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The Rory Peck Awards is the only competition in the world dedicated to the work of freelance cameramen and women in news and current affairs.

Internationally recognised and highly prized, the Rory Peck Awards celebrate the outstanding work of freelancers around the world and show why they are so important to the newsgathering and media industries. 

The 2011 Rory Peck Awards, hosted by BBC's Mishal Husain and Channel 4's Alex Thomson took place on Wednesday 16 November at London's BFI Southbank. 

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The Finalists and Winners of the 2011 Rory Peck Awards were:

RORY PECK AWARD FOR NEWS

• Ahmed Bahaddou (Winner) for Rebels in Western Libya
• Vladimir Kostin for Belarus Elections
• Jason N. Parkinson for Egyptian Revolution

RORY PECK AWARD FOR FEATURES

• Jihan Hafiz and Reed Lindsay for Benghazi Rising
• Elizabeth Jones for Egypt: Seeds of Change
• Abdallah Omeish (Winner) for Libya: Through the Fire 

SONY PROFESSIONAL IMPACT AWARD

• Matt Haan for China's Lost Sons
  
• Sara Nason for I Will Never Be Cut
  
• Jezza Neumann (Winner) for Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children