emmyawardP.O.V. announced on their website this morning that Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North has been nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research.

I offer my hearty congratulations to Jennifer Anderson, Catherine Benedict, Katrina Browne, and Beth Sternheimer for your fine work and the honor of being recognized through this nomination. (Special kudos to my dear friend Catherine who previously won the Emmy in this same category for her work on the brilliant PBS documentary Africans in America.

The 30th annual The News and Documentary Emmys take place on September 21, 2009.