Amnesty International UK Media Awards

Amnesty International UK Media Awards


Amnesty International
UK Media Awards
Amnesty International UK
Media Awards
Awards By Category
  • Documentary
  • Digital Media
  • Gaby Rado Memorial Award
  • Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
  • International TV and Radio
  • Magazines: Consumer
  • Magazines: Newspaper supplements
  • National Newspapers
  • Nations and Regions
  • Periodicals
  • Photojournalism
  • Radio
  • Special Award
  • Special Award for
    Human Rights Journalism Under Threat
  • Television News
Student Awards
  • Student Human Rights Reporter Award
  • (YHRR) Young Human Rights Reporter
    Of The Year
Awards By Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Amnesty International UK Media Awards
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The Amnesty International Media Awards established in 1992 are awards "which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to the UK public’s greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues.". Amnesty UK has also said of the awards:

"This is our one opportunity in the year to acknowledge the creativity, skills and sheer determination that it takes to get the news out, and in such a way as to educate and alert millions of viewers, listeners and readers."

The awards acknowledge the unique relationship that exists between Amnesty International and the media. At the inaugural award in 1992, Sir Trevor McDonald said of the relationship;

"Amnesty persists where journalism leaves off. We visit these scenes and then move on. Amnesty has the virtue of sticking with the story and making sure the truth comes out,"

Since the awards started in 1992 they have developed to include how new technology has affected journalism. The present awards are for National Newspapers, Magazines, Television News, Radio, International TV & Radio, Nations & Regions, Photojournalism, Digital Innovation, Student Human Rights Reporters and the Gaby Rado Memorial Award.

The judges are selected from the media, the arts and entertainment industries, the NGO sector, academia and the legal profession. Amnesty International senior staff also take part in the judging process but have no final vote over the choice of winners.

Awards may be made posthumously, such as the 2012 award to Marie Colvin for her coverage of Syria where she was killed whilst covering the siege of Homs.

Following the 1997 awards, Peter Bottomley MP placed an Early day motion before the UK Parliament requesting that parliament agree:

"That this House notes the importance of the Amnesty International Press Awards, ...recognises that links with victims are usually achieved through the Press and broadcasters; and acknowledges that the search for the truth is sometimes a ticket to jail or worse for journalists."

The most recent awards ceremony was held on 29 May 2012 at the British Film Institute in central London. The 2013 awards are due to be announced on 11 June 2013.

Read more about Amnesty International UK Media Awards:  Previous Winners, Purpose of The Awards, Entry Criteria, The Ceremony, See Also

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