For all press enquires, please contact the One World Broadcasting Trust office:
 

CAN Mezzanine,
32-36 Loman Street,
London SE1 0EH

Tel: 020 7922 7941
Fax: 020 7922 7706 (Please mark for attention of One World Broadcasting Trust)
Email: oneworld@owbt.org

Recent news and press releases from the One World Broadcasting Trust:


12th June 2008 - Rwandan 'Archers' receives much acclaimed Special Achievement Award

23rd January 2008 - One World Invites entries for prestigious annual awards (Word file)

24th October 2007 - Top broadcasters from developing countries visit the UK to exchange skills and build better media back home (Word file)
 

Media coverage of the Trust's projects:


The One World Media Awards - coverage of the Trust's flagship event has appeared in numerous publications throughout its twenty-year history. You can read some of these articles via the following links: (Click here for the Awards home page)

Awards 2008:

Rwandans are hooked on Africa's Ambridge - Urunana radio soap opera featured in the Independent

How Ambridge is helping Rwanda rebuild itself - The Archers' Felicity Finch writes about the Urunana radio soap opera

The Rwandan Archers - interview on the Today programme, BBC Radio 4, with Felicity Finch and Urunana Managing Director Narcisse Kalisa

One World Media Awards: BBC Radio 4 and the Guardian triumph - coverage in the Guardian

Urunana on the BBC World Service - click to listen to an interview with Sam Kyagambiddwa, Head Writer of the Urunana radio soap opera, on the BBC World Service's Outlook programme (8 min, right click to download, left click to listen in new window)

End of the Rainbow on Radio Network Europe - click to listen to a report about International Premiere joint winner, End of the Rainbow (3 min, right click to download, left click to listen in new window)

Guardian scoops three prizes at One World Media Awards - coverage in the Press Gazette

Hot Topic: TV and the developing world - opinion piece in Broadcast Magazine by Andy Glynne, OWBT Director

Irishwoman’s documentary makes global waves - MDGs award nominee Louise Williams in Dublin's Sunday Business Post

Archbishop blasts 'greedy' media - news report from the Press Association

Rwanda: Popular Radio Program Wins International Award - article about Urunana on AllAfrica.com

Awards 2007:

Sharing her view of humanity - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy interviewed in The Guardian

Pakistani films harsh truths - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy featured in The Asian Age

Dispatches reporter scoops One World Broadcast Journalism Award - Broadcast Journalist of the Year Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in The Press Gazette

From pirate radio to voice of a nation - Special Award winner Radio Sagarmatha in The Independent

Awards for Guardian journalist - Joanna Moorhead and Anna Kari in Guardian Unlimited

Skater Jon video on YouTube - Awards presenter Jon Snow on Channel 4 News

Nadene Ghouri: The award winning journalist and life in Afghanistan - Broadcast Journalist of the Year nominee Nadene Ghouri in AIM Magazine

Awards 2006:

Why Western Newsrooms hide the truth - Broadcast Journalist of the Year Sorious Samura in the Observer

Message from Mavembo wins One World Radio Documentary Award - BBC Online

A Voice for a Voiceless People - Special Award winner, Zimbabwe's Voice of the People radio station, featured in The Guardian

Voice of the People wins prestigious award - zimbabwejournalists.com

Digital Bush Telegraph - Special Award article in South Africa's Mail & Guardian

Awards 2005:

Holidays in the Danger Zone wins One World Media Award - BBC Online

Malaria Fever Road, Winner of Television Documentary Award - Films of Record

Bewitching Broadcasts - Special Award coverage in The Guardian



One World Student Bursaries - while the scheme itself has gained coverage, some of the students who participated have gone on to greater things, and they themselves have been the focus of press attention: (Click here for the Bursaries home page)

2008 Bursary Student featured at Northern Ireland Screen - Kevin McSorley, a bursary recipient from the University of Ulster, is planning to make a film about two high-profile musicians in Mali

I for India reviewed in the Guardian - this documentary, directed by Sandhya Suri, was a short film originally supported by the Student Bursary Scheme in 2000. In 2007 a feature length version was released in cinemas to widespread critical acclaim. See also - I for India website

Bridging the Gap announces final projects - dfgdocs.com. Maria Eduarda Andrade, a bursary student from 2007, was awarded a commission early in 2008, to make a short documentary on the theme of 'Home'.

The OneWorld Emmys - general article on oneworld.net

 

One World Fellowship Scheme - one of the fellows from the 2007 scheme was interviewed for a radio broadcast - listen here

(Click here for the Fellowships home page)