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Amnesty International Media Awards 2008 Page 1 of 3 Amnesty International Media Awards 2008 Winners and Shortlist The winners of the 17th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London, on Tuesday 17 June 2008, hosted by broadcaster Moira Stuart. See pictures from the event


GABY RADO MEMORIAL AWARD (for a journalist at the start of their career): Winner: Xan Rice - The Guardian Shortlist: • Zeina Aboul Hosn, Channel 4 News/ITN • Lucy Bannerman, The Times


INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO: Winner: The lost tribe - Secret army of the CIA, Al Jazeera English - Eunice Lau, Stephanie Scawen, Tricia Tan, Tony Birtley Shortlist: • 'Assignment: Louisiana burning', BBC World Service - Joanna Mills, Jeremy Skeet, Mike Williams • Inside Myanmar - the crackdown, Al 'Jazeera English' - Tony Birtley, Lucy Keating, Marcus Cheek, Badrul Hisham


NATIONS AND REGIONS: Winner: Congo to Motherwell, BBC Scotland (television) - Fiona Walker, Dorothy Parker, Fiona Walker, Matt Pinder, Hilary McCusker-Thompson Shortlist: • 'BBC Wales Today: Ama Sumani', BBC Wales - Alistair Mcghie, Carolyn Carey Jones, Gail Morris Jones, Nick Palit • 'Immigration Investigation', Lancashire Evening Post - Stefanie Hall • 'In the line of fire', Spectrum (Scotland on Sunday magazine) - Billy Briggs


NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS: Winner: Iraqi interpreters series, The Times - Deborah Haynes Shortlist: • 'Children for sale', The Sunday Telegraph - David Harrison • 'MI5's role in torture flight hell', The Observer - David Rose Amnesty International Media Awards 2008 Page 2 of 3


NEW MEDIA: Winner: 'Honour killing sparks fears of new Iraqi conflict’, Institute for War and Peace Reporting - Sahar Al-Haideri Shortlist: • Burma coverage, BBC News online - Kate McGeown, BBC News Interactive interactivity team, newsagathering team, Burmese section World Service • Tibet protests, guardian.co.uk - Dan Chung, Tania Branigan, Jonathan Watts


PERIODICALS - NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS: Winner: Selling soccer into slavery, Live (Mail on Sunday magazine) - Jonathan Green Shortlist: • 'Gender genocide', Sunday Times Magazine - Christine Toomey


PERIODICALS - CONSUMER MAGAZINES: Winners: Russian media freedom, 'Index on Censorship' - Fatima Tlisova, Sergei Bachinin, Alexei Simonov Shortlist: • 'No place for children', New Statesman - Alice O'Keeffe


PHOTOJOURNALISM: Winner: Congo unrest, Newsweek - Cédric Gerbehaye, Agence VU Shortlist: • 'In the line of fire', Spectrum (Scotland on Sunday magazine) - Angela Catlin • 'There's the rub', Guardian Weekend - Justin Jin


RADIO: Winner: 'Where there's muck: Mike Thomson in the Congo', Radio 4, Today Programme - Pascale Harter, Ceri Thomas, Mike Thompson Shortlist: • 'Archive Hour: The My Lai tapes', BBC Radio 4 - Rosie Goldsmith, Sue Ellis, Maria Balinska, Celina Dunlop, Robert Hodierne • 'File on Four: Honour killings', BBC Radio 4 - Samantha Fenwick, David Ross, Angus Stickler Amnesty International Media Awards 2008 Page 3 of 3


TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Winner: Storyville: The devil came on horseback, BBC FOUR / Break Thru Films - Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells, Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Nick Fraser, Brian Steidle Shortlist: • 'Storyville: Taxi to the dark side', BBC TWO/Jigsaw Productions/Steps International - Alex Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman, Don Edkins, Mette Heide, Nick Fraser, Mette Hoffmann Meyer • 'This World: The boys from Baghdad High', BBC TWO/Renegade Pictures/Storylab TV - Ivan O'Mahoney, Laura Winter, Alex Cooke, Alan Hayling, Karen O'Connor


TELEVISION NEWS: Winner: 'Too young to die - Children of the frontline', ITV News / ITN - Chris Rogers, Deborah Turness, Tony Hemmings Shortlist: • 'BBC News at Ten: Exploited workers', BBC 1 - Annie Allison, Paul Grant, Luke Mendham, Lynne Jones Craig Oliver, Allan Little, Audreus Lelkaitis • 'Five years in Iraq', ITN/ Guardian Films - Teresa Smith, Maggie O'Kane, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Maher Nazeh


SPECIAL AWARD (for a human rights journalist under threat): Winner: Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani - Al-Shora At the awards ceremony in London, people expressed their support for Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani by holding placards which read: 'We are with you in your struggle for justice' in his native Arabic. The messages and images were collated and sent to Abdul Karim in prison. See the pictures Two weeks before the 2008 Amnesty Media Awards ceremony, Yemen journalist, Abdual Karmin al Khaiwani, was jailed for 6 years as a result of his professional activities as a journalist and peaceful criticism of government politics. However, thanks to pressure from around the world he was released on 26 September 2008 after serving only three months of his sentence. Find out more

Shortlist And Award Winners 2008

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Category Title Journalist Organisation
2008
National newspaper Iraqi interpreters series Deborah Haynes The Times
Periodical Newspaper supplement:
Selling soccer into slavery
Jonathan Green Live (Mail on Sunday magazine)
Consumer magazine:
Russian media freedom
Fatima Tlisova / Sergei Bachinin / Alexei Simonov Index on Censorship
Photojournalism Congo unrest Cédric Gerbehaye Newsweek / Agence VU
Radio Today - Where there's muck: Mike Thomson in the Congo Pascale Harter / Ceri Thomas / Mike Thompson BBC Radio 4
Television documentary Storyville - The Devil Came on Horseback Gretchen Steidle Wallace / Jane Wells / Annie Sundberg / Ricki Stern / Nick Fraser / Brian Steidle BBC Four / Break Thru Films / Global Grassroots
Television news Too young to die - Children of the frontline Chris Rogers / Deborah Turness / Tony Hemmings ITV News / ITN
Human rights journalism under threat Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani Al-Shora, Yemen
Regional media Congo to Motherwell Fiona Walker / Dorothy Parker / Matt Pinder / Hilary McCusker-Thompson BBC Scotland
Gaby Rado award Africa's secret - the men, women and children 'vanished' in the war on terror Xan Rice The Guardian
International television and radio The lost tribe - Secret army of the CIA Eunice Lau / Stephanie Scawen / Tricia Tan / Tony Birtley Al Jazeera English
New media "Honour killing" sparks fears of new Iraqi conflict Sahar Al-Haideri Institute for War and Peace Reporting



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