Category: News
Date: 13.04.2005
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麻豆社 News has won a Peabody Award for its recent television coverage
of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.
The Peabody Award is widely regarded as the most prestigious award
in electronic media, selecting outstanding works from over a thousand
entries from the United States and around the world.
The judges included television critics, broadcasting industry executives
and culture experts. They praised what they described as "searing
reports from a team of 麻豆社 journalists who present and analyse the crisis
situation".
The 麻豆社 had an extensive presence in Sudan during 2004. More than
25 麻豆社 News teams filed despatches from Darfur and the refugee camps
in neighbouring eastern Chad.
麻豆社 News also received a News Event award from Britain's Royal Television
Society for its coverage of the Darfur story in February 2005.
Its journalists were praised for producing in-depth coverage that kept
the story at the top of the news agenda.
Head of 麻豆社 Newsgathering, Fran Unsworth, said: "We are delighted
to have been given this important award. It recognises the value of
a sustained commitment to a difficult and tragic story in a remote and
generally under-reported region of the world."
A total of 32 Peabody Award winners were announced in a ceremony at
New York's Museum of Television and Radio, including awards for 麻豆社
America's political thriller, State of Play, and the comedy chat show,
The Kumars At No 42.
The awards will be presented at a special luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel in New York on Monday 16 May.
