The AIBs 2021 | Part One
In Conversation 2021
Giles Duley
Portrait and documentary photographer, writer and chef
CEO of the NGO Legacy of War Foundation
The AIBs 2021 | Part Two
How we put the AIBs 2021 together
Read our backgrounder to see how we showcased the world’s best journalism and factual productions across TV, radio and digital platforms
Host of the AIBs 2021
Kamahl Santamaria is a Principal Presenter at Al Jazeera English (AJE), and a journalist with 23 years experience across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East.
Based in Doha, Qatar, Kamahl joined the AJE launch team in 2005. In the 16 years since, he has presented hourly news bulletins, the Newshour, discussion show Inside Story, and – for seven years – the business and economics programme Counting the Cost.
He then became the principal host of the interactive newshour newsgrid – a special edition of which was nominated for an International News Emmy Award in 2018.
Kamahl has also been the electoral “number cruncher” for the past four U.S. presidential elections, and anchored Al Jazeera’s coverage of the 2021 U.S. Presidential Inauguration live from Washington DC. He has reported or anchored for Al Jazeera from 18 different locations in a dozen different countries.
Kamahl’s career began in 1998 in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, as a news and sports reporter with the TV3 Network. After three years he moved to Melbourne, Australia, to work for Sky News Australia on its nightly business programme.
Winners of the AIBs 2021
ARTS and CULTURE TV and VIDEO
Rees Films for Al Jazeera English
Witness – Ashes to Ashes
HUMAN INTEREST TV and VIDEO
Finestripe Productions for Channel 4
Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause
NATURAL WORLD
Fisheye Films for Radio New Zealand
Fight for the Wild
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
Brinkworth Productions for Channel 5
999: Critical Condition
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
BBC News Persian
Killing Hope: Targeted Attacks in Afghanistan
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
Mongoose Pictures for Channel 4
Undercover in Africa’s Secret State: Dispatches
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY TV and VIDEO
Caravan/Quicksilver for Channel 4
The Anti-Vax Conspiracy
POLITICS and BUSINESS
SBS Australia
Dateline: COVID-19: Fashion’s Great Unravelling
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
DW Deutsche Welle
Open Your Eyes to the UNSEEN: Mommy I Can’t Breathe
SINGLE NEWS REPORT TV and VIDEO
ITV News
ITV News at Ten: The Storming of the Capitol
CONTINUING NEWS REPORTING
Al Jazeera English
Beirut Blast
FACTUAL PODCAST
TBI Media/72 Films
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
ARTS and CULTURE RADIO and AUDIO
RTÉ
Documentary on One: Conor Walsh – Passing Through
HUMAN INTEREST RADIO and AUDIO
BBC World Service with Boffin Media
BBC OS Conversations: Remembering Those Lost to COVID-19
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY RADIO and AUDIO
RTÉ
Documentary on One: Age, Sex, Location
NEWS REPORTING RADIO and AUDIO
Radio New Zealand
COVID Lockdown Special
MEDIA FREEDOM
Voice of America (VOA)
IMPACT AWARD
Exile Content Studios for Universo
Club Mundo Kids
CHANNEL of the YEAR
Al Jazeera English
NEWS AGENCY of the YEAR
AFP
YOUNG JOURNALIST
Te Aniwa Huruhanganui
HIGHLY COMMENDED ENTRIES 2021
POLITICS and BUSINESS – Celebro/ The Heehaw Production for S4C – Trump America, a Ni
CONTINUING NEWS REPORTING TV and VIDEO – Al Jazeera English – Tigray Conflict and GMA Network – 24 Oras (24 Hours): Coverage on the series of cyclones amidst the pandemic (Vamco, Atsani, Goni)
SINGLE NEW REPORT TV and VIDEO – BBC World News – Rape and Sexual Abuse in Uyghur Detention Camps
NEWS REPORTING RADIO and AUDIO – Bloomberg Radio – Attack on the U.S. Capitol
SHORT DOCUMENTARY – Antena 3 Romania – Offline by the Candle
HUMAN INTEREST TV and VIDEO – SBS Australia – Dateline: Born Small
HUMAN INTEREST RADIO and AUDIO – Just Radio Ltd for BBC Radio – The Punch and RTÉ – Documentary on One: The Grief of a Nation
FACTUAL PODCAST – Novel – The Bellingcat Podcast and VRT News Belgium – The Turbulent Revolution of George Floyd
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY – Peddling Pictures for CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd – Deciphering Japan and Great Southern Television for Radio New Zealand – NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui
NATURAL WORLD – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd – Once Upon A River: Saving Indonesia’s Citarum
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY – Voltage TV for Channel 5 – The Great Plague and Nutopia Ltd in Association with PBS and BBC – Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY RADIO and AUDIO – Tortoise Media – Hidden Homicides – Hidden in Plain Sight and BBC World Service – The Lazarus Heist
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY TV and VIDEO – Al Jazeera English – 101 East: Myanmar State of Fear
ARTS and CULTURE TV and VIDEO – stehli productions GmbH/ SRF and SRG SSR – Sergey Tanin – The Pianist who Came in from the Cold
ARTS and CULTURE RADIO and AUDIO – Radio Taiwan International – That Song in Hengchun Peninsula
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY – BBC News Arabic Documentaries – Yemen: Coronavirus in a Warzone
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