International Emmy Award for Best News

The International Emmy Award for Best News is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best news programming produced and initially aired outside of the United States. The categories for international journalism are presented at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards alongside their American counterparts. The category was first presented in 1999.

Rules and regulations
According to the rules of the International Academy, the category is intended for "continuing coverage of a breaking news story in a regularly scheduled newscast (a newscast covers the major news of the day on a consistent basis)".

In order to be qualify for the category, the entry must be at least twenty minutes and no more than forty-five minutes in duration. The entry may be drawn from a single broadcast or a series of broadcasts and may include background and analysis, along with new developments in an ongoing story.