
Joost van der Valk
Joost van der Valk - Impact Award Winner

Jon Alpert
Jon Alpert

Matthew O'Neil
Matthew O'Neil

Jamal Osman
Jamal Osman
Sony Impact finalists

The Sony Professional Impact Award honours freelance news footage which raises humanitarian issues and which has had an impact internationally or contributed to a change in perception or policy.
Maximum duration 60 minutes
The 2009 winners and finalists are:
WINNER
JOOST VAN DER VALK
Dutch
Saving Africa’s Witch Children
Shot in Nigeria, February and May, 2008
Red Rebel Films / Oxford Scientific Films for Channel 4 Dispatches
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FINALISTS
JON ALPERT AND MATTHEW O’NEILL
American
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Shot in China, May-June 2008
DCTV for HBO
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JAMAL OSMAN
Somali
World Food Programme
Shot in Somalia and Kenya, April-June 2009
SMI Productions for ITN / Channel 4 News Independent Fund
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