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Radio Taiwan International took a cue from the
Jasmine Revolution to develop an Android mobile
broadcasting platform – the RTI mobile citizen
website. This live, interactive system allows
presenters to immediately select the most valuable
first-hand audio or video news submitted by RTI’s
audience. And through the app, live face-to-face video
interviews can be conducted with the citizen reporter
on the site of a news story.
RTI has looked at the limitations of existing video-
based websites and how video and audio needs to be
accessible to programme presenters on the fly. The
app can be configured to switch on the citizen
journalist’s phone camera for interviews, and the app
also allows the user to consume RTI content in a wide
range of languages.
Our judges were impressed, saying this is a very
imaginative, comprehensive solution to opening up TV
reporting to citizens as well as expanding RTI's
professional capabilities. It does depend on the
availability of high-quality broadband, which Taiwan
has invested heavily in.
Most innovative
technology
What drives young Africans to search for a new life in
Europe? How do they get there? And do their dreams
come true? Deutsche Welle’s 15-part Destination Europe
series goes inside the real lives of African migrants and
follows them from the moment they decide to leave their
home to their experiences in Europe.
The multimedia project examines the challenges and
opportunities associated with migration and presents a
realistic picture of life in Europe.
Our judges liked the multimedia approach with the
extensive use of social media to provide real, relevant
information to those seeking a better life in Europe,
alerting them to the challenges. The multilingual, multi-
platform approach was first-rate, they said.
Best transmedia
production
Deutsche Welle
An impressive range of entries taxed our judges in the
science category and the results were close. The
winner in this category catalogued a remarkable
experiment. “Shame I'm not going to be around to see
it, isn't it?" said one of the contributors to Channel
Four’s Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret. "I quite
like documentaries.”
That was Alan Billis, a taxi-driver from Torquay in
the south-west of England. He was not simply a
contributor to the documentary - he was its central
player. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he agreed to
let scientists use his body for an incredible experiment.
He was prepared to become a modern-day mummy, to
allow science to recapture the lost art of mummification.
The Egyptians left no written record as the process
was too sacred. Scientist Stephen Buckley arrived at
his formula through careful analysis of existing
mummies, and proved that it worked with Alan’s body.
Our judges were impressed, one saying that the
programme offered scientific insight as well as
touching a human chord with a sensitive portrayal of
the donor. Another commented that this documentary
provided great education with its blend of intrigue,
mystery, science and discovery.
Highly commended
WDR
Gorillas of the Congo - Chainsaws to the Rescue
Can man coexist with nature and make money at the
same time? This documentary investigated and
judges said it offered engaging presentation of the
complexity of human-animal interaction in
environment, with great photography.
Société Radio-Canada
Costa Concordia
This investigation into the causes and effect of the
Costa Concordia disaster caught the attention of our
judges who said the programme had high production
values, gripping content and effective story-telling
that went behind the scenes of a front-page story.
Best science
programme
Channel Four
The AIBs 2012
Radio Taiwan
International