( CNN ) -- Some 11 months after President Barack Obama beat out Mitt Romney , CNN itself emerged as a winner -- taking home an Emmy for its Election Night coverage , as well as two others for its coverage of race in America and unrest in Syria and Afghanistan . The Election Night honor was n't CNN 's only Emmy victory . `` Kids on Race : The Hidden Picture , '' a special series that ran on CNN 's `` AC360 , '' won for outstanding news discussion and analysis . And Nick Paton Walsh , a Beirut-based correspondent for CNN International , topped five contenders to take home the award for outstanding writing for his reports out of Syria and Afghanistan . The news network won for live coverage of a news story for `` Election Night in America '' during a ceremony Tuesday night in New York 's Time Warner Center , one of dozens bestowed at the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards run by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences . `` Producing an election night is a team sport , and ours was the best team ever to produce an election , '' CNN 's Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist said in a congratulatory message to staffers . CNN bested a field that included ABC News for its reporting on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , `` Good Morning America '' for its Superstorm Sandy coverage and `` CBS Evening News ' `` work on the Supreme Court 's ruling on the Affordable Care Act , as well as CNN 's own programming on the Israel/Gaza conflict . On Election Night , CNN finished first among all cable news outlets between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. in total viewers , according to the network . It also outpaced the broadcast networks -- including NBC , ABC , CBS -- among those in the 18 to 34 age bracket , and beat CBS and Fox in prime time for total viewers . CNN 's digital arm had more than 203 million page views on November 6 , while CNN Mobile garnered three times more traffic than it ever had on a single day .
NEW : CNN 's NIck Paton Walsh , `` Kids of Race '' series also win Emmy awards . CNN wins for live coverage of a news story for `` Election Night in America '' The awards were given at the 34th News and Documentary Emmy Awards .