UNAA Media Peace Awards 2016 finalists announced
The finalists for the 2016 UN Association of Australia Media Peace Awards have been announced.
The announcement:
Media reporting on the plight of asylum seekers and the rights and treatment of Indigenous Australians features heavily in the finalists for the 2016 UN Association of Australia Media Peace Awards.
More than 70 journalists, producers, photographers and film makers are among the finalists in 13 categories. The winners of the awards will be announced in Melbourne on 24 October, UN Day.
The UNAA Media Peace Awards – which were handed out for the first time in 1979 – seek to promote understanding about humanitarian and social justice issues by recognising those in the media whose contributions stimulate public awareness and understanding. Past winners include Andrew Denton, Paul McGeough, Michael Gordon, Jenny Brockie, Zoe Daniel and Waleed Aly.
In 2016, the UNAA will announce the first winner of a new Protecting Freedom Award. This award will recognise an individual or organisation considered to have taken real and inspiring action to protect and promote freedom in our society.
The United Nations Association of Australia is one of 100 associations around the world which promote the ideals and work of the UN in local communities.
FINALISTS
Best Print
FINALIST – Ben Doherty, Guardian Australia – Lives in Limbo
FINALIST – Adam Morton, The Age – The Vanishing Island
FINALIST – Paul Farrell, Nick Evershed, Helen Davidson, Ben Doherty, David Marr and Will Woodward, Guardian Australia – The Nauru Files
FINALIST – SBS – Something Terrible Has Happened to LevaiBest TV – News and Current Affairs
FINALIST – Steven Wilson, SBS World News – Syria – Five Years of Crisis
FINALIST – Phil Goyen and Michael Usher, 60 Minutes – Divided States of America
FINALIST – Jane Bardon – Australia’s Third World Indigenous Housing Shame
FINALIST – Waleed Aly and Tom Whitty, The Project Network Ten – ISIL is WeakBest TV – Documentary
FINALIST – Dateline SBS – Allow Me to Die
FINALIST – Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Mary Fallon, Elise Worthington, Four Corners ABC TV – Australia’s Shame
FINALIST – Patrick Abboud – Breaking Point: Bullying’s Deadly TollBest Radio – News
FINALIST – Jane Bardon – Indigenous Residents
FINALIST – Sue Lannin – East Timor HitlistBest Radio – Documentary
FINALIST – Dan Box and Eric George – Bowraville
FINALIST – Kristina Kukolja and Lindsey Arkley, SBS – Unwanted Australians
FINALIST – Jo Chandler, Wendy Carlisle, Tim Roxburgh, Linda McGinnes, ABC Radio National – Ebola with wings: The TB crisis on our doorstep
FINALIST – Christine El-Khoury – Anti-Muslim Extremists: How far will they go?Best Photojournalism
FINALIST – Belinda Mason, Blur Projects – Silent Tears
FINALIST – Darrian Traynor – Gaza’s Forgotten Voices
FINALIST – Kate Geraghty – Seeking AsylumBest Online
FINALIST – Beau Donelly, Fairfax Media – Australian Muslim Voices
FINALIST – SBS – Unwanted Australians
FINALIST – Paul Farrell, Nick Evershed, Ri Liu, Helen Davidson, Josh Wall, Ben Doherty and Will Woodward, Guardian Australia – The Nauru Files
FINALIST – Matthew Davis, Emma Morris, Greg Nelson, Sally Sara, Matthew Walker – Freedom RidersPromotion of Indigenous Recognition
FINALIST – Jane Bardon – Strong leaders demand better housing, equality and support to work on country
FINALIST – Sarah Dingle – WA’s Stolen Wages Shame
FINALIST – Bronwyn Adcock – Aboriginal Fishing: When culture becomes criminalPromotion of Positive Images of the Older Person
FINALIST – SBS, NITV NEWS – Elder Games
FINALIST – Rebecca Baillie and Philippa McDonald, Australian Story ABC TV – What a Wonderful World
FINALIST – William Reid – The HensionersPromotion of Women’s Rights and Issues
FINALIST – SBS – The girls, the paedophile and Cardinal Pell
FINALIST – Sarah Dingle – Inside the Matildas’ Strike
FINALIST – Jenny Brockie, Alex Tarney, Sarah Hudson, Nakari Thorpe, Ross Scheepers, Erin Reimer, Glen Caro, SBS Insight – Mothers Who Leave
FINALIST – Belinda Hawkins, Steven Baras-Miller, Emily Porello, Greg Hassal, Mark Farnell, Tony Connors,Australian Story – A League Of Their OwnPromotion of Children’s Rights and Issues
FINALIST – Patrick Abboud – Breaking Point: Bullying’s deadly toll
FINALIST – Paul Farrell, Nick Evershed, Helen Davidson, Ben Doherty, Josh Wall, Ri Liu and Will Woodward, Guardian Australia – The Nauru Files
FINALIST – Jenny Brockie, Kyle Taylor, Milena Dambelli, Amanda Xiberras, Erin Reimer, Ross Scheepers, Glen Caro, SBS Insight – Looking After the Kids
FINALIST – Beau Donelly, The Age – Australian Girl on the run in AfricaPromotion of Social Cohesion
FINALIST – ABC – You Can’t Ask That
FINALIST – Waleed Aly and Tom Whitty, The Project Network Ten – Send Forgiveness Viral
FINALIST – Kym Middleton, The Ethics Centre – IQ2: Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream
FINALIST – Ben Doherty and Abdul Karim Hekmat, Guardian Australia – We are the forgotten people: the anguish of Australia’s ‘invisible’ asylum seekersPromotion of Disability Rights and Issues
FINALIST – Jenny Brockie, Kyle Taylor, Asena Basak, Ross Scheepers, Erin Reimer, Glen Caro, SBS Insight – Sex and Disability
FINALIST – ABC – You Can’t Ask That
FINALIST – Ginger Gorman – Australia’s Most Shocking Statistic: sexual abuse and domestic violence against women with disabilities
FINALIST – Belinda Mason, Blur Projects – Silent TearsProudly Sponsored by:
Source: United Nations Association of Australia media release
