RT correspondents worked at the scene, covering the stories of people who survived the tragedy and the spontaneous rallies that followed the fire.
RT was previously nominated for Emmy six times. Last year, a nomination for International Emmy in the News category received a series of RT special reports on the humanitarian catastrophe in Iraqi Mosul and the coverage of the situation by mainstream media. In 2017, Chris Hedges, the host of the Contact There program on RT America, reached the final of the American Emmy in the category "The Best Host of Information Talk Show". In 2016, a series of special reports dedicated to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly went to the International Emmy finals; in 2014, special reports on the hunger strike of prisoners in the American prison of Guantanamo (Cuba). In 2012, RT became the finalist of the Prize for coverage of Occupy Wall Street in the United States, in 2010 - for broadcasting the first visit of US President Barack Obama to Russia.
In 2017, RT for the first time in Russia judged the semi-final of the International Emmy Award in the categories "News" and "Documentary". The Emmy Award is a television analogue of the Oscars and is considered one of the most prestigious in the field of broadcasting.
The Emmy International Awards Ceremony will be held September 24 in New York.