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One World Media is a non-profit organisation, registered in the UK as a charitable trust. It is based in London. The organisation describes its aim as supporting strong vibrant and independent media that empower citizens, promote justice and contribute to international development. [1]
The charities activities include: The One World Media Awards, OWM Fellowship, [2] Global Short Docs Forum [3] and OWM Global Reporting Summit. [4]
The One World Media Awards [5] are for journalists and filmmakers who work on underreported stories from the global south. They recognise excellence in media coverage of the global south and its social and cultural life. They are presented annually in a ceremony in London. These prizes were described by news presenter Jon Snow as "the awards that people in the industry really want to win". [6]
The 2022 winners were recognised with an online nominees party and live event at BAFTA in London on 16 June 2022. Nominees from Bosnia, Nepal, India, Poland, France travelled to attend in person. [7]
The Special Award was presented to TOLOnews. [8]
The One World Media Awards 2012 (24th year) took place on the evening of 8 May at Kings Place, London. [9]
Category | Winner [10] | Organisation/Award to |
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Journalist of the Year | Jamal Osman | ITN for Channel 4 |
Radio | Assignment - Haiti Cholera Epidemic | BBC World Service |
Television | Sri Lanka's Killing Fields | ITN for Channel 4 |
Documentary | Sri Lanka's Killing Fields | ITN for Channel 4 |
New Media | Our Africa | SOS Children's Villages UK |
News | Nato units left 61 migrants to die of hunger and thirst | The Guardian |
Drama | Otelo Burning | Otelo Burning Films |
Children's Rights | Africa Investigates: Spell of the Albino | InsightNewsTV for Al Jazeera English |
Press | The Rape of Men | The Observer |
Popular Features | Toughest Place to be a Binman | BBC Two |
Sustainable Development | There Once Was An Island | On the Level Productions |
Student | Bagong Silang | Zena Merton, Giselle Santos and Stefan Werc, London College of Communication |
Special | Stolen Childhood | Adanech Admassu and Gem TV, Ethiopia |
The 25th annual One World Media Awards took place on Tuesday 7 May at Kings Place in London. [11]
Category | Winner [11] | Organisation/Award to |
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International Journalist of the Year | Sue Lloyd-Roberts | BBC Newsnight |
Radio | Assignment/ Crossing Continents: Uzbekistan | BBC World |
Television | Unreported World: The Master Chef of Mogadishu | Channel 4 |
Documentary | In The Shadow Of The Sun/ Storyville: The Albino Witchcraft Murders | Inroad Films and Century Films for BBC Storyville |
New Voice | Tahir Qadiry | BBC Persian |
News | Somali Justice | Channel 4 News |
Press | Death Metal | Guardian Weekend Magazine |
Student | Almost Famous | Vincent Du, Goldsmiths |
Special | Objective TV, Azerbaijan |
The current director is Gemma Bradshaw. [12]
The Trustees of One World Media are: [13]
Current patrons of One World Media include Jon Snow. Previous patrons Zeinab Badawi, Michael Buerk and Jonathan Dimbleby.
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