Across 15 categories, the Awards celebrate work from all media platforms and across a wide range of genres and themes. From Radio Fresh, an independent Syrian media organisation broadcasting despite the dangers, to emerging journalist Yen Duong boldly reporting on marginalised communities in Vietnam, the evening highlighted the incredible work being carried out across the world to shed light on underreported stories.
With a room full of some of the bravest and most talented journalists and filmmakers in the industry, it was hard not to feel inspired as Jon Snow closed the ceremony with these impassioned words:
“We live in an age where we can reach more people than we have ever been able to reach before, with more devices, more systems, and more methods than we’ve ever had at our disposal. This is what can bring the world together.
We are at the cutting edge of producing the information and the evidence that will drive people to come together to win the things that we need to win: To win human rights. To win climate change. To win change for the better for society right across the world.
This is a terribly important organisation. This is the crucible of something much bigger. We must continue to support it, and to look after it, and allow it to flourish still further.”
– Jon Snow