Sunday Times Africa correspondent named Journalist of the Year at One World Media Awards

Dan McDougall, Africa correspondent for the Sunday Times, was named Journalist of the Year at last night's One World Media Awards.

McDougall, who was shortlisted for two other accolades, took the prize, awarded for the first time this year, for for three pieces published in Live magazine, the colour supplement with the Mail on Sunday. The judges praised his ability to "communicate how the actions of the world's rich impact upon the lives of the world’s poor and vice versa, and appeal to a UK audience through its innovation and flair".

The BBC took home three prizes at the awards, which are organised by charity One World Media to recognise the best coverage of the developing world in the media.

The corporation won the Radio Documentary Award for 'Crossing Continents: Uganda', a Radio 4 investigation into a spate of child sacrifices in Uganda and the Local Media Award for an investigation by BBC Inside Out London into the trail of electrical waste shipped from London to Africa. Its third prize was the Popular Features Award for an episode of BBC 3 series 'Blood, Sweat and Takeaways'.

Channel 4's Dispatches won the TV Documentary Award for Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi's 'Dispatches: Behind Enemy Lines', which investigates a new insurgent frontline in Afghanistan. The Presss Award went to 'Congo: The Horror' by Ed Caesar (pictured left) for GQ magazine looking at the ongoing conflict in the country.

A full list of the 2010 award winners will shortly be available on the One World Media website.

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