WINNER: Journalist of the Year


Dan McDougall

for Live Magazine, Mail on Sunday

Dan's diverse reports have taken him around the world in the past year, where he investigated slavery in Zimbabwe's illegal diamond trade, chronicled the severe environmental damage in Chile, and uncovered the environmental destruction caused by nickel mines in Madagascar.

The jury said:

'Dan McDougall's entry from Live Magazine at the Mail on Sunday represented a consistently strong body of work which demonstrated investigative and journalistic skills of the highest level; his work clearly communicates how the actions of the world's rich impact upon the lives of the world's poor.'

The jury panel:

  • CHAIR: Flora Gregory, Editor, Witness, Al Jazeera
  • Jonathan Freeland, Columnist and editorial writer, The Guardian
  • Sarah Molloy, Head of Communications, Concern Worldwide (UK)
  • Lucy Hetherington, Executive Producer News Currents Affairs TV, BBC
  • Nick Perkins, Head of Communications, IDS

Click here to download the jury's full citation (pdf)

Dan McDougall

Dan McDougall

'The One World Awards are revered amongst Foreign Correspondents because the jury panels, the journalists and NGO leaders who judge our work, have themselves often set the gold standard for highlighting important human rights issues to a broad audience.'
-Dan McDougall
“The One World Media Awards are particularly dear to me because of what they represent. They are a testimony to the fact that international journalism is essential, that stories from across the globe have value and that if we persevere the story will make an impact."

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, broadcaster and journalist