Entries invited for 20th annual Media Awards
Amnesty International is inviting entries for its 20th annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to the UK public’s greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues.
This year’s awards have a closing date of Tuesday 1 March, with a reduced entry fee for any received by 15 January. The list of categories comprises:
- Digital
- Documentary and docudrama
- Gaby Rado Memorial Award: for an up-and-coming journalist who has been covering human rights stories for less than five years
- International TV and Radio
- National Newspapers
- Nations & Regions: print, broadcast or online media in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the English regions
- Magazines (formerly Periodicals), two awards - Newspaper Supplements and Consumer Magazines
- Photojournalism
- Radio
- Television news
To help encourage a wide range of entries a sponsorship fund will support a limited number of entries from freelance journalists and filmmakers as well as small digital and broadcast outlets. Those interested should contact Amnesty for more information.
The winners of the Media Awards will be announced at a ceremony at London’s BFI on Thursday 24 May. The winners in 2010 were:
DIGITAL MEDIA
Chinese Petitioners, Financial Times - Jamil Anderlini, Edward Cheng
GABY RADO MEMORIAL AWARD
Jamal Osman, Channel 4 News
INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION & RADIO
People and Power: Ingushetia - A Second Chechnya?, Al Jazeera - Antony Butts, Dom Rotheroe, Mike Chamberlain
NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
The Dark Side of Dubai, The Independent - Johann Hari
NATIONS & REGIONS
Discrimination: Migrant Workers Rental Block, BBC Look North - Guy Lynn, Mark Hayman, David Weller
PERIODICALS - CONSUMER MAGAZINES
Congo: The Horror, GQ - Ed Caesar, Susan Schulman
PERIODICALS - NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS
The Return of the Bloody Diamonds, Live Magazine - Dan McDougall, Robin Hammond
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Toxic Jeans, Sunday Times - Robin Hammond
RADIO
Zimbabwe: What Mugabe Didn't Tell Us, BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme - Mike Thomson, Edward Prendeville, Ceri Thomas
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY & DOCUDRAMA
Burma VJ, More 4 / Magic Hour Films (JOINT WINNER) - Lise-Lense Moller, Anders Ostergaard
Dispatches: Afghanistan's Dirty War, Channel 4 / October Films (JOINT WINNER) - Tom Roberts, Peter Lindley, Najibullah Razaq
TELEVISION NEWS
The End of Sri Lanka's War, Channel 4 News / ITN - Jonathan Miller, Nick Paton Walsh, Nevine Mabro, Bessie Du, Matt Jasper, Ben de Pear
Entries for this year’s awards must have been published or broadcast for the first time in the UK between 1 March 2010 and 28 February 2011.
For further information about criteria and eligibility, guidelines and entry forms, visit www.amnesty.org.uk/awards, email media.awards@amnesty.org.uk, or telephone 020 7033 1553. All entries must be submitted online.
For the Nations & Regions Award, these national contacts are available to answer queries:
Scotland: John Watson, 0131 313 7014, john.watson@amnesty.org.uk
Northern Ireland: Grainne Teggart, 028 9064 3000, grainne.teggart@amnesty.org.uk
Wales: Cathy Owens, 029 2078 6415, cathy.owens@amnesty.org.uk
England: Isabella D’Emilio, 020 7033 1543, media.awards@amnesty.org.uk
For more media information: Mike Blakemore, 020 7033 1546, mike.blakemore@amnesty.org.uk or Neil Durkin, 020 7033 1547, neil.durkin@amnesty.org.uk; out of hours: 07721 398984, www.amnesty.org.uk