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Amnesty International UK Media Awards |
Amnesty International UK Media Awards |
The inaugural awards took place in 1992. There were five categories Local Journalism, Periodicals, Print Journalism, Radio and Television. [1]
Sir Trevor McDonald, TV broadcaster and journalist, said at the awards "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," [1]
The Overall winner was “Cold Blood - the Massacre of East Timor”, produced by Peter Gordon for First Tuesday, Yorkshire Television. [1]
The judges also specially mentioned the work of Christopher Olgiati, “The Nightrider” (HBO title "Southern Justice: The Murder of Medgar Evers "). [2] [3] [4]
1992 | |||||
Category | Title | Organisation | Journalists | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local Journalism | |||||
Series of reports from Yugoslavia |
Yorkshire Post | Robert Holmes | |||
Periodicals | |||||
“Why Rio is Murdering its Children” |
Marie Claire | Christina Lamb | [5] | ||
Print Journalism | |||||
“The Other Side of the Hostage Saga” |
The Independent on Sunday | Robert Fisk | [6] | ||
Radio | |||||
“Suspected Collaborators in Kuwait” |
Today (BBC Radio 4) | Alan Little | |||
Television Journalism | |||||
Cold Blood - "the massacre of East Timor" | Yorkshire Television | Peter Gordon |
[1]
[7] [8] [9] | ||
Alternate Title - "Southern Justice" HBO 1992
![]() | This article needs to be updated.(July 2021) |
Amnesty International UK Media Awards |
Amnesty International UK Media Awards |
The inaugural awards took place in 1992. There were five categories Local Journalism, Periodicals, Print Journalism, Radio and Television. [1]
Sir Trevor McDonald, TV broadcaster and journalist, said at the awards "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," [1]
The Overall winner was “Cold Blood - the Massacre of East Timor”, produced by Peter Gordon for First Tuesday, Yorkshire Television. [1]
The judges also specially mentioned the work of Christopher Olgiati, “The Nightrider” (HBO title "Southern Justice: The Murder of Medgar Evers "). [2] [3] [4]
1992 | |||||
Category | Title | Organisation | Journalists | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local Journalism | |||||
Series of reports from Yugoslavia |
Yorkshire Post | Robert Holmes | |||
Periodicals | |||||
“Why Rio is Murdering its Children” |
Marie Claire | Christina Lamb | [5] | ||
Print Journalism | |||||
“The Other Side of the Hostage Saga” |
The Independent on Sunday | Robert Fisk | [6] | ||
Radio | |||||
“Suspected Collaborators in Kuwait” |
Today (BBC Radio 4) | Alan Little | |||
Television Journalism | |||||
Cold Blood - "the massacre of East Timor" | Yorkshire Television | Peter Gordon |
[1]
[7] [8] [9] | ||
Alternate Title - "Southern Justice" HBO 1992