Al-Jazeera Wins American Journalism Award

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al-jazeeraAl Jazeera-English was among the winners of George Polk Awards in Journalism, announced Sunday by Long Island University.

A Polk Award for Television Documentary marks another substantial achievement for Al-Jazeera English, the burgeoning network that had its biggest year to date in 2011. AJE expanded its global reach to 250 million homes, penetrated major U.S. markets such as Chicago and New York, and continues to receive awards for its coverage of the Arab Spring.

AJE, which celebrated its fifth anniversary in November, took home its first DuPont award in December and won this prize for its documentary on Bahrain, titled “Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark.”

“We are delighted to have won such a prestigious and coveted award,” Al Anstey, managing director of Al-Jazeera English, said in a statement. “This recognition comes on the back of a series of high-profile award wins for the channel, and is a testament to Al-Jazeera’s commitment to put honest, eye-witness reporting at the heart of the global news agenda.”

The Polk Awards have been administered by Long Island University since 1949. They are named after George Polk, a journalist killed covering the civil war in Greece.

Other winners this year include the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, the New York Times’ C.J. Chivers and Ira Glass, host of radio show “This American Life.”

Times employees won two different awards while Anthony Shadid, the Times’ foreign correspondent who died in Syria last week, won a posthumous special award.

{Reuters/Matzav.com Newscenter}


3 COMMENTS

  1. Journalism- writing an article intended to sway the opinion of the reader while seeming to be an objective account of the news.
    THE REALIST DICTIONARY

  2. While I do not like AJ English due to their bias when it comes to Israel, they have been remarkably moderate, technologically progressive and incredibly influential when it came to the Arab Spring. Their reporting has been widely acclaimed in the journalism world and their technological savvy as the first network to broadcast a live stream 24/7 via the internet, as well as their use of social media is notable. While I have a good deal of respect for their skill professionally, I cannot accept them as a news outlet due to the Israel issue.

  3. What horrible news i guess this is what most awards have come to
    – a piece of trash given to another vile antisemetic piece of trash

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