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Al Jazeera scores top accolades at The Drum Online Media Awards for its 'masterly co-ordinated' coverage of Turkey’s failed coup attempt

on Jun 2, 2017 | 0 comments

By Jessica Goodfellow

Al Jazeera‘s English edition swept the board at The Drum Online Media Awards last night (1 June), winning both the Grand Prix and the Chairman’s Award for its coverage of the attempted coup in Turkey.

The Doha-based state-funded broadcaster won the awards both for having the Best Website of the Year and for its rolling coverage of Turkey’s failed coup, which saw the broadcaster produce a 25-minute documentary explaining the backdrop to the coup attempt for its UK site.

The broadcaster’s exclusive coverage of the events unfolding in Turkey also scooped the award for Breaking News Story of Read full story ›

Source: The Drum