Existing affairs podcast The Take, news series Start Here, and brief docs system Close Up win gold and silver awards.
Podcasts and video series for Al Jazeera Digital scooped gold and silver awards at the 2023 New York Festivals’ (NYF) Radio and NYF TELEVISION & & Film Awards, revealed in different events today in New York.
The New York Festivals acknowledged Al Jazeera Digital’s varied podcast, online video and brief documentary material.
News and existing affairs podcast, The Take, won a gold medal in the very best Ongoing News Coverage classification for its protection of the war in Ukraine, a silver medal in the News Podcast (series) classification and a silver medal Digital Radio Personality classification for host Malika Bilal.
In 3 weekly episodes, The Take brings listeners context through interviews with Al Jazeera reporters and individuals living at the centre of international newspaper article and occasions.
Al Jazeera Digital’s video explainer series, Start Here, scooped 3 gold medals for its On the Road series at the NYF TELEVISION & & Film Awards.
In a pivot towards on-location reporting, Executive Producer Julia Mills and Host Sandra Gathmann took a trip to Kabul, Afghanistan to report on life for females after the 2021 Taliban takeover, to Lithuania to report on NATO’s Eastern Front and to Qatar’s FIFA World Cup.
Start Here won in the Streaming News, Streaming Documentary and Documentary: International Affairs classifications.
Al Jazeera’s brief documentaries system, Close Up, likewise emerged with a gold medal in the Documentary Series– Social Issues classification and a silver in the Documentary– Heroes classification for Close Up episode, Ukraine’s Unstoppable Medics.
“We’re happy of our video and podcast groups for providing the news and diving deep into human stories that use variety, context, and essential info to our audiences and listeners,” stated Carlos van Meek, director of digital development and shows.
Al Jazeera English (AJE), the network’s broadcast tv department likewise won various awards, consisting of Broadcaster of the Year, marking the seventh time that AJE has actually taken house the leading reward for the majority of awards won in the NYF TELEVISION & & Film Awards.
Other winners in television news classifications consisted of Sky News, ESPN and Channel News Asia.