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2014 Review and Awards Brochure
RORY PECK
AWARDS
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REVIEW
2014
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Contents
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROUDLY
SUPPORTS THE RORY PECK TRUST
The Awards 2014
We salute the dedication of freelance journalists
reporting news events around the world.
ap.org
The Review
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Ceremony Programme
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From the Chair
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From the Awards Sponsor
10-15
Entrants
16-21
Finalists
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Martin Adler Prize
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Judging Panels/Production Credits
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The Value of Freelancers
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We Remember
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From the Director
36-47
Work of the Trust
49Partners
The Trust
and Supporters
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Our Supporters
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Fundraising Events
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Financial Statement
59-60
Rory Peck People
An Iraqi refugee woman from Mosul sits outside her family’s tent at Khazir refugee
camp outside Irbil, 350 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 13, 2014.
AP PHOTO / FREELANCER
Front cover image from “Children on the Frontline”
By Marcel Mettelsiefen (Features finalist 2014)
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Ceremony Programme
Wednesday 19 November 2014
BFI Southbank, London
6:30PM Drinks Reception
7:30PM Rory Peck Awards Ceremony
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Rory Peck Award for Features
Martin Adler Prize
Sponsored by Hexagon
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CONGRATULATIONS
R O R Y P E C K 2 0 14 A W A R D S F I N A L I S T S
CNN International would like to thank and pay our
respect to the dedication and courage of freelance
journalists all over the world.
We are proud to support the Rory Peck Trust and the
vital work it undertakes to the protect the safety and
welfare of freelancers and their families.
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From the Chair
Sarah Ward-Lilley
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TO THE TRUTH-SEEKERS.
THE STORY-TELLERS.
THANK YOU.
We are indebted to these courageous freelancers who
relentlessly follow the story despite the risks. Reuters
salutes their extraordinary work and we thank the Rory
Peck Trust for helping them tell it.
Congratulations to all of those honoured
by the Rory Peck Awards 2014.
This year’s Rory Peck Awards take place at
the end of a year which has reminded us in the
starkest terms of the bravery, determination
and commitment of freelancers. Sadly, this
year these qualities have also brought
freelancers into the international news
headlines - increasingly and shockingly
targeted just for being journalists.
In Syria, in particular, this has meant kidnappings
and murders. Staggeringly, 30 freelance journalists
have been killed in Syria since the conflict began,
and at least 34 international freelancers have
been kidnapped.
broadcasters. I am very grateful for his help and guidance both as
Chairman and for the many years he served as a Trustee.
The Trust also has a new Patron - Guy Black, Lord Black of
Brentwood. He brings a wealth of experience from his work in
newspapers and in the wider media world. I am delighted to
welcome him to the Awards and into all that the Trust does.
However, we will of course miss Lord Salisbury, who was a
The Rory Peck Trust has worked with the families of many of
friend of Rory’s and was Patron from the very beginnings of the
these freelancers throughout their captivity, to advise and try to
Trust. He has now decided to stand down after 19 years of loyal
support them during these dreadfully difficult times. The incredible
support and we thank him most sincerely for all he has done in
commitment of freelancers to tell the difficult stories is a big theme
memory of Rory in that time.
of the 2014 Awards. This year’s entries come from 54 countries
around the globe. Many freelancers have travelled to uncover stories
The Rory Peck Trust is a small organisation that now reaches
other journalists cannot reach, in places like Afghanistan, Honduras,
right around the world. The support it provide is critical, tailored
Russia and South Sudan. Others have reported with compassion
and timely. And, as you all know, the Rory Peck Trust is the only
and integrity from inside their own countries, such as Ukraine, North
organisation in the world which is dedicated, 100%, to the assistance,
Korea, the Central African Republic. Some have journeyed back
support and welfare of freelance journalists.
home to report on the stark realities of life in Saudi Arabia, Somalia
or Syria. As you will see, their hard work provides us not just with
Thank you for being here at the Awards. As we approach our 20th
first-hand information but also strengthens our understanding
year, there has never been a time when the Rory Peck Trust was
of the world.
more needed. I know you will be impressed by the work you will see.
I am sure you will enjoy the evening. And I hope you will want to stay
I have now been involved with the Rory Peck Trust for over 10 years,
involved and keep giving your support to the Trust.
starting here at the Awards as a producer, and I am very happy
and proud to have taken over this year as Chair. My predecessor,
Michael Jermey, led the Trust for three years and was instrumental
in delivering long term financial support from some major new
Sarah Ward-Lilley
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From the Awards Sponsor
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Olivier Bovis
•RECOGNISE
Every year at the Rory Peck Awards we
recognise and honour outstanding work from
freelancers. Year on year we are reminded
of the increased danger, threat of exposure,
intimidation, assault and kidnappings that
have become everyday challenges for
journalists working globally.
Strikingly, the past two years have been the most
dangerous on record for journalists, where sadly the
exposure and vulnerability of freelancers and their
work has been notably in the public eye.
- In 2011, Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children resulted in the More than ever before the wider world is alert to the vital
Foreign Office of the important role the footage played in contribution freelancers make to the news agenda and their
influencing UK political debate on Sudan.
commitment to presenting the truth of the world at large.
YOU!
This past year the death of journalists around the world, particularly
establishment of The Aletheia Foundation with bases in
the UK and Zimbabwe to increase revenue streams for education.
- In 2012 Terror In Sudan resulted in recognition from the UK
- In 2013 Hazaribagh: Toxic Leather resulted in a screening at a UN conference on sustainable development.
in the Middle East, has left us shocked and saddened. Whilst conflict
journalism has always been a dangerous occupation, undoubtedly
The Sony Impact Award has always honoured the work of
the stakes have risen for individual reporters. The impact on
freelancers whose examination of humanitarian or social issues has
newsgathering is greater than ever before, but so too is the impact
had consequences far beyond initial broadcast. Sony recognises the
freelancers and their stories are having on the wider world.
significant difference of such footage, and its power to challenge
viewer perceptions and community action. It is clear the contribution
In the face of such courage it seems appropriate to remember some
freelancers make to the news agenda is critical. We at Sony are
of the outstanding work that has made such a difference over the
proud, in some small way, to stand alongside this community and
past few years:
the work of the Rory Peck Trust, who provide an unrivalled level of
support to freelancers around the world. Once more we return to
- In 2009, Saving Africa’s Witch Children resulted in the Child Das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen
supports the Rory Peck Foundation.
Rights Act being enacted in Akwa Ibom Nigeria. It is now illegal to stigmatise a child as a witch, and many abusive preachers have been arrested.
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continues to make.
Olivier Bovis
In 2010, Slumdog Children of Mumbai resulted in viewer donations to an education fund for school places for the children honour the impact such individuals and their work
featured in the film.
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Sony Professional Solutions,
Sony Europe
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Entrants 2014
Safa Al Ahmad (Saudi)
Saudi’s Secret Uprising
Commissioned and broadcast by BBC Our
World in partnership with the BBC Persian
and Arabic channels.
Saleyha Ahsan (British)
On the NHS Frontline
Commissioned and broadcast
by The Guardian
Muhammad Ali (Syrian)
Jonah Kessel
John Dickie
a. Syria’s Second Front
Clover Films for PBS Frontline
b. The Battle For Syria’s Courts
Initially self-funded. Broadcast by BBC
World and BBC Arabic
Zack Baddorf (American)
Svoboda Guard at Euromaidan
Commissioned and broadcast
by Medium.com
Robin Barnwell (British)
Roser Corella
Dan Snow’s History of Congo
Aboriginal Festival
Commissioned by BBC This World and BBC
Commissioned and broadcast by AFPTV
Worldwide. Broadcast by BBC This World
Elio Colavolpe (Italian)
Daniel Bogado (British)
Syria: The Death Factory
Self funded. Broadcast by Corriere della
The Abandoned
Serra online
Quicksilver Media for Channel 4
Unreported World
Ahmed Bahaddou (Belgian)
Stephen Boitano (American)
Conflict in Syria
Bangkok Policeman in Riots
Commissioned and broadcast by
Self-funded. Broadcast internationally
John Conroy & Inigo Gilmore
(British)
South Africa’s Dirty Cops
ITN Productions for Channel 4 Dispatches
Associated Press
Adeline Bailleul (French)
& Tarek Bouraque (Moroccan)
African Brothers
Battle Zones: Arming the Rebels
Clover Films for PBS Frontline
Massacre in Ramses Square
Part self-funded. Broadcast
Commissioned and broadcast by France 24
by Storyhunter.tv
Tia Productions for Channel 4 News (ITN)
Philip Caller (British)
Inara Chayamiti (Brazilian)
Ambushed in South Sudan
a. Pope in Brazil: Atheist Protest
Commissioned and broadcast by
b. Brazil Protestors
VICE News
Part self-funded. Broadcast
Ahmed Farah (Somali)
Colin Cosier (Australian)
Jamal Osman: My Refugee Journey
Akademik Shokalskiy Passenger Rescue
Commissioned and broadcast by Channel 4
Commissioned and broadcast by Sydney
News (ITN)
Morning Herald online
by Storyhunter.tv
Wael Dabbous (British)
Brotherhood and Courage: The Men of
Seddik Chettab (French)
The Jungle Midwife
Wasm Station
Libya: Migrants Trap
OR Media Productions for Al Arabiya
Wild Angle Productions for Arte
Nathan Fitch (American)
Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale
New York Times online
Unreported World
The Battle for Aleppo
Commissioned and broadcast by
VICE News
Daniel Demoustier (Belgian)
The Deadly Cost of Fashion
Self funded. Broadcast by
Quicksilver Media for Channel 4
Medyan Dairieh (British)
Philip Caller
Selim El Meddeb (French)
Albanian Blood Feud
Fatherland: Beyond the Rainbow
Mike Carling (British)
Felix Gaedtke
Roser Corella (Spanish)
Graham Boonzaaier
(South African)
Self-funded. Broadcast by SIC
Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover
(American)
Bill Code (Australian)
Talal Derki (Syrian)
Ben Foley (Australian)
Return to Homs
The Assassination Capital
Co-produced by ARTE, RTS, NHK, SVT
Commissioned and broadcast by Al Jazeera
and SRC. Broadcast by Arte.
101 East
John Dickie (British)
Eyes of Nuba
Mariupol Shooting – Ukraine
Commissioned and broadcast by
Commissioned and broadcast
Al Jazeera Witness.
by ITV News (ITN)
Ben Depp (American)
Michael Downey (American)
The Rise and Rise of Hezbollah
Louisiana Sinkhole
Commissioned and broadcast by
Commissioned by Storyhunter.
Channel 4 News (ITN)
Broadcast by Newsweek.com
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Kenny Katombe (Congolese)
DRC: M23 Defeat
Self-funded. Broadcast by IHA
Chris Kelly (Irish)
Timoteo Freccia (American)
Tindog Tacloban: ‘Rise up Tacloban’
Saving South Sudan
Self-funded. Broadcast by The Guardian
Self funded. Broadcast by VICE
Jonah Kessel (American)
Felix Gaedtke (German)
Myanmar: Promise and Peril
Syria: Kurdish women combat unit
Commissioned and broadcast by
Commissioned by Storyhunter.
GlobalPost.com
Broadcast by Huffington Post
Guillermo Galdos
(Peruvian-Italian)
a. Murder Capital of the World
Nagieb Khaja (Danish-Afghan)
a. This Is Taliban Country
Fatih Pinar
b. On the Frontline with the Taliban
Clover Films for Al Jazeera America
b. Finding La Tuta
Commissioned and broadcast
Ruhi Hamid (British)
by Channel 4 News (ITN)
Knife Crime ER
Elie Gardner (American)
Chris Huby (French)
Commissioned and broadcast
La Petite Fabrique de Roquettes
by Storyhunter
Self-funded. Broadcast by Canal+
Inigo Gilmore (British)
Humam Husari (Syrian)
Cholera Crisis in Haiti
Zamalka Chemical Attack
Commissioned and broadcast by
Self-funded. Broadcast by
Channel 4 News (ITN)
ITV News (ITN)
Nicolas Grimard (French)
Afghanistan: Hidden Gems
Basit Jamal (Indian)
& Dorthea Dörholt (German)
Wild Angle Productions and Public
Rape: The Fear of Women in India
Senat TV for Al Jazeera
Commissioned and broadcast by WDR
Jamal Osman
Commissioned and broadcast by Reuters
Marcel Kolvenbach (German)
Reed Lindsay (American)
Joseph Mathenge (Kenyan)
Atomic Africa
Fists of Fury
Westgate Mall Attack
Commissioned and broadcast by WDR
Self-funded. Broadcast
Self-funded. Broadcast internationally
by Al Jazeera America
Olly Lambert (British)
David Kabiruh (Kenyan)
Commissioned and broadcast by
GSU Passout in Nairobi-Kenya
VICE News
Commissioned and broadcast by EBRU
Africa TV
Syrian Opposition Take Red Hill
Youssef Karwashan (Syrian)
Commissioned and broadcast by
a. Homs Coverage
Al Jazeera Arabic
b. In Maalula
Marcel Mettelsiefen (German)
Venezuela’s Tower of Dreams
Julia Macfarlane (British)
a. Children on the Frontline
Commissioned and broadcast by BBC
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
ITN Productions for Channel 4 Dispatches
Newsnight and BBC Our World
Self-funded. Broadcast by BBC News
with additional funding from Arte, DR,
David Langan (Irish)
b. Dancing in the Danger Zone
Where’s Our Aid Money Gone?
Chavala Madlena & David Ritsher
(American)
Commissioned and broadcast
Sterilized Behind Bars
Unreported World
by BBC Panorama
Funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
STV, Skyvision
Broadcast on The Young Turk Network
Day of Anger
Abo Bakr Haj Ali (Syrian)
Sergiy Kirichenko (Ukrainian)
Ukraine Crisis – Donetsk
Sundog Pictures for BBC 3
Prison Aerobic Record Attempt
Wail Gzoly (Egyptian)
James Reynolds
Quicksilver Media for Channel 4
Ismail Moosa (Bahraini)
Martyrdom Island
Broadcast by LuaLua TV
Damien Simonart
Elaisha Stokes
c. Syria’s fabled Palmyra
Broadcast by AFPTV
Najibullah Quraishi
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Entrants 2014
Chris Kelly
Bulent Usta
Zorei Soleimani (Iranian)
Gil Somekh (British-Israeli)
Team Mindeulle (North Korean)
Jailed for Love
a. Israel Detention Policy
North Korea: Life inside the Secret State
Produced by Centre for Investigative
b. DRC Conflict
Co-produced by Channel 4 and PBS.
Reporting. Broadcast on PBS Newshour
Commissioned and broadcast by
Broadcast on Channel 4 Dispatches
Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale (French)
Tom Pietrasik (British)
a. The Kurdish Exception
Think Differently
Produced by Kheops Production. Broadcast
Ben Solomon (American)
& Ed Ou (Canadian)
Commissioned and broadcast by The
by RTS
Guardian
b. In School with Syrian Refugees
Co-production by Kheops Production
Fatih Pinar (Turkish)
and Arte. Broadcast by Arte
Protests after the death of Ahmet Atakan
Broadcast by T24.com
Jamal Osman (Somali)
Inside an al-Shaabab training camp
Najibullah Quraishi (British)
Commissioned and broadcast by
Taliban Child Fighters
Channel 4 News (ITN)
Commissioned and broadcast by Channel 4
Dispatches
Pacôme Pabandji (Central African)
CAR: Descent into Chaos
James Reynolds (British)
Broadcast by AFPTV
Typhoon Haiyan
Self-funded. Broadcast by CNN.
Pete Pattisson (British)
Qatar: Migrant Workers
Dom Rotheroe (British)
Commissioned and broadcast by The
Libya Renditions
Guardian
Commissioned and broadcast by
Al Jazeera People & Power
Richard Pendry (Irish)
& Robin Forestier-Walker (British)
Karim Shah (British)
Kazakhstan: Poisoned Legacy
Karachi Cop
Commissioned and broadcast by Al Jazeera
OR Media for Al Jazeera People & Power
People and Power
Africa’s Deadliest War Enters New Phase
Venezuela Student Protests
Self-funded. Broadcast by USA Today
(Univision and ABC News)
Damien Simonart (Polish)
Andriy Perun (Ukrainian)
Broadcast by AFPTV
Ukraine Crisis – Kiev
Commissioned and broadcast by Reuters
Bulent Usta (Turkish)
Ben Steele (British)
Turkey: A Year of Unrest
Confrontation in Crimea
Hunted
Commissioned and broadcast by Reuters
Commissioned and broadcast
Blakeway for Channel 4 Dispatches with
by New York Times online
additional funding from BBC Worldwide
Matthew VanDyke (American)
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution
Balint Szlanko
Elaisha Stokes (Canadian-British)
Self-funded. Broadcast on NDR, SBS,
Seeking Justice for Minova
NRK and M-Net
Commissioned and broadcast by
GlobalPost.com with additional support
Rodrigo Vazquez (British)
from the International Women’s Media
Saving Levy
Foundation
Bethnal Films for Al Jazeera Witness
Balint Szlanko (Hungarian)
Danny Vincent (British)
Among the Kurds of Syria
Escape from North Korea
Self funded. Broadcast by TV2 Hungary
Commissioned and broadcast by
Channel 4 News (ITN)
Almudena Toral (Spanish)
A Heavy Burden
Jim Wickens (British)
Commissioned and broadcast by
Bucharest’s King of Sewers
New York Times online
Commissioned and broadcast by
Channel 4 News (ITN)
Jim Wickens
Michael Shum (American)
Carlos Perez Beltran (Venezuelan)
Produced by Storyhunter for Fusion
CCTV International
Ukraine: an impossible choice
Nichole Sobecki (American)
Kenya: Attack at Westgate Mall
Broadcast by AFPTV
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Rory Peck Award for News
Andriy Perun
Ukrainian
Finalists 2o14
Ukraine Crisis - Kiev
Shot in Ukraine,
December 2013 - February 2014,
Broadcast by Reuters
Andriy’s rushes document the escalating clashes
between police and protestors in central Kiev.
Honours the work of freelance cameramen
and camerawomen in the coverage of a news
event where the focus is on the immediacy of
the story. Agency rushes/un-voiced pieces are
accepted in this category.
The first sequence of shots cover the crucial events on December 1,
2013 when riot police attacked protestors young and old, as well as
journalists. Around 40 journalists were injured that night. In January,
protestors started hurling Molotov cocktails at police and the first
shots were fired. By February, dozens of protestors had been killed.
Andriy captures the overall scene of mass protest as well as closer
individual scenes of intense anger and conflict. In one astonishing
scene, we see the panic when a Molotov cocktail explodes inside the
police line setting several men alight.
Biography
Judges Comments
Andriy was born in 1962 in the Murmansk region of Russia. He
“I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen for a
single frame. It had the virtue of being really
solid journalistically but also striking visually. It
was almost cinematic. It was the epic story of a
revolution. It really brought into focus the scale of
what was going on - you could feel the violence.
moved to Ukraine where he received a degree in Radio Frequency
Engineering before joining the army in the Signal Troops division.
From 1984 Andriy worked as an electronics engineer for a Lviv
regional and private TV channels, while also studying filmmaking. He
then became chief technology officer at documentary production
studio. He has worked as a director, cameraman and a film editor
at several national Ukrainian TV channels. In 2007 he moved to Kiev
where he works as a freelance stringer for Reuters TV.
Pacôme Pabandji
Central African
CAR: Descent into Chaos
Shot in Central African Republic, December
2013 - May 2014. Broadcast by AFPTV
Pacôme has provided balanced, comprehensive
coverage from his home country since the start of the
current crisis in Central African Republic. At 23, this is
his first experience of covering conflict.
Nichole Sobecki
American
Kenya: Attack at
Westgate Mall
Broadcast by AFPTV
Nichole’s entry takes us inside Nairobi’s Westgate Mall
during the first few hours of the deadly attack by
al-Shabaab militants in September 2013.
Nichole lives just ten minutes away and picked up her camera
His entry of rushes covers the daily atrocities committed in Bangui
and flak jacket as soon as she heard about it. Inside the building,
and other parts of the country, as well as eye-witness testimony
she followed a group of armed civilians who were organizing the
from families, refugees and humanitarian workers. It also includes
rescue of terrified shoppers. We see them move through shops
glimpses of everyday life – a church service, a fashion show –
and hallways; we see bodies on the floor and one particularly iconic
giving a rounded view of his troubled country. His work has been at
image of a mother and her children lying across the floor pretending
great personal cost. He has been caught in crossfire, held by various
to be dead. After hours inside the Mall – Nichole filmed security
militias, injured and threatened. His partner and daughter have been
forced to leave the country and because of the danger, Pacome
himself cannot live in the family home either.
Judges Comments
“He achieved one of the most difficult things in
journalism – to be an objective observer inside a civil
war. He cast a dispassionate eye on a conflict that’s
passionate and dangerous on all sides.”
Biography
the attack, Nichole continued to file footage on the story.
Pacôme grew up between Cameroon, his mother’s home country, and
the Central African Republic, the country of his father. After studying
ITC in Yaounde, Pacôme finished a Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian
law at the Université de Bangui. He began freelancing for AFPTV in
September 2013, just as the Central African Republic was plunged into
chaos and violence. Before then, Pacôme had been a correspondent
for a local news website, Le Journal de Bangui. He has also worked
as a VJ for the pan-African TV channel Africa 24, for the Cameroonian
broadcaster, Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), and as a presenter.
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forces exchanging fire with the last remaining gunmen. Months after
Judges Comments
“Her camerawork was solid and perceptive. She
had an eye for wonderful detail such as the rapid
breathing of one of the marksmen. To be able to go
into such a confusing, dangerous place and maintain
such high quality work is remarkable. She couldn’t
have done better.”
Biography
Nichole Sobecki is a video journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Raised
in Pleasantville, NY, she studied political science at Tufts University
and photography at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. From
2008-2011 Nichole was based in Istanbul, Turkey, from where she
also covered the early days of the Libyan uprising, the ongoing war
in Afghanistan, developmental challenges facing Nepal, and the
aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Her work has been
published by Agence France-Presse, The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
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Marcel Mettelsiefen
Rory Peck Award for Features
German
Finalists 2o14
Honours the work of freelance cameramen
and camerawomen in news and current affairs
features: in-depth pieces which look beyond
the immediacy of a news story.
Marcel’s film gives a voice to the child victims of Syria’s
civil war. In two short trips to Aleppo, Marcel filmed
with five children whose lives have been changed
forever by the conflict.
We hear from Farah, 8, who spends her time looking for shrapnel
Children on the Frontline
and red ribbons for her father – an FSA battalion commander – to
Shot in Syria, July and August 2013
make bombs and fuses. We see her younger sister Sara, 5, sulking
ITN Productions for Channel 4 Dispatches
when told she can’t keep the toys she finds in an abandoned
apartment. We see older sister Helen, 13, trying to organise a
make-shift school for her siblings. And we hear from two young
Biography
boys – Aboude and Mohammed – with very different attitudes to the
Marcel Mettelsiefen was raised in Spain and Germany and started
conflict and their role in it.
work as a photojournalist when he left school. He has worked for
international news agencies in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq
Muhammad Ali
Syrian
One of the first films to show how the revolution in
Syria and devolved into a fight between rebels and
extremist factions.
Judges Comments
“He was ahead of the game on the rise and
importance of IS and – with extraordinary courage
– he got right within the story. His work is intelligent
and clear-sighted. Only a Syrian journalist could
have made this film which gives us a dramatic
explanation of what is happening in Syria”.
Muhammad travelled with a group of Free Syrian Army fighters –
Biography
formed to fight the al-Assad regime – who now found themselves
Muhammad Ali is a filmmaker who began working as a freelance
fighting Islamic State (IS) too. The film takes us inside a closely-
journalist in Syria in 2005, publishing many articles in The National
guarded meeting of opposition leaders – forced to co-operate in
newspaper, BBC World News, and Foreign Policy. During the last few
the face of the IS threat. We see inside a small town – taken by IS
years, he has produced documentary films for PBS, ZDF, ABC and
fighters – during one of their public rallies. Then we see the battle to
BBC channels, reflecting the situation on the fighting frontlines and
re-take the town. Towards the end of Muhammad’s trip, an IS suicide
the expansion of the Jihadi groups’ rule.
car bomb exploded near the FSA camp, killing several men.
Judges Comments
and Haiti. In 2004 he began studying medicine in Berlin. In 2009, he
“A moving and beautifully shot portrait of
a childhood in just the most extraordinary
circumstances… it makes you think that war turns
adults into children but also turns children into
adults far too soon. It’s a moving, unforgettable
piece of work about war.”
interrupted his studies to go to Afghanistan to work on several photo
reportage projects. His photos from that time appear in a book
about the controversial airstrike on Kunduz which killed over 100
civilians. Marcel was a Finalist for the Rory Peck Award for
News in 2013.
Team Mindeulle
North Korean
This film is based on the courageous undercover work
of six North Korean cameramen – members of a team
trained during trips to China by the Japanese journalist
Jiro Ishimaru.
In this their latest film we see fascinating images of life inside the
world’s most secretive state: a town square where Kim Jong-un’s
latest speech has been playing on a loop for three months; a
department store where nothing on display is actually for sale. And
we see signs of cracks in the regime’s control with ordinary people
standing up to authority: one woman challenging an official trying to
North Korea:
Life Inside the Secret State
Shot in North Korea and South Korea, 2011 and
July 2013. Hardcash Productions for Channel 4
Dispatches and PBS Frontline
stop her running a bus service, and another arguing about her right
to wear trousers.
Judges Comments
Syria’s Second Front
Shot in Syria, November 2013 – January 2014
Clover Films for PBS Frontline
“We’ll probably never know who these men and
women are, but what they’ve done is completely
unprecedented and extraordinarily brave. The
consequences of being caught doing what they
were doing are very clear – they would disappear.
This is an enormously important historical document
of a regime potentially at a tipping point”.
Biography
During the last decade, the work of Team Mindeulle (or Team
Dandelion) has been shown in Japan, South Korea, the UK, and the
US. Its two senior members are Kim Dong-Cheul and Lee Hoon.
(not their real names) Kim has been filming since 2009. Stories he
has covered include interviews with starving soldiers, homeless
orphans, and the running of illicit bus services. His daytime job is as
a government driver. Lee Hoon is a local administrator in his forties.
He has filmed rallies in which people are compelled to idolize Kim
Jong Un, the illicit use of Chinese currency in street markets, and the
enforced labour of city workers on farms in the countryside.
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21
Sony Impact Award
Ruhi Hamid
British
Finalists 2o14
Honours the work of freelance cameramen and
camerawomen in news or current affairs that examines
humanitarian or social issues. Judges will be looking
for entries that have had a tangible impact in one or
more of the following areas: audience, press,
policy or public awareness.
Ruhi’s film explores how gang crime and violence
affect those who live and work in the Cape Flats – a
township on the outskirts of Cape Town.
The film starts in the district hospital where medics struggle to cope
with the sheer numbers of young men brought in with stab wounds –
up to 100 on an average weekend. Then it takes us into the township
Safa Al Ahmad
Saudi
Saudi’s Secret Uprising
Commissioned and broadcast by BBC Our World in
partnership with the BBC Persian and Arabic channels
to get on with ordinary lives. In one key scene, we also meet some
of the very young gang members whose knives and machetes are
always in-hand. The film had enormous impact on viewers. Many
were moved to donate funds to township charities. One viewer is
now paying for the education of a young girl featured in the film.
Biography
Ruhi has made award winning documentaries for the BBC, Channel
4, Aljazeera International, and other American and European
Broadcasters. She started her filmmaking career in the BBC before
Judges Comments
going freelance and has since been working as a producer/director
“This fantastically-shot film gave us an insight
for the past 14 years. Specializing in international stories Ruhi has
Ben Steele
British
Hunted
Safa worked completely alone on two trips to Saudi
Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province where a three-year
uprising has gone largely unreported.
Shot in South Africa, November 2013. Sundog Pictures
for BBC3 Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa series
where we meet victims in their homes as well as people attempting
into the chaotic world of the townships. It was a
multi-dimensional look at a shocking story. It’s an
incredibly intense film – totally engaging – and the
scene at the end with the gang is just gripping.”
Knife Crime ER
Shot in Russia, November and December 2013.
Blakeway Productions for Channel 4 Dispatches
made films about religion, women, poverty, human rights, health,
politics and social issues. Her films have covered these issues in
conflict and war torn countries like Afghanistan and tsunami disaster
zones like Banda Aceh; gaining access to communities often hostile
and unfamiliar with film crews..
Ben’s film enters the world of Russian vigilante
gangs who, encouraged by recent anti-homosexual
legislation, go on hunting “safaris” to catch, humiliate
and abuse gay victims.
He films with one 20-strong gang who lure a young man to a flat
and subject him to an intimidating filmed interrogation. Tellingly, the
gang members make no attempt to hide their identities.
They are proud of what they do and fear no reprisals from the state.
She gained astonishing access to activists – gaining their trust to
The film made a huge impact when it was shown just before the
such an extent that they gave her hours of rarely-seen footage of
Sochi winter Olympics – raising awareness and triggering public
their protests. Travelling and filming in Saudi Arabia, then leaving
debate particularly on social media.
with the footage, were all extremely risky. The resulting film gives a
clear picture of the extent and violence of the Arab Spring-inspired
Biography
protests, news of which hardly ever makes the news. The film made
Ben has worked as a freelancer for his entire career and early on
a distinct impact online and in the Arab media. It also sparked a row
taught himself how to shoot with the SONY PD150. Since then he’s
between the Saudi government and the BBC. The impact on Safa
herself is profound. Because of this film, she will not be able to return
to her home country and family for the foreseeable future.
Biography
Safa Al Ahmad is a Middle East-based Saudi freelance journalist
working in print, television and documentary. Her 2012 film ‘Al Qaeda
in Yemen’ was a finalist for the Rory Peck Award and nominated
for the News and Documentary Emmy Award. Her essay ‘Wishful
Thinking’ on the Arab uprisings and Saudi Arabia was published
in 2013 in the English Pen Award-winning anthology
Writing Revolutions.
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Judges Comments
“Saudi Arabia is a blind spot on our journalistic
map and she shone a light there by putting herself
on the line to get that story. It shows her passion
and motivation. To get that close to people
challenging that powerful, secretive regime is a real
achievement. She showed enormous courage.”
filmed in over 25 countries and directed for broadcasters such as
HBO, BBC1, Channel 4, Discovery and Nat Geo. Ben has filmed as a
director/cameraman with explosive crews a mile below the surface
of the earth in the Arctic Circle, on night raids with armed police
Judges Comments
“This is a real film-makers film. He invested in the
subject, worked hard to gain access and trust,
showed incredible presence of mind in difficult
situations, and captured that extraordinary
atmosphere of homophobia. You came away feeling
you’d learned something about Russia today.”
in South African townships and with Romany Gypsy patriarchs in
rural Hungary. Ben has written for The Guardian, The Independent
on Sunday and his first book “Hell In The Pacific” was published by
Macmillan. His instinct is not to focus on policy makers but to tell
with dignity the stories of people caught up in unfolding events and
changing social attitudes.
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Khaled Abu Ghali
Freelance journalist,
Martin Adler Prize
Recipient 2o14
fixer and translator, Gaza
Channel 4 News’ Foreign Correspondent, Jonathan Miller, who
worked most recently with Khaled during the 2014 Israel-Gaza
conflict wrote:
“Despite the increasing intensity of Israel’s bombing campaign and
the escalating level of risk for journalists on the ground, Khaled
The Martin Adler Prize honours a local
freelancer who has made a significant
contribution to newsgathering, either through
a single story or body of work. The aim of the
prize is to highlight the dedication and talent
of freelancers who work under challenging
and difficult circumstances within their own
country, and who go largely un-recognised
by the international news media. This is a
special prize, given at the discretion of
the Rory Peck Trust.
worked flat out for weeks. He continued to do so even when his
own wife and children were forced to evacuate their family home in
Rafah and when a close friend was killed in an air-strike. Khaled fully
recognises and respects the importance of journalistic impartiality
in reporting the Israel-Palestinian conflict, despite having witnessed
and lived with the raw emotion of war for so long”.
As a journalist, Khaled is very well-connected. Time and again he
has delivered top-level interviewees at short notice. He is also
quick-thinking. During the summer of 2014, when Channel 4 News
was presenting the programme live out of Gaza, Khaled assumed a
critical role, organising the satellite engineering and technical crews
as well as booking and corralling guests -- having already been out
filming all day.
Khaled is wonderful company. He is a big man in every way with
a big heart and a big laugh. He is indefatigable, patient, caring,
Khaled Abu Ghali is a Palestinian freelance journalist,
fixer and translator based in the southern city of Rafah
in Gaza. During his 14 year career he has covered many
of his country’s most intense periods of conflict, most
notably in 2006, 2009, 2012, and Summer 2014.
funny and generous. He is beloved not only of other visiting foreign
journalists but is admired by Gaza’s own journalistic fraternity as
a man of great integrity. In Gaza, he has attained the status of
kingpin and affable eminence grise. He is also a brave man, calmly
shepherding crews under his aegis, even under heavy shelling.
Khaled does not panic; he remains calm but alert under fire and
exudes an infectious, quiet confidence. He possesses an innate sixth
He has worked with, and contributed to, many of the world’s most
sense for danger; when Khaled says “we need to go now,” it’s time
prominent news outlets including Channel 4 News, ABC Australia,
to leave”.
Fuji TV, RAI and RTÉ. His freelance work has appeared in Italian
newspapers La Stampa, Correra della Sera and The Christian
One correspondent who worked with Khaled says:
Science Monitor. Khaled has a Masters in Public Health from
“Calling Khaled a fixer is a serious understatement.
Having Khaled with you is like having another
top-end producer”.
Gaza’s Al-Quds University and diplomas in nursing and
emergency medicine.
Sponsored by
About
Martin
Adler
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Martin Adler, an award-winning freelance journalist,
photographer and filmmaker, was murdered
in Somalia in 2006. Committed to covering the
people, places and events that he felt nobody
else cared about, Martin shed light on some of the
world’s most dangerous and abusive situations.
In memory of Martin and his work, the Trust
inaugurated this special prize in 2007.
About Hexagon
The Martin Adler Prize acknowledges the bravery and
commitment of freelancers who witness history firsthand, despite
unpredictable conditions, in order to educate the public on
stories that matter to the world. Making a difference, information,
and real issues are all equally inspiring to Hexagon, which is why
we’re proud to sponsor the recognition of these dedicated men
and women.
From population growth to urbanisation, Hexagon identifies with the
challenges the world is facing and continuously strives to positively
alter the course of change. Our technologies contribute to global
efforts to feed the expanding population, protect sources of clean
drinking water, maintain infrastructure and keep people safe.
Solving challenges that threaten our existence is essential to
building and sustaining stronger communities. Hexagon is an
integral part of these stories. But more importantly, we’re pleased to
honour those who dedicate their lives to telling them.
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Awards Judging Panel 2014
Rory Peck Award
For News
Rory Peck Award
For Features
Sony Impact
Award
Production credits
Elizabeth Palmer Senior Correspondent, CBS News (Chair)
Julian Borger Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian
Maria Grazia Murru Senior Producer, Associated Press
Yalda Hakim Presenter/Correspondent, BBC World News
Jason N Parkinson Freelance video journalist
Hugh Pinney Vice President, Editorial, Getty Images
Dan Williams Head of Foreign News, Sky News
Thomas Evans VP of newsgathering, EMEA and
London Bureau Chief (Chair)
May Abdalla Freelance filmmaker
Daniel Edge Freelance Producer/Director, Mongoose Pictures
Delilah Jeary Series Producer, “Tonight” & “On Assignment”, ITV News
Jacqueline Pietsch Head of English language production, AFPTV
Nick Read Freelance filmmaker (Chair)
Tazeen Ahmad Freelance reporter/writer
Diana Martin Executive Producer, BBC Current Affairs
John Pullman Global Head of Video & Pictures, Reuters
Birgit Virnich Editor, “Die Story”, WDR
Olivier Bovis Head of AV media, Sony Europe, Sony
Producer Director
Technical Manager
Lighting Director
VT Production
Marion Burns
Nick Davies
Simon Roe
Malcolm Reed
James Arthur Allen, Zac Crawley, Roohi Hasan,
Jodi Hilton, Freddie Reed, Samuel Taylor,
Karim Yahyaoui
Kay Jackson
Zest4TV
BSkyB
Event Organiser Production Facilities Lighting Crew We are grateful to the following companies for providing additional
staff and facilities:
Audio Network, Autoscript Limited, BBC News, Film & TV Services,
Globecast, ITV, Reuters, Richard Martin Lighting, Sky News,
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The Value of Freelancers
Santiago Lyon
Visual journalists witness everything. It’s the
very nature of their jobs, to be there, up close,
in the thick of it, showing and telling the
world what is happening, often at great
personal risk. They film and photograph it all
and they, or others, edit it later. While editing
they must repeatedly look at the video and
photography in great detail, frame by frame,
over and over again.
For those working on dangerous or catastrophic
stories, what they witness, record and edit can be quite
horrifying. Death, destruction, tragedy – the very worst
days of many people’s lives.
For some, those scenes become seared into their psyches,
wounding their souls. The word trauma, after all, comes from the
ancient Greek word for wound. For some it is one massive wound,
all at once. For others, a thousand small cuts accumulated on many
stories over time. For many decades, journalistic tradition had it
that these wounds should be cured at the bar, or through other
forms of “selfmedication” and substance abuse. They were rarely
talked about, for fear of seeming weak. One photographer, feeling
particularly low after a horrible turn of events on a story in the
1990s in which a colleague died was admonished by his editor and
told – verbatim - “my responsibility to you ends when you send me
the photos.” It was all the photographer could do to stop himself
punching the editor in the face, all this in a crowded
London restaurant.
There are many examples of journalists returning from war zones,
often not fully understanding just why they feel anti-social, or why
they are depressed, or have nightmares, or why they startle at the
sound of loud noses, or are constantly scanning rooftops looking for
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threats. Thankfully, attitudes toward trauma within journalism have
come a long way in the last 15 years or so. Companies like
the Associated Press, the BBC, CNN, Reuters and others are now
much more attuned to how their staff - and the freelancers they
work with - are affected by stories of this type.
in which people can feel safe seeking help in processing their field
experiences appropriately. Many of these changes in news industry
attitude can be traced back to the pioneering work of Canadian
psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Feinstein. In 2002 he conducted a study of
140 war journalists and found that for those repeatedly exposed to
trauma, the rates of PTSD were often as high as for members of the
military or emergency first responders – approaching 30 percent.
The study, in which many accomplished journalists participated,
was a clarion call to the profession and spurred many media
organizations into recognizing that the effects of trauma were very
real and needed to be dealt with properly and with compassion; the
same sort of compassion that journalists themselves often apply to
their work.
At the Associated Press we are particularly proud of the work we
have done in this field and recently participated in a study looking at
the effects that exposure to violent user-generated content from war
zones and disasters can have on those editors tasked with viewing
and vetting it. As a result we have developed some best practices
around the recommended frequency and duration of exposure to
this type of material.
We should all encourage employers to continue developing
and refining this type of work and continue to create the sort of
responsible workplace environment where people can raise these
issues as openly and clearly as they see fit, knowing that they
will be properly supported. Needless to say, this should not be
limited to staff alone but should include freelancers as well.
Many organizations now have developed robust resources –
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surveys, better-attuned managers and above all a climate of trust
Santiago Lyon
Vice President and Director of Photography,
Associated Press
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We Remember
In recognition of our roots as an organisation,
the Trust maintains a record dedicated to
the memory of freelance cameramen and
camerawomen who have lost their lives
during the course of their work.
James Foley 19 Aug 2014
Rami Rayan 30 Jul 2014
SYRIA - GLOBAL POST
GAZA - PALESTINE NETWORK FOR PRESS AND MEDIA
Khaled Reyadh Hamad 20 Jul 2014
GAZA - CONTINUE PRODUCTION FILMS
Yasser Faisal Al-Joumaili 04 Dec 2013 - SYRIA
Rajesh Verma 7 Sept 2013
INDIA - CHANNEL IBN7
Mika Yamamoto 20 Aug 2012
SYRIA - THE JAPAN PRESS
Hassan Al-Wadhaf 24 Sept 2012
Tim Hetherington 20 Apr 2011
YEMEN - ARABIC MEDIA AGENCY
Saleh Ibrahim 23 Apr 2005 Iraq
IRAQ
AP TELEVISION NEWS
Heman Salih 1 Feb 2004 IRAQ - KTV
Gharib Mohamad Salih 1 Feb 2004
Ayoub Mohamed Salih 1 Feb 2004
Amir Nawab 7 Feb 2005
Mohammed al-Nabbous 19 Mar 2011
IRAQ - AL-HURRA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - UNESCO
Miran Hrovatin 20 Mar 1994
Dimitry Zavadsky 7 Jul 2000
MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD IN 2003 BELARUS
Rick Lomba 15 Mar 1994
IRAQ - KTV
Leonardo Fabio Restrepo 5 February 2000
IRAQ - KTV
Indika Paththiniwasam 18 December 1999
Pablo Emilio Medina Motta 6 Dec 1999
Dhia Najim 1 Nov 2004, Iraq - Reuters
IRAQ - ZDF
Ramzan Mezhidov 29 Oct 1999
SAUDI ARABIA,
Olaf Ullmann 6 Aug 1999
LOCUM PRODUCTIONS - BBC NEWS
Adlan Khasanov 9 May 2004
CHECHNYA - REUTERS
Patient Chebeya 5 Apr 2010
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Burhan Mohamed Mazhour 26 March 2004
Hassan Zubeyr 3 Dec 2009
SOMALIA - AL-ARABIYA
Ricardo Ortega 7 March 2004
IRAQ - ABC NEWS
HAITI - ANTENA 3
Tony Vincent Jan 1999
Myles Tierney 10 Jan 1999
Christian Poveda 2 Sept 2009,
Richard Wild 5 July 2003
IRAQ - FRONTLINE TV NEWS
Michael Senior 7 Jul 1997
James Miller 2 May 2003
GAZA, FROSTBITE FILMS - CHANNEL 4 TV
Louise Ait-Adda 1 Jul 1997
Stan Storimans 12 Aug 2008
GEORGIA, STORICAM - RTL NIEUWS
Javid Ahmad Mir 12 Aug 2008
INDIA - 9TV
Normando Garcia 7 Aug 2008
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - TELEUNION CANAL 16
Shinji Omori7 Jul 2008
JAPAN - ASAHI BROADCASTING AOMORI
Fadel Shana 16 Apr 2008
Javed Khan 3 Jul 2007
PAKISTAN - DM DIGITAL TV
IRAQ - ABC NEWS
Aswan Ahmed Lutfallah 12 Dec 2006
Bradley Will Roland 27 Oct 2006
IRAQ - AP TELEVISION NEWS
IRAA - BAGHDAD TV
Ignacio Insua Penville 4 Sept 2006 CUBA - REUTERS
Martin Adler 23 Jun 2006
WEST BANK - APTN
Veronica Cabrera 15 April 2003
IRAQ
Paul Moran 22 March 2003, Iraq
Miguel Stein 7 December 2002
Mark Goicochea 7 Dec 2002
MALAYSIA - FILM NEGARA
CHECHNYA - VAYNAKH
MEXICO - TELEVISA
Farkhad Kerimov 22 May 1995
- FRONTLINTV NEWS
WEST BANK
WEST BANK
WEST BANK CORRIERE DELLA SERRA
Adil Bunyatov 17 Mar 1995
AZERBAIJAN
Marcello Palmisano 9 Feb 1995
Valentin 14 Jan 1995
BOLIVIA
Nader Habib 6 Dec 1994
James Brolan 29 May 2006
Thomas Percorelli 11 Sept 2001
NEW YORK - FOX SPORTS NET
Yoshiaki Misawa 13 Nov 1994
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IRAQ - BAGHDAD TV
Adam Tepsurgayev 21 Nov 2000
CHECHNYA - REUTERS
SOMALIA - RAI
CHECHNYA - CHANNEL 5
Juan Carlos Encinas 29 Jul 2001
Mahmoud Za’al 24 January 2006
CHECHNYA, APTV
(POSTHUMOUS WINNER, THE RORY PECK AWARD 1995)
(WINNER, THE RORY PECK AWARD FOR HARD NEWS 2004)
IRAQ CBS NEWS
MALAYSIA - FILM NEGARA
Sasa Kolevski 23 Sept 1995 Bosnia - BANJA LUKA TELEVISION
Gilberto Medina 10 Jul 1995
PERU
Amjad Bahjat Al Alami 18 Mar 2002
Raffaele Ciriello 13 Mar 2002
SOMALIA
PERU
KENYA - FUJI TV
Labib Ibrahim 17 Sept 1994
Alessandro Otta 28 Jan 1994
BOSNIA - RAI
David Bolkvade 28 Oct 1993
GEORGIA - WTN
Yvan Skopan 5 Oct 1993
RUSSIA - TF1
Alexander Sidelnikov 4 Oct 1993
Rory Peck 3 Oct 1993
RUSSIA - LENNAUCHFILM STUDIO
RUSSIA, ARD/FRONTLINE TV NEWS
LEBANON - AL-MANAR
Dominique Lonneux 2 Jun 1993
BOSNIA - MEXICAN TV
Tihomir “Tuna” Tunukovic 1 Nov 1992
Zivo Krsticevic 30 Dec 1991
HAITI, THN
YUGOSLAVIA, CROATIAN TV
Gordan Lederer 10 Aug 1991
Gvido Zvaigzne 5 Feb 1991
Jurij Botnik 20 Jan 1991
SOUTH AFRICA - SABC
YUGOSLAVIA - WTN
Montlouis Lherisse 23 Dec 1991
Zarco Kaic 28 Aug 1991
BOSNIA
BOSNIA - SARAJEVO TV
Hector Nkwanyana 5 May 1992
ALGERIA - ALGERIAN STATE TV
Viktor Pimenov 11 Mar 1996
ALGERIA - ABC
Sasa Lazarevic 20 Jun 1992
CAMBODIA
Mushtaq Ali 10 Sept 1995 Kashmir - ANI
CHECHNYA
Imad Abu Zahra 12 Jul 2002
PAKISTAN - CBS NEWS
Abdul Razak Mohamad Nor 2 Mar 1997
USA - CNN
Olivier Quemener 1 Feb 1994
Ahmed Haidar 26 Jul 1993
SOUTH AFRICA - SABC
Ishak Latif 2 Mar 1997
ANGOLA - CARTE BLANCHE
Sergei Krasilnikov 3 Oct 1993 Russia - ITA
Mohamed Amin 23 Nov 1996 CAMORES
José Couso 8 April 2003 IRAQ - TELECINCO
Roddy Scott 26 Sept 2002
MEXICO
Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli 18 Sept 2006
Nazeh Darwazeh 19 April 2003
Kaveh Golestan 2 April 2003, Iraq - BBC News
GAZA - REUTERS
Alla Uldeen Aziz 17 May 2007
(POSTHUMOUS WINNER, THE RORY PECK AWARD FOR FEATURES 2004)
CHECHNYA - CENTER TV
SIERRA LEONE - APTN
Carlos Mavroleon Sept 1998
Eddie Ellis Sept 1997
PAKISTAN - EXPRESS TV
COLOMBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
Jeremy Little 6 July 2003 IRAQ - NBC NEWS
Muhammad Imran 4 January 2009
SRI LANKA - ITN
GERMANY
Orhan Hijran 21 Oct 2009 - AL RASHED TV
EL SALVADOR
COLOMBIA
COLOMBIA - TV GARZON
Luis Alberto Rincón Solano 28 Nov 1999
SOMALIA - RAI 3
Lloyd Alfred Battle 22 Feb 1994
SIERRA LEONE, APTN
(WINNER, THE RORY PECK AWARD 1998)
PAKISTAN - AP TELEVISION NEWS & FRONTIER POST
Simon Cumbers 6 Jun 2004
LIBYA - LIBYA AL-HURRA
Crispin Kandolo 5 Sept 2000
Miguel Gil 24 May 2000
Mahmoud Hamid Abbas 15 Aug 2004
LIBYA
(WINNER, RORY PECK AWARD FOR FEATURES 2008)
Tharir Kadhim Jawad 4 Oct 2010
John Williams 22 September 2005
YUGOSLAVIA - HRVATSKA
LATVIA
LATVIA
Nick della Casa Mar 1991
IRAQ - BBC/FRONTLINE TV NEWS
Roberto Navas 18 Mar 1989
EL SALVADOR - REUTERs
Almerigo Grilz 19 May 1987
MOZAMBIQUE
Andy Skrzypkowiak 10 Jan 1987
George De’Ath 13 Jun 1986
Neil Davis 8 Sept 1985
AFGHANISTAN
SOUTH AFRICA - ITN
THAILAND - NBC
Lord Richard Cecil 20 Apr 1978
RHODESIA
JAPAN - FUJI TV
EGYPT - UNICEF
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JACK GARLAND AND GABRIEL GATEHOUSE ON THE
MAIDAN SQ BARRICADES, KIEV 2014.
Picture by Warwick Harrington
RORY
PECK
TRUST
REVIEW
2014
The Rory Peck Trust is dedicated to
the support, assistance and welfare of
freelance journalists and their
families worldwide.
BBC NEWSGATHERING
WISHES TO CONGRATULATE
ALL THE FINALISTS OF THE
RORY PECK TRUST AWARDS 2014
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From the Director
Tina Carr
There is a new urgency to our work. The brutal
killings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff
took us all by surprise and brought the world’s
attention to international journalists and the
dangers they face. People who had never
thought of it before became familiar with the
phrase “freelance journalist”.
So what effect has this had on the work of
the Rory Peck Trust? The work continues,
as it always has done, but more people now
understand why we’re here.
COURAGE
IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT
We continue to give grants and support to individual
freelancers and their families in crisis and to help
freelancers undertake vital safety training. We’re also
increasing the impact of our work by collaborating
closely with new partners on safety and first aid
projects, where we’ve focussed on the MENA region
to benefit groups of freelancers in Egypt and the
Kurdistan region of Iraq.
In September, we were honoured to have legendary US news
broadcaster Tom Brokaw speak on our behalf at a unique event held
at the British Residence in New York. We’re so grateful to the British
Consul Danny Lopez and his team, to Jon Williams of ABC News
and to Deborah Turness at NBC News for making this event such a
success.
I’d like to welcome new donors, the Evan Cornish Foundation, the
Printing Charity, and the United Nations Democracy Fund who are
supporting a long-planned project to help freelance journalists
We proudly salute the work
of The Rory Peck Foundation
and our freelance colleagues
around the world.
Here in London, we worked with BBC Persian and Small Media
in Libya. Thank you also, to all our valued regular donors the
Foundation to run a Professional Development workshop for Iranian
Associated Press, BBC, BSkyB, Channel 4 TV, CNN, ITN, NBC News,
freelancers in exile. With our long-term partner CPJ, we have
Reuters, Sony, Correspondents Fund, Col. W.H. Whitbread Trust, Oak
set up the Syria Response Group, a mechanism for international
Foundation and Open Society Foundations. And finally, where would
and regional journalist assistance organisations to safely share
we be without the efforts of those who find wonderful ways of raising
information on journalists covering the Syrian conflict. And last but
money for the Rory Peck Trust? Thank you - Caroline Jaine, Christian
not least, our dedicated Online Resource for Freelancers has been
Parkinson, Michael Reynolds, and Neal Mann and his beard.
live for a year, and we’re wondering how we ever managed without
it. It’s growing all the time and everything we do on the ground is
Welcome new friends and old. Because the game has changed.
now further developed online to reach more freelancers.
There are now more freelancers than ever before, and they are
exposed to more dangerous and unpredictable challenges. The
And we’ve made some new friends...
Trust is struggling to keep up with the number of freelancers asking
We were lucky enough to benefit from two profile -raising events
for help, and it’s not going to go away.
this year. In May, our new Patron, Lord Black of Brentwood,
hosted a reception at the Telegraph Media Group to help us raise
Photo by Ayman Mohyeldin
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awareness and support in the newspaper and publishing industry,
a really welcome initiative that’s already beginning to bear fruit.
Never have we needed you more.
Tina Carr
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Helping Freelancers Back to Work
With most freelancers lacking a
safety net when things go wrong,
a crisis can quickly become
devastating if it leads to a sustained
loss of income. Where possible, our
aim is to get freelancers out of a
critical situation and back to work.
This year the Trust’s grants helped to cover the cost of medical treatment,
physiotherapy, trauma counselling and stolen and damaged equipment.
They also helped those who had been injured, kidnapped or detained
cover unpaid bills and living costs, so that they could concentrate on a full
recovery before returning to work.
Grants from the Trust have supported five
Ukrainian freelance photographers, including
Volodymyr Shuvayev pictured above covering
the Euromaidan protests in Kiev.
© Dmitry Serebryakov
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova ©AFP/Getty
Ukraine
Anatolii Morozov in Donetsk
© Karen Arzumanyan
In Ukraine, the political crisis has led to a sharp increase
in freelancers needing support. Fierce fighting between
protestors, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias, and an
Syria
The Trust has been supporting freelance
Anatolii Morozov - attacked
journalists covering Syria since the
the dangers facing journalists. At least 175 journalists were
Freelance photographer Anatolii Morozov, was badly beaten by
beginning of the conflict in 2011. In 2014,
injured covering the violent clashes in Kiev in Winter
‘Berkut’ riot officers, when he refused to hand over his camera during
our support continued: grants have helped
2013-14. Grants from the Trust have helped Ukrainian
violent clashes in Kiev in February 2014. The attack left Anatolii
both local and international freelancers
freelancers replace damaged and stolen kit, and where
unconscious and his cheek badly broken. His camera and equipment
to recover from kidnapping, exile, trauma
needed, take medical training.
were also destroyed. After surgery and months of recovery, Anatolii
and injury, and - where possible - return to
was keen to get back to work but with only a borrowed, amateur
work. In December 2014, the Trust will be
camera, he couldn’t earn enough money to support his wife and
launching an online resource tailored to
young baby. A grant has helped him buy a new camera body which
the needs of Syrian freelancers.
increase in attacks and intimidation, significantly has increased
has enabled him to earn his full income potential.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova - kidnapped
Ricardo – joint-winner of the Rory Peck Award for Features in 2012 –
and staff journalist Javier Espinosa were kidnapped by Islamic State
in Northern Syria in September 2013. They were held in Raqaa for
more than six months. After their release in March 2014, a fundraiser
was set up by Ricardo’s friends and colleagues in Spain, to recoup
the income he lost during his captivity, and to cover mounting bills
and the cost of replacing stolen equipment. More than €37,000 was
raised through the publication and sale of Libya Close-up, a book of
Ricardo’s photographs from the conflict. The Trust kick-started the
fundraising campaign with a grant and promoted it widely. We also
kept in touch with, and offered practical advice to, Ricardo’s family
during his captivity. Ricardo is now back at work.
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Syria
Mowaffaq - in exile
Mowaffaq was forced to flee Syria to Lebanon after escaping
captivity at the beginning of the conflict. He had been shot, beaten
and tortured by regime security forces after filming a protest in
Damascus. He found Lebanon too dangerous to settle and travelled
to Egypt, where he worked successfully as a fixer for news media
Karam - in crisis
including the Guardian, Observer and Global Post. After President
Karam, who has been working as a stringer
Morsi’s overthrow in 2013, Egypt became unsafe for many Syrians
for AFP since the early days of the conflict,
seen as supporters of the old regime, and Mowaffaq was forced to
was kidnapped in November 2013 and held
move again this time to Turkey. He soon found work as a translator
for six months. Shortly after his release, a
and fixer for the media, but urgently needed a computer to fulfill
friend and colleague of Karam’s, who had
his commitments. A grant from the Trust helped Mowaffaq buy a
been detained with him, was executed
replacement laptop and editing software, and since then he has
by the group. Karam began to suffer the
been working regularly for foreign media and local radio.
symptoms of trauma, but needed to earn
money so, he returned to work without
treatment. A grant from the Trust enabled
Karam to travel to Turkey, for trauma
counselling, and some much needed
respite from the conflict, which has given
him the help and time he needed before
resuming work.
Qaabata & KANERE
Journalists at Kakuma Camp
Supporting Freelancers in Exile
Every year, the Trust supports
freelance journalists and their
families who have been forced into
exile. Freelancers flee because they
are suffering violent retaliation,
threats, intimidation, imprisonment
and torture. Most are targets because
of the work that they do.
Our grants help freelancers out of danger, find a place
to live, reach long-term settlement, and, where possible,
help build an income. We also provide assistance through
online resources and practical workshops.
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Supporting Freelancers in Exile
Alireza Ahmadian,
© James Arthur Allen
© Kate Holt/Internews
Iran
At least 76 journalists have fled into exile from Iran in the last
five years – more than any other country in the world.
The disputed Iranian elections in 2009 led to a severe
backlash on independent journalists, resulting in a mass
exodus. The Trust continues to support Iranian freelancers
East Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia are
and their families in exile with individual grants and assistance,
while exploring other support through workshops and
it comes to journalists being forced
Online Resources:
Guide for East African journalists in exile
into exile. Most of them flee to Kenya
In October 2013 the Trust launched an online resource to help East African journalists
and Uganda, escaping threats,
navigate the difficult realities of life in exile. Compiled with an expert group of local and
violence and conflict. Freelancers
international partners, the resource gives information on how journalists might be able to
are especially vulnerable - a lack of
protect themselves and get access to local support and help. It also includes information
support can make them susceptible
on the refugee process in Kenya and Uganda, and the rights and duties of refugees within
to continued persecution in exile.
each country. Feedback from freelancers who have used the resource say it has been very
among the top five countries when
helpful to their situation, describing it as informative, detailed and very clear.
Qaabata Boru Wario - threatened
Qaabata Boru Wario has lived in the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya since fleeing
Open Letter to the Kenyan
Government
Ethiopia in 2005. In 2008, he founded KANERE, the only independent refugee-run newspaper
In March, the Kenyan Government issued
operated from a camp. Through KANERE, Qaabata has reported on corruption, abuse and
a directive ordering all refugees out of
exploitation, which has led to unwanted attention. He has been repeatedly threatened
urban centres and into overcrowded
and harassed by camp authorities, unhappy at his reporting. In 2012, a grant from the Trust
camps, further increasing the risk of
enabled Qaabata to relocate to Nairobi for several months, to find some safety and financial
persecution and harassment for exiled
support for the newspaper. Since then, KANERE has grown, gaining charitable status and a
freelance journalists. In response, the Trust,
small team of journalists, but the threats have continued. In 2014 we gave Qaabata a second
CPJ and RSF, issued an open letter to the
grant so he could travel to Nairobi to renew his journalist accreditation which has given him
Kenyan interior minister Joseph Ole Lenku
some protection. The trip also helped him publicise KANERE and explore funding options that
expressing concern. After the letter was
will help expand his paper to print.
published, Somali journalist and former
online resources.
Alireza Ahmadian - in exile
Alireza, a participant in the Professional Skills workshop, was just 19
when he left Iran for Canada, following a government crackdown
against the media in 2001. He had been co-founder of the
Association of Young Journalists and Writers in Yazd in central Iran,
and moving to Canada was a shock. “In Iran in my city, within my
organisation, I was a big shot... after 24 hours travelling from Iran to
Workshop:
Professional Skills and Opportunities for Iranian
Freelancers in Exile
Canada I was no-one.”
The Trust organised a three day professional development for seven
journalism, as a freelancer writing background and commentary
Iranian freelancers in September 2014, in association with BBC
after the disputed 2009 Iranian elections. Now living in London he
Persian and Small Media Foundation. With sessions led by prominent
is a Middle East blogger for the Foreign Policy Association and has
journalists and editors working in the UK media, participants gained
appeared on BBC Persian and BBC World News to discuss world
practical skills and information on how to further their careers,
affairs. However, he says he has still learned a huge amount from the
including how to market themselves and how to pitch stories.
workshop, such as what editors are looking for and how to pitch a
Feedback was overwhelmingly positive with participants saying the
story. “It changed my view about English-speaking media and how
workshop had given them the courage to move forward, providing a
to pitch to them. For instance, for the first time in my life I learned
new vision of the English language media and its opportunities.
that news analysis is different from commentary - I had no idea!”
It took eight years before Alireza was able to resume work in
© James Arthur Allen
Trust beneficiary Mahad Omar was
released from a refugee camp, where he
Kakuma camp
had been forcibly relocated, and allowed to
return to Nairobi.
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Supporting Freelance Safety
Rory Peck Training Fund
We continue to provide bursaries to freelancers around the world. Safety training is essential
for any journalist planning to work in a hostile environment. Our bursaries make it affordable
for freelancers.
In 2014 we added 1st Option Media in the UK and Gobal Journalist Security in the USA to our
approved list of course providers. We continued our partnership with New York’s Columbia
School of Journalism, providing bursaries to freelancers wishing to attend their annual safety
course. We also enabled Eastern European freelancers to participate in a RISC first aid
training course in Kosovo, by funding their travel.
Medical Trauma Training in
Iraqi Kurdistan © Jodi Hilton
As journalists around the world
increasingly become targets, it is
vital that freelancers have the safety
skills and knowledge that can help
them protect themselves and their
colleagues, whether travelling to
conflict zones, or working in their
own countries.
©TYR Solutions
“I wished I had been able to do it
earlier! I had a trip to Afghanistan
shortly after. I found I looked at
situations in a whole new way;
from pre-trip preparation, to
planning exit strategies, and an
overall confidence that I had
the training to fall back on if an
emergency did occur”.
“I needed to do hostile environment training but as
a freelancer it was incredibly expensive. The Rory
Peck Trust helped me pay for a week long Hostile
Environment Training course in the U.K. before I
deployed here to West Africa. Without their help I
simply wouldn’t have been able to afford to do it. It
has been absolutely crucial in my job.”
- Katerina Vittozzi , Freelance video journalist, West Africa
- Daniel Soekov
Freelance cameraman, Australia
The Trust has expanded its support for freelance
safety, growing its list of training providers and working
with partners to provide tailored safety workshops
for freelancers living and working in some of the
world’s most difficult and dangerous areas. We
have also grown our online safety resources, which
provide guides and templates on everything from risk
assessments to digital security.
Katerina Vittozzi
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Supporting Freelance Safety
Workshop:
Medical Trauma Training, Iraqi Kurdistan
In September 2014, the Trust funded a three-day medical and trauma training workshop for
freelance journalists living and working in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. The invasion
of Islamic State forces had increased the dangers for journalists living and working in the
region, whilst also prompting an increase in newsgathering. Many news outlets were relying
on local journalists and fixers - most of them un-trained in medical trauma and first aid. Neal
Jackson, photographer and chairman emeritus of the VII photo agency, pulled together a
voluntary team of experienced trainers including a former US Army medic and Erbil-based
surgeons and doctors. Freelancers were trained in medical treatment procedures and
provided with individual first aid kits containing medical appliances and supplies. The course
was run by Talking Eyes Media.
“I was looking for safety
templates when I was preparing
my trips to Iraq and Gaza. I found
your resources extremely helpful
because they made me prepare
things more thoroughly than
before. I have recommended the
RPT website to other freelance
journalists I met in Gaza who were
obviously under-prepared - some
had never even heard of a risk
assessment”
“We could not have had a better
experience with RPT. They
understood what we wanted to
do, encouraged us, and met our
almost impossible deadline to get
everything in place in time for the
course. They enabled us to prove
that our concepts were viable and
that this type of project could be
delivered with volunteers in an
economically efficient way.”
- Neal Jackson, photographer and
- Daniel van Moll, Freelance
Chairman Emeritus, VII photo agency
Photojournalist
Online Resource:
Freelance Safety and Security
The Trust’s online resources for safety and security emerged as a
popular section in the website in 2014 - an impact of the growing
attention given to the risks faced by freelancers in the field.
Our templates and guides help freelance journalists create their own
comprehensive risk assessments, communication plans and proofof-life documents before starting an assignment.
Online Resource:
Digital Security
Digital security has become increasingly important for journalists.
Medical Trauma Training in
Iraqi Kurdistan © Jodi Hilton
After their launch in 2013, we quickly saw the importance they could
Knowing how to communicate safely and securely is now an
serve for local journalists covering conflict throughout the Middle
essential skill but it’s often difficult for freelancers to know how to
East and North Africa so, they were translated into Arabic.
navigate the wealth of information on the subject to find what is
relevant to them.
The Trust’s Digital Security resource provides freelancers with
relevant, easy to understand information to help them communicate
safely. Over the last 12 months this resource has expanded to
include new information on mobile security, a new page on
encryption and a selection of the best online guides and tutorials for
Workshop:
Photojournalist Safety Training, Egypt
journalists. We also launched our Digital Security Risk Asse ssment
In November 2013, the Trust paid for seven Egyptian freelance
assignment, and produced two live online hangouts with freelancers
photographers to attend a 3-day safety training course in Cairo.
and experts, such as The Guardian Project, sharing information on
to help freelancers prepare for digital threats they may face on
digital security preparations and safe practice in the field.
Run by Al-Liquindoi Workshops, Contemporary Image Collective
and TYR Solutions, the course was set up in response to a call from
Egyptian photojournalists looking for formal safety training that
would help them manage the increasing dangers that they faced
while reporting, especially covering demonstrations and
violent clashes.
Participants said that they came away with a clear understanding
of the need for preparation and risk assessment before and
during assignments, and that they had acquired crucial skills and
knowledge that could completely change the outcome of
a future situation.
Egypt Safety Training ©TYR Solutions
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Supporting the Families of Freelancers
Mahmoud Abou Zeid
Every year, the Trust supports the families of
freelancers who have been killed, kidnapped,
imprisoned or forced to flee. Our grants help
to cover living costs, medical bills, school and
legal fees, and essential travel.
Sometimes the grants help a family find a sustainable
source of income. We also provide emotional support
and other non financial help such as information,
advice and referrals to specialised colleagues
and partners.
Egypt:
The family of Mahmoud Abou Zeid (“Shawkan”) Imprisoned
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known professionally
as Shawkan, has been detained in Egypt without charge since
14 August 2013. A contributor to publications such as Time Magazine,
Die Zeit, Media Group, and online photo agency, Demotix, Shawkan
was covering the violent clashes in Rab’aa Square in Cairo when he
was arrested, beaten and subsequently imprisoned. Shawkan says
he feels as if he has been kidnapped, that he has fallen into a black
hole from which he can’t escape. His brother Mohammed has been
allowed to visit only several times. The Trust has been providing
support for Shawkan’s parents while he is in prison. Both are diabetic
and had been relying on their son’s income for medicines.
Azerbaijan:
The family of Parviz Hashimli - Imprisoned
Marc and Debra Tice appeal for information about their missing
son Austin at a Beirut press conference in 2012
© AP/Bilal Hussein
Parviz, an experienced freelance print journalist, started receiving
threats in 2013 when he began writing a series of articles openly
criticizing Azerbaijan’s National Security Agency who then arrested
him and raided his home. Authorities claim they found a pistol
“Learning that there was an organisation
and people devoted to helping freelancers
in trouble and their families was a huge
emotional lift for us. Suddenly we were
surrounded by a whole new world of caring,
knowledgeable people who helped carry
our burden and make it lighter for us.”
and several hand grenades. In May 2014, after being detained for
several months without charge, Parviz was sentenced to 8 years
in prison for what his lawyers say are fabricated charges meant to
intimidate other journalists. His health has deteriorated dramatically
in prison but he has received no healthcare. As Parviz was the main
breadwinner for his family, his wife has struggled to support herself
and their child. RPT has provided them with a grant to cover basic
subsistence, school fees, medical and legal fees.
Ilaha Hashimova at a press conference
after her husband, Parviz’s imprisonment
© Obyektiv TV
- Marc Tice, who’s son Austin went missing in Syria in August 2012
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Partners
2o14
The trust works closely
with a wide network of
local and international
partners including:
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- Adil Soz, Kazakhstan
- Amnesty International, UK
- Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Egypt
- Article 19, UK
- Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), Bahrain
- Bahrain Press Association (BPA)
- BBC Persian, London
- Belarus Association of Journalists, Belarus
- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), Canada
- Centro de Reporteros Informativos sobre Guatemala (Cerigua), Guatemala
- Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippines
- Chechnya Advocacy Network
- Columbia Journalism School, USA
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), USA
- Dart Centre Europe, UK
- Dmitry Zavadsky Foundation, Belarus
- East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), Uganda
- Freedom Foundation for Media Freedom, Right and Development, Yemen
- Freedom House, USA
- Free Press Unlimited, The Netherlands
- Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Colombia
- Glasnost Defense Foundation, Russia
- Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Lebanon
- Human Rights Watch (HRW), USA
- Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFJ), Azerbaijan
- Institute of Mass Information, Ukraine
- Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), Peru
- International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, USA
- International Media Support (IMS), Denmark
- International PEN, UK
- Journalistes en Danger (JED), Democratic Republic of Congo
- Journalisten helfen Journalisten (JHJ), Germany
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Belgium
- Journalistic Freedom Observatory (JFO) and Metro Center to Defend Journalist, Iraq
- Journalists for Human Rights Kenya (JOHURI), Kenya
- Media Council of Kenya (MCK), Kenya
- Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Ghana
- Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), UK
- Munk School, University of Toronto, Canada
- NAI, Afghanistan
- Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom (MADA), OPT
- Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting, USA
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Czech Republic
- Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), France
- Skeyes Center for Media and Culture Freedom (SKeyes), Lebanon
- Small Media Foundation, London
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Services include: immunisation, health advice, education,
training, crisis management, planning, medical kits, specialist
supplies, CBRN countermeasures, in-assignment and
post-assignment care, medical evacuation, and psychological
follow-up and support.
Our clients range from large news organisations to solo
freelancers around the world.
Photo © Stefano Santucci
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CONGRATULATES THE
NOMINEES AND WINNERS,
AND THANKS YOU FOR
YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK.
From conflicts to natural disasters, we have a proven track
record of helping working journalists combat avoidable
personal risk.
We are proud to support the work of the Rory Peck Trust.
FLEET STREET CLINIC
29 FLEET STREET LONDON EC4Y 1AA
020 7353 5678
www.fleetstreetclinic.com
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THE
TRUST AND
SUPPORTERS
2014
The Rory Peck Trust is totally independent,
and relies on the committed support
of corporations, trusts, foundations and
individuals to carry out its work.
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Our Supporters
Fundraising Events
Every year, the Trust is supported by the efforts
of individuals whose imagination and hard work
This year, our special thanks go
raise much-needed funds.
Major Donors
BBC
BSkyB
to Neal Mann, Christian Parkinson,
Mike Reynolds and Caroline Jaine.
Channel 4 Television
CNN
The Correspondents Fund
ITN
NBC News
Oak Foundation
Open Society Foundations
The Printing Charity
Reuters
“It’s something which I have
lovingly grown for almost two
years now, but shaving it is a
tiny sacrifice in comparison to
the ones that many freelance
journalists make. Ultimately I
hope that any funding raised
will stop a freelance journalist
somewhere making the ultimate
sacrifice.”
Sony
United Nations Democracy Fund
Donors
Individual Donors
Associated Press
Peter Adler
Fiona Anderson
Alexander Atack
Edmund Baxter
Todd Baxter
RA Beaumont
Family of Richard Beeston
Anouk and Greg Bergner
Kate Burvill
Andy Carvin
K. Dequatre Cheeseman
Andrew Clarke
Nick Crawley
Reverend Simon and Mrs Mary Crawley
Sean Curtis-Ward
Mark Davies
John Drake
Jorg Ellmers
Adela Forestier-Walker
Janice Freeman
Frank Gardner
Michael & Candice Garner
Lizbeth Hannam
Claire Herriot
Tom Hetherington
Mary Hockaday
Elizabeth Holmes
Michael Jermey
BBC News
BBC World
Evan Cornish Foundation
Hexagon
Maxwell Stuart Charitable Trust
Salisbury Charitable Trust
Col. W.H. Whitbread Charitable Trust
WDR
And special thanks to
CBS News: Charlie D’Agata and team
Caroline Jaine
Neal Mann
Christian Parkinson
Michael Reynolds
Jennifer Siebens
University of Falmouth
Family and friends of Bernard Cole
A. Kharchenko
Jeffrey Kofman
John Loden
Ann MacMillan
Peter Manning
James Mates
Andy Maun
Jonathan Miller
Richard Moore
Oran O’Reilly
Rakesh Patel
Andrew Rackstraw
Santha Rasaiah
Alan and Marie-Louise Redfern
Ian Richardson
Nikitin Sallee
Barbara Saunders
Simon Scott
Ian Seath
Jennifer Siebens
Mary Ann Sieghart
George Smith
Martyn and Jan Vernon-Smith
Sir Harold Walker
Magda Walter
Sarah Ward-Lilley
Rhys Williams
Naomi Wilson
We would like to thank the following individuals for
their help and support during the year:
James Bennett
Andy Clarke
British Consul, Danny Lopez and his team
Lori Fulton
Neal Jackson
Leigh Kiniry
Ayman Mhanna
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Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
Charlotte Stockting
Ed Taylor
Deborah Turness
Jon Williams
Doug Wills
“I am full time staff with the
BBC and often see freelancers
producing amazing work, but also
taking massive risks. Therefore,
I think it is more important than
ever for the Rory Peck Trust to
be able to help with training
bursaries and to offer grants and
support to freelancers in crisis or
who have been injured.”
- Wall Street Journal’s Neal Mann
shaved his (very long!) beard off to
raise $10,000 for our training fund.
- BBC News Cameraman Christian
Parkinson has raised over $3,600
through the sale of his e-book,
Camera Confidential.
“It’s easy to sit at home watching the news without
thinking about the people that are reporting from
some seriously dangerous places. Having seen the
work that RPT does, and the support the charity
offers freelancers, it was a no-brainer!”
“Although RPT is a small charity,
it’s an effective charity – I think
it can really get to the heart of
things.”
- Artist Caroline Jaine raised
£250 for our work.
- Mike Reynolds’ Kilimanjaro climb
raised £1,472.
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7E congratulate the
Rory Peck Award winners
and pay tribute to the
courage and dedication of
freelance professionals
.worldwide.
Financial Statement
Consolidated statement of financial activities
(SoFA) For the year ended 31 December 2013
The Fleet Street Clinic is the UK's leading provider of
specialist healthcare services for journalists,
photographers and production crew on high-risk &
last-minute assignments abroad.
Total(£)
Total(£)
2013
2012
278,949
231,674
134,743
132,851
From conflicts to natural disasters,
we have
a proven
Incoming
Resources
track record of helping working journalists combat
avoidable personal
risk.
Incoming resources from generated funds
Our services include immunisation,
health advice,
Voluntary
income
education and training, crisis management,
Activitiesplanning,
of subsidiary for generating funds
kits & supplies, post-assignment
care, and
Bank interest receivable
psychological support.
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Our clients range from solo freelancers to news teams
around theTotal
world.
Incoming Resources
340
564
237,029
168,523
651,061
533,612
We are proud to support the work of the
Rory PeckResources
Trust.
Expended
TH-1 ‘Talking Head’ For Video
Reporting & Conferencing
TH-2 supports two Inmarsat GAN
terminals for 128kbps in addition
to all the normal TH-1 features
TH-4 TCP/IP connectivity at
up to 384kbps via the internet or
satellite data terminal
Signal House, 127 Molesey Avenue, West Molesey, Surrey KT8 2FF, UK
Tel: 44(0)20 8487 3200
TH-R rackmount for central site operation
Fax: 44(0)20 8487 3210
Email: [email protected]
FLEET STREET CLINIC
29 FLEET STREET LONDON
EC4Y 1AA
Cost of generating
funds
020 7353 5678 Costs of generating voluntary income
www.fleetstreetclinic.com
77,019
99,057
87,783
81,065
164,802
180,122
392,447
352,814
19,231
25,343
411,678
378,157
11,712
12,340
588,192
570,619
Net income/(expenditure)
62,869
(37,007)
Total Funds At 1 January 2013
197,401
234,408
260,270
197,401
Fundraising trading (Awards)
Charitable Activities
Freelance Assistance Programme
Advocacy and awareness
Audit, legal, governance
Total Resources Expended
Total Funds At 31 December 2013
The analysis and presentation of incoming resources and resources expended across
different SoFA categories, and the allocation of support costs to activity categories within
the SoFA have been restated for the preceding period to ensure consistent presentation and
comparability. This is in accordance with the presentation in the audited accounts.
The above extract is from the audited accounts approved by the Trustees on 26 June 2014
Further information on the activities of the Trust and copies of the audited financial
statements are available on request from the Director, the Rory Peck Trust, Linton House,
24 Wells Street, London W1T 3PH, UK
The Rory Peck Trust is a Registered Charity No. 1071844 in England and Wales.
Company No. 3552486
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Atmosphere
3
Meteor
breaks up,
showering
thousands
of fragments
(meteorites)
onto the
Chelyabinsk
region
2
30-45 km above
Earth’s surface:
Meteor begins
to break into
small pieces
MOSCOW
Lakes
2
R U SSI A
Chelyabinsk
Photo
VideograPhics
Advisory Committee
20 m
Mario Goetze scores a
superb extra-time winner as
Germany beat Argentina 1-0
to become the first European
team to win a World Cup
held in the Americas.
Video
Chelyabinsk
Chebarkul
Timiryazevskiy
Traject
ory
graPhics
Original asteroid was 4.5 billion years old
May have been part of 2-km-wide rock called 86039
Resulting Meteorites are LL chondrites, with a high cobalt content
Main trajectory
Trajectory of fragments
Altitude in km
Chebarkul
Lake
Chebarkul
4
20 km
Timiryazevsky
Crater 8 m
wide
20
Korkino
25
Fragment
measuring 4 cm
Further
disintegration
30
Fragments from
main break-up
5 km
Sources: Roskosmos, NASA
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