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It was set up in 1995 and is named after the

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freelance cameraman

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, who was killed while reporting on the siege of the Moscow White House in 1993.Juliet Peck
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'' The award is organised by The

Rory Peck Trust The Rory Peck Trust is an international NGO that supports freelance journalists and their families in crisis. Based in London, UK, it provides practical assistance and support to freelance journalists worldwide, to raise their profile, promote th ...

. Both were set up in 1995 by Peck's widow

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and his friend

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, in order to provide support and help to freelancers. The Rory Peck Trust is now an internationally recognized organization that supports freelancers' rights and enables them to work safely.

Recent recipients

2010

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, Red Shirts Protest, Rory Peck Award for News *

Najibullah Quraishi Najibullah Quraishi is an Afghan journalist and filmmaker. Quraishi worked as a journalist and presenter on radio and television in Afghanistan for ten years and has a degree in journalism. Quraishi is Clover Films chief investigator for projects ...

, Behind Enemy Lines, Rory Peck Award for Features * Nick Read, The Slumdog Children of Mumbai, Sony Professional Impact Award * Arturo Perez, Martin Adler Prize

2011

* Ahmed Bahaddou, Rebels in Western Libya, Rory Peck Award for News * Abdallah Omeish, Libya: Through the Fire, Rory Peck Award for Features *

Jezza Neumann Jezza may refer to: * Jezža (crater), a crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars * Alex Jesaulenko (born 1945), Australian rules footballer nicknamed Jezza * Jezza, a nickname for people named Jeremy in Britain ** Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), Eng ...

, Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children, Sony Professional Impact Award * Suliman Ali Sway &

Osama Alfitori Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al-Qaeda and served as its leader from 1988 until Killing of Osama bin Laden, his death in 2011. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism ...

, Martin Adler Prize

2012

* Mani, Horror in Homs, Rory Peck Award for News * Alberto Arce & Ricardo Villanova, Misrata: Victory or Death, Rory Peck Award for Features * Daniel Bogado, Terror in Sudan, Sony Professional Impact Award * Al Mughira Al Sharif & Ghassan Ibraheem, Martin Adler Prize

2013

Aris Roussinos Aristeides John Roussinos is a British journalist and author. He was formerly a war reporter working for Vice News. Early life and education Roussinos was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Durham University (BA Anthropology, 200 ...

, Ground Zero Mali: The Battle of Gao, Rory Peck Award for News * Olly Lambert, Syria: Across the Lines, Rory Peck Award for Features * Soumen Guha and Dipak Chandra Sutradhar, Hazaribagh: Toxic Leather, Sony Impact Award *

Idrak Abbasov Idrak Abbasov (born c. 1976) is an Azerbaijani journalist who works for the newspaper ''Zerkalo'', one of Azerbaijan's few newspapers not controlled by the government of President Ilham Aliyev. '' The Guardian'' described him as one of the nation' ...

, Martin Adler Prize

2014

* Pacóme Pabandji, ''CAR: Descent Into Chaos'', Rory Peck Award for News.Pacôme Pabandji (Central African Republic)
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. Accessed 9 December 2014. * Team Mindeulle (Kim Dong-Cheul and Lee Hoon and others), ''North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State'', Rory Peck Award for Features. * Ben Steele, ''Hunted'', Sony Impact Award. * Khaled Abu Ghali, Martin Adler Prize.

2015

* Zein Al-Rifai, ''Aleppo: Life in Ruins'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Zmnako Ismael, ''On the Road with Yazidis Fleeing Islamic State'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Haider Ali, ''Pakistan’s Hidden Shame'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Hassan Ashwor, Martin Adler Prize.

2016

* Will Vassilopoulos, ''Fear and Desperation: Refugees and Migrants Pour into Greece'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Marco Salustro, ''Libya's Migrant Trade: Europe or Die'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Marcel Mettelsiefen, ''Children on the Frontline: The Escape'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Angel Istek Alcu, Martin Adler Prize.

2017

Waad Al Kateab Waad Al-Kateab ( ar, وعد الخطيب; born ) is the pseudonym of a Syrian journalist, filmmaker, and activist. Her documentary, ''For Sama'' (2019), was nominated for four BAFTAs at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning for Best Docu ...

, ''Inside Aleppo: The Last Hospital'' Rory Peck Award for News *

Olivier Sarbil Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...

, ''Battle for Mosul'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. *

Siraj Al Deen Al Omar Siraj may refer to: * Siraj region, an area of Jammu, India * Siraj (director), Indian film director * Siraj (name), a list of notable people with Siraj as a given name or surname * ''Siraj'' (1948 film), a 1948 Indian film directed by Phani Sar ...

Mojahed Abo Al Jood ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...

Basim Ayyoubi Basim may refer to: Places *Washim, an Indian city in the state of Maharashtra with Basim being an alternative name People *Basim (singer) (Anis Basim Moujahid, born 1992), a Moroccan-Danish singer *Basim Bello, a mayor in Iraq * Basim Qasim (bor ...

and

Ahmad Hashisho Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the v ...

, ''Goodbye Aleppo'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Minzayar Oo, Martin Adler Prize.

2018

* Mikel Konate, ''Rescue Mission in the Mediterranean Sea'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Roopa Gogineni, ''The Rebel Puppeteers of Sudan'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. *

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and Darin Prindle, ''White Right: Meeting the Enemy'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. *

Daphne Caruana Galizia Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia (; 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta. In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, repor ...

, Martin Adler Prize.

2019

* Luis Sequeira, ''Makeshift mortars vs bare bullets as Nicaragua resists an authoritarian regime'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Peter Murimi, ''Suicide Stories: Are Kenya’s Men in Crisis?'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. *

Martin Boudot Martin Boudot is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the host and producer of Green Warriors', an award-winning series of scientific investigations on environmental issues, broadcast on France ...

and Mathias Denizo, ''Paraguay: Poisoned Fields'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Mais Al-Bayaa, Martin Adler Prize.

2020

* Guillermo Galdos, ''Poor forced to collect Covid corpses for work in Peru'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Ramon Campos & Alejandro Bernal, ''In Enemy Territory'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Sasha Joelle Achilli, ''Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. *

Maha Hussaini Maha Nazih Al-Hussaini is a Palestinian journalist, human rights activist, director of strategies at the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor in Geneva, and a member of the Marie Colvin Network of Women Journalists. She is an award-winning jou ...