Emmys go to 4 UNC J-school grads

Four UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media graduates were part of teams honored with two awards in the New Approaches categories of the 35th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at a Sept. 30 ceremony in New York.

Gabriel Dance, a 2006 master’s graduate, and Feilding Cage, a 2006 graduate, were part of The Guardian team that won the New Approaches: Current News Coverage Emmy for "NSA Files: Decoded." The comprehensive interactive walks the audience through the facts and implications of the NSA’s mass surveillance program, revealed by The Guardian last year in coverage based on leaks by Edward Snowden.

Joshua Davis, a 2012 master’s graduate, and Nacho Corbella, a 2009 master’s graduate, were part of an NPR team that won the New Approaches: Documentaries Emmy for "Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt." The project documented the making of a T-shirt, following it around the world as it gets manufactured— from the farms where the cotton is grown to the factories where the shirts are sewn together.

In 2013, "100 Gallons," an interactive and experimental film that explores the human connection with water as part of the school's Powering a Nation series, was one of five nominees in the New Approaches: Documentaries category of the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. It was the only student-produced entry in the category.