On 12 March 2008 Nigel Chapman, Director, BBC World Service hosted an evening of celebration at BAFTA in central London. The evening was a resounding success and a fitting celebration of the excellence, innovation and creativity in BBC World Service. Lyse Doucet and Michael Palin were a fabulous double act and, as the evening unfolded, the winners took to the stage to accept their awards and showcase their talent. If you missed the live streaming you can watch the BBC World Service Awards 2008 on-demand here:
So, who won?
Here are the award winners and runners-up. Well done to everyone!
Best Coverage of a News Story - World Service produced output
Winner:
BBC Burmese, Burmese Evening Transmission 27.09.07
Runners-up:
BBC Bengali, Bangladesh Cyclone
BBC Mundo, Peruvian Tragedy
Special commendation: Arnaud Zajtman, reporter, BBC Afrique Best Coverage of a News Story - World Service commissioned output
Winner:
BBC World Service News and Current Affairs, Basra Women
Runners-up:
BBC News Interactive, Return of Benazir Bhutto
BBC World Service News and Current Affairs, Ruling China coverage in The World Today Innovation of the Year
Winner:
ZigZag Online Magazine, BBC World Service Trust Iran team
Runners-up:
Bangladesh by River website, BBC World Service Future Media team
Bangladesh by River project, James Sales, Project Manager Best Factual Content - Broadcast
Winner:
The Dark Side of the White Nights, Lamine Konkobo, BBC Afrique
Runners-up:
Iraq Taxi Driver, Reporter Mike Wooldridge, BBC Newsgathering for BBC World Service
Pakistan’s Jihadis, Sumaira Aslam, BBC Urdu Best Factual Content - Future Media
Winner:
Coverage of the Burmese Protests, BBC Burmese
Runners-up:
Breaking a taboo: A trip to a forbidden land, BBC Persian
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, BBC News Interactive Middle East team Kari Blackburn New Talent Award
Winner:
Khaled Ezzelarab, BBC Arabic
Runners-up:
Josphat Makori, BBC World Service African News & Current Affairs
Kevin Mwachiro, BBC World Service African News & Current Affairs
Mustafa Menshawy, BBC Arabic Professional Services Team of the Year
Winner:
BBC Africa Radio Awards project team, BBC World Service MC&A
Runners-up:
BBC World Service Future Media team including BBC World Service Language Video teams and BBC World Service Training
Satellite Media Distribution System project team, BBC World Service Distribution
Special commendation: Beaumont House team Programme-maker of the Year
Winners:
Cecilia Barria, BBC Mundo
Lola Almudevar, Reporter
Runners-up:
Geoffrey Mutagoma, BBC Great Lakes
Oleg Boldyrev, BBC Russian One BBC Award
Winners:
Nodipathey Bangladesh – Bangladesh by River project, including James Sales,
Asia Pacific Region, English Networks & News and BBC World Service Trust
Runners-up:
Coverage of the Burmese Protests, BBC Burmese and BBC News Interactive
Generation Next, Albana Kasapi, BBC Albanian and Dejan Calovski, BBC Serbian Outstanding contribution
Lesley Granger Outstanding contribution
Alan Johnston
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