Guardian, Channel 4 lead One World Media awards shortlist

Channel 4 and Guardian News and Media lead the nominations for this year's One World Media Awards, with six places each on the shortlist.

The awards, which recognise quality reporting of foreign affairs and the developing world, are now in their 24th year and this year include a new award for hard-hitting news pieces in print, broadcast or online.

Channel 4's coverage of Sri Lanka is shortlisted twice - in the TV and general news award. The broadcaster is also nominated for its reports from Somalia, Syria, and the work of journalist Jamal Osman. Sister channel More4 is shortlisted in the newly introduced sustainable development category.

Guardian News and Media dominates the press award, with nominations for two Observer Magazine pieces and a G2 article on Pakistan. The Guardian is also shortlisted for the sustainable development award and the news award, and the paper's Felicity Lawrence is nominated for journalist of the year.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 8 May, presented by Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, which will culminate in the presentation of a special award for an outstanding media project in the developing world.

One World Media director Marion Bowman said in a release: "2011 was an extraordinary year for international news - from the Arab spring spreading across the Middle East to the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa.

"In this context, the awards play a very important role in highlighting the significant work international journalists are doing in covering these stories and bringing them to UK audiences - often risking their own lives to do so.

"Never before has media had a more important and challenging role to play on a planet increasingly fractured by poverty and intolerance.

"Good media can help strengthen democracies, save lives and promote understanding and tolerance in UK audiences, which is why it is crucial to recognise the incredible work they do." 

The full list of nominees follows:

Journalist of the Year Award
Felicity Lawrence - The Guardian
Jamal Osman - Channel 4
Sue Lloyd-Roberts - BBC Two

Radio Award
A Child to Sponsor - BBC Radio 4
Assignment - Haiti Cholera Epidemic - BBC World Service
The Boy with the Violin - Your World - BBC World Service

Television Award
Land of Anarchy - Panorama 2011 - BBC One
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields - Channel 4
Unreported World: Undercover Syria - Channel 4

Press Award
Joy vanished into Britain's child-sex trade. Why aren't we looking for her? - Observer Magazine
Pakistan's Dirty Secret - G2, The Guardian
The Rape of Men - Observer Magazine

New Media Award
HIGHRISE - One Millionth Tower - National Film Board of Canada
Lendwithcare.org Micro Loans Website - CARE International
Our Africa - SOS Children

Drama Award
Miss Bala – CANANA
Otelo Burning - Cinga Productions
Shuga: Sex, Love & Money - MTV Base

Popular Features Award
Famous, Rich and in the Slums - BBC One
The Rape of Men - Observer Magazine
Toughest Place to be a Binman - BBC Two

Sustainable Development Award
The Guardian - Crowded Planet Series - The Guardian
There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho - On the Level Productions
Up in Smoke - More 4

News Award
Aircraft carrier left us to die, say migrants - The Guardian
Famine in Somalia - al-Shabaab exclusive - Channel 4
Hagadera Hospital - ITV News on ITV1

Documentary Award
Marathon Boy - BBC Four
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields - Channel 4
The Invasion of Lampedusa - BBC Two and BBC Worldwide

Student Award
Bagong Silang - Zena Merton, London College of Communication
Kung Fu Grandma - Jeong-One Park, Royal Holloway, University of London
Shooting Freetown - Kieran Hanson, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology

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