2018
Al Jazeera English ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ at NYF
11 Apr 2018
Al Jazeera English was named “Broadcaster of the Year” for the second year running at the 2018 New York Festivals International Television & Film Gala that took place in Las Vegas on April 10th, 2018. This award is considered the most prestigious by the organizers. Overall, Al Jazeera Media Network was honored with more than 40 prizes
Al Jazeera among most viewed digital publishers
01 Apr 2018
Al Jazeera was named one of the Most Viewed Media Companies for the second year in a row by Tubular Labs, a company that tracks all video content cross-platform, all-device, globally. Al Jazeera was ranked 30th, out of 10 million content creators and over 40,000 media and entertainment publishers globally tracked in 2017.
Al Jazeera awarded the Silver Promax Europe prize
16 Mar 2018
Al Jazeera Media Network’s Creative Directorate has been presented with the Silver Promax Europe award – one of the most prestigious awards in the field of TV artistic production.
Al Jazeera awarded UN Women "Awareness Award"
09 Mar 2018
Al Jazeera Media Network has been awarded the UN Women for Peace Association "Awareness Award" for its focus on critical women's issues in the media network’s programmes and news output, including the role its documentaries have had in promoting understanding and awareness of the plight of women and girls around the world.
HR and Administration Division obtains ISO certification
30 Jan 2018
Al Jazeera Media Network has obtained the ISO-9001:2015 certification for its Human Resources and Administration Division’s quality management system. The certification was granted upon meeting requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Kyrgyzstan awards AJA “Best Foreign Coverage” prize
08 Jan 2018
Our AJA colleague Tarek Al Abyad, Producer at AJA newsroom, was awarded the “Best TV coverage on Kyrgyzstan” in 2017, for his documentary series “Kyrgyzstan the Wonderland”, which he produced and directed when he was in a mission to Kyrgyzstan to cover the World Nomadic Games. The series was aired on Al Jazeera Arabic channel in April 2017.
2017
AJE journalists win UNCA and Ortega awards
19 Dec 2017
Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan and Azad Essa won the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize and International Prize at the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA) Global Prize, during UNCA’s Awards Gala on Friday December 15, 2017 in New York.
AJE wins several prizes at Asian TV Awards
03 Dec 2017
Al Jazeera English won several prizes at the Asian Television Awards held last week in Singapore. 101 East Presenter Steve Chao won top prize in the category ‘Best Current Affairs Presenter’ – the third consecutive year he has won the award.
Investigative Unit wins FPA Media Award
22 Nov 2017
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has won a prestigious Foreign Press Association Media Award for its documentary on the illegal trade in rhino horn
AJE’s Rosiland Jordan wins UNCA award
19 Nov 2017
AJE State/Specials Correspondent Rosiland Jordan is one of this year's winners in the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Awards. Jordan's story on the UN Secretary-General's efforts to highlight near-famine in Somalia won the Silver prize in “The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize” category for broadcast (TV & Radio) media
AJE wins two awards at AIB ceremony in London
02 Nov 2017
101 East, which is Al Jazeera’s weekly Asian current affairs programme, won the best Politics and Business category award for "Duterte: A President’s Report Card", while "Voyage to Antarctica" won the award for the Best Interactive Category.
AJD wins two awards in Japan and Sweden
12 Oct 2017
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel’s "A Memory in Khaki" won the Best Direction Award for long documentaries at the Malmo Arab Film Festival held in Sweden between October 7 - 9, 2017. The film was directed by Alfoz Tanjour. The film was also awarded Best Documentary Film in Bamaghata Film Festival in Japan on October 12.
AJD wins an Award in Spain
10 Oct 2017
An episode of the series “Refugee Mothers”, produced by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, has won the Community Awareness Award in the International Madrid Film Festival in Madrid.
AJB wins special journalism award 'Srđan Aleksić'
01 Oct 2017
Al Jazeera Balkans journalist Sanel Kajan won the special journalism award "Srđan Aleksić", which was established in 2010 by a non-governmental organization. It awards professional reporting on marginalised and vulnerable groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
AJD wins SNRT Award in Europe Orient Festival
28 Sep 2017
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel’s “The Massacre of Paris” won the prize of the National Moroccan Company of Television and Radio (SNRT) in the 5th edition of the Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier.
AJD wins the People Award in Croatia Festival
12 Jul 2017
Al Jazeera Documentary’s “Blood on the Seine” won the People Award in the History Film Festival held in Croatia. Mahdi Bakkar, Director, received the award in the awarding ceremony held last week in Rijeka.
Two Awards for Al Jazeera Balkans
03 Jul 2017
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.
“101 East” Wins Award for Reporting on Women
27 Jun 2017
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 Wins Corruption Reporting Award
08 Jun 2017
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.
Al Jazeera wins Best Website at Online Media Awards
02 Jun 2017
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.
Al Jazeera wins Best Website at (OMA)
01 Jun 2017
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+ wins 2017 Webby Award
16 May 2017
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.
Hadeel Al-Yamani wins Courage in Journalism Award
14 May 2017
AJA’s correspondent in Yemen Hadeel al-Yamani won the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Award for 2017.
Spanish journalists honour Abdullah Al-Shami
03 May 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.