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Barkha Dutt
One of India’s best-known
journalists, Barkha Dutt has
worked at NDTV since graduating
from St Stephen’s College, New
Delhi.
Barkha emerged as a household
name in 1999 as she reported on
the Kargil conflict between India
and Pakistan. Since then, she has
reported from major conflict
zones around the world.
Barkha is host of the weekly
talk show We the Peoplethat
brings a 100-strong studio
audience face-to-face with key
news-makers of the day - it is the
longest-running talk show on
Indian television. Barkha also
hosts NDTV’s daily prime time
programme The Buck Stops Here.
Our judges said that Barkha
Dutt is a reporter of considerable
stretch and depth, always very well researched, and
altogether a pleasure to watch.
Kim Hill is one of New Zealand’s
most admired broadcasters.
Kim hosts a weekly four-hour
show on Radio New Zealand -
Saturday Morning with Kim Hill-
that is consistently the top-rated
show in its time slot nationwide.
Kim’s interviewing skills are
put to the test each week with
long-form interviews with a wide
range of local and international
guests.
Our judges said that Kim is a
warm broadcaster exercising full
control of her content whilst
coaxing her guests to reveal more
of themselves through a natural
and well-focussed empathy. Kim’s
presentation of enjoyable live and
sparky content draws the listener
in, demonstrating what is great about radio and
illustrating how important lightness of touch is in
speech content.
TV personality
Radio personality
Kim Hill Voice of America has managed to go viral with an
informal English-language teaching video service
that’s gathering followers by the million across the
People’s Republic of China.
OMG! Meiyu is the brainchild of 25-year old
Jessica Beinecke who studied Mandarin at Ohio
University’s E W Scripps School of Journalism and in
Beijing.
Jessica is a very modern digital storyteller. OMG!
Meiyu (the OMG stands for oh my gosh) is recorded
either in Jessica’s one-bedroom Washington DC
apartment or on location in situations as varied as
boating in New York’s Central Park or at a mid-
Western blueberry pie eating contest. She weaves
stories around everyday American phrases and
slang, offering Mandarin translation and context.
The impact is considerable - over 13m online hits
in less than 11 months, and big crowds when she
visits China. And the subject that made Jessica’s
video blog go viral - an episode about “face gunk”.
AIB thinks that Jessica’s model is one that can be
exploited by other broadcasters and content
producers targeting other markets - that’s why
Jessica Beinecke is the recipient of the AIB
Founders’ Award in 2012.
AIB Founders’ Award
Jessica Beinecke
BBC
Best children’s factual
The 2012 award in this category went to BBC
Newsround with its special edition My Autism and Me.
13-year-old Rosie invited us into her world to show
us what it's like to grow up with autism - a condition
that affects how children see life and the way they
relate to others around them.
With the help of beautifully crafted animation,
Rosie introduced us to other children who have the
condition: Tony, Ben, and Rosie's own little brother
Lenny, who turns the house upside down daily to try
and make sense of things. These children tell their
individual stories in their own words to give us a vivid
and moving insight into what it's like to be autistic.
Our judges said that this was a well-crafted
programme that had great contributions and clever
use of animation. made all the more remarkable by
the endearing, intelligent, warm and inspiring Rosie.
She puts a difficult to understand subject into context
for the audience and humanises the condition in a
way that is as far removed from patronising as it's
possible to get.
The AIBs 2012