Anderson Cooper 360 Gets 1st Emmy

Anderson Cooper 360 received its first Emmy Award at last night’s ceremony in New York.

The primetime program received a statue for outstanding live coverage of a breaking news story — long form for “Starving in Plain Sight.” The special aired in August 2005. “For those reports, Anderson Cooper and Jeff Koinange and their crews put faces and names to one of the most underreported crises in the world today: famine in Niger,” CNN says.

It’s the first Emmy for 360, and the second for Cooper, who received one for “his contribution to ABC’s coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral.”

CNN also received an Emmy for a report on Charity Hospital by Dr. Sanjay Gupta…

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