The Peabody broadcasting awards

Nice choices for this year's harvest of prizes, with a particular attention to the coverage of the "Arab Spring".
Take note of the Prize awarded to Human Rights Watch. It demonstrates that human rights organizations are increasingly moving into a journalistic territory once reserved for the traditional media. The decreasing foreign affairs newshole in many mainstream media has opened a wide space for NGOs that work according to the highest journalistic standards.
“For an organization like Human Rights Watch to be recognized among the best of the best in broadcast journalism is a huge honor,” said Carroll Bogert, deputy executive director of Human Rights Watch. “It’s also a reflection of how much the media business has changed. Human Rights Watch is a player now in the global information marketplace, alongside even the world’s top media organizations.”
http://www.peabody.uga.edu/71stwinners.php
HRW presentation of its award
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/05/human-rights-watch-prestigious-journalism-award