one world media awards

The One World Media Awards is one of the foremost Awards events in the UK. It rewards the most outstanding media coverage of the developing world, and recognises the unique role of journalists and filmmakers in bridging the divide between different societies and raising awareness of vital development issues.

One World Media Awards 2010

The One World Media Awards 2010 took place on Tuesday 22nd June at Kings Place, London. Jon Snow presented the ceremony, while the keynote speaker was the Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown, formerly Minister of State for Africa, Asia and the UN, and currently Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Once again the ceremony was broadcast on BBC World News to a global audience of millions. Click here to find out who won, and what they said on the night.

Notable winners included Dan McDougall, who was named Journalist of the Year; filmmaker Jamie Doran, who was behind two award winning documentaries; and Makutano Junction, which won the New Media Award after being shortlisted for the Special Award in 2009.

One World Media Week

Click here to read more about the first One World Media Week, a series of related events that took place in the same week as the awards ceremony.

Who won the 2010 Awards? The winners have been announced 2010 One World Media Awards - click here for more

Next Year's Awards

Entries for the One World Media Awards in 2011 will open in late 2010 or early 2011. If you're interesting in submitting something for next year's Awards, keep checking this page or subscribe to our newsletter via the homepage to receive updates by email.

"These awards are very important for making people realise that there's a hunger for stories like this. We're in an increasingly small world, where what we do in one part of the world affects people in another part of the world, and these stories really need to be told."

Joe Berlinger, filmmaker

One World Media

One World Media is a
UK-based organisation which aims to increase global understanding through effective use of the media.
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