Longlist 2026

(formerly the Digital Media Award)

For innovative screen based media that covers a story or topic from the global south. The Award recognises creative and innovative techniques and content that extends knowledge and understanding of the topic, and engages with audiences. Entries should be using new technologies and platforms, such as TikTok, gaming, data, VR, AR, XR or AI.

A Woman’s World: Creating spaces for joy, leisure, and resistance in South and Southeast Asia | Kontinentalist | Mariyam Haider in collaboration with Khabar Lahariya

A Year of Survival: Life inside the Turkey-Syria earthquake zone | The Take | Al Jazeera | Miranda Lin

APU – The weeping gods | Chouette Films | Remi Sowa

China: The Superpower of Seafood | Outlaw Ocean Project | Ian Urbina

Corruption & Punishment | Cuestion Publica | Claudia Báez

Cambodia’s new cabinet is steeped in nepotism | Radio Free Asia | Amanda Weisbrod

Green Goldrush: The Offset Odyssey | Earth Journalism Network | Louis Lugas Wicaksono

GAWI | Dansker Digital | Myriam Hernandez Vazquez

Lazos de Amor Mariano: radical Catholicism in politics | Cerosetenta and Manifiesta Media | Natalia Arenas Chaves

The Twin Quakes: the stories behind the seismic activity that shook Turkey and Syria in February 2023 | Outriders | Produced by the Outriders international team

For media that explores the relationship between people and the planet in the global south. The Award recognises impact and creativity in telling an environmental story. Entries should cover at least one of these areas: urban development, climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film

Tuvalu: Losing Paradise | Channel 4 News | Tilly Cowan

Amazônia Viva | Iniciativa Inter-religiosas pelas Florestas Tropicais / Interfaith Rainforest Initiative | Estêvão Ciavatta

The spongy creatures cleaning Zanzibar’s oceans | BBC | Frank Papushka

Exposed! Indonesian Companies and The Greenwashing that Deceived Europe | Narasi | Aqwam F Hanifan

Climate Displacement: The Invisible Migration | N+Focus | Saúl Sánchez Lemus and Alberto Pradilla

Making peace with nature | Zoe Gelber and Myra Anubi  | BBC – People Fixing the World

How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality | CNN | Bernadette Tuazon, Taiwo Aina, Saiyna Bashir, Lisa Marie David, Khadija Farah, Fabeha Monir, Victoria Razo and Adriana Zehbrauskas

Arts in time of crisis: Drawing Derna | The New Humanitarian | Zainab Chamoun

How America’s War Devastated Afghanistan’s Environment | New Lines Magazine and Inside Climate News | Lynzy Billing

Impact of hydropolitics in Asia | Nikkei Asia | Kiran Sharma, Pak Yiu

For a feature-length  documentary film that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be more than 40 minutes long.

Eat Bitter | Ningyi Sun and Pascale Appora-Gnekindy 

Hong Kong Mixtape | Younger Productions and Tigerlily Productions | San San F. Young 

Lucélia | Record TV | Mariane Salerno 

Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha | Record TV | Mariana Castagna Ferrari 

Silent Deportation | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Czechia | Dmytro Dzhulay

Escaping My Family | BBC | Zlata Onufrieva 

Witness – A Second Shot | Moondogsfilms for Al Jazeera English | Marcel Mettelsiefen

Bantay Bukid | Pia Duran

The Sky is Mine | Ayoub Naseri

For a young filmmaker or journalist who has made a substantial contribution to stories from the global south during the year. The Award recognises impactful storytelling that brings a story to audiences in a compelling way. Entrants should be 32 years of age or under as of 16th February 2024 and can be working in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

Angelina de Los Santos Huelmo | openDemocracy

Arlette Bashizi | The New Humanitarian

Bisan Owda | AJ+ 

Freddie Clayton | Freelance

Gabriela Barzallo | Freelance

Nilesh Christopher | Freelance

Parth MN | Freelance

Ridwan Karim Dini Osman | Freelance

Sanket Jain | Freelance

Yousef Hammash | Channel 4 News

For a written, audio or video news report that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises exclusive content or an investigation that led the news agenda. Entries can be online, broadcast or in print.

Yemen’s Children | BBC | Orla Guerin

Babies behind bars. Convicted since birth | Connectas | Mariela Castañón

Darien Gap: ‘Hell on Earth’ | Channel 4 News | Guillermo Galdos 

Gaza grandmother shot and killed by Israeli sniper as child waved white flag | Middle East Eye | Mohammed al-Hajjar

Gaza’s tech ‘window to the world’ shattered by Israel-Hamas war | Context | Nazih Osseiran

Kisangani Killings | TV5Monde | Simon Rodier 

The Redut Ruse Inside Russia’s Fake Private Mercenary Company Fighting In Ukraine | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Valeriya Yegoshyna 

Left Behind | Lighthouse Reports | May Bulman, Fahim Abed

Narcobanano | TC Television | Alina Manrique

On Assignment: The Enyobeni Tavern Tragedy | ITV | Rohit Kachroo

For an audio feature, podcast, or single programme from a series, that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, and stories that have a compelling narrative. Entries should be broadcast on radio or online.

Country of Dust -We don’t talk about the future | Country of Dust | Nyree Abrahamian

Iraq Generation Invasion | BBC World Service | Rebecca Kesby 

The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children | The Guardian | Thaslima Begum & Rosie Swash 

Women at the forefront of wildlife preservation | SBS Radio | Ruth Kadide Keah 

This coal life | Radio Workshop NPC | Dhashen Moodley 

Diaries of the war on Gaza | Al Jazeera English | Ney Alvarez 

Rasberry Visa | BBC World Service | Bhrikuti Rai, Fabian Federl

The Republic podcast | The Republic | Wale Lawal

(formerly the Special Award. This Award is free to enter and open only to organisations)

For an independent media organisation based in the global south using media to address social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Award recognises outstanding reporting that informs the public, provides an outlet for local people’s voices, creates a space for critical information and holds those in power to account.

Foundation for Investigative Journalism

Trust TV

Afghan Times

Harasswatch

Khabar Lahariya

101 Reporters

Cuestión Pública

Bilan Media

Mekong Eye

Mexicanos contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad

(Please note that that former category ‘Popular Features’ has now merged with the Print Award)

For a  feature article published in print or online that covers a  story or  topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content or new perspectives. Entries must be articles of 750 words or longer. 

Chilean mothers’ long search for babies stolen during Pinochet’s dictatorship | openDemocracy | Naomi Larsson Piñeda

Slaughter in El Geneina | Reuters | Maggie Michael and Ryan McNeill

Afghan women take their own lives as despair grows under Taliban rule | The Fuller Project/Zan Times/The Guardian | Zahra Nader

Burner phones, aliases, code words: How secret networks help women circumvent Honduras’ abortion ban | Associated Press | María Verza and Ginnette Riquelme Quezada

The Del Monte deaths: shocking claims of violence at pineapple plantation | TBIJ.com, The Guardian, Mail&Guardian | Edwin Okoth, Matthew Chapman and Emily Dugan

Investigation: Nigeria’s War With Boko Haram May Have Killed Thousands of Innocent People | New Lines Magazine and HumAngle | ‘Kunle Adebajo

Return to ChinaXing would rather die in the jungle | 1843 magazine, The Economist | Shawn Yuan

Sisters foster healing for survivors and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s civil war | Global Sisters Report | Doreen Ajiambo

The Kusiong Story Project | Rappler | Raizza P. Bello, Rappler Investigative team

Widowed by Europe’s Borders | Unbias The News | Gabriela Ramirez and Tina Xu

For media that tells stories about people’s experience as refugees, migrants or when seeking asylum. The Award recognises compelling stories that generate empathy, understanding and are reported on accurately and fairly. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

Alone and Exploited | The New York Times | Hannah Dreier

How I rescue people caught in Sudan’s war | Al Jazeera Digital | Tierney Bonini

Russia’s war won’t stop me becoming chess grandmaster | Al Jazeera Digital | Tierney Bonini

Children of War | Fresh Start Media | Chris Rogers

Traces Left Behind | BBC | Thomas Naadi

Trafficking Inc. | ICIJ | Pramod Acharya

The Rohingya fled genocide. Now, violence stalks them as refugees | The Washington Post | Rebecca Tan

Ethiopian Facebook for migrant workers enables human trafficking, forced labour in Saudia Arabia, advocates say | Zecharias Zelalem

The Vanishing diaspora of Syria’s Physicians | The New Arab | Mark Lee Hunter

Europe’s Nameless Dead | Lighthouse Reports

For media, produced by a student as part of a journalism or filmmaking course at a university or film school that deals with stories or topics in the global south. The Award recognises creative and compelling storytelling.

Rush | University of the Arts London | Shuai Yang

New-Gen Migrant Workers | University College London | Chunlin Wu

Cancer Kitchen | University College London | Weili Xi

Burnt Country | National Film and Television School | Kirsten Slemint

Do you see me in the camera | University of the Arts London | Yixin Li 

Hungry for freedom | National Film and Television School | Rachata Thongruay

Multimedia Series on food security in Southeast Asia | Global Reporting Centre | Fellows and Faculty of the Global Reporting Program in partnership with Mongabay

Knife’s Edge | National Film and Television School | Rodrigo Andrés Durán Osorio

Goodnight, Mister Stalin | National Film and Television School | Benjamin Kodboel

Just to Reach you | University of the Arts London | Gemma Fan 

Sponsored by

For media that explores women’s solutions in the global south. The Award recognises empowering stories of girls and women who successfully tackled challenges faced by women and society at large, such as: women’s financial and economic inclusion, addressing the impact of the climate crisis, increasing access to education, healthcare or democracy. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

‘Women bear the biggest brunt of climate change’ says climate scientist Susan Chomba | Guardian/The Fuller Project | Neha Wadekar

101 East – India’s Women Combat Fighters | Al Jazeera | Rudraneil Sengupta & Sreya Banerjee 

The Indigenous Women’s Brigade in the Amazon | Deutsche Welles | Nádia Pontes

Power of Mama: the women firefighters of West Borneo | BBC | Ria Utari

Dhye Dreams | Express News Pakistan | Shanta Nepali 

Rise of the ‘mother boss’: how female miners are taking control in DRC | The Guardian | Mélanie Gouby 

Money clubs help displaced Nigerians create their own safety nets | The New Humanitarian | Zubaida Baba Ibrahim 

Why Samsung factory workers in Vietnam are becoming beauticians | Rest of World | Lam Le 

Healing the body, the land and the territory: the commitment of the women of Agua Caliente to manage their health | Zona Docs | Mariana Mora

Breaking taboos: Papuan women embrace collective care to end period poverty | Project Multatuli | Narriswari 

For a short documentary film that deals with stories or topics in the global south. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be under 40 minutes.

The Last Harvest | New Lines Magazine | Jon Lowenstein

Age of Learning | The Third Eye & Hawapani Nepal production | Shuvangi Khadka

An Unkown Summer | 92×26 Films & Little Bit More | Bhaskar Jyoti Das

Birdsong | The Guardian | Sparsh Ahuja

Can I Hug You? | Elahe Esmaili & Jumping Ibex

Imelda is Not Alone | Heredia Pictures LLC | Paula Heredia

The Medallion | Ruth Hunduma

The Takeover | Field of Vision | Anders Hammer

Nairobi Hotline | Voice of America | Daphne Matziaraki

The Ugandan Quidditch Movement | Atlas Obscura | Ben Garfield

(formerly the International Journalist of the Year Award) 

For a freelance filmmaker or journalist who has made the most outstanding contribution to stories from the global south during the year. The Award recognises consistent, impactful reporting that brings a story to audiences in a compelling way. Entrants can be working in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

Simona Foltyn

Andrei Popoviciu

Nicola Kelly

Varsha Bansal

Esther Jones

(formerly the International Journalist of the Year Award) 

For a filmmaker or journalist working for a media organisation who has made the most outstanding contribution to stories from the global south during the year. The Award recognises consistent, impactful reporting that brings a story to audiences in a compelling way. Entrants can be working in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

Dánae Vílchez | openDemocracy

Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times

Prue Lewarne | SBS TV Australia

Secunder Kermani | Channel 4 News

Asami Terajima | The Kyiv Independent

(formerly the Television Documentary Award)

Supported by

For a film, programme or investigation that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content and considered analysis of a current affairs issue. Entries can include a specific episode of a strand or a topical, news-led documentary.

Coal Slaves | Record TV | Rodrigo Favero Carvalho De Castro

Fault Line – The Confession | Al Jazeera English | Jeremy Raff

Hunting Russia’s Lost Boys | Channel 4 | Vladimir Sevrinovsky

The Zuko NonXuba Story | Carte Blanche | Tarryn Crossman

The Body In The Woods | The Independent | Bel Trew

Ukraine’s Stolen Children | Renegade Stories | Shahida Tulaganova

Inside Iran: the fight continues | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Martin Elhage Smiley

Lawless: Gangs of Haiti | CGTN America / MediaLinks TV LLC | Jason Motlagh

The Last Hospital | Sky News | Stuart Ramsay

The Trap: India’s Deadliest Scam | BBC | Poonam Agarwal

For innovative screen based media that covers a story or topic from the global south. The Award recognises creative and innovative techniques and content that extends knowledge and understanding of the topic, and engages with audiences. Entries should be using new technologies and platforms, such as TikTok, gaming, data, VR, AR, XR or AI.

For media that explores the relationship between people and the planet in the global south. The Award recognises impact and creativity in telling an environmental story. Entries should cover at least one of these areas: urban development, climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film. 

For a feature-length  documentary film that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be more than 40 minutes long.

For a written, audio or video news report that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises exclusive content or an investigation that led the news agenda. Entries can be online, broadcast or in print.

For an audio feature, podcast, or single programme from a series, that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, and stories that have a compelling narrative. Entries should be broadcast on radio or online.

For an independent media organisation based in the global south using media to address social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Award recognises outstanding reporting that informs the public, provides an outlet for local people’s voices, creates a space for critical information and holds those in power to account.

For a feature article published in print or online that covers a  story or  topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content or new perspectives. Entries must be articles of 750 words or longer. 

For media that tells stories about people’s experience as refugees, migrants or when seeking asylum. The Award recognises compelling stories that generate empathy, understanding and are reported on accurately and fairly. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

For media, produced by a student as part of a journalism or filmmaking course at a university or film school that deals with stories or topics in the global south. The Award recognises creative and compelling storytelling.

For media that explores women’s solutions in the global south. The Award recognises empowering stories of girls and women who successfully tackled challenges faced by women and society at large, such as: women’s financial and economic inclusion, addressing the impact of the climate crisis, increasing access to education, healthcare or democracy. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

For a short documentary film that deals with stories or topics in the global south. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be under 40 minutes.

For a journalist or filmmaker based in and reporting on the global south, who has made an outstanding contribution to storytelling from the region over the past year.

This award recognises consistent, impactful reporting that brings stories from the global south to audiences in a powerful and compelling way. We welcome entries across all media — including news, online, audio, print, or film.

In light of the historic underrepresentation and marginalisation of certain groups within the media, we particularly encourage entries from individuals who identify as part of the global majority, including journalists who have experienced forced displacement.

For a film, programme or investigation that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content and considered analysis of a current affairs issue. Entries can include a specific episode of a strand or a topical, news-led documentary.

(formerly the Television Documentary Award)

Supported by

For a film, programme or investigation that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content and considered analysis of a current affairs issue. Entries can include a specific episode of a strand or a topical, news-led documentary.

The Philippines’ Wombs for Hire | 101 East – Al Jazeera English | Natashya Gutiérrez

Barbie’s Dirty Secrets | ZANDLAND – Channel 4 | Isobel Yeung

Finding Yusuf  | SBS | Colin Cosier

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza | Basement Films | Vanessa Bowles

Myanmar: The Rebel Army | Arte TV | Antoine Védeilhé

Perfume’s Dark Secret | BBC | Ahmed ElShamy

Scam: Undercover inside Asia’s Criminal Network | Sky News | Cordelia Lynch

This is Gaza | Channel 4 News | Yousef Hammash

Troublemakers | BBC | Alex Mattholie

35th July: Bangladesh’s Deadly Protest | Al Jazeera English | Elizabeth Costa

For a journalist or filmmaker based in and reporting on the global south, who has made an outstanding contribution to storytelling from the region over the past year.

This award recognises consistent, impactful reporting that brings stories from the global south to audiences in a powerful and compelling way. We welcome entries across all media — including news, online, audio, print, or film.

In light of the historic underrepresentation and marginalisation of certain groups within the media, we particularly encourage entries from individuals who identify as part of the global majority, including journalists who have experienced forced displacement.

Asami Terajima

Claudia Smolansky

Cynthia Gichiri

Fisayo Soyombo

Mohamed Shalaby

Roli Srivastava

Romita Saluja

Salma Niazi

Sam Mednick

Wei Du

For media that explores the relationship between people and the planet in the global south. The Award recognises impact and creativity in telling an environmental story. Entries should cover at least one of these areas: urban development, climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

Bhutan: Green Paradise in Danger | Arte | Antoine Védeilhé

Cattle Hustle | Mekong Eye | Kannikar Petchkaew

Forget Jobs. AI is Coming for Your Water | Context, Thomson Reuters Foundation | Diana Baptista

How a Traditional Community River Conservation Practice is Rehabilitating Rivers in Borneo | Internews Earth Journalism | Liani MK

La Última Gota | Agencia Ocote | Carmen Quintela Babío

Life After Ice | Freelance | Stefano Pozzebon

Poison PR | Lighthouse Reports, Africa Uncensored (and others) | Margot Gibbs

The Bee Whisperers | BioGraphic | Sofia Moutinho

The ‘Black Box’ of the Mare Doricum | Epicentro.Tv | Daniel Yovera Soto

Why the Maxakali People Are Calling on Their Spirits to Recover the Atlantic Forest | Mongabay | Xavier Bartaburu

For a feature-length documentary film that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be more than 40 minutes long.

A State of Passion – حالة عشق | Forward Film Production | Carol Mansour & Muna Khalidi

For You, Portugal, I Swear! | DIVERGENTE | Sofia da Palma Rodrigues, Diogo Cardoso

Gaza Sound Man | Al Jazeera Digital | Jamaluddin El-Shayyal

IGUALADA | Human Pictures | Juan Yepes

Life and Death in Gaza | BBC | Natasha Cox

Phila Portia Ndwandwe – The Breastfeeding Warrior | Enver Samuel

Sex Workers: Lives in the Shadows | Future View Film Group | Tyson Conteh

SUMUD – Rooted in the West Bank | Palio Films | Bruno Sorrentino

The Apartheid Killer | BBC Africa Eye | Isa Jacobson

The Midwife’s Confession | BBC World Service | Amitabh Parashar, Syed Ahmed Safi

(formerly the Digital Media Award)

For innovative screen-based media exploring a story or topic from the global south. This award recognises creative and original approaches that deepen understanding and engage audiences in fresh, dynamic ways. Entries should use emerging technologies and platforms—such as TikTok, gaming, data, VR, AR, XR, or AI—to deliver impactful storytelling.

‘I Scammed So I Could Live’: Inside the Story of South Asians Trafficked and Enslaved in Asia’s Booming Scam Compounds | Asian Dispatch | Rukshana Rizwie

(Ride)sharing Is(n’t) Caring: Reimagining the Filipino Commuting Experience | Media Commoner | JP Campos and Ariane Arbolado

A Glimpse in a Life of Political Prisoners | Voces de la Memoria | Victor Navarro

Breaking The Nets | The Wire | Shamsheer Yousaf, Monica Jha, Sriram Vittalamurthy, Eishan Banerjee, and Huy Le

Interoceanic Corridor: A Story of Imposition, Dispossession, and Violence | El Universal | Alejandra Mabel Crail Pérez

Palestinian Life Under Israeli Occupation: An Illustrated Guide | Al Jazeera Digital | Mohammed Hussein

The Killings They Tweeted | Airwars | Rowena De Silva

The Last Harvest | The Fourth | Ian Yee

The Yemen Listening Project | The New Humanitarian | Annie Slemrod

Traces of Responsibility | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion | Anja Reiss

For an audio feature, podcast, or single episode from a series that covers a story or topic in the global south. This award recognises impactful storytelling with a strong, compelling narrative. Entries should have been broadcast on radio or published online.

El Salvador’s Missing Children | CTVC | Mike Lanchin

Finding Freedom In The Water: Gaza’s Swimming Teacher | Outlook, BBC World Service | Louise Morris

Green Tide Rising | Green Tide Rising, LLC | Asha Dahya

When Portugal Kidnapped a King | CNN Portugal | Sara de Melo Rocha

From the Ground Up | InSight Crime | Steven Dudley

Lethal Dissent: Iran’s Hunt for its Citizens Abroad | On Spec Podcast and The World | Fariba Nawa

My Dad Ward: Freeing women from trafficking | Freelance, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Jazzmin Jiwa

Pacific Prepared | ABC International Development | Fred Hooper, Josaia Nanuqa

The Pylos Shipwreck / Pylos: A Year On | Solomon and iMEdD | Lydia Emmanouilidou

The Ogoni Crisis | The Republic | Wale Lawal

For a written, audio or video news report that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises exclusive content or an investigation that led the news agenda. Entries can be online, broadcast or in print.

Billions for Commercial Tuna Industry, Crumbs for Fisherfolk | Freelance, Bulatlat | Ma. Victoria (Mavic) Conde

Demonstrators Demand Ghana’s Government Crack Down on Illegal Gold Mining | NBC News | Zinhle Essamuah

Escaping Sexual Violence in Sudan | BBC World Service | Mercy Juma

India’s Muslims Continue to Face Discrimination and Hate Following Modi’s Election Win | PBS NewsHour | Zeba Warsi

Panama’s Indigenous HIV Epidemic | Freelance, NPR | Adam D Williams

Swazi Secrets | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | Micah Reddy

The Deadly Drug ‘Mixed with Human Bones’: Sierra Leone’s War on Kush | The Guardian | Saidu Bah

The North Koreans Behind Global Seafood | The Outlaw Ocean Project | Ian Urbina

Tortured and Abused at Sde Teiman | Channel 4 News | Secunder Kermani

Video Appears to Show Gang-Rape of Afghan Woman in a Taliban Jail | The Guardian | Zahra Joya

(Please note that former category ‘Popular Features’ has now merged with the Print Award)

For a feature article published in print or online that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content or new perspectives. Entries must be articles of 750 words or longer. 

‘All Must Be Beheaded’: Revelations of Atrocities at French Energy Giant’s African Stronghold | Politico | Alex Perry

’Does a Dalit’s Life Have No Value?’: The Murder of a Teenage Girl in India | Al Jazeera Digital | Yashraj Sharma

“I Have Forgiven Him”: Queer Nigerian Victims of Online Blackmail Turn to Reconciliation and Vigilante Justice | Minority Africa | Damilola Banjo

Beaten and Tortured: The North African Children Paying a Bloody Price for Europe’s Insatiable Appetite for Cocaine | The Guardian | Mark Townsend

Conserving Arowanas Needs More Than Releasing Fish | Macaranga Media | Yao-Hua Law and Tracy Keeling

The True Price of Sportswear | The Dial | Ryan Lenora Brown and Majirata Latela 

Forbidden Stories Consortium | Forbidden Stories | Forbidden Stories Consortium

Haiti: An Unnatural Disaster | Long Lead | Jacob Kushner

Liberia Has a Drug Problem. One ‘General’ Is Trying to Fix It with Brutality | New Lines Magazine | Clair MacDougall

The Haunting History of Lebanon’s Lost Villages | The Public Source | Dana Hourany

For media produced by a student as part of a journalism or filmmaking course at a university or film school, focusing on a story or topic in the global south. This award recognises creative and compelling storytelling from emerging talent.   

A Good Question | National Film and Television School | Sara Saini

Accused Number 41 | University of Edinburgh | Maryam Haddadi

Beyond These Walls | National Film and Television School | Christine Seow

Champions | University of Witwatersrand | Thabiso Holele, Kabir Jugram, Simon Van Garderen, Simamkele Mrwetyana

Dear Dalyana | University of the Arts London | Ana María Ovalle Muskus

From Milk to Battle | University College London | Gabrielle Dembinski

In Search of a Rainbow / धनक की तलाश में | University of the Arts London | Vishnu R Kumar

The King on the Border | University of the Arts London | Anuj Vijaywargiya

What a Day, What a Life | National Film and Television School | Maylana Colchete

When You Were Young Were You Afraid of the Moon? | National Film and Television School | Phoebe Cottam

(formerly the Special Award. This Award is free to enter and open only to organisations.

For an independent media organisation based in the global south that uses media to address social, cultural, political, or economic issues. This award recognises outstanding reporting that informs the public, amplifies local voices, creates a space for critical information and holds those in power to account.

Addis Standard

Afghanistan International TV

Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)

Epicentro TV

Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Social Justice

Bulatlat

People’s Archive of Rural India

Seen.TV / Seen.Palestine

SIRAJ — Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism

The Afghan Times

For a short documentary film that explores a story or topic in the global south. This award recognises impactful, character-driven storytelling with a creative approach. Entries must be under 40 minutes in length.

A Move | Elahe Esmaili

A Village Sacrificed for Manganese | Chai Khana | Mariam Nikuradze

As for Us | Financial Times | Pawanjot Kaur

Echoes Within | Pranami Koch

Syria’s Last Chapter | Al Jazeera Witness | Abd al Kader Habak

The Fighting Cooks | Voice of America | Arturo Martinez

The Human Cost of Coffee | Al Jazeera English | Joana Moncau

The Scientist Who Runs at Night | CBC Docs | Mithun Pramanik

The Things We Don’t Say | The Guardian | Ornella Mutoni

The Waiting Game | Kanika Gupta

Sponsored by

For media that explores women’s solutions in the global south. This award recognises empowering stories of girls and women who have successfully addressed challenges facing women and wider society, such as financial and economic inclusion, the impact of the climate crisis, and increasing access to education, healthcare, or democracy. Entries are welcome in any medium, including news, online, audio, print, or film.

Songs from Inside | BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service | Majed Neisi

Trapped in Oman | BBC WS | Florence Phiri

‘Headaches, Organ Damage and Even Death’: How Salty Water Is Putting Bangladesh’s Pregnant Women at Risk | The Guardian | Thaslima Begum

52 Documentary: 16 Women Transforming Communities | Voice of America | Euna Lee

Breaking the Nets | Freelance, The Wire | Shamsheer Yousaf, Monica Jha, and Sriram Vittalamurthy

HER | DW (Deutsche Welle) | Umer Nafees

In the Footsteps of Tigers: The All-Women Patrol Team Protecting Sumatra’s Forests | The Guardian | Danielle Khan Da Silva

The Baby Caught in a For-Profit Healthcare Tragedy | Bloomberg | Leila Hussain

Women Who Are Blind Play a Critical Role in Identifying Possible Breast Cancers, Science Friday Segment | NPR | Kamala Thiagarajan

Tigray: Rape as a Weapon | Arte TV | Agnès Nabat and Marianne Getti

For media that tells stories about people’s experience as refugees, migrants or when seeking asylum. The Award recognises compelling stories that generate empathy and understanding and are reported accurately and fairly. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print or film.

A Grave on the Border | Student | Maren Hahnfeld

Coming to America | The Atavist | Rhana Natour

Einstein Fix: An Electronic Symphony | BBC Radio 3 | Catherine Boulle

Dark Waters – Africa’s Deadliest Migration Route | BBC Africa | Mame Cheikh Mbaye

Pregnant in Gaza | The New York Times | Nicholas Casey

Rohingya Hijras Speak Up About Rampant Sexual Abuse in Refugee Camps | CNN | Saharin Priya Shaun (writer) and Ladan Anoushfar (filmmaker)

The Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia | The Guardian | Anonymous

The Pylos 9 Investigation | Solomon | Stavros Malichudis

The Return | Al Jazeera English | Jeremy S. Levine

The Treacherous Paths Out of Modi’s India | Freelance, In These Times | Makepeace Sitlhou

For media, produced by a student as part of a journalism or filmmaking course at a university or film school that deals with stories or topics in the Global South. The Award recognises creative and compelling storytelling. Entries can be in any medium, including, online, audio, print, multimedia or film.

66 Days | Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) | Joude Bazzoun 

A Step Change | University College London | Yitong Liu 

Echo from the Edge | University of the Arts London | Jowita Olczyk (Jo Alice Kimmy)

Fields | National Film and Television School | Abhinav Sharma

I Am Mine, and I Am Yours Too | University College London |Panchsheel Gaikwad

In the Name of Mother | National Film and Television School | Sahil Saxena

Jaan | University of the Arts London | Lena Mohammed

Karatoya | Workshop at 6th Bogura International Film Festival in Bangladesh| Rowfel Ahammed and Sadik Sarowar Sunam

The Frontline, Our Shores | University of the Arts London | Maya Baylis

We Still Have Tomorrow | Centre for Film and Media Studies (University of Cape Town) | Matthew Jordaan

For a feature-length documentary film that covers a story or topic in the Global South. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be more than 60 minutes long.

9-Month Contract | 1991 Productions | Ketevan Vashagashvili

Electing Ms Santa | HaiDOC Productions | Raisa Razmerita

Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me | Al Jazeera English | Mohammed Sawwaf

Khartoum | Native Voice Films and Sudan Film Factory | Phil Cox, Rawia Al Hag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Anas Saeed, Timeea Mohammed

Made in Ethiopia | PBS POV | Max Duncan, Xinyan Yu, Tamara Dawit, Goush Fissehatsion, Sura Abera 

No Justice, Just Kills | BBC | Namak Khoshnaw, Lara El Gibaly, Becky Way, Simon Cox, Mustafa Khalili, Jasmine Rone

Silent Legacy | Väki Films | Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas, Sibiry Konate

The People Shall | Nation Media TV Kenya | Mark Maina

The Shadow Scholars | Channel 4, White Teeth Productions & Lammas Park | Eloise King, Prof. Patricia Kingori, Anna Smith Tenser, Bona Orakwue

Under The Open Sky | Guerrera Films | Sonum Sumaria

For a filmmaker or journalist from the Global South who has made an outstanding contribution to stories from the Global South during the year. The Award recognises consistent, impactful reporting that brings a story to audiences in a compelling way. Entrants can be working in any medium, including news, online, audio, print, multimedia or film.

Asami Terajima

Bao Uyen Vo Kieu

Eisa Dafallah

Ghada Abdulfattah

Mohamed Solaimane

Mohammed Amin

Shehzad Hameed Ahmad

Simi Jolaoso

Tony Cheng

Yousra Elbagir

This Award celebrates an individual or team who demonstrate excellence in delivering news and current affairs content across social media platforms about the Global South. We are looking for journalistic integrity, creativity, analysis and impact in informing and engaging audiences. Content can be produced and shared across any social media platform, including but not limited to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, or emerging digital spaces. The content must be created specifically for social platforms.

A Dolphin They Don’t Want Filipinos to Know About | Freelance | Renzo Emanuel Maano

Conservation Entangled | Mongabay | Izzy Sasada, Samantha Lee, Tom Forsey, Josephine Choy, Tom Fox

Explaining Colombia | Freelance | Carolay Morales Pérez

Final Days of Lithium Village | Freelance | Rohit Upadhyay

Indonesia’s Flood Disaster | Al Jazeera English | Jessica Washington, Syarina Hasibuan, Adi Guno, Dessi Ariyant

Nepal’s Deaf Community Left Behind When the Internet Goes Dark | Disability Justice Project | Aalap Deboor, Aditi Gangrade

Openly TikTok | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Enrique Anarte Lazo

Sahana Bajracharya | Freelance 

This Is Not The Headline Pod | Freelance | Malarvili Meganathan

Tinubu’s Family is balling on Nigeria’s Funds | GST | Kofoworola Odozi, Chiamaka Dike-obi

For an audio feature, podcast, or single programme from a series, that covers a story or topic in the Global South. The Award recognises impact, and stories that have a compelling narrative.

36 July: Uprising In Bangladesh | Al Jazeera English | Kevin Hirten, Tamara Khandaker, Craig Pennington

A War on Migration, Funded by the EU | The Outlaw Ocean Podcast | Ian Urbina, Michael Catano, Craig Ferguson, Alex Edkins, Graham Walsh, Fabiola Carletti, Daemon Fairless

Africana Soap: The Children Of Soda | Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana | Gianluca Diana

Captured: AI’s Hidden Workers | Coda Story | Isobel Cockerell, Becky Lipscombe, Christopher Wylie

Rising like a Phoenix | Country of Dust Podcast | Jeremy Dalmas and Gohar Khachatryan

Studying In the Shadows | The Economist | Neggeen Sadid, Imogen Serwotka, Marie Keyworth, producer, Nicolas Raufast

The Child Cancer Scam | BBC World Service | Simi Jolaoso, Neil McCarthy, Rob Wilson, Rebecca Henschke, Tracks Saflor, Jack Goodman, Reporter, Jose Antonio Lucio, Vitaliya Kozmenko, Kateryna Malofieieva, Shakked Auerbach, Tom Tzur Wisfelder

Time, Paper, Bone | BBC Radio 4, Falling Tree Productions | Bongani Kona and Catherine Boulle

True Crime Reports | Al Jazeera Digital | Ney Alvarez

We All Stand Before History | The Republic | Wale Lawal, Peace Onafuye, Voix Collective, Ibrahim Odugbemi, Sarah Kanu, Funbi Akinsanya, Tony Malik

(This category is free to enter and open only to organisations)
For an independent media organisation based in the Global South using media to address social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Award recognises outstanding reporting that informs the public, provides an outlet for local people’s voices, creates a space for critical information and holds those in power to account.

Addis Standard

Arabi Facts Hub (AFH)

Ayin Network

Contracorriente

Foundation For Investigative Journalism And Social Justice

Floresa & Forbidden Stories

Kashmir Times

Project Multatuli

SIRAJ (Syrian Investigative Reporting For Accountability Journalism)

The Afghan Times

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For a film, programme or investigation that covers a story or topic in the global south. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content and considered analysis of a current affairs issue. Entries can include a specific episode of a strand or a topical, news-led documentary.

Addicted | CNA Insider | Shehzad Hameed Ahmad

El Salvador: Gangland to Safe Haven | SBS Dateline | Catalina Florez, Georgina Davies, Simon Phegan, Louis Dai

Foreign Frontlines: From Kenya To Russia’s War Against Ukraine | Tuko Kenya | King’ori Wangechi

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack | Channel 4, Basement Films | Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Ben De Pear, Jaber Badwan

Inside Darfur: Siege & Massacres | BBC World Service Eye Investigations | Heba Bitar

Into The Void: Putin’s Foreign Fighters | BBC | Nawal Al Maghafi

Myanmar: War With The Junta | Al Jazeera English | Ali Fowle, Fiona MacGregor, Drew Ambrose, Emmanuel Panaretos, Burma VJ Network, Leonidas Sofogiannis, Dean Adams

Putin’s Power Play in Africa – Russian Influence In The Sahel Region | Deutsche Welle | Sira Thierij, Nick Golücke, Xenja Kupin, Katharina Krohmann, Jean-Christoph Caron, Dieter Roser

Target Tehran | Al Jazeera English | Hind Hassan, Laila Al-Arian, Lama Al-Arian, Tarek Turkey

The World’s Most Dangerous Job? | SBS Dateline | Colin Cosier and Louis Dai

For media that explores the relationship between people and the planet in the Global South. The Award recognises impact and creativity in telling an environmental story. Entries should cover at least one of the following areas: urban development, the climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste. Entries can be in any medium, including broadcast news, online, audio, print, multimedia or film.

A Beautiful Resistance: How Art, Science and Law Saved Goa’s Forests | Unbias The News | Rishu Nigam

Beneath The Surface: Stories From The Coral Triangle | Earth Journalism Network | Imelda Abano, Zevonia Vieira, Jeremy Gwao, Sabrina Go, Vincent Tan, Leonard Alaza

Colombia: Petroleum, Pollution and Paramilitaries | BBC World Service | Owen Pinnell, Monica Garnsey, Nick Cortes, Christian Escobar Mora, Will Vela, Ariel Navarro, Liz Gibbons

Guardians Of The Mangroves | The Conversationalist | Aliya Bashir

Inside Malaysia’s Data Centre Boom: Power Risks? Policy Gaps? Nuclear On The Horizon? | Malaysiakini | Vivian Yap Wei Wen, Phung Yie Wen, Yap Si Err, Faidzal Mohtar, Camelia Nor Azlan, Koh Kok Yong

On The Verge Of Silence: Why Oaxaca’s Biodiversity Needs Indigenous Languages To Survive | Unbias The News | Magdaléna Rojo and Noel Rojo

Reclaiming Eden: Faith, Climate and The Battle For The Philippines’ Future | Climate Tracker Asia| Biena Magbitang

UK Brands Found In ‘Fast Fashion Graveyard’ In African Conservation Area | Unearthed | Lucy Jordan, Sam Quashie-Idun, Mike Anane, James Richard Quansah, Michael Takyi Lartey, Samuel Baidoo, Viola Wohlgemuth

Welcome To The Great Bear Sea | BioGraphic | Serena Renner and Krista Langlois

Where The Invisible Survive. Ucayali: The Siege Of Organized Crime | Epicentro.Tv | Anuska Buenaluque

For a written, audio or video news report that covers a story or topic in the Global South. The Award recognises exclusive content or an investigation that led the news agenda. Entries can be online, broadcast or in print.

Afghan Aid Cuts | BBC News | Yogita Limaye, Sanjay Ganguly, Aakriti Thapar, Mahfouz Zubaide

Big Tech’s Invisible Hands | Agência Pública and CLIP | Maria Teresa Ronderos and Natalia Viana

City Of Barricades | Record | Pedro Paulo Filho, Antonio Guerreiro, Bruno Chiarioni

Conflict In Congo | Reuters | Giulia Paravicini, David Lewis, Zohra Bensemra, Evrard Ngendakumana, Media Coulibaly

Inside Ardamata: Anatomy Of A Massacre | Channel 4 | Sara Creta, U2p050 Creative Studio

Pills, Perils, Profits: A Himal investigative series on Southasian pharma | Himal Southasian | Vidya Krishnan and Arshu John

Shanties In A Lagos Lagoon: Bulldozed And Burnt | BBC News Africa | Chiamaka Dike, Gift Ufuoma, Chiagozie Nwonwu, Makuochi Okafor

Sudan War: Reunited Against The Odds | Al Jazeera English | Mohamed Vall Ahmed Salem, Mohamd Eisa Alzain, Saiid Yosof Ali

The Gaza Family Torn Apart By IDF Snipers From Chicago And Munich | Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), The Guardian | Hoda Osman, Frederik Obermaier, Emma Graham-Harrison, Maria Retter, Daniel Laufer, Maria Christoph

When Military Tanks Target Incubators Of “Hope” | Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) | Zareefa Abo Qoura

For a feature article published in print or online that covers a  story or topic in the Global South. The Award recognises impact, exclusive content and/or new perspectives. Entries must be articles of 750 words or longer.

“That’s Slavery” | Context | Katie McQue

A Trans Person’s Struggle For Dignity Doesn’t Stop Even When They Die | queerbeat | Sayantan Datta, Ekta Sonawane, Mia Jose

Against The Odds: Madagascar’s Fragile Polio Victory | Devex | Sara Jerving

Damascus Dossier | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | David Kenner and Nicole Sadek

Inside Ukraine’s AWOL And Military Desertion Crisis | The Kyiv Independent | Asami Terajima 

Mercury Laden Shark Meat Is On The Menu In Many Brazilian Schools And Public Institutions, But Few Knew | Mongabay | Philip Jacobson, Karla Mendes, Kuang Keng Kuek Ser, Fernanda Wenzel

The Curse Of Kenya’s Long-Distance Runners | Economist | Jonathan W. Rosen

To Love A Child Who Joined ISIS | Al Jazeera Digital | Nils Adler

Unravelling The Mysteries Of The Congo Basin | National Geographic Magazine | Melanie Gouby and Nichole Sobecki

Voice Notes From A Gaza Hospital | BBC News | Alice Cuddy and Malaak Hassouneh

For media that tells stories about people’s experience as refugees, migrants or when seeking asylum. The Award recognises compelling stories that generate empathy, understanding and are reported on accurately and fairly. Entries can be in any medium, including news, online, audio, print, multimedia or film.

An Impossible Choice: The Ordeal of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan | France24 | Shahzaib Wahlah, Ondine de Gaulle, Ihsan Ullah Ahmadzai

Ada and Her Family Fled El Salvador. She Died Alone in the New Mexico Desert | Rolling Stone | Lillian Perlmutter

A Long Return | Airwars | Rowena De Silva, Ahmed al-Aydi, Nathan Walker

A House of Mud and Hope | Egab.co | Butros Nicola

Allies in Exile | Grain Media, Counterpoints Productions | Counterpoints Productions | Hasan Kattan, Fadi Al Halabi, Orlando von Einsiedel, Ornella Mutoni, Lara Deffense

Alejandro’s Road to the United States | La TV Calle | Ayrton Monsalve, Adriangela Alvarez, Erick Rosas, Pablo Ortiz, Anthony Monsalve

Crisis in Sudan: The Fight for Survival | Channel 4 News | Wil Davies, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Ayman Mousa, Andy Lee

How India Allegedly Deported 40 Rohingya Refugees by Forcing Them into Andaman Sea | Scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla

Samidat: In the Face of War | The New Arab | Javier Jennings Mozo, Alejandro Matrán, Ibrahim Fakhri

The Lebanon Displacement Diaries | The New Humanitarian | Annie Slemrod, Zainab Chamoun

For a short documentary film that deals with stories or topics in the Global South. The Award recognises impact and storytelling that is character-driven and creative. Entries must be between 5 and 40 minutes.

Atomic Secrets | The Guardian | Zhanana Kurmasheva

Auto Queens | The Storiculture Company | Sraiyanti, Mathivanan Rajendran, Sruti Lodha, Sarabhi Ravichandran

Cuba: Health Under Sanction | Al Jazeera English | Ed Augustin, Reed Lindsay, Daniel Montero, Gabriela Caridad Tamarit Guerrero, Germán Viamonte Fernández, René Alejandro Díaz Rodríguez, Alexandra Pauliat

Lost Songs of Sundari | Freelance | Sudarshan Sawant

Rainbow Girls: 10 Years Of Protection And Prejudice | Freelance | Velisa Vee Jara and Julia Gunther

Sukande Kasáká: Ailing Land | Freelance | Fred Rahal and Kamikia Kisedje

The Clearing | Freelance | Andy Ball and Marta Kasztelan

The Deadly Quest for Gold in South Africa | Bloomberg | Leila Hussain, Gloria Kurnik, Gloria Cheung, S’thembile Cele

The Disappearance Of Dr. Abu Safiya | Al Jazeera English | Amel Guettatfi, Adrienne Haspel, Laila Al-Arian

Uppuveedukal | Freelance | Arathi MR, Deepak Padmanabhan, Eldhose Issac, Viji Abraham, PS Jayhari, Abraham Joseph, Surya Chittore

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For media that explores women’s solutions in the Global South. The Award recognises empowering stories of girls and women who successfully tackled the societal challenges they faced, such as:

• women’s financial and economic inclusion
• addressing the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on women and girls
• increasing access to education
• health care or democracy.

Entries can be in any medium, including online, audio, print, multimedia or film.

Agents Of Green Transition | Just Stories | Oliver Gordon

Congo’s Wars Uprooted Her Life. But They Couldn’t Silence Her Poetry | The Christian Science Monitor | Patricia Huon

Daughter of the Lake | Segal Family Foundation | Varun Chopra, Matty Neikrug, Sarah Gioe

Healing Haiti’s Children | Al Jazeera English | Rosie Collyer

My Father’s Hair | Arte | Antoine Védeilhé, Abhijeet Pandey, Thomas Pham-Hung, Mahak Gupta, Thomas Blanc, Germain Baslé

One Month In Ramallah | Al Jazeera English | Sawsan Qaoud

Prayers, Protest and Peace | Unbias the News | Tina Siatta Mehnpaine

Sex-for-Work Allegations Hang Over Tycoons’ Rubber Plantations | Bloomberg | Sheridan Prasso, Julianne Wilkinson, Catherine Lee, Crystal Tai

Sex, Power, Money: South Africa’s Slay Queens | Channel 4 News | Stefania Buonajuti, Symeon Brown, Sine Nogude, Talah Kaddourah, Hareem Khan, Andy Lee

The World Looked Away From Congo’s Rape Crisis. She Did Not. | The Christian Science Monitor | Sophie Neiman

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This category recognises the work of a freelance investigative journalist that demonstrates original, systematic, and in-depth research and reporting from the Global South that uncovers hidden truths, exposes wrong-doing or corruption and explores diverse perspectives (including feminism, marginalised identities, cultural traditions and belief systems).  Entries can be one article (either as a standalone piece or an article from part of a series), print or print with multimedia components, between 2,000 and 7,000 words.

A Toxic Silence | Mekong Eye | Kannikar Petchkaew

Assad Regime Blackmails Its Opponents Using Women | ARIJ Network | Mohamed Tolba and Sara Abo Shady

Fresh Appearance, Toxic Interior | Earth Journalism Network | Rita Boulos Chahwan

How A Fake Scooter Company Used AI To Defraud African Migrants Of Millions | Egab, Africa Uncensored | Hassan Isilow

How Africans Seeking Diabetes Remedy Are Exploited On Facebook | Centre for Storytelling and Development Initiative | Olayinka Shehu

Patrick Pouyanné’s Deadly Gamble | Politico | Alex Perry

Scrap Wars: How Child Labour And Conflict Feed | The New Arab (co-published with SIRAJ and El País) | Sofia Cherici, Andrés Mourenza, Mohammed Bassiki, Doğu Eroğlu, Richard Salame, Andrea Glioti, Jonathan Cole

Turkey Steel Boom The Dark World Of Illegal Adoption In Egypt | Independent Arabia | Salah laban

The Final Training | Alaraby | Suhad Elkhodary

The Women Of House Three | The New York Times Magazine | Sarah Topol