Media Awards 2008 shortlist announced
Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant contribution to the UK public’s awareness and understanding of human rights issues.
The winners of the 17th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London, on Tuesday 17 June, hosted by broadcaster Moira Stuart.
Shortlists are today announced in ten categories, including new awards for International Television & Radio and New Media. In addition, the recipient of the Amnesty International Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat will be announced on the night.
Shortlists
Gaby Rado Memorial Award (for a journalist covering human rights for less than five years)
Lucy Bannerman, The Times
Xan Rice, The Guardian
Zeina Aboul Hosn, Channel 4 News, ITN
Judges: Andrew MacDonald, John Mullholland, Maggie Paterson, Desa Rado, Jon Snow
International Television and Radio
Assignment: Louisiana burning, BBC World Service: Joanna Mills,
Jeremy Skeet, Mike Williams
Inside Burma - the crackdown, Al Jazeera English: Lucy Keating, Marcus Cheek, Tony Birtley, Badrul Hisham
The Lost Tribe - Secret Army of the CIA, Al Jazeera English: Eunice Lau, Stephanie Scawen, Tricia Tan, Tony Birtley
Judges: Mike Blakemore, Katherine Butler, Tim Marshall, Naresh Puri, Tim Singleton
National Newspapers
Children's rights for sale, The Telegraph: David Harrison
Iraqi interpreters series, The Times: Deborah Haynes
MI5's role in torture flight hell, The Observer: David Rose
Judges: David Barrett, Michele Lavery, Anna McKane, Maggie Paterson, Hamant Verma
New Media
Burma coverage, Kate McGeown, BBC News online: BBC News Interactive interactivity team, newsgathering team and Burmese section World Service.
Honour killing sparks fears of new Iraqi conflict, Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Sahar Al-Haideri
Tibet protests, guardian.co.uk: Dan Chung, Tania Branigan, Jonathan Watts
Judges: Sara Ashton, Mel Herdon, Rupa Huq, Sue Matthias, Sally Thompson
Nations and Regions
BBC Wales Today – Ama Sumani, BBC Wales: Alistair McGhie, Carolyn Carey Jones, Gail Morris Jones, Nick Palit
Congo to Motherwell, BBC Scotland: Fiona Walker, Dorothy Parker, Fiona Walker, Matt Pinder
Immigration investigation, Lancashire Evening Post: Stefanie Hall
In the line of fire, Spectrum (Scotland on Sunday magazine): Billy Briggs
Judges: Patrick Corrigan, Robin Denselow, Tomos Livingstone, Professor Monica McWilliams, Shereen Nanjiani
Periodicals (a winner to be announced in each subcategory)
Newspaper supplements
Gender genocide, Sunday Times Magazine: Christine Toomey
Selling soccer into slavery, Live (Mail on Sunday magazine): Jonathan Green
Consumer magazines
No place for Children's rights, New Statesman: Alice O'Keeffe
Nothing Personal / Under Pressure / Crime Without Punishment, Index on Censorship: Fatima Tlisova / Sergei Bachiwin / Alexei Simonov
Judges: Kamal Ahmed, Jeremy Dear, Gabriela Flores, Isabel Hilton, Ian Hislop, Maggie Paterson
Photojournalism
Congo unrest, Newsweek: Cedric Gerbehaye
In the line of fire, Spectrum (Scotland on Sunday magazine): Angela Catlin
There's the rub, Guardian Weekend: Justin Jin
Judges: Helen Healy, Marie O’Riordan, Maggie Paterson, Carlos Reyes-Manzo, Charlotte Schmidt, Roger Tooth
Radio
Honour killings, BBC Radio 4 - File on Four: Samantha Fenwick, David Ross, Angus Stickler
The My Lai tapes, BBC Radio 4 - The Archive Hour: Rosie Goldsmith, Sue Ellis, Maria Balinska, Robert Hodierne
Where there's muck: Mike Thomson in the Congo, Radio 4, Today Programme: Pascale Harter, Ceri Thomas, Mike Thompson
Judges: Jenny Abramsky, Jane Anderson, Mike Blakemore, Henry Bonsu, Jill Burridge
Television Documentary and Docudrama
Storyville: The devil came on horseback, BBC FOUR / Break Thru Films: Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells, Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Nick Fraser, Brian Steidle
Storyville: Taxi to the dark side, BBC TWO / Jigsaw Productions / Steps International: Alex Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman, Don Edkins, Mette Heide, Nick Fraser
The boys from Baghdad High, BBC / Renegade Pictures: Ivan O'Mahoney, Laura Winter, Karen O'Connor
Judges: Chris Atkins, Mike Blakemore, Sophie Chalk, Cait Fitzsimons, Jane Kerr
Television News
Exploited workers, BBC News (10:00): Annie Allison, Craig Oliver, Allan Little, Audreus Lelkaitis
Five years in Iraq, ITN / Guardian Films: Teresa Smith, Maggie O’Kane, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Too young to die - Children's rights of the frontline, ITV News / ITN: Chris Rogers, Deborah Turness
Judges: Mike Blakemore, Mishal Husain, Sarfraz Manzoor, Kim Sengupta, Darshna Soni