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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
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Network: RFA
Project: Bangladeshi volunteers help bury abandoned COVID dead (2021)
Winner: BenarNews
Presented by: Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)
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Network: VOA
Project: The Lakota Daughters (2021)
Winner: VOA Russian service journalist, Victoria Kupchinetsky, cinematographer Vladimir Badikov and producer Joy Wagner
Presented by: Gracie Awards
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Network: VOA
Project: Producing in a Pandemic (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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Network: VOA
Project: High-tech fight against COVID-19 (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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Network: VOA
Project: Between Trump and Trade (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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Network: VOA
Project: 50 years ago, Apollo 13 moon mission became NASA’s ‘successful failure’ (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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Network: VOA
Project: (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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Network: RFA
Project: Vatican to Renew Deal with China Series (2021)
Winner: RFA’s Mandarin Service reporter Amelia Hei Loi
Presented by: Human Rights Free Press Awards
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Network: VOA
Project: VOA Special Report: Saving Gabon’s Forest Elephants (2021)
Winner: Carla Babb, Betty Ayoub, Ricci Shryock, Tatiana Mossot, Laurence Gomez and Elizabeth Arrott
Presented by: Military Reporters and Editors Association
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Network: VOA
Project: The Lakota Daughters (2021)
Winner: Victoria Kupchinetsky, Vladimir Badikov and Joy Wagner
Presented by: Kansas City FilmFest International
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Network: VOA
Project: The Lakota Daughters (2021)
Winner: Victoria Kupchinetsky, VOA Russian
Presented by: Loyola Feminist Film Festival
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Network: VOA
Project: (2021)
Winner: VOA journalist Zabihullah Ghazi
Presented by: The Afghanistan Journalists Center
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Network: VOA
Project: Worth of a Girl (2020)
Winner:
Presented by: Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)
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Network: RFA
Project: Grey Rhino (2020)
Winner: Radio Free Asia
Presented by: Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)