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Myo Min Naing, Democratic Voice of Burma
DVB's Myo Min Naing collects the Features Award on behalf of colleagues 'Z' and 'T' from Julia Barron
News winner Kazbek Basayev
Kazbek Basayev with BBC's Fran Unsworth
Joost van der Valk
Joost van der Valk
Tala Abu Rahma
Talal Abu Rahma, with David Gibbon of Atex
Awards 2009
The Rory Peck Awards 2009, sponsored by Sony Professional, took place on Thursday 19 November at London's BFI Southbank.
The ceremony was hosted by BBC's Zeinab Badawi and attended by leading figures in international news and current affairs.
The 2009 winners are:
RORY PECK AWARD FOR FEATURES
“Z” and “T” (Democratic Voice of Burma)
Burmese
Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Shot in Union of Myanmar / Burma, May 2008 - March 2009
Quicksilver Media for Channel 4 Dispatches
more...
RORY PECK AWARD FOR NEWS
KAZBEK BASAYEV
Russian
South Ossetia war
Shot in South Ossetia, Georgia, August 2008
Commissioned and broadcast by Reuters Video News
more...
SONY PROFESSIONAL IMPACT AWARD
JOOST VAN DER VALK
Dutch
Saving Africa’s Witch Children
Shot in Nigeria, February and May, 2008
Red Rebel Films / Oxford Scientific Films for Channel 4 Dispatches
more...
MARTIN ADLER PRIZE, sponsored by Atex
Awarded jointly to three Gaza freelancers:
TALAL ABU RAHMA
RAED ATHAMNEH
ASHRAF MASHHARAWI
in recognition of the important role they have played bringing stories out of the region
