Channel 4 Scoops Three RTS Television Journalism Awards

23 February 2012

Channel 4 scooped three RTS Television Journalism Awards  The film Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (ITN for Channel 4) beat off competition from Al Jazeera and the BBC to win the Current Affairs International category. 

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, which featured devastating evidence of war crimes

was screened at the UN Human Rights Council and led to David Cameron to call for an investigation into the allegations.

The RTS judges described the film as:  "This meticulous investigative documentary was judged as a truly outstanding exemplar.   The producers had the difficult task of collating and analysing hours of raw footage often shot on mobile phones or on small domestic cameras. They took a forensic approach to this material, and were able to piece together a unique, disturbing and convincing account of what was supposed to be a war carried out well away from public view." 

Jamal Osman won the independent award for his film Somali Olympic Dreams (ITN/Channel 4 News).

Praising the film the Judges said:   "The winning film showed in a unique way the power of human desire to succeed in any circumstances.  It was a remarkable project which was heart-warming, uplifting and heartbreaking by turn. An admirable venture to tell a story about brave and indomitable athletes." 

Stuart Webb of Channel 4 News won ‘Camera Operator of the Year' which the

The RTS judges described his works as:  "Brilliantly shot, the images were full of detail and very measured.  The winner's work showed real sensitivity - he got close without being intrusive and the camera said everything!"