AWARDS

The documentary film “Džajić“, about the Yugoslav football legend, Dragan Džajić, produced by Al Jazeera Balkans won two awards at the International Sport Film Festival of Zlatibor, that was held in Serbia from June 29 to of July 3.

Aela Callan has been named the 2017 winner of the Jane Cunningham Croly Award for Excellence in Journalism Covering Issues of Concern to Women for her film broadcast on Al Jazeera’s 101 East programme.

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has won the Corruption Reporting Award at the annual One World Media ceremony in London. The documentary Stealing Paradise provides an unprecedented insight into the workings of a corrupt government It exposes jaw-dropping levels of wrongdoing at the very top of government in the Maldives.

For the second consecutive year, Al Jazeera Media Network has won the ‘Best Website’ award at the annual Online Media Awards ceremony held in London, along with five other awards and four commendations.

For the second consecutive year, Al Jazeera Media Network has won the ‘Best Website’ award at the annual Online Media Awards ceremony held in London, along with five other awards and four commendations. The awards hosted on Thursday evening 1 june 2017 by The Drum were judged by a panel of journalists, PR professionals and media personalities.

AJ+ was announced the winner of Best News & Information Category, during the 21st Annual Webby Awards ceremony held in New York on Tuesday 16 May2017 . The Webby Awards - presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences - is the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet.

AJA’s correspondent in Yemen Hadeel al-Yamani won the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Award for 2017.

The Spanish Journalists Union honoured Al Jazeera's Abdullah Al-Shami on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. The union granted him the Freedom of Expression award during a gala dinner held in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday May 3.

Al Jazeera Media Network won five Gold World Medals, fourteen Silver World Medals and seven Bronze Medals at the prestigious New York Festivals awards. A special award of Broadcaster of the year was also awarded to Al Jazeera English, as the channel bagged three Gold, twelve Silver, five Bronze and 10 Finalist Certificates for various content.

Al Jazeera Media Network’s studio 14 is awarded Best TV Studio for 2016, by NewscastStudio; the international trade publication for television creative professionals. Studio 14 won the Best TV Studio in the world for 2016 thanks to its panoramic distinct design.

AJ+ was named one of the top digital publishers by Tubular Labs, a company that tracks all video content cross-platform, all-device, globally. AJ+ was ranked 5th since the beginning of 2017 in views on Facebook in News and Politics category, globally, according to Tubular's monthly classifications in January and February 2017.

Al Jazeera Arabic Channel’s website – Al Jazeera Net – is ranked 6th news source among the most powerful news sources in the world, according to 4 International Media & Newspapers institution (www.4imn.com). The ordered list of the world news agencies comprised the top 106 news agencies in the world.

Al Jazeera Media Network has obtained ISO certification in the field of Information Systems and Security. This certification is one of the most prestigious in the world in the field of information security management, and is audited against the International Standards Organization (ISO) 27001:2013 standard.

Dena Takruri, Senior Presenter at AJ+, was awarded the Professional Excellence Award by the Network of Arab-American Professional (NAAP).

Al Jazeera English’s senior correspondent and diplomatic editor James Bay and senior producer Whitney Hurst have been awarded the United Nations’ Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for their role in covering the first internationally televised live UN leaders’ debate titled “Leading the United Nations: A Global Town Hall with UN Secretary-General Candidates".

Iman Ayad, anchorwoman of Al Jazeera Arabic, won the Arab Women award for 2016 in television presentation catefory, at a ceremony held in London. Being a cancer survivor herself, Iman dedicated the award to all the women struggling with cancer.

Al Jazeera English has won the Cable & Satellite Channel of The Year award as well as the Network Of The Year at the Asian TV Awards. The channel received the double accolade and won five awards in various categories in programmes and online at a ceremony in Singapore.

Al Jazeera English has won the Cable & Satellite Channel of The Year award as well as the Network Of The Year at the Asian TV Awards. The channel received the double accolade after winning five awards in various categories in programs and online at a ceremony in Singapore.

Al Jazeera’s HR Division was recognized with a 2016 HR Brilliance Award after competition with other leading International organisations.

Hasan Bajramović, a 3D artist who works at the Al Jazeera Balkans Creative Department, and in his free time creates characters for video games in Hollywood production movies, is announced as one of the 100 most influential 3D artists in the world, according to professional magazine 3DArtist.

The Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) Studio 5 received the prestigious Middle East ASBU BroadcastPro 2016 award in the category of the Best Studio of the year and the Excellence in Project Execution in November 2016.

Al Jazeera Media Network has won two Promax Africa awards (Silver & Bronze) in the categories of “Best Original Logo Design & Best On Air Branding Design” for its Al Jazeera Documentary new branding design.

Al Jazeera's Human Resources and Administrative Affairs Department has received an Excellence Award for developing excellent corporate leadership skills at a Human Resources Forum held in 2016 in Dubai.

The Investigative Unit of Al Jazeera Media Network has won the 2016 Broadcast Award at the Frontline Club in London.The investigation that exposed the inner workings of Myanmar’s military regime, “Genocide Agenda”, provided strong evidence that the crime of genocide was being committed against the Rohingya minority in the west of the country.