Fisayo Soyombo, other journalists unveiled as nominees for One World Media Awards

The One World Media Awards has unveiled the full list of nominees for the 2020 edition of the awards.

The awards aim to celebrate the industry’s best media coverage of developing countries.

The 2020 edition of the awards received entries from over 60 countries.

Information available on the awards’ website says: “This year we were thrilled to receive entries from over 60 countries and we are delighted to announce the longlists across all 15 categories for this year’s awards!

“The final three nominees in each category will be announced later this month, and the winners will be presented at the online awards ceremony on Thursday 18 June 2020.”

Nigeria’s undercover journalist, Fisayo Soyombo is the only African among the 10 journalists who made the longlist for International Journalist of the Year category.

Below is the longlist in each category of the awards:

Children in Conflict Reporting Award sponsored by Save the Children

Abuse and Scandal in the Catholic Church: The Case of the Predator Priest – CNN
Dreaming of my Homeland – NHK World
Inside Idlib: Kids scavenging trash for food in Idlib, Syria – Channel 4 News
Iraq: A State of Mind – BBC Four
A Jerusalem hospital where Palestinian babies die alone – The Guardian
Lost Children of the Caliphate – BBC News
The orphans of ISIS: Innocent children forsaken in ‘hellish’ Syrian camps – N World
Palestinian conflict: Diaries of childhood in Israeli military detention – BBC World
Tiny Souls – Dina Naser for MADD moshawash
Unreported World: Schools Under Siege – Channel 4

Digital Media Award sponsored by Google.

China Cables – ICIJ
Could mega-dams kill the mighty River Nile? – Al Jazeera
Determined for Hope: Manal al Amal – Al Jazeera, Contrast
Generation Gulag – Coda Story
Luanda Leaks – ICIJ
Mexico’s Murdered Daughters – Channel 4 News, Uncovered
Sahel in Flames – The New Humanitarian
SHELL SHOCKED – The Intercept
Treasure Hunters: The lost coins of Alexander the Great – BBC News Arabic
Velvet Sketches

Environmental Impact Award

Could mega-dams kill the mighty River Nile? – Al Jazeera
Fewer children, fewer climate risks? Niger ponders a controversial option – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Le Lac – DOK Leipzig
Logging is corrupting these islands. One village fights back—and wins – National Geographic
On Assignment: The Ghazipur Landfill – ITV News
OPERATION AMAZON REDUX – The Intercept
The Problem with India’s Man-Eating Tigers – BBC Future
Rainforest on Fire – The Intercept
Silent Forests – Mariah Wilson for House Tiger Productions
Supertrees: Meet Congo’s caretaker of the forest – Vox
The villages in Malawi that prepared for the floods – and survived – Mail & Guardian

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Feature Documentary Award

Children of the Snowland – Zara Balfour and Marcus Stephenson for Picture on the Wall Productions & Mayfly TV
Defying the Cutting Season – Giselle Portenier for Defying Destiny Films Inc
For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts for Channel 4
Hutchinson: Shunted – Eric Miller
Indian Space Dreams – Sue Sudbury for Sequoia Films
The Letter – Maia Lekow for Circle & Square Films
Mother – Kristof Bilsen for Limerick Films, Man’s Films Productions & HALAL docs
Of Land and Bread – Ehab Tarabieh for B’Tselem
On the President’s Orders – Olivier Sarbil and James Jones for Mongoose Pictures
Restless – Gel Santana for Santa Luzia Filmes
Silent Forests – Mariah Wilson for House Tiger Productions
Trial of Ratko Mladic – Henry Singer and Rob Miller for Sandpaper Films Production

International Journalist of the Year Award

Alex Crawford – Sky News
Bel Trew – Independent
Drew Ambrose – Al Jazeera English
Fisayo Soyombo – The Cable
Hind Hassan – Vice News
Isobel Yeung – Vice News
John Sudworth – BBC News
Mehdi Hasan – Al Jazeera English
Namak Khoshnaw – BBC Arabic
Rina Chandran – Thomson Reuters Foundation

News Award

All Hail The Algorithm – ‘Like Me’ – The Popularity & Power of Big Tech – Al Jazeera English
Desperate Venezuelans Cross the Border Seeking Medical Treatment – CNN
The Forced Confession – BBC Persian
God or the Gang – BBC News
Inside ISIS’ Final Fight – Vice News
Inside Sudan’s Brutal Drive to Quell the Anti-Government Protests – CNN
Lesbos: Migrants in Limbo – France 24
The targeting of ambulances in Idlib – Channel 4 News
Uganda: Orphanage Inc – Vice News
Uighur Families – BBC News
Working the nightshift on malaria’s frontline in Sierra Leone – BBC News Digital

New Voice Award

Amanda Audi – The Intercept
Areeb Ullah – Middle East Eye
Hiba Barakat – Freelance
Jacob Kushner – The New York Times
Maziar Motamedi – Al Jazeera
Naseh Shaker – Freelance
Oscar Lopez – Freelance
Paulo Victor Ribeiro – The Intercept
Sandra Gathmann – Al Jazeera
Shatha Hammad – Middle East Eye

Popular Features Award

Emerging from ISIS genocide, Yazidis open religion’s largest ever temple – Independent
Hong Kong: Behind the Frontline – SBS
In Refugee Settlements in Uganda, Survivors Grapple With How to Raise Children Born of Rape – Glamour Magazine
The Kings of Kabul – BBC Persian
La Reina – Nowness
MTV Shuga In Real Life: Young Moms – MTV Base
New Workers of the World – Bloomberg
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Nigeria’s Female Suicide Bombers – BBC Three
Thailand’s Rebel Artists – Al Jazeera
War, Romance, and Everyday Life in Beirut’s Emerging Alt-Comix Scene – Atlas Obscura

Print Award

The Balance of Power: India’s most powerful woman – Sonia Faleiro for 1843 magazine
Congo Ebola crisis: To fight disease, an anthropologist heals distrust – Ryan Lenora Brown for The Christian Science Monitor
How to save a country from snakebite – Yao-Hua Law for Mosaic
I Can No Longer Continue to Live Here – Jill Filipovic for Politico Magazine
In Syria’s latest exodus, local citizens become frontline aid workers – Sofia Barbarani for The New Humanitarian
‘I’ve seen death in this city, but nothing as sad as this’: how a ferry disaster exposed the corruption devastating Iraq – Ghaith Abdul-Ahad for The Guardian
A Jerusalem hospital where Palestinian babies die alone – Oliver Holmes and Hazem Balousha for The Guardian
Schooling behind bars – Athandiwe Saba for Mail & Guardian
Shiraz Protests: Agents Shot and Killed Demonstrators – Shahed Alavi for IranWire
My Brush With Death – Arrey Bate for ArreyB Media
WWF’s Secret War – Tom Warren and Katie J.M. Baker for Buzzfeed

Radio and Audio Award

AfroQueer Podcast – AQ Studios
Beyond the Headlines: Politics, protests and partying on the streets of Lebanon – The National
Climate Change in Uttarakhand – Earth Journalism
Escaping China’s religious prison camps – BBC World Service
Morocco’s Hash Trail to Europe – BBC World Service
Mothers of Invention – Doc Society
My Father the Killer – The Documentary
My Only Story – News24.com
Stories from the New Silk Road – BBC World Service
Sudan’s Muted Massacre – Al Jazeera
The Undercover Migrant – BBC World Service

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Refugee Reporting Award sponsored by British Red Cross

Despite U.S. asylum ban, Honduran women fleeing violence remain undeterred – The Intercept
The Displaced – BBC News
Dying to Cross the Channel – ITV News
Enslaved on a British cannabis farm: ‘The plants were more valuable than my life’ – The Guardian
Full of promise? Refugees in Ethiopia impatient for right to work – Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Invisibles… Life through the eyes of an ‘invisible’ migrant – Channel 4 News
“I will not leave this place.” Refusing to become a refugee and other reflections from the heart of Congo’s ongoing conflict – Global Press Journal
Libya: The Infernal Trap – France 24
Rohingya Woman May Soon Become First In India To Attend College – Religion Unplugged
#RojavaDiary – Outride.rs
A Shelter from Home – AJE Shorts

Andrew Bell and Nisha Kapur (BBC Africa Eye) with award presenter Jonathan Charles, Head of Communications, EBRD

Short Film Award

Birdwatching with Farc – Tristan Martin and Faye Planer for National Geographic
Guarding the Forest – Max Baring for Thomson Reuters Foundation
Lawaris: Karachi’s Unidentified Dead – Owen Kean for Vice
Lazarus – David Darg for RYOT
A Life of Her Own – Tamar Mshvenieradze for Chai Khana
The Nightcrawlers – Alexander A. Mora for Genius Loki Films & Violet Films
Somali Night Fever – Rachel Clara Reed & Megan Iacobini de Fazio for The Guardian
Two Tractors Outside Rivne, Ukraine – Matt Sarnecki for UA: First Channel
A Ukrainian Love Story – Ross Domoney for Coda Story
Unreported World: Girls Behind Bars – Datshiane Navanayagam for Channel 4
The War on Afghan Women – Karishma Vyas for Al Jazeera English

Special Award

Agência Pública – Brazil
Bihus.Info – Ukraine
Chai Khana Media – Georgia
Corresponsal de Paz – Mexico
Mail & Guardian – South Africa
Rappler – The Philippines
Tuko.co.ke – Kenya
Zan TV Network – Afghanistan

Student Award

The Burning Field – MA Ethnographic & Documentary Film, UCL
The Fish You (Don’t Know You Eat) – University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism
Fonja – Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
Isle of Us – National Film and Television School
Miss Curvy – National Film and Television School
Scratching The Surface – University of the West of England
In Search Of Miao – MA Ethnographic & Documentary Film, UCL
Separation – MA Ethnographic & Documentary Film, UCL
They whisper but sometimes scream – Goldsmiths, University of London
While Seeking Help – University of Westminster

Television Documentary Award published by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development