Reuters Iraq war documentary nominated for Emmy

“It's already a winner in my book,” he said in a message on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Bearing Witness: Five Years of the Iraq War, features graphic still and video images and interviews with journalists Ceerwan Aziz, Alastair Macdonald, Andrew Marshall, Samia Nakhoul, Khaled Ramahi, Goran Tomasevic and Dean Yates.

It has already won numerous prizes including Best Multimedia at the 2008 Online News Association and New York Photo Awards. In June it was awarded the Italian Illaria Alpi Prize for Best International Report. The €2,500 prize was donated to the Rory Peck Trust which supports the families of freelance journalists killed on assignment. 

Others among six Emmy finalists are The New York Times, Toronto Globe and Mail and The Washington Post. The winner will be announced at the 30th annual awards ceremony of the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York on 21 September.

The Academy presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for Business and Financial Reporting to Schlesinger in December.

VIDEO Bearing Witness: Five Years of the Iraq War ■