The AIBs 2025 Broadcast Partner
The AIBs 2025 gala dinner will take place on the 14th November 2025 at
Park Hyatt London River Thames
The AIBs 2025 will be hosted by Ayanda Charlie.
Ayanda won the AIBs award for emerging talent in 2024.
Congratulations to everyone who has made the AIBs 2025 shortlist.
Good luck as our judges decide who are winners will be.
VIDEO
ARTS and CULTURE
Shortlist
Rewriting Arab News – Arab News
The Travel Show – Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market – BBC
Mozart’s Sister – Media Stockade
Witness – Please Enjoy Our Tragedies – Please Enjoy Productions for Al Jazeera English
Pages & Paths of Taiwan – Radio Taiwan International
Game On: Hoops and Dreams in Rural China – USA Today Studios and Blue Chalk Media
BREAKING NEWS
Shortlist
Fall of Assad: Syria’s New Dawn – AFPTV
Yogita Limaye – Undercover in Myanmar’s Earthquake – BBC News
Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs – Bloomberg Television
Asia First (Air India Crash Coverage) – CNA
First on the Ground in Syria During Rebel Takeover – CNN
CONTINUING NEWS
Shortlist
Syria after Assad – Al Jazeera English
Killer Floods – Antena 3 CNN
Trump’s Trade Policy Upends the Global Order – Bloomberg Television
Asia Tonight (South Korea Political Crisis) – CNA
GMA Integrated News: 24 Oras: Mole People – GMA Integrated News, GMA Network Inc.
Myanmar Earthquake: Natural Disaster or Human-made Catastrophe – Phoenix Satellite Television
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Shortlist
Fault Lines – The Last Lifeline – Al Jazeera English
The Apartheid Killer – BBC Africa Eye
The Forgotten Battle – BFBS Forces News
The Real Unforgotten – Brinkworth Productions
The Atom Araullo Specials: Pogoland – GMA Network, Inc. (Public Affairs)
Tabloids on Trial – ITV News/ITN for ITV
Hong Kong: Law and Order – Keyi Productions for Arte G.E.I.E for France 24
HEALTH and SOCIAL
Shortlist
People & Power – Lebanon: Frontline of Care – Al Jazeera English
The Season – Hope – Small World Stories for ABC Australia
Spotlight: I Am Not Okay – BBC Northern Ireland
The Midwife’s Confession – BBC World Service
Daughters of Putien – CNA
Inside the Protests – RTÉ
INNOVATIVE FACTUAL
Shortlist
Rob Burrow Seven – BBC Radio Leeds
The Assembly – CNA
Deutsche Welle JaafarTalk – Step by Step: turning controversy into shared solutions – Deutsche Welle (DW)
Under the Same Sky/Gaza 360° – Frontline in Focus xr
AI News Anchors and Interactive & Immersive Storytelling Using AR – TVC Communications
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - CONFLICT
Shortlist
Fault Lines – Kids Under Fire – Al Jazeera English
People & Power – Gaza: Thirst Among Ruins – Al Jazeera English
Life and Death in Gaza – BBC Eye
Lebanon: War, Peace and Hezbollah – Dateline, Special Broadcasting Service
Gaza’s Missing – TRT World News
VIKTOR-IA – Voice of America
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Shortlist
America Outside the Box – Alaraby Television Network – Qatar
Stand Together As One – Duncan Entertainment & Camerapix
America divided: the women who vote for Trump | FT Film – Financial Times
Haiti: The Iron Grip of The Gangs – France 24
El Salvador: Gangland to Safe Haven – Dateline, Special Broadcasting Service
Beyond Borders – Sri Lanka: Sands of Time – TRT World
From Ghent to Damascus – VRT NWS
INVESTIGATIVE
Shortlist
101 East – Cambodia’s Repressive Reach – Al Jazeera English
Roblox Has a Predator Problem – Bloomberg Originals
Groomed: A National Scandal – Candour Productions for Channel 4
CBC Marketplace: Scam Stoppers: The Ultimate Showdown – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Marketplace)
One at Heart, Jessica Soho: Kidneys for Sale – GMA Network, Inc. (Public Affairs)
Street of Death: RFE/RL Unmasks Russian Soldiers Behind Bucha Killings – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Addicted – The Narco Plague – SHA Documentary Productions/CNA Mediacorp
JOURNALIST of the YEAR
Shortlist
Drew Ambrose – Al Jazeera English
Tu Chieh – Jhost Studio
Jomana Karadsheh – CNN International
Yogita Limaye – BBC News
Guy Lynn – BBC London News for BBC One
POLITICS and BUSINESS
Shortlist
101 East – Bangladesh: The Mother & The Monster – Al Jazeera English
A President Before the Nation – Antena 3 CNN
Blood Parliament – BBC Africa Eye
James Vincent, Political Editor – BBC Yorkshire
The Mafia, President Erdogan and me – Berlin Producers Media for Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Why Trump Unleashed Tariff Chaos – Bloomberg Originals
Thames Water: Inside the Crisis – Brinkworth Productions
PRESENTER of the YEAR
Shortlist
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty – BBC
Divya Gopalan – TaiwanPlus
Vicky Morales – GMA Network
SHORT FEATURE
Shortlist
Assisted Dying: What can the UK learn from one of its closest neighbours, the Netherlands? – 5 News, ITN
24 Hours in Gaza – Al Jazeera Arabic Channel
Syrian Chemical Attack on Syrian Cities – Al Jazeera Arabic Channel, News Directorate
What’s the Point of International Law? | Start Here – Al Jazeera Digital
Songs from Inside – BBC World Service
Teochew Legacy: A Ghost Festival Story – Phoenix Satellite Television
SUSTAINABILITY
Shortlist
Flatten the Curve – Inside the battle to contain diseases in rainforests and cities – Al Jazeera English
Where the Polar Bears Wait – BBC
Spotlight: The Sewage Scandal – BBC Northern Ireland
Zero Period Climate Crisis – Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
Maritimes: L’élevage en mer des saumons menacé – Radio-Canada
POLAR ALARM: How Our Carbon Footprint is Destroying Penguin Habitats – TVBS
AUDIO
ARTS and CULTURE
Shortlist
Archive on 4: Do You Speak English? – BBC News Long Form Audio
World of Secrets: The Killing Call – BBC World Service
The Amazing Henry Box Brown: From Fugitive Slave to Ingenious Entertainer – CBC Ideas
Gungunhana. When Portugal Kidnapped a King – CNN Portugal
Robben Island’s Hallelujah – A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
The Öland Massacre – Sveriges Radio
HEALTH and SOCIAL
Shortlist
People Fixing the World: How to Have Better Sex – BBC News Long Form Audio
The Documentary Heart and Soul: Kai Höss: My Grandfather – the Commandant of Auschwitz – BBC World Service
The Culture Colonel: Captain Morgan’s Lost Her Marbles – with Gemma Morgan – BFBS Creative
Iraq’s secret women’s shelters – CTVC for BBC World Service
La mort libre : 10 ans d’aide médicale à mourir – Radio-Canada OHdio
Romania: The Long Road Home | Beyond Borders – TRT World
INVESTIGATIVE
Shortlist
Grenfell: Building a Disaster – BBC Long Form Audio
The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby – BBC World Service, CBC
Stories from the New Silk Road: Space – Pod60 for BBC World Service
Heaven’s Helpline – Popsock Media & New Zealand Herald
Where is Jón?/Hvar er Jón? – RTÉ/RÚV
Kasinoläckan (The Casino Leaks) – Sveriges Radio
NEWS COVERAGE
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Shortlist
The Global Jigsaw, The Kurdish Issue – BBC World Service
Sitrep – BFBS
The US Attacks Iran Nuclear Sites – Bloomberg Radio
Beyond the Headlines Podcast – Lebanon’s Civil War: The Feud that Never Ended – The National News
Live Coverage of the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump – Times Radio
Björn in the USA – Uppercut for the Democrats, autopsy of an electoral disaster – VRT
RADIO or PODCAST PRESENTER of the YEAR
Shortlist
Tu Chieh – Radio Taiwan International
Kate McCann and Stig Abell – Times Radio
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty – BBC
“SNAKE” – Yu-Hsuan Wu and Shiau-Li Yang – Radio Taiwan International
Weimin Tseng – Radio Taiwan International
SUSTAINABILITY
Shortlist
Pacific Scientific – One Atoll’s Fight – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Living Planet: What the economy gets wrong about nature – Deutsche Welle (DW)
POLAR ALARM: How Our Carbon Footprint is Destroying Penguin Habitats – Radio Taiwan International
Wanted Dead or Alive: Taiwan’s Lizard Bounty – Radio Taiwan International
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