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: RFA
Project: Preserving the Erased Decade of the Chinese Feminist Movement (2021)
Winner: 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Online News Association
Network: VOA
Project: From China, With Love: An Adoption Story (2021)
Winner: VOA Mandarin language service journalist Ailin Li and VOA News Center executive producer Elizabeth Arrott
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: VOA
Project: Walking without Borders (Pasos sin Fronteras) (2021)
Winner: VOA Spanish language service journalist Jaime Moreno
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: RFA
Project: Bangladeshi volunteers help bury abandoned COVID dead (2021)
Winner: BenarNews
Presented by: Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)
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
Network: VOA
Project: Producing in a Pandemic (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
Network: VOA
Project: High-tech fight against COVID-19 (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
Network: VOA
Project: Between Trump and Trade (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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
Network: VOA
Project: (2020)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists
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
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
Network: VOA
Project: The Lakota Daughters (2021)
Winner: Victoria Kupchinetsky, Vladimir Badikov and Joy Wagner
Presented by: Kansas City FilmFest International
Network: VOA
Project: The Lakota Daughters (2021)
Winner: Victoria Kupchinetsky, VOA Russian
Presented by: Loyola Feminist Film Festival
Network: VOA
Project: (2021)
Winner: VOA journalist Zabihullah Ghazi
Presented by: The Afghanistan Journalists Center