Steve Bornstein, Martha Raddatz, and Sam Pollard to receive lifetime achievement honors at Sports Emmys and News & Documentary Emmys

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Among the news and doc nominees were programs covering the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and a look back at Hurricane Katrina.

Natural disasters that affected average citizens are recognized in the category of Best Extended Breaking News Coverage: PBS's Catastrophic Fires, CNN's Deadly Texas Flash Floods, ABC's Fire Emergency in Southern California, CBS' The Fires, and CNN's L.A. Wildfires.

Wartime coverage and other important events make up the nominees for Best Documentary: POV's Black Snow, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, Multitude Films' Life After, PBS' 2000 Meters to Andriivka, CNN's Prime Minister, Netflix's Turning Point: The Vietnam War, and POV's Union.

Perhaps the most talked-about category is Best Live News Program, where the contenders are ABC World News Tonight With David Muir, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, ABC's Good Morning America, CNN's The Lead With Jake Tapper, NBC Nightly News With Tom Llamas, and NBC's Today Show.

The corresponding Best Recorded News Program nominees are ABC News Nightline, CBS News Sunday Morning, National Geographic's Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller, and CNN's The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper.

See the complete list of Sports and News & Doc Emmys nominations on the NATAS website.

Here's a closer look at when the special honorees will be feted this year across three separate ceremonies:

Sports Emmy Awards — May 26

• Steve Bornstein, sports media and entertainment executive, will receive Lifetime Achievement honors
• Roy Wood Jr., comedian, Emmy-nominated producer, writer and host of CNN's Have I Got News For You will host the ceremony

News & Documentary Emmy Awards, News categories — May 27

• Martha Raddatz, Emmy and Peabody-winning ABC News correspondent, will receive Lifetime Achievement honors
• Amber Ruffin, Emmy and Tony-nominated writer, host and comedian (CNN's Have I Got News For You), will host the ceremony

News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Documentary categories — May 28

• Sam Pollard, Emmy-winning documentarian and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, will receive Lifetime Achievement honors
• Michael Ian Black, actor, writer and comedian (CNN's Have I Got News For You) will host the ceremony

This item was originally published March 25, and updated April 21 with new information

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