Awards 2004

The One World Media Awards 2004 took place at the Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square, London. Jon Snow hosted the event once again, and the ceremony also featured satirists John Bird and John Fortune.

The Broadcast Journalist of the Year was Lindsey Hilsum, the veteran Channel 4 News reporter. Meanwhile, Orphans of Nkandla, a film that told the stories of three families of orphans in South Africa, won two awards: the coveted TV Documentary Award and the Children's Rights Award. The film was produced by True Vision, which went on to pick up the Children's Rights Award in 2008.

The Special Award for Development Media, which recognises community media projects in the developing world, went to Radio Canal Révélation, a small community station in Bunia, DR Congo. In a region plagued by conflict, and with little or no print and visual media to speak of, it reaches 200,000 people using equipment fashioned from scrap metal. Click here to hear an interview about the winner, broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

 

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Shortlisted entries for 2004

Jury panels for 2004

Winners


Broadcast Journalist of the Year


Lindsey Hilsum - ITN for Channel 4 News

Radio Documentary


Crossing Continents: India - BBC Radio 4

TV Documentary


Orphans of Nkandla - True Vision for BBC 4

Press Award


Spectre Orange - Guardian Weekend

New Media Award


Institute of War & Peace Reporting

Local Media Award


Abandoned Children Appeal - Eastern Daily Press

 

Popular Features Award


Meeting Mandela: A Staying Alive Special - MTV

Photojournalism Award


Iron People - Alfredo D'Amato, Panos Pictures for Photo8 Magazine

Women in Society Award


The Day I Will Never Forget - Shiine for Channel 4

Children's Rights Award


Orphans of Nkandla - True Vision for BBC 4

International Premiere Award


S21: The Kymer Rouge Killing Machine
- Rithy Panh, Cati Couteau, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

Special Award for Development Media


Radio Canal Revelation

"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