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24 September 2014
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26.02.02

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ wins 2001 George Polk Journalism Award for news coverage

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service have won one of this yearÂ’s George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism. The awards, announced in New York, saw the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½Â’s 24-hour international news and information television channel and its radio counterpart share the prize.


ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World television and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service radio received the prestigious joint Television and Radio Reporting Award for their "authoritative, wide-ranging accounts of the attacks on America and the war in Afghanistan."


The September 11 attack on America and its aftermath was the subject matter covered by four of the 13 winners of the George Polk Awards for the year 2001, announced on Wednesday 20 February by Long Island University.


The awards ceremony takes place at The Roosevelt Hotel in New York on Thursday 11 April.


Notes to Editors
· ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service provided continuous coverage of unfolding events in America for days after the crisis first broke on September 11th 2001. The channels abandoned their regular programming schedules and provided 24-hour rolling news coverage of the crisis.
· Requests for permission to relay ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ WorldÂ’s news were received from broadcasters around the world, including from Japan, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Australia. It is estimated that from the time the news broke, an additional 300 million viewers had access to the channelÂ’s continuous news output, on top of the channelÂ’s ordinary distribution of 178 million households globally (at that time). In the States, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ America cut to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World and ran with its rolling news. Through WLIW21, the channel was made available to over 134 public television stations across America on a continuous basis - covering all major US cities and conurbations.
· In America, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service is broadcast on many FM public radio stations across the USA. It has re-broadcasting agreements with 283 USA radio stations. Since September 11th, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service coverage has been extended across America by securing new partnerships with notable stations, in California, North Carolina, Texas, and New York. It has also expanded coverage in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
· Over 270 million Americans are now being offered our 24 hour service in English by XM digital radio, and Spanish and English via Sirius digital radio.
· The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World ServiceÂ’s site at www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice was recently judged the best radio website in the world at the prestigious Webby Awards. High quality audio is available, both on demand and live, of two offerings in English - news, current affairs and analysis 24 hours a day plus the 24-hour mixed schedule is available.




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