Global Courant 2023-04-20 22:19:15
Current affairs podcast The Take, news series Start Here and short docs unit Close Up win gold and silver prizes.
Podcasts and video series for Al Jazeera Digital took gold and silver awards at the 2023 New York festivals(NYF) Radio and NYF TV & Film Awards, announced in separate ceremonies this week in New York.
The New York Festivals recognized Al Jazeera Digital’s diverse podcasts, online videos and short documentaries.
News and current affairs podcast, The Take, won a Gold Medal in the Best Ongoing News Coverage category for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, a Silver Medal in the News Podcast (Series) category, and a Silver Medal in the Digital Radio Personality category for Presenter Malika Bilal.
In three weekly episodes, The Take brings listeners context through interviews with Al Jazeera correspondents and people at the center of global news stories and events.
Al Jazeera Digital’s video explainer series, Start Here, took home three gold medals for its On the Road series at the NYF TV & Film Awards.
As part of on-site reporting, executive producer Julia Mills and host Sandra Gathmann traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan to cover women’s lives after the 2021 Taliban takeover, to Lithuania to cover NATO’s Eastern Front and to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Start Here won in the Streaming News, Streaming Documentary and Documentary: International Affairs categories.
Al Jazeera’s documentary short division, Close Up, also won a Gold Medal in the Documentary Series – Social Issues category and a Silver Medal in the Documentary – Heroes category for the episode Close Up, Ukraine’s Unstoppable Medics.
“We are proud of our video and podcast teams for breaking the news and diving deep into human stories that provide diversity, context and vital information to our viewers and listeners,” said Carlos van Meek, director of digital innovation and programming.
Al Jazeera English (AJE), the network’s TV broadcast division, also won numerous awards, including Broadcaster of the Year, marking AJE’s seventh time taking home the top prize for most awards won in NYF TV & Movie Awards.
Other winners in TV news categories included Sky News, ESPN and Channel News Asia.
