Al Jazeera English (AJE) was named ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ at the 2023 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for the seventh consecutive year.
The channel collected an impressive array of gold, silver and bronze medals for its news and programmes coverage.
The ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ award, considered the premier prize by the organisers, goes to the media organisation that wins the highest number of gold medals.
The awards featured entries from over 40 countries, covering content screened on US and international broadcasters including ABC, BBC, NBC and CBC. The winners were announced during a virtual ceremony on April 18th.
Al Jazeera English won a total of eight gold medals, including a win for its breaking news coverage of the killing of veteran Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces on May 11 2022 in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Al Jazeera correspondent Charles Stratford won a gold medal for his fearless frontline coverage of the Ukraine war.
Other gold medals went to powerful episodes from the investigative strands Fault Lines and 101 East as well as to the observational documentary strand Witness and the Africa Direct series.
