The Rory Peck Award is an award given to freelance camera operators who have risked their lives to report on newsworthy events.
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It was set up in 1995 and is named after the
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freelance cameraman
Rory Peck
Rory Peck (13 December 1956 – 3 October 1993) was a Northern-Irish freelance war cameraman who was killed while covering the events of the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis.
Work
Rory Peck covered the first Gulf War; the wars in Bosnia ...
, who was killed while reporting on the
siege of the Moscow White House in 1993.
[Juliet Peck]
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It was f ...
'' 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
Juliet Peck
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and his friend
John Gunston
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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.
Categories
The Rory Peck Award is currently awarded in the following categories:
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* The Rory Peck Award for News
* The Rory Peck Award for News Features
* The Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs
The awards honour individual initiative and journalistic integrity as well as the quality of the camera work.
Since 2007, the Martin Adler Prize has also been awarded to honour a freelance newsgatherer for their role in reporting a significant news story, to raise awareness of the value of the recipient's work, and to enable them to progress in their career.
Recent recipients
2010
* Roger Arnold
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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
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, 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
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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
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, Martin Adler Prize
2014
* Pacóme Pabandji, ''CAR: Descent Into Chaos'', Rory Peck Award for News.[Pacôme Pabandji (Central African Republic)]
, 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 ...
. Accessed 9 December 2014.[Finalists 2014]
, 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 ...
. 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
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, ''Inside Aleppo: The Last Hospital'' Rory Peck Award for News
* Olivier Sarbil
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*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
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, 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
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Etymology
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, ''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.
* Deeyah Khan
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and Darin Prindle, ''White Right: Meeting the Enemy'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs.
* Daphne Caruana Galizia
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, 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
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, Martin Adler Prize.
2021
* Solan Kolli, ''The Cost of War: coverage of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict'', Rory Peck Award for News.
* Brent E. Huffman, ''Uyghurs Who Fled China Now Face Repression in Pakistan'', Rory Peck Award for News Features.
* Joshua Baker, ''Return From ISIS: A Family’s Story'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs.
* Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa, Martin Adler Prize.
References
External links
*{{Official website
British awards
Awards established in 1995
Free expression awards