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Awards
David Burke Awards
The David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards recognize the courage, integrity, and professionalism of journalists from each of the USAGM networks. The awards are named after the founding chairman, David Burke. To learn more about our distinguished winners, visit our Burke Awards page.
External Awards
Explore more of our award-winning work below.
Filter by: VOA, OCB, RFE/RL, RFA, MBN, OTF
Network: VOA
Project: Story of Flight 93 Still Resonates 20 Years Later (2021)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards
Network: VOA
Project: The Inside Story: America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan (2021)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Amid Soaring Prices for Crops, US Farmers Seek More Trade (2021)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Producing Through a Pandemic and Trade War (2021)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards
Network: VOA
Project: As COVID Surges in India, South Asians in US Mobilize Aid (2021)
Winner: Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards
Network: VOA
Project: The Mechanism (2022)
Winner: Cristina Caicedo Smit, Victor Castillo, Guadalupe Rincon, Jessica Jerreat, Amy Reifenrath, and Brian Williamson
Presented by: National Headliner Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Mission’s End: War and Withdrawal in Afghanistan (2022)
Winner: Carla Babb, Ayesha Tanzeem, Kane Farabaugh, and Arif Aslan
Presented by: National Headliner Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Shelter on the Line (2022)
Winner: Senior executive producer Euna Lee, producer Lauren Kawana and video editor JP Dobrin
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Terror in Tigray: The Ethiopian refugee crisis (2022)
Winner: Correspondent Heather Murdock
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: VOA Unpacked: Life as a Refugee (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Breaking a Taboo: A Muay Thai Fighter in Afghanistan (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Weathering the Storm: The Climate Crisis in Coastal Louisiana (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: VOA
Project: Without Women (2022)
Winner: VOA Persian
Presented by: New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards
Network: MBN
Project: An interview with Demiana Nassar Hanna (2022)
Winner: ElSaha.com
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Promotional video highlighting MBN’s podcast “Chapters” (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Augmented reality production highlighting the potential ecological disaster (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: Augmented reality production of Air Force One (2022)
Winner: Alhurra’s Creative Services team
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: MBN
Project: ISIS Wives (2022)
Winner: Alhurra Investigates
Presented by: New York Festivals
Network: VOA
Project: A Day in the Life of Refugees (2022)
Winner:
Presented by: Aravali International Film Festival
Network: VOA
Project: Breast cancer Awareness: The story of Mahlet Girma (2022)
Winner: Eden Geremew Bekele, VOA Horn of Africa service
Presented by: Gracie Awards
Network: RFA
Project: Between Vision and Reality: the Gap in China’s Fight Against HIV (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFA
Project: Preserving the Erased Decade of the Chinese Feminist Movement (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFA
Project: A Guide To the New Hong Kong Under the Chinese Communist Party (2022)
Winner: RFA’s 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Society for News Design (SND)
Network: RFE/RL
Project: Mr. Landsbergis (2021)
Winner: Current Time/Sergei Loznitsa
Presented by: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Network: RFE/RL
Project: Mr. Landsbergis (2021)
Winner: Current Time/Danielius Kokanauskis
Presented by: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)