One World rewards journalists/film makers who make a positive difference to those suffering in third world countries. The Oscars however, award wealthy, famous, glamorous actors/directors/producers for something that will only give them more fame, money and glamour yet, gets more recognition than the charities and projects that are saving lives across the world. I mean have you ever heard of the One World Media Awards before, I am sure you have heard of the Oscars?
Amongst the categories is the Children’s Rights Award. This Category rewards the best media production in the developing world which advocates children’s rights and is judged by a youth jury panel.
This year the youth jury are four university students in the UK who best answered this question in 300, “How can media contribute to children’s rights?” I am so honoured to be one of these lucky four. I must mention that the entries we judged are not amateur productions by students. They’re professional pieces of media that have been broadcast and some still available to access like Channel Four’s Unreported World and BBC World Service.
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| Youth Jury 2012 |
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| Discussion Panel |
The youth jury must select a winner and two runners up from eleven shortlist entries of, print, online, radio and documentaries including Channel Four, BBC and Al Jazeera productions. The entries are judged according to criteria such as, cultural understanding, appealing to a UK audience and portrayal of voices from developing countries.
This short experience of judging some shocking and powerful documentaries, radio programmes, news articles and websites, is life changing and I encourage you to watch/listen/read/view at least one of the entries (links provided at the end).
I interviewed One World Media’s educational department programme manager, Derek Thorne, about the Children’s Rights category and the youth jury.
We have now selected the winner and you can find out the nominees on the website, but who do you think will take the trophy, who impressed us the most? My lips are sealed, but find out on May 8 where we will be presenting the award at King’s Place in London with Jon Snow.
The winner of the Children's Rights Category was announced last night (8 May 2012) at the One World Media Awards. I am so honoured to have judged this category and I can proudly announce that Africa Investigates: Spell of the Albino (Al Jazeera) is the winner. Well done also to the outstanding runners up, The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan and Child Marriage: Denying Girls' Rights and Perpetuating Poverty.
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