Awards
David Burke Awards
The David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards recognize the courage, integrity, and professionalism of journalists from each of the USAGM networks. The awards are named after the founding chairman, David Burke. To learn more about our distinguished winners, visit our Burke Awards page.
External Awards
Explore more of our award-winning work below.
Filter by: VOA, OCB, RFE/RL, RFA, MBN, OTF
Network: VOA
Project: Shelter on the Line (2022)
Winner: Senior executive producer Euna Lee, producer Lauren Kawana and video editor JP Dobrin
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Terror in Tigray: The Ethiopian refugee crisis (2022)
Winner: Correspondent Heather Murdock
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: VOA Unpacked: Life as a Refugee (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Breaking a Taboo: A Muay Thai Fighter in Afghanistan (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Weathering the Storm: The Climate Crisis in Coastal Louisiana (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Without Women (2022)
Winner: VOA Persian
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: MBN
Project: An interview with Demiana Nassar Hanna (2022)
Winner: ElSaha.com
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Promotional video highlighting MBN’s podcast “Chapters” (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Augmented reality production highlighting the potential ecological disaster (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Augmented reality production of Air Force One (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: ISIS Wives (2022)
Winner: Alhurra Investigates
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: VOA
Project: A Day in the Life of Refugees (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: Aravali International Film Festival
Network: VOA
Project: Breast cancer Awareness: The story of Mahlet Girma (2022)
Winner: Eden Geremew Bekele, VOA Horn of Africa service
Presented by: Gracie Awards
Network: RFA
Project: Between Vision and Reality: the Gap in China’s Fight Against HIV (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFA
Project: Preserving the Erased Decade of the Chinese Feminist Movement (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFA
Project: A Guide To the New Hong Kong Under the Chinese Communist Party (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFE/RL
Project: Mr. Landsbergis (2021)
Winner: Current Time/Sergei Loznitsa
Presented by: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Network: RFE/RL
Project: Mr. Landsbergis (2021)
Winner: Current Time/Danielius Kokanauskis
Presented by: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Network: RFA
Project: Video series on Hong Kong’s resistance art community (2021)
Winner: RFA Mandarin
Presented by: Excellent Journalism Award Foundation
Network: MBN
Project: Real or Made Up” promotional video (2021)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: Promax Global Excellence Awards