{"id":40885,"date":"2012-05-09T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T12:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=40885"},"modified":"2012-05-14T17:07:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T17:07:18","slug":"channel-4-sri-lankas-killing-fields-collected-two-prizes-at-one-world-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/channel-4-sri-lankas-killing-fields-collected-two-prizes-at-one-world-media-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ Collected Two Prizes At ‘One World Media Awards’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, which at the time was described by presenter Jon Snow as “one of the most important” stories he had ever reported, collected two prizes at the One World Media Awards last night,Journalism.co.uk reports.<\/p>\n

The programme, which prompted\u00a0calls from the UK Foreign Office for an independent investigation of alleged war crimes\u00a0during the 2009 military operation in Sri Lanka, was named the winner of both the documentary award and television award.<\/p>\n

The awards, which recognise quality reporting of foreign affairs and the developing world, also named\u00a0Channel 4’s Jamal Osman as Journalist of the Year, for his work reporting from Somalia.<\/p>\n

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“Osman\u2019s winning submissions included a report about a Somalian runner determined to compete in the London Olympics which highlighted some of the difficulties of daily life in Mogadishu, coverage of the drought in south-central Somalia for which he followed the plight of one extended family, and sensitive, on-camera interviews with people who have lived through incredible hardship,” a release said.<\/p>\n

“The jury praised Osman\u2019s use of imaginative storytelling and packaging to convey complex themes, often finding vivid individual stories to illuminate his reports and bringing international attention to bear on a range of issues affecting an important but under-reported part of the world.”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0BBC\u00a0picked up two awards on the night, with BBC Two receiving the Popular Features Award for “Toughest Place to be a Binman” and the BBC World Service collecting the Radio Award for “Assignment \u2013 Haiti Cholera Epidemic”.<\/p>\n

Will Storr’s feature “The Rape of Men in Uganda” published in the Observer Magazine won the Press Award, with the jury describing his submission as “investigative journalism at its best”.<\/p>\n

Guardian journalist Jack Shenker was named the print winner of the News Award, for his report on “the plight of migrants trying to reach Lampedusa”. ITV1 News was named the broadcaster winner of the same award for its coverage of “the Somalian famine from Hagadera Hospital”.<\/p>\n

A full list of winners is below:
\n
\nJournalist of the Year Award<\/strong>
\nJamal Osman – Channel 4<\/p>\n

Radio Award<\/strong>
\nAssignment – Haiti Cholera Epidemic – BBC World Service
\n
\nTelevision Award<\/strong>
\nSri Lanka’s Killing Fields – Channel 4<\/p>\n

Press Award<\/strong>
\nThe Rape of Men – Observer Magazine<\/p>\n

New Media Award<\/strong>
\nOur Africa – SOS Children<\/p>\n

Drama Award<\/strong>
\nOtelo Burning – Cinga Productions<\/p>\n

Popular Features Award<\/strong>
\nToughest Place to be a Binman – BBC Two<\/p>\n

Sustainable Development Award<\/strong>
\nThere Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho – On the Level Productions<\/p>\n

News Award<\/strong>
\nAircraft carrier left us to die, say migrants – The Guardian
\nHagadera Hospital – ITV News on ITV1
\n
\nDocumentary Award<\/strong>
\nSri Lanka’s Killing Fields – Channel 4<\/p>\n

Student Award<\/strong>
\nBagong Silang – Zena Merton, London College of Communication<\/p>\n

Special Award<\/strong>
\nGem TV<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Rights Award<\/strong>
\nAfrica Investigates: Spell of the Albino – Al Jazeera English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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