RTS U-Turns On Special Gaza Award & Is 'Discussing How This Will Take Place'
The body sparked anger when it scrapped the award, telling jurors it did not wish to 'add fuel to the fire' around Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, the BBC documentary that was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister.
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But eight days on and following a letter signed by nearly 400 journalists and copying in King Charles, the award will now take place in some form.
'Following the decision to pause the presentation of the award, the RTS met this week as part of the Society's previously announced review process,' a spokeswoman said. 'The Society remains committed to recognising the work of Journalists in Gaza and will be making the Special Award. It is discussing how this will take place.' The 'review process' referenced was due to take place regardless of the Gaza saga.
The spokeswoman reiterated that 'it was felt strongly that there was potential at the ceremony on the night for the recent controversy around some Gaza coverage to overshadow the Award.' At the time of the award SNAFU, RTS television journalism awards chair Adrian Wells explicitly referenced attacks against the BBC's film from right-wing newspapers, as well as criticism of Channel 4 News for featuring the same teen in an email to jurors.
The letter was signed by hundreds of journalists including Jonathan Dimbleby, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Orla Guerin, with Dimbleby later calling the RTS 'cowards' for its decision. The letter copied in RTS royal patron King Charles and sought a meeting with the King.
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