Established in memory of independent war correspondent Khaled Alkhateb

2022

The fourth year of competition saw submissions from 16 countries in 6 languages.
The winning works focused on conflicts in Yemen, Ukraine and Mozambique.

  • BEST JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    VIDEO
    Valentin Trushnin
    Russia
    Monastery: Through Heaven and Hell
    The Donetsk People’s Republic militia evacuates the Nikolsky Monastery shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
  • BEST JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    WRITTEN
    Alexander Kots
    Russia
    Fighting Outside Kiev: Gostomel Warriors
    War correspondent reports on the Russian paratroopers holding the defense line under fire for a month at an airfield near Kiev.
  • BEST HUMANITARIAN JOURNALISM:
    VIDEO
    Regina Orekhova
    Russia
    Civilians
    Misha arrives from the Russian town of Kaluga to the Donetsk region in search of his fiancée Katya who had gone on a visit to her parents before the special military operation started in February 2022.
  • BEST HUMANITARIAN JOURNALISM:
    WRITTEN
    Maria Marikyan
    Russia
    The town of Popasnaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic is no longer under heavy fire like it was last summer, yet occasionally the air raid alert goes on.



2021

The fourth year of competition saw submissions from 16 countries in 6 languages.
The winning works focused on conflicts in Yemen, Ukraine and Mozambique.

  • BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONЕ:
    LONG FORM
    Alexander Lukyanov
    Russia
    “Rumbling silence”, Russia 24
    The reporter goes to the DPR front line to see with his own eyes how the "line of contact ceasefire” agreement is being implemented, and himself comes under fire...
  • BEST WRITTEN JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONЕ:
    WRITTEN
    Anuj Chopra
    USA
    Battles and bloodshed in Yemen's Marib”, AFP
    On-the-ground report from Marib, Yemen, as Houthi rebels ramp up a scorched-earth offensive to seize the city...
  • BEST HUMANITARIAN JOURNALISM: AFTER THE WAR:
    VIDEO
    Rania Abdullah
    Yemen
    “Life, Terminated”, YEMEN-TV
    The documentary covers the ongoing armed conflict in southwestern Yemen that drove 38 families to flee to a remote mountainous area in the al-Mafir district of Taiz Governorate...



2020

The third year of the competition saw submissions from 16 countries in 7 languages.
The winning works focused on conflicts in Iran and Syria.

  • Best VIDEO Journalism from a Conflict Zone:
    LONG FORM
    Alexander Konevich
    Russia
    Russian military in Syria
    The work consists of 5 news stories that were broadcast on the daily news program "Today"...
  • BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    SHORT FORM
    Mohamed Ali
    Syria
    Idlib frontline calm as ceasefire goes into effect
    Calm prevails in Syria’s Idlib province as a ceasefire deal between Russia and Turkey largely holds.
  • BEST JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    WRITTEN
    Ruchi Kumar
    Afghanistan
    Why Iran Is Deporting Scores of Afghan Refugees.
    Last December, Ruchi Kumar along with a colleague travelled to the border between Iran and Afghanistan...



2019

The second year of the competition saw submissions from 25 countries in 8 languages.
The winning works shed light on conflicts in Syria, Libya and Iraq.

  • Best VIDEO Journalism from a Conflict Zone:
    LONG FORM
    AMITABH P REVI
    India
    Palmyra Ravaged by Daesh, A Bid to Rise Like The Phoenix.
    The Temple of Baalshamin, the Victory Arch and The Temple of Bel were all destroyed with reportedly 10,000 tons of explosives.
  • Best VIDEO Journalism from a Conflict Zone:
    LONG FORM
    ANTON STEPANENKO
    Russia
    Raqqa. Life after war.
    After a massive bombardment of Raqqa, considered to be the Islamic State’s de-facto capital, the once-thriving city lies in ruins.
  • BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    SHORT FORM
    FAUSTO BILOSLAVO
    Italy
    The battle of Tripoli.
    The battle of Tripoli is raging between government forces and the troops of General Haftar.
  • BEST JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    WRITTEN
    KENNETH R. ROSEN
    USA
    After ISIS.
    In a series of stories from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, writer Kenneth R. Rosen journeys across the divide of both countries to learn what will come after the fall of the Islamic State's caliphate.



2018

The first year of the competition saw submissions from more than 20 countries in 10 languages.
The winning works shed light on conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and the Philippines.

  • Best VIDEO Journalism from a Conflict Zone:
    LONG FORM
    Anna Karenina Tolentino
    Singapore
    Get Real: Escape from Marawi
    On May 23, 2017, ISIS affiliated terrorists wrestled control of Marawi, the biggest Islamic city in the Southern Philippines.
  • BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    SHORT FORM
    Asaad Al-Zalzalee
    Iraq
    ISIS Children (Iraq)
    This piece examines the fate of the children and families of ISIS militants following the expulsion of the terrorist organization by Iraqi forces.
  • BEST JOURNALISM FROM A CONFLICT ZONE:
    WRITTEN
    Jason O'Brien
    Ireland
    Special dispatch from inside Syria.
    After seven years of bloodshed, the ongoing civil war in Syria is this century's deadliest.