleman Cowan
Editors: Matthew Richman and Warren Lustig
Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story — News Magazines
60 Minutes
World of Trouble
Executive Producer: Jeff Fager
Senior Producer: Michael Radutzky
Executive Editor: Bill Owens
Producer: Graham Messick
Correspondent: Scott Pelley
Associate Producer: Michael Karzis
Editor: Daniel J. Glucksman
Outstanding Interpretation or Analysis of a Business News Story — News Magazines
60 Minutes
Where’s the Bottom?
Executive Producer: Jeff Fager
Executive Editor: Bill Owens
Producers: Joel Bach, David Gelber
Correspondent: Scott Pelley
Editor: Terry Manning