Al Jazeera has been nominated for an international Emmy for coverage of the Gaza War in January last year. Sky News has been nominated for its Taliban coverage in Pakistan. Russia Today has been nominated for its coverage of Barack Obama's visit to Russia in July last year. Brazil's TV Globo is another nominee that covered local electricity blackouts in November. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on September 27 at the Lincoln Center in New York.
''The 2010 International Emmy Award Nominees for News & Current Affairs offer a fascinating window into the human drama constantly unfolding around the world in conflict zones, politics or even daily life," said Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of The International Academy, in a statement. ''We congratulate them for their outstanding achievements in television reporting."
