More award news to report: MSNBC has won two 2008 CINE Special Jury Awards. One is for the documentary For God & Country: A Marine Sniper’s Story, the other for an on-air promotion, Anchorman Countdown.
For God & Country tells the story of U.S. Marine Matthew Orth. Anchorman Countdown is a promo for Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
The documentary and the promo are now automatically up for consideration for the top CINE honor, the Masters Series Award.
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According to CINE’s website, the organization was founded “by a consortium representing business, education, and government” and its awards recognize “the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production”.