WINNER: Local Media Award
E-Waste
Inside Out, BBC London
Some of the poorest nations on Earth are facing environmental catastrophe because criminals are illegally dumping our 'E-waste' in Africa. In London alone, more than 4000 TVs are disposed of every day, and when reporter Mark Jordan visited a dump site in Ghana, he discovered tonnes of our E-waste being dismantled for metals by children as young as five.
The jury said:
'This short report gave appropriate prominence to Ghanaian campaigners and environmental protection officers. This was a very original investigation with a very clear North/South connection. It was heartening for the jury to see "Inside Out" with limited means at its disposal fulfilling one of the BBC's great purposes, namely of bringing the world to the UK. In this case, London viewers were enabled to see the impact of their lives on those of some of the poorest people in the world.'
The jury panel:
- CHAIR: Paddy Coulter, Director, Oxford Global Media
- Hugh Levinson, Editor World Programmes, BBC Radio Current Affairs
- Sally-Ann Wilson, Deputy Secretary General, CBA
- Caroline Diehl, Chief Executive, Media Trust
Click here to download the jury's full citation (pdf)
L to R - John Ramsden, Mark Jordan, Dippy Chaudhary and Lisa Vickery
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