Fault Traces wins in Information & Documentary class whereas Shut Up wins in Interactive & Immersive class.
Al Jazeera Media Community has been honoured with two prestigious Peabody Awards, probably the most esteemed accolades in broadcast storytelling.
The awards recognise the Al Jazeera English Fault Traces documentary The Night Won’t End within the Information & Documentary class, and the Al Jazeera English Digital movie One Day in Gaza from the sequence Shut Up, within the Interactive & Immersive class.
The eighty fifth annual Peabody award winners had been introduced on Could 1, 2025, prematurely of its annual ceremony in Los Angeles on June 1, 2025.
The awards honour clever, highly effective and transferring tales informed in broadcast and digital media.
Al Jazeera English’s Fault Traces documentary The Evening Received’t Finish uncovers the tragic human value of struggle. It depicts the realities of the unrelenting Israeli bombing marketing campaign on Gaza, the unsafe “secure zones,” and arbitrary executions via the eyes of three households throughout the preliminary 15 months of the struggle.
The movie investigates the dying of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who was ready to be rescued from a automobile the place her members of the family had already been shot lifeless. Two medics dispatched to rescue her had been additionally killed, as verified by a forensic watchdog company.
Laila Al-Arian, govt producer of Fault Traces, said, “No single piece can absolutely seize the size of the atrocities in Gaza, however we aimed via investigative journalism and on-the-ground storytelling to supply a glimpse of what life has been like. We’re honoured by this recognition as a result of it helps convey extra consideration to a seamless story the world must see. Although we filmed this over a yr in the past, the horrors we documented stay a every day actuality for greater than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.”
Thus far, The Evening Received’t Finish has garnered a number of awards, together with within the coveted Worldwide Present Affairs class on the Royal Tv Society Awards in the UK, the Abroad Press Membership prize for finest TV, video or documentary about worldwide affairs, and the long-form award from the Centre for Info Resilience Open-Supply Movie Awards.
The One Day in Gaza movie from the sequence Shut Up is a compilation of movies recorded by 10 people in Gaza, who had been requested to doc moments all through their day, thereby serving to viewers perceive the immense hardships and fixed risks confronted by Palestinians residing underneath the fixed bombardment in Gaza.
Juan Carlos Van Meek, director of digital innovation and programming, expressed his gratitude for awarding the group the Peabody Award, stating, “I’m immensely pleased with our group’s relentless efforts in amplifying the humanity of Palestinians residing in Gaza underneath fixed bombardment. By the courageous voices of individuals on the bottom, we now have captivated thousands and thousands of viewers and helped maintain world consideration on the continued genocide, guaranteeing their tales aren’t forgotten.”
The popularity of those documentaries underscores Al Jazeera’s dedication to highlighting the profound human experiences amid battle.
Because the scenario in Gaza continues to unfold, The Community stays devoted to shedding mild on the tales that matter, guaranteeing that the voices of these affected are heard on a worldwide platform.
