Thank you to everyone who entered the AIBs 2026
The shortlist has now been completed! Congratulations to everyone who has made the shortlist and good luck as our judges now begin the challenge of deciding who the winners are.
Winners will be revealed at our gala dinner in November so be sure to book your places soon.
The AIBs 2026 Gala Dinner
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AIBs 2026 Event Partner
AIBs 2026 Broadcast Partner
Video - ARTS and CULTURE
Shortlist
A Song for My Father – ABC Australia
Free Words – TRT World
Stuff the British Stole (S3) – Wildbear, WoodenHorse and Artemis Media for ABC Australia
The Mark of Empire: Kingdoms of the Sea – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
The Seodaemun Prison: Special Documentary for the 80th Anniversary of Liberation Day – Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
Wan Kantri: The Next 50 Years – ABC Australia and NBC Papua New Guinea
Video - BROADCAST-to-DIGITAL
Shortlist
All Hail the Military – Al Jazeera English
Death in Dubai – BBC Eye Investigations/BBC World Service Impact Team
Go for Gold: Bringing Sports Science Beyond Radio – Radio Taiwan International/Jhost Studio
Iran war shows how low-cost drones reshape modern warfare – TRT World
The Darkest Web – BBC Storyville/BBC Eye Investigations/BBC World Service Impact Team
Video - CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE
Shortlist
Afghanistan – BBC News
Asia First: Iran war – One month on – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Documenting Palestinian lives during Israel-Iran war – TRT World
Exposed: Inside Britain’s Cosmetic Wild West – 5 News, ITN
Jomana Karadsheh covers Iran: The Iranian voices the regime tried to silence – CNN
War in the Middle East Hits Energy Markets – Bloomberg Television
Video - DAILY or BREAKING NEWS
Shortlist
Bondi Massacre – Sky News Australia (News24)
Family evacuated while homes burn in Belfast riots – PA-Press Association
Myanmar Rebels – BBC News
War in the Middle East Hits Energy Markets – Bloomberg Television
Video - DOMESTIC AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Five Years On: You Alright? – The Final Hurdle – Green Bean Media
Give Me Back My Name – RFE/RL Ukrainian Service
Go for Gold: The Science Behind Champions – Sanlih E-Television Co. Ltd/Jhost Studio
Our Girls: The Southport Families – BBC Breakfast
Spotlight: Politician, Predator & Paedophile – BBC Northern Ireland
Philippines: The Fishermen, China, and the Sea – Keyi Productions for Arte Reportage
The Hunt for the Last Nazis – Mint Pictures
Video - HEALTH, SOCIAL and WELLBEING
Shortlist
101 East – Philippines: Speak of the Devil – Al Jazeera English
Dirty Business – Halcyons Heart Films for Channel 4
Good Death Innovators – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Guardians of Your Life: Stories from the ICU – China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Pano: Between hope and despair – Pano for VRT NWS
The World’s Most Remote Rescue? – SBS Dateline
Transhuman – Korean Broadcasting System
Video - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Bangladesh’s missing billions, stolen in plain sight – Financial Times
Born in the Holocaust – TV Record
Foreign Correspondent – Narco Islands – ABC Australia
Inside Unit 731: Japan’s Secret Human Experiments – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Sport and Suppression – Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule – WDR for ARD
Under an Olive Tree – TRT World
Witness – Tehran War Diary – Al Jazeera English
Video - INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Foreign Correspondent – Cartel Paradise – ABC Australia
Murder on Rainbow Mountain – Bloomberg Originals
Myanmar Scam Factory – TRT World
Pano: The scam machine – VRT NWS for VRT
Panorama – Undercover in the Police – BBC Panorama
Separation: Declassified – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
The Immigration Fraudsters – BBC News
Video - JOURNALIST of the YEAR
Shortlist
Ahmed Idris
Emil Sumangil
John Holman
Nawal Al-Maghafi
Robert Kempe
Wei Du
Yogita Limaye
Video - OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Born in Bethlehem – Renegade Stories for BBC World Service
Inside the Police Coastguard – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Making Peace – I Heal You, You Heal Me – Al Jazeera English
My Father’s hair – Keyi Productions for Arte Reportage
Playing on a Prayer – ABC Australia
The Fight Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown – Bloomberg Originals
The Song of Trees – KNN (Korea New Network
Video - POLITICS and BUSINESS
Shortlist
Gen Z Under Fire – BBC World Service
Germany’s spending gamble – Financial Times
Rigged: Undercover in a Fake News Network – BBC Eye Investigations/BBC World Service
The Cost of Doing Business – SBS Dateline
This is What Brexit Cost the World – Bloomberg Originals
Walk the Line: ICE Nation – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
WILL AI TAKE MY JOB? Dispatches – Kalel Productions for Channel 4
Video - SHORT FEATURE
Shortlist
A matter of life or death: giving birth in Sierra Leone – On Our Radar
Angola’s Source of Life – TRT World
Coffins for the Living – Fantástico – TV Globo
Greenland Minerals – Al Jazeera Arabic Channel
Is it the end of the line for British cod? – 5 News, ITN
Marketplace: The Sextortion Network – CBC
The War Zone Surgeon: Relief Diary of a Female MSF Doctor – Phoenix Satellite Television
Video - SUSTAINABILITY
Shortlist
Cultiver sans engrais – Radio-Canada
People & Power – Forever Chemicals – A Toxic Legacy – Al Jazeera English
Rescuing Dolphin Brothers and Wanwan Going Home – Phoenix Satellite Television
The Atom Araullo Specials: Golden Tree – GMA Network, Inc. (Public Affairs)
Tides of Time – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Tuvalu: ‘We’re Not Fleeing’ – ABC Australia
Audio - ARTS and CULTURE
Shortlist
21st Century Folk – Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2
Anatomy of an orchestra: the price of perfection – The Economist
Before AI forgets: Taiwan’s Century-Long Journey to Reclaim a Language – Radio Taiwan International
E T T Y – ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Histoires de voix – Radio-Canada
The Devil You Know – CBC
Wolf Biermann – The German Bob Dylan exiled by the GDR – Munck Studios
Audio - CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Delayland – Deutsche Welle (DW)
Le Loro Prigioni – Their Prisons – Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana
My Russian Neighbour – Friend or Foe? – TRT World
Pirate Predator – RTÉ Documentary on One
Stolen moments: Two years of war in Gaza – Beyond the Headlines Podcast – The National News
When AI Learns to Speak: Voice, Trust and the Future of Radio – National Education Radio/Jhost Studio
World of Secrets: The Darkest Web – BBC Eye Investigations
Audio - HEALTH, SOCIAL and WELLBEING
Shortlist
About The Girls – Whistledown
ACAKORO – football can change your life – ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Nach dem Absturz – After the Crash – JETZT.at & IPPEN Media
Deaf Umrah – CTVC for BBC World Service
Jesus in a shop doorway – BBC World Service
The Echo of Nibun: The Dentist Choirmaster in the Mountain Town – Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station
Viva La Vida: Love Confession of a Survivor of Suicide – Fishery Radio Station
Audio - INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION
Shortlist
30 Acres – RTÉ
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast – All-American Ruins
Les années lumière – Radio-Canada
P R I N C E – FunkyPurpleAssociations – ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Stuff Matters with Ed Conway – Sky News
Audio - INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY
Shortlist
Al Jazeera Investigates – Hasina: 36 Days in July – Al Jazeera English
Battle of the Drina – Studio 9 Films Ltd
Foundling – The Observer
Influenced: The Tenet Media Plot – Tortoise Media for Audible UK
The Dictator’s Swedish Warriors – Sveriges Radio
The House at Number 48 – BBC Radio 4
World of Secrets: Death in Dubai – BBC Eye and Thread Studios for BBC World Service
Audio - JOURNALIST of the YEAR
Shortlist
Beth Rigby
Ivana Davidovic
Mishal Husain
Tsan Uí-Bîn
Tu Chieh
Audio - NEWS COVERAGE
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Shortlist
Coverage of the Iran War – The Mishal Husain Show – Bloomberg
Electoral Dysfunction – Sky News
Inside Iran: the US/Israeli airstrikes from all perspectives – Times Radio
Iran bombs entire Middle East after Ayatollah Khamenei assassinated by Israel and US – Pod60 for The Telegraph
The US Goes to War with Iran – Bloomberg Audio
Audio - SUSTAINABILITY
Shortlist
Behind the glass: Bangkok’s loneliest gorilla – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
The Day the Taro Stopped Growing – ABC Radio Australia
AIBs 2026 Event Partner
AIBs 2026 Broadcast Partner