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What stories are winning journalism prizes and who is making them?
Syria, Gaza, FIFA, football, Russia, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Romania, Sudan, Lebanon…
The annual Foreign Press Association in London Media Awards were held on the evening of Tuesday 29 November.
The Awards are among the most prestigious awards' ceremonies for journalism in the world.
They are now in their seventeenth year and a well established feature of the international media calendar.
Dedicated to excellence in journalism, the FPA Media Awards present a unique opportunity for British journalists to be celebrated and recognised by their international peers. However they also attract an ever-increasing number of entries from many of the world's major broadcasters, newspapers and news magazines.
The standard of entries is high and the competition intense.
The ongoing tragedy of the Syrian conflict and the harrowing story of thousands of refugees risking their lives to reach Europe and make a new life for themselves loomed large in this year's list of winners. To quote just two: Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis's "Children on the frontline: The Escape" for Channel 4. Also, Sky News' s Lisa Holland and Mostyn Pryce's "Rescue in the Aegean".
A worthy winner of the Sports Story of the Year was Andrew Jennings who is an inspiration to many journalists for his extraordinary perseverance and dogged determination investigating Fifa and Sepp Blatter for over 15 years and helping the CIA with evidence on the serious mismanagement of funds by FIFA, in BBC TV's "Panorama: "Fifa, Sepp Blatter and me" .
In a break with tradition, the FPA decided for the first time to extend its recognition to a non-member of the press. Its guest of honour and keynote speaker, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan became the first recipient of its Humanitarian of the Year award , for her extraordinary work in support of refugees.
The guest list is made up of 400 influential senior members of the British and international media, UK politicians, business leaders, foreign government representatives and other leading opinion makers.
2016 FPA WINNERS
Lisa Holland, Mostyn Pryce
Rescue in the Aegean
Sky News
Print & Web News Story of the Year
Anthony Loyd
The man who shot me now works for the CIA
The Times
Financial/Economic Story of the Year
Ed Caesar
The Moscow Laundromat
The New Yorker
TV Documentary/Feature Story of the Year
Marcel Mettelsiefen, Stephen Ellis
Children on the frontline: The Escape
Channel 4
Print & Web Feature Story of the Year
Christina Lamb
A fight for the soul of the world
Sunday Times Magazine
Radio Story of the Year
Manveen Rana, Nick Sutton, Emma Rippon, Peter Karlsen
A new life in Europe
BBC Radio 4
Environment Story of the Year
Karim Shah, Fazeelat Aslam, Daniel Bogado, Monica Garnsey, Eamonn Matthews
Unreported World: The city with no water
Channel 4
Arts & Culture Story of the Year
Liviu Tipurita, Sarah Waldron, Sam Bagnall
The New Gypsy Kings
BBC
Thomson Foundation Young Journalist from the Developing World
Yousra Elbagir
Sudan
Science Story of the Year
Javid Abdelmoneim, Josie Wicks, Harri Grace, Richard Jephcote
Operation Gaza
Al Jazeera
Story of the Year by a Full Member of the FPA
Nahlah Ayed, Tracy Seeley, Richard Devey
Dirty work
CBC
Sports Story of the Year
Andrew Jennings, James Oliver, Karen Wightman, Andrew Head, Matt Bardo, Dan Newling and Laura Burns
Panorama: Fifa, Sepp Blatter and me
BBC
Travel/Tourism Story of the Year
Jack Shenker
Welcome to the land that no country wants
The Guardian Long Reads
Journalist of the Year
Marcel Mettelsiefen
- Exterior shots of Park Lane Hotel
- Interview (Deborah Bonetti)
- Guest arrivals and reception
- Queen of Jordan arriving at hotel entrance greeted by President of FPA, Deborah Bonetti.
- Queen of Jordan then meeting members of the FPA Committee
- Guests taking places
- Stage presentation Queen of Jordan
- Stage presentation cuts of winners
- Winner reactions post-awards Vox Pops
- Winners with awards
- Winner Vox Pop
29 November 2016
