AWARDS
Al Jazeera Media Network has and will always be committed to its mission to inform and empower people with accurate, in-depth and compelling content that upholds the value of truth and elevates the human spirit. The Network has gained global recognition for its unabated journalism, making it an important voice in the international news landscape.
Al Jazeera Media Network has received multiple prestigious awards from various organisations across the globe.

2021
AJD’s Drowning Letters awarded at Figra Festival
Drowning Letters, a documentary co-produced by Al Jazeera Documentary channel, received the grand award at the Figra film festival in France in the category of different perspective.
Al Jazeera Digital wins Online Journalism Award 2021
Al Jazeera Digital’s news and current affairs podcast, The Take, won top prize in its category in the 2021 Online Journalism (OJA) Awards. The full roster of winners was announced online and during an annual conference hosted by OJA parent group, the Online News Association, in Philadelphia on October 16.
Al Jazeera English Named Broadcaster of the Year At the 2021 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for 5th Year in a Row
Al Jazeera English (AJE) was named ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ at the 2021 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for the fifth consecutive year.
The channel collected an impressive array of gold, silver and bronze medals for its programmes and news coverage.
Investigative Unit wins two DIG Awards 2021 in Italy
Al Jazeera's Investigative Journalism Unit has won the Best Long Investigative and Best Audio prizes at the DIG for its Investigative, All the Prime Minister's Men.
Al Jazeera’s “About Cinema” wins a Gold at the Venice TV Awards
Al Jazeera’s "About Cinema" programme won a gold award at the Venice TV Award in the "Best of Technology and Innovation" category for the “Star Wars” episode. The programme also qualified to compete in the “Best TV Series” and “Light Entertainment” categories.
Al Jazeera Documentary wins three awards at the Amman Film Festival
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel co-produced the documentary “Their Algeria” directed by Lina Soualem, won the Black Iris Award in the category Best Arab Feature Documentary, in the second edition of the Amman International Film Festival.
AJD’s “Afghanistan: The Wounded Land” wins the Grimme Prize
The "Afghanistan: The Wounded Earth" series, co-produced and edited by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, won the Grimme Prize for 2021, awarded annually by the Grimme Institute for Research & Education for Best International Documentary Productions.
AJD wins award at the Locarno Film Festival
The film "Brotherhood", co-produced by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, won first prize in the category “Concorso Cineasti del presente" at the 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.
Al Jazeera wins dotCOMM Award for Free Mahmoud Hussein campaign
Al Jazeera Media Network has been recognised with a platinum award by dotCOMM Awards for its campaign to release Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist at Al Jazeera Channel. Hussein was arrested by the Egyptian authorities on December 23rd 2016 and held in detention for more than four years without formal charges or trial.
AJD’s series wins award for Best Use of Archival Material
The series "Afghanistan: The Wounded Land", co-produced by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, won the Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award 2021, which international documentary productions compete over, awarded annually by FOCAL International Association.
AJD’s "Bride Dress" awarded in Morocco
Al Jazeera Documentary channel’s film, Bride Dress, by Palestinian director Marwa Jabbara Tibi was awarded Best Feature Documentary at the 9th International Festival of Human Rights Documents held in Rabat from June 25th to 27th, under the theme: Cinema is our common language.
AJ+ wins Capital Emmy Award
The Capital Emmy Awards Gala has named AJ+ film "Meet the black southerners confronting their racist town" as the 2021 Capital Emmy Awards Societal Concerns News category winners.
Al Jazeera Digital wins two One World Media Awards
Al Jazeera’s Digital Division wins best Print and Women’s Entrepreneur Reporting awards for interactive features about women and children in East and West Africa.
Al Jazeera Digital wins two Gracie Awards
Al Jazeera Digital scoops two wins at the 46th Gracie Awards for excellence in work produced by, for and about women.
Drew Ambrose wins Journalist of the Year at the One World Media Awards
101 East’s senior reporter Drew Ambrose has been named the International Journalist of the Year at the 2021 One World Media Awards.
The Sacred Woods awarded best film by African Film Festival
Al Jazeera Documentary channel's film, The Sacred Woods, received Best Film award at the 6th African Film Festival held in Dallas, USA.
Al Jazeera wins three “Broadcast Production” awards
Al Jazeera Media Network's Creative directorate has won three prizes at NewscastStudio’s Broadcast Productions Awards. The Network’s creative directorate competed with more than 200 creative content-makers from many internationally-renowned channels and institutions.
The Best Industry Innovation’s Award
Al Jazeera Media Network has been awarded “Best Industry Innovation” by the Ministry of Transportation & Communications (MOTC) for its ground-breaking technology innovation recognized by the Global Media Industry.
Al Jazeera wins the 2021 Telly Awards “Company of the Year”
Al Jazeera Media Network has won more than 140 Telly awards in the field of television and video, including 25 Gold awards in various media fields, awarding the Network "Company of the Year" at the 42nd annual session, and becoming the first non-U.S. media organisation to win the title since the award was established in 1979.
Al Jazeera wins nine Shorty Awards
Al Jazeera won a record nine Shorty awards2021. The jury conferred three Winner prizes and one Gold ‘second place’ to brands that demonstrated excellence in digital innovation.
Al Jazeera wins the Wincott Award for Video Journalism of the Year
The Wincott Foundation has awarded Al Jazeera the Wincott Award for Video Journalism of the Year. 101 East’s Selling Out West Papua revealed how Asia’s largest remaining rainforests are being sold for $5 a hectare.
AJ+ français wins two Webby awards
AJ+ français won two prestigious Webby Awards for the Jury Selection and People’s Choice. The awards were won by a documentary produced by the channel on Couscous of sub-Saharan Africa.
AJ Contrast, Still Here, Wins Drum Online Media Award
AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera’s immersive storytelling and media innovation studio, won the Drum Online Media Award in the Editorial Innovation of the Year category for Still Here, the virtual and augmented reality installation.
AJ Contrast wins Amnesty Media Award
AJ Contrast, VR and Digital Innovation Studio wins ‘Best Use of Digital Media’ for interactive about Uighurs in diaspora.