National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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Not to be confused with Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Location	New York City
Products	Daytime Emmy Award Sports Emmy Award News & Documentary Emmy Award Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Children's & Family Emmy Awards
Website	theemmys.tv

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry".^[1] Headquartered in New York City, NATAS membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country. It was also known as the National Television Academy until 2007. NATAS distributes several groups of Emmy Awards, including those for daytime, sports, and news and documentary programming.

Organization

One of its past presidents, Don DeFore, was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955. Other past presidents include Diana Muldaur, John Cannon, Peter Price, Frank Radice and Bob Mauro.

Awards

National awards

NATAS distributes several US national level groups of Emmy Awards, including:

• Daytime Emmy Awards
• Sports Emmy Awards
• News & Documentary Emmy Award
• Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
• Children's & Family Emmy Awards
• Public Service Emmy Awards

Regional awards

19 Regional NATAS chapters organize award ceremonies of their own, awarding Emmy statues similar to those given out at the national ceremonies. They also administer their own regional scholarship and student productions award programs.^[2]

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives out only the Los Angeles, CA Regional Chapter Awards.

Defunct

NATAS also supervised the Primetime Emmy Awards until a split between the East and West memberships in the 1970s led to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences leaving NATAS. ATAS supervises the Primetime and Los Angeles area Emmys, while NATAS is in charge of the other Emmy honors. In 2007, the organization spawned a peer organization dedicated to new media, called the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences (NAMAS).^[3]

Magazine

NATAS published a magazine, Television Quarterly, which started in 1962.^[4][5]

Controversy

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda was nominated in July 2024 for the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form^[6] for "It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive." Around 150 people from anti-Palestinian group "Creative Community for Peace" signed a call for the nomination to be rescinded.^[7] Adam Sharp, NATAS president and chief executive, responded by saying that experienced journalists had made the nomination decision and that the academy had not found any evidence that Owda was affiliated with the PFLP.^[8][9]

See also

• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

References

1. "History | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences". Lone Star EMMY. Archived from the original on June 6, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
2. "The Emmy Awards – National Academy Chapters". Emmyonline.org. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
3. "NATAS". Emmy Online. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
4. "Television Quarterly". Emmy Online. Archived from the original on April 20, 2003. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
5. "Journal List June 2015". FIAF. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
6. Lewis, Hilary (2024-07-25). "2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
7. Maimann, Kevin (Aug 21, 2024). "News Emmys stand by nomination of Palestinian journalist's documentary". CBC. Archived from the original on 22 Aug 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
8. "Group behind Emmys defends nomination of Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
9. Rice, Lynette (2024-08-20). "NATAS Responds To Request To Rescind Emmy Nom For Palestinian Journo Behind Doc "It's Bisan From Gaza And I'm Still Alive"". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-26.

External links

• Official website