SHORTLIST
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the BBC Global Reith Awards 2009. Congratulations! The winners will be announced at the ceremony in Central London on 11 March.
| CATEGORY | INDIVIDUAL/SERVICE/DEPARTMENT NOMINATED | PROGRAMME | NOMINATED BY |
| Best Global News Output - Audio | Long Form Programmes | No More Child Witches | Jeremy Skeet |
| Best Global News Output - Audio | Long Form Programmes | Kenya Violence | Bridget Harney |
| Best Global News Output - Audio | BBC World Service Burmese | Coverage of the Nargis Cyclone 2008 | Soe Win Than |
| Best Global News Output - Future Media | BBC Mundo | Narco Mexico | Julia Zapata |
| Best Global News Output - Future Media | BBC News Website, Africa Team | Zimbabwe coverage | Adam Curtis |
| Best Global News Output - Multimedia | BBC Mundo | Narco Mexico | Julia Zapata |
| Best Global News Output - Multimedia | BBC World Service Arabic | The Fact Finding Commission | Adel Soliman |
| Best Global News Output - Multimedia | BBC Arabic Interactive Team | The Fact Finding Commission | Naglaa El Emary |
| Best Global News Output - Vision | BBC World News Newsroom | Financial Crisis - Global Impact | Richard Porter |
| Best Global News Output - Vision | News Features - Our World Team | OurWorld: Korea - Out of the North | Mark Perrow |
| Best Service not in English - Newsgathering | BBC Monitoring | Coverage of the Russia/Georgia conflict | Nikolai Gorshkov |
| Best Service not in English - Newsgathering | BBC Mundo | Julia Zapata | |
| Best Service not in English - Output | BBC World Service Trust Nepal - Drama Unit | Sweet Tales of the Sarangi | Fiona Ledger |
| Best Service not in English - Output | BBC World Service Kyrgyz | Hamid Ismailov | |
| Breaking News | BBC World Service News and Current Affairs | The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto | Jamie Angus |
| Breaking News | BBC World Service Somali | Somali piracy | Yusef Garaad Omar |
| Individual of the Year - Journalism & Production | Vicky Ntetma | Solomon Mugera | |
| Individual of the Year - Journalism & Production | Robert Walker | Jeremy Skeet | |
| Individual of the Year - Professional Services | Gail Jammy | Jim Egan | |
| Individual of the Year - Professional Services | Vaisahli Sharma | Sanjay Nazerali | |
| Kari Blackburn New Talent Award | Thomas Fessy | Razvan Scortea | |
| Kari Blackburn New Talent Award | Tony El Khoury | Hosam El Sokkari | |
| One BBC Award | BBC Global News MC&A | US 08 Election Coverage | Neil Caldicott |
| One BBC Award | African Productions and Others | Coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations 2008 | David Stead |
| Professional Services | China Business Development Team | Neil Curry | |
| Professional Services | BBC World Service Trust Research & Learning | David Prosser | |
| Team of the Year - Journalism & Production | BBC World Service Trust - Nepal team | Sweet Tales of the Sarangi | Fiona Ledger |
| Team of the Year - Journalism & Production | BBC World News America | Nicky Goldberg | |
| Team of the Year - Professional and Support Services | World Service Future Media Team | Sally Thompson | |
| Team of the Year - Professional and Support Services | Duty Operations Managers and VT Operational Team | Nick Porter | |
| Team of the Year - Professional and Support Services | VT Communications | Mike Cronk |
Outstanding Contribution Award
This will be announced by Richard Sambrook at the ceremony on 11 March.
Well done to all of our shorlisted entries. If you have any queries about the Awards, please do contact Vanessa Scott on 020 7557 3794 or at [email protected].
