One World Media

One World Media is a non-profit organisation, registered in the UK as a charitable trust. It is based in London. The charity promotes media that contributes to global dialogue and understanding, human rights and development, mobilising a global media community that shares the same values.^[1] It is an initiative intended to allow broadcasters a wider access to audiences for ideas on international development.^[2]

One World Media Awards

The One World Media Awards^[3] are for campaigners and journalists who raise awareness of development issues. They recognise excellence in media coverage of the developing world and its social and cultural life.^[4]^[5] They are presented annually in a ceremony in London. These prizes, which have been called the "Oscars of factual broadcasting in the UK", were described by news presenter Jon Snow as “the awards that people in the industry really want to win”.^[6] In recent years Snow has also presented the awards.

2012 Awards

The One World Media Awards 2012 (24th year) took place on the evening of 8 May at Kings Place, London.^[7]

Category	Winner^[8]	Organisation/Award to
Journalist of the Year	Jamal Osman	ITN for Channel 4
Radio	Assignment - Haiti Cholera Epidemic	BBC World Service
Television	Sri Lanka's Killing Fields	ITN for Channel 4
Documentary	Sri Lanka's Killing Fields	ITN for Channel 4
New Media	Our Africa	SOS Children's Villages UK
News	Nato units left 61 migrants to die of hunger and thirst	The Guardian
Drama	Otelo Burning	Otelo Burning Films
Children's Rights	Africa Investigates: Spell of the Albino	InsightNewsTV for Al Jazeera English
Press	The Rape of Men	The Observer
Popular Features	Toughest Place to be a Binman	BBC Two
Sustainable Development	There Once Was An Island	On the Level Productions
Student	Bagong Silang	Zena Merton, Giselle Santos and Stefan Werc, London College of Communication
Special	Gem TV, Ethiopia

2013 Awards

The 25th annual One World Media Awards took place on Tuesday 7 May at Kings Place in London.^[9]

Category	Winner^[9]	Organisation/Award to
International Journalist of the Year	Sue Lloyd-Roberts	BBC Newsnight
Radio	Assignment/ Crossing Continents: Uzbekistan	BBC World
Television	Unreported World: The Master Chef of Mogadishu	Channel 4
Documentary	In The Shadow Of The Sun/ Storyville: The Albino Witchcraft Murders	Inroad Films and Century Films for BBC Storyville
New Voice	Tahir Qadiry	BBC Persian
News	Somali Justice	Channel 4 News
Press	Death Metal	Guardian Weekend Magazine
Student	Almost Famous	Vincent Du, Goldsmiths
Special	Objective TV, Azerbaijan

Other activities

Since 1987, One World Media has been working with insiders and experts across all media.

One World Media Week presents a programme of workshops, panel discussions, funding opportunities, screenings and talks
One World Media's educational work with students and universities enables the next generation of media professionals to engage with the wider world
Fellowships provide professional development opportunities to broadcasters from the developing world and the UK, focusing on international dialogue and the promotion of media standards, human rights and development
Through other activities, often with partner organisations, One World Media works with young people to raise awareness of the wider world in the UK; highlight media as a tool for development in fields like health, education, the economy, governance and human rights; and contribute to research, advocacy and lobbying for greater visibility in the media of international issues such as the Millennium Development Goals and the diverse cultures of the world.

In 2010, One World Media introduced the inaugural One World Media Week, a programme of events held in conjunction with the Awards. Its events range from panel discussions and lectures covering relevant issues in media and development, film screenings and a day for new and emerging media professionals interesting in documentary filmmaking and journalism, featuring free workshops, masterclasses, discussion and more.

One World Media also runs a Student Media Programme, with a range of university media courses around the UK. The programme aims to support and encourage tomorrow's journalists and documentary filmmakers to produce high-quality media coverage of the developing world through workshops and events covering a range of issues relating to reporting and filmmaking in developing countries.^[10] The project is currently funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, as part of its Development Awareness Fund.^[11]

Since 1997, the charity has also run the One World Media Fellowships, which brings a group of senior broadcasters from overseas to the UK, where they exchange ideas and experiences with their counterparts.^[12] One World Media also runs a number of other events, including sessions at the Sheffield Documentary Festival.

Staff, trustees and patrons

The current director is Clothilde Redfern.

During her maternity absence in 2015 the journalist and broadcaster, Shyama Perera, stepped in as Acting Director.

The Trustees of One World Media are:

John Willis, Chief Executive of Mentorn Media and Creative Director of Tinopolis. (Chair)
Jane Mote, Interim Head of Programming, Northern Europe, Turner Broadcasting.
Sir Brendan Gormley, International development consultant. Formerly Chair, DEC.
Phil Harding, former Director of English Network & News, BBC
David Lloyd, former Head of News and Current Affairs C4. Visiting Professor, Department of Journalism, City University
Christo Hird, Managing Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism & Founder and Managing Director of Dartmouth Films
Camilla Otto, Consultant, international development aid
Benjamin Chance, Investment Adviser, Morgan Stanley
Sunil Sheth, Partner, Fladgate LLP
Peggy Walters, Communications and Public Affairs Consultant

Patrons of One World Media include Jon Snow, Zeinab Badawi, Michael Buerk and Jonathan Dimbleby.

References

↑ One World Media website
↑ Colm Foy; Henny Helmich (1996). Public Support for International Development. OECD Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-92-64-14865-9. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
↑ oneworldmedia.org.uk, Awards.
↑ West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. June 2001. p. 39. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
↑ Great Britain: Department for International Development (22 May 2007). Department for International Development annual report 2007. The Stationery Office. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-10-294519-5. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
↑ Daily Telegraph article about the One World Media Awards
↑ Article from The Guardian about the 2012 One World Media Awards
↑ oneworldmedia.org.uk, Winners
1 2 oneworldmedia.org.uk, 2013 Winners
↑ Description of Student Media Programme
↑ DFID: Development Awareness Fund projects approved 2008-9
↑ One World Media Fellowships description.

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