The virtual celebrations were hosted by Mishal Husain, Presenter, BBC Radio 4 and BBC News at Ten.
This year, the ‘Judges’ Award’ was given to all the technical teams in recognition of the ingenuity, innovation and speed they demonstrated this year to keep journalism on the air.
“From a young age, seeing Sir Trevor McDonald on the TV who looked like me and spoke a bit like me, I thought, ‘if he can do it and he’s black, maybe I could do it too,’” he explains.
Myrie’s heart was set on a career in journalism but that he had to have a “good degree” to fall back on for his parents.
“My parents are first generation immigrants from Jamaica, they didn’t travel 6,000 miles for me to be a bum,” he laughs.
After completing a law degree, Myrie chose to pursue his childhood dream and earned a coveted place on the BBC journalism training course.
BBC News correspondent Rianna Croxford currently specialises in investigations, having previously acted as the BBC’s community affairs correspondent.
Croxford regularly reports on domestic and international TV, radio and digital platforms and has covered the George Floyd protests, allegations of Priti Patel bullying members of the civil service and the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minorities and vulnerable communities.
How did you get started in journalism?
The Inside Politics anchor admits once naively assuming he had seen all the ‘wild roller coaster elections' history could throw at him.
“I thought, I’ve been through all the crazy, right? There’s nothing that’s going to surprise me,” he says. “How many times as a journalist do you get the gift of a story so dramatic and compelling? But this one was…wow.”
As a multiformat journalist for the Associated Press, Brito filmed in both Spain and Brazil in COVID-19 hospital wards, emergency airlifts and makeshift morgues, ensuring that the agency and other news sources could illustrate the impact of the pandemic to viewers around the world and counteract the misinformation running rampant.
Reporting from the last rebel-controlled enclave of Idlib, Al Halabi skilfully navigates fragile alliances and the constant threat of danger to show the world the human suffering and tragic loss that has become a daily reality.
He tells us about building trustful relationships with his contributors, retaining mental strength amid the horrors of war, and finding hope in the unrelenting determination of Syrian children.
Describe your journey to becoming a journalist in Syria?
Job Rabkin, Commissioning Editor, Investigations at Channel 4 News, accepts the News Technology Award for 'The Trump data leak' report at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021.
ITV News editor Rachel Corp accepts the award on behalf of ITV News at Ten for Daily News Programme of the Year at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021.
Corp praises the news team for succeeding, despite the challenges of Covid, in getting "the tone and content right, night after night".
The Technical Teams at BBC News, Sky News and ITN accept this year's Judges' Award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021 and discuss adapting and innovating in the pandemic to keep the news on the air, which was a worldwide team effort.
Seth Goolnik and Warren Nettleford accept their Digital Award for their innovative Need To Know - 2019 UK General Election Series, ntk.network, at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021.
