AWARDS

Al Jazeera Media Network has won 12 awards at the 2026 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. The winners were announced during a virtual ceremony held on 21 May 2026.

Al Jazeera Media Network won the highest number of gold awards at the 47th edition of the Telly Awards this year, outperforming all competitors. The organisers of the Telly Awards — regarded as one of the world’s leading media awards — announced the winners of the competition on 19 May 2026. This year’s edition featured nearly 14,000 entries from 55 countries.

Al Jazeera English’s documentary Kids Under Fire by Fault Lines programme won the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) award under in the International Outstanding Video category, an accolade that focuses on investigative journalism.

Ahmed Vall Dine, presenter of the programme African Tales on the Atheer platform, has won the Leading African Journalist award for 2026 during the 8th Moroccan Conference on the Arabic Language,

Fault Lines’ films Kids Under Fire and The Disappearance of Dr Abu Safiya together won a News Peabody, while the Al Jazeera English's investigative team’s Investigating War Crimes in Gaza won an award in the Interactive category.

AJ+ has won two top honours at the 2026 Webby Awards for its digital storytelling on Gaza and environmental justice, with further nominations and honouree recognitions.

Al Jazeera English has won an Overseas Press Club Award for its documentary Hasina: 36 Days in July. The film investigates the deadly crackdown ordered by Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, on protests against her government.

Al Jazeera Network has taken first place in the media category of the National Cyber Security Exercise organised by Qatar's National Cyber Security Agency, which saw participation from 1,800 entities across 21 Arab countries.

Al Jazeera English has won the 2026 RTS Television Journalism Award for Breaking News for its coverage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

The film Gaza Grad won the Best Human Rights Film award at the closing of the 16th edition of the Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, in recognition of its artistic value and profound human approach to issues of war and forced displacement.

Al Jazeera English’s Investigative Unit has won the Foreign Press Association’s Radio and Podcast of the Year Award for its telling of the story of Sheikh Hasina’s final days as prime minister in the summer of 2024 as bloody protests swept through Bangladesh and ended a political dynasty.

The Al Jazeera 360's production “The Last Doctor Standing" won the award for Best Short Documentary​ at the Sweden Film Awards for November 2025.

Al Jazeera 360’s episode "Jamila Bouhired" from the show "Trials" won the Best Documentary award at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFA) Awards for November 2025.

Al Jazeera Media Network’s Arabic and English channels have received top honours at the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) Awards, an annual event recognising the best in global television and radio, held this year in London.

Al Jazeera 360’s documentary “The Last Doctor Standing“ has won the Best Documentary Award at the International Human Rights Film Festival held in the Netherlands.

The Digital Division has secured multiple honours at the prestigious 2025 Lovie Awards, celebrating its innovation, impact, and compelling storytelling across platforms.

The documentary The Last Doctor Standing, produced by Al Jazeera 360, has won the award for Best Documentary at the Tangier Film Festival, one of the leading cinematic platforms bringing together distinguished directors, critics, and industry professionals.

The “Jamila Bouhired” episode of the “Trials” series, produced by Al Jazeera 360 platform, has marked a new achievement for the Network’s documentary production, winning two prestigious awards at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF): Best Documentary Film and Best Director.

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel's documentary “I Will Remember You" has been recognised with the Jury Prize, shared with “A Thousand and One Days of Haj Edmond", at the twenty-fifth National Film Festival held in Tangier.

"AJ Now" has been named Best Artificial Intelligence Solution at the Qatar Digital Business Awards, presented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Al Jazeera 360 documentary film “Gaza Sound Man" has been awarded the 2025 Prix Studio L'Équipe at the Festival des Libertés in Belgium.

Al Jazeera's Digital Division has won several Signal Awards, which specialise in audio content, including three silver and two bronze prizes.

The documentary "Gaza: The Sound of Life and Death", produced by Al Jazeera 360 and directed by Hossam Abu Dan, was recognised with the award for Best Original Idea in the documentary category at the fifth Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival in Algeria. 

Al Jazeera 360’s documentary, “The Last Doctor Standing”, has won the award for Best Documentary at the Peshawar International Film Festival.