Al Jazeera Awards
Al Jazeera has received prestigious awards from organizations across the globe. The Network has been honored for overall excellence in achieving our mission, in addition to praise for Al Jazeera’s individual reporters and their work. Below are some highlights of the awards and nominations received by the Network over the past two years:
Awards 2008
- Foreign Press Association, (FPA), “News Story of the Year by a Full member of the FPA” Jonah Hull for “Russia-Georgia War”
- Association of International Broadcasters, (AIB), “Editors Award”, to Sami Al Haj for the suffering endured and courage shown as a result of bringing news to the world
- Amnesty International Media Awards, "Best International TV Documentary” for Tony Birtley's "The Lost Tribe - Secret Army of the CIA"
- Monte-Carlo TV Festival, "Golden Nymph Award - Best 24 Hour News Programme" featuring the Gaza Siege
- CONCENTRA Award, "Breaking News" for Tony Birtley’s "Inside Myanmar-The Crackdown"
- Royal Television Society Journalism Awards, "RTS Young Journalist of the Year" for Hamish Macdonald
- Asian Television Awards, “Best Current Affairs Programme” for Tony Birtley’s “Inside Myanmar - The Crackdown”
- YouTube European Partners Awards, “Community Champion Award” to Al Jazeera Network
- Pan Arab WebAwards’ Golden Award for “Best Arabic Website for Media and Communications” for aljazeera.net
Awards 2007
- Asian Television Awards, "Best News Report" for Kylie Grey’s "Agent Orange"
- Association of International Broadcasters (AIB), “Editors Award” for the program “Everywoman”
Nominations
- International Emmy Awards (2008) Finalist in “News” for Al Jazeera English’s Kuala Lumpur News Hour’s “Popular uprising Myanmar & Military Crackdown” and in “Current Affairs” for Witness’s “Red Mosque”
- Asian Television Awards (2008) High Commendations for “Best Documentary” to “The Lost Tribe - Secret Army of the CIA” and “Best Current Affairs Programme” for 'People & Power - Coal Face.' Runner up for “Channel of the Year”
- Asian Television Awards (2007) Finalist for “Best Documentary Programme” for ‘People and Power-Exxon in the Dock’
