Nokia hosts Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy live on Twitter at TED
February 10, 2010
On Wednesday February 10th at 4:00 p.m. PST, Nokia will host the filmmaker for live a Question and Answer session at TED Global in Long Beach, CA. Questions can be sent in at http://www.nokiaatted2010.com/debate.php
Asia Society 21 selects Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy as a fellow for 2010
February 7, 2010
The Asia 21 Young Leaders Forum revolves around the Asia 21 Fellows, a core network of leaders among leaders from diverse professional backgrounds, who are tasked to serve one-year terms. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was selected from Pakistan.
TED names Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy as a fellow for its Long Beach Conference
February 7, 2010
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy will be attended the TED conference in Long Beach California and will be speaking on the Ted U Stage.
Pakistan’s Taliban Generation is shortlisted for an RTS Award
February 7, 2010
Pakistan’s Taliban Generation has been shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Journalism Award in the Current Affairs International category. The ceremony will be held on February 24th in London.
Children of the Taliban wins the Alfred Dupont Award at Columbia University
January 22, 2010
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism today announced the 2010 winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. Pakistani journalist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Director Dan Edge were honored this year.
Selected by the duPont Jury for excellence in broadcast journalism, the award-winning news programs aired in the United States between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. These honorees were presented with silver duPont batons at a ceremony held at Columbia University in New York City on Thursday, January 21, 2010.
* WGBH, Boston, FRONTLINE/World, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Dan Edge
PAKISTAN: Children of the Taliban, on PBS
“This fresh and startling report takes viewers inside the daunting daily lives of children in Pakistan who will influence the destiny of that region and potentially of the world. Dan Edge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy penetrated areas we seldom see to bring out the voices of young people caught in the turmoil between the rising militant insurgents and the army. In the turbulent Swat Valley, a mortar falls nearby while young girls give reporter Obaid-Chinoy a tour of their school that had been shut down by the Taliban. The team embedded with the Pakistani military, and a Taliban recruiter explained to them how he lures children to be suicide bombers. This impressive report is a dispassionate eyewitness account of Pakistan today, and part of a new wave of video reporting from the frontlines.
For 40 years, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards have recognized excellence in broadcast journalism at Columbia University. Created by Jessie Ball duPont in 1942 as a tribute to the journalistic integrity and public-mindedness of her husband, Alfred I. duPont, these awards are regarded today as the most prestigious prizes in broadcast news, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, which are also administered at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards receive gold or silver batons designed by the late American architect Louis I. Kahn. The batons are inscribed with the famous observation about the power of television by the late Edward R. Murrow:
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.” (Address to the Radio and Television News Directors Association, Chicago, October 15, 1958.)
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Dan Edge at the Dupont Awards at Columbia University
Foreign Press Association shortlists Pakistan Taliban Generation for an award
November 13, 2009
The Foreign Press Association has shortlist Pakistan’s Taliban Generation for the award of TV Feature/Documentary Story of the Year.. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday November 24th.
Pakistan’s Taliban Generation wins AIB Award
November 13, 2009
The Association for International Broadcasting announced the winners of its annual global media excellence awards at a gala event in London on 4 November 2009. The AIBs recognise creativity and innovation in global broadcasting across TV, radio, cross-media, marketing and technology.
Pakistan’s Taliban Generation was a winner in the “Best current affairs documentary – television”. The judges thought it was “powerful, risky and passionate”
Association for International Broadcasting shortlists Pakistan’s Taliban Generation for an award
October 1, 2009
The Association for International Broadcasting shortlisted Pakistan’s Taliban Generation for an award today. The winners will be announced on November 4, 2009 at a ceremony in London.
Nesvita Women of Strength Award
August 23, 2009
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was awarded the Nesvita Women of Strength Award at a ceremony in Karachi on August 20th 2009.
Independent Newspaper features Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s piece
July 29, 2009
Independent Newspaper features Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s piece about children being recruited by the Taliban for suicide missions.