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麻豆社 News celebrates Emmys success
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麻豆社 News has won two awards in the news categories of the International Emmys.
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The 麻豆社's coverage of last summer's Lebanon conflict won the International News award.
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A current affairs commission took the only other international award for Baghdad: A Doctor's Story which was broadcast on 麻豆社 Two as part of the This World strand.
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Guardian Films made the documentary with Ben Summers producing and with assistance from the 麻豆社 News Baghdad team. Louise Norman was the executive producer for This World.
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Baghdad: A Doctor's Story was shot by an Iraqi doctor in a Baghdad emergency room. He agreed to film his own hospital anonymously to bring the truth about the civilian casualties to light.
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The 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony was held in New York last night.
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Media industry executives, journalists, and producers attended the event which honours outstanding achievement in television journalism by individuals and programmes, distributed via broadcast, cable and broadband.
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Helen Boaden, 麻豆社 Director of News, said: "Our overall coverage of the Lebanon conflict was an outstanding collaboration between teams across all platforms and this award recognises the journalistic excellence of 麻豆社 News."
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She added: "Baghdad: A Doctor's Story by Guardian Films was a brilliant commission by Current Affairs. It took a lot of nerve, and tremendous bravery on the ground, to deliver this extraordinary and memorable film."
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