Al Jazeera English wins two AIB awards
101 East, which is Al Jazeera’s weekly Asian current affairs program 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.
Commenting on the two awards, Giles Trendle, Managing Director of Al Jazeera English said: “We are delighted to win the AIB Awards for our 101 East episode Duterte: A President’s Report Card and Voyage to Antarctica. These awards are a testament to the quality of our journalism and the talent of our teams. They show Al Jazeera English is competing with, and beating, the very best in the news and current affairs market; and it is additionally gratifying to see our journalism receive such recognition from our peers in a world in which journalism is under attack.”
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) is an industry association and global knowledge network for the international broadcasting industry with members from all around the world.
