Europe's 2015 migration crisis saw arrivals via the Mediterranean peak at more than one million. The numbers may have dropped to 41,000 this year, according to the United Nations, but the mass movement of people has become the biggest story of our time, even swaying elections, including in France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
We are now witnessing the highest levels of migration on record. With that has come a troubling tendency for journalists to produce stories that indulge in what Aidan White, president of the Ethical Journalism Network, describes as victim journalism - focusing on the ordeal of migration and the misery of the process, rather than identifying solutions, holding those responsible to account and signposting positive outcomes.
Well-written, powerful and emotional testimony from victims is not enough for journalism to tell stories effectively and ethically. Revealing the horrors of the crisis is important. But when we do so, we should think about what we can do to make a difference, White says.
We have acknowledged the best, and often bravest, in migration coverage from across the spectrum.
David Quin, director of development, Thomson Foundation
Rising to the challenge Many of the submissions to the second OPEN Media Hub-supported Migration Media Award, do rise to this challenge. The best of which have been announced at an event in Tunis this September.
The purpose of the EU-funded journalism competition is to recognise excellence, relevance and newsworthiness of journalistic pieces dealing with migration in all its aspects in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
In order to win the award, eligible entries need to consist of an already published story and a proposal for winning an EU-funded contract to produce new content covering migration.
For the last two years we have acknowledged the best, and often bravest, in migration coverage from across the spectrum. Journalists covering not just crisis but context, human faces behind statistics, challenges to communities , said David Quin, director of development at Thomson Foundation, the leading implementer of the OPEN Media Hub.
"What I saw was the resilience and the dignity of these people
Jaime Alekos, first prize winner In the six categories of video, print, online, photo, multimedia or radio in the English, French or Arabic languages, the winning entries feature fact-based and impartial reporting on migration, its many challenges and opportunities.
Forty-one journalists from 18 countries were rewarded for journalistic excellence in the way they reported on migration. All winning entries are available here.
#MigrationMedia #OPENMediaHub
Above image: Preethi Nallus story for Al Jazeera, Europes Outsourced Refugees
First prize winners
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Migration Media Award 2018 The OPEN Media Hub-supported Migration Media Award
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Alessandro Puglia, Italy The Barefoot Nun Amongst the Nigerian Prostitutes
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Anne Ilcinkas, France-Lebanon Two Syrian Families in the Land of One Hundred Valleys: The Story of a New Departure
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Arafat Duhib, Tunisia Rest of the Story
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C cile Debarge, France A Death Certificate Leads to a New Life
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Daniel Howden, UK Refugees Deeply
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Ibrahim Mustafa, Egypt Europe is not Paradise
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Jaime Alekos, Spain Welcome to Refugee Purgatory
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Le la Beratto, Algeria Migrants Become Part of the Black-Market Economy
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Preethi Nallu, India Europe's Outsourced Refugees
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Abdellatif Salhi, Algeria African Workers in Algeria
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Sally Hayden and Ziad Algahandour, Ireland & Syria The Road Back to Damascus
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Europe's 2015 migration crisis saw arrivals via the Mediterranean peak at more than one million. The numbers may have dropped to 41,000 this year, according to the United Nations, but the mass movement of people has become the biggest story of our time, even swaying elections, including in France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
