Awards

RFA has been honored with a wide variety of journalism awards over the years. Read about the most recent awards and honors our language services, reporters and broadcasters have earned.

RFA Named Broadcaster of the Year

2009-07-07

Radio Free Asia was named Broadcaster of the Year by the 2009 New York Festivals for winning the largest number of awards among participating broadcasters. Four of Radio Free Asia’s nine language services won top honors for excellence in journalism in the international competition, which included three gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Tibetan Broadcaster Wins 2009 Burke Award

2009-06-03

Today, broadcaster Tseten Dolkar was presented with the 2009 Burke Distinguished Journalism Award for her coverage of the peaceful protests of Tibetan monks and the subsequent crackdown by Chinese authorities in spring 2008.

RFA Cantonese Wins Reporting Award

2008-06-27

RFA-Cantonese wins an award for reporting on unsafe restaurant practices.

RFA Burmese Wins Burke Award

2008-06-23

RFA-Burmese wins the 2008 David Burke Award.

RFA Wins Gold, Bronze Medals

2008-06-23

RFA's Burmese and Vietnamese services win gold and bronze awards news reporting.

Human Rights Press Award for the Cantonese Service

2008-04-01

The Cantonese service took top honors at Hong Kong’s 12th Annual Human Rights Press Awards for its reporting on forced abortions that led to riots and an official investigation in the southwestern Chinese province of Guangxi.

Prestigious Allen Award for Mandarin Broadcaster

2008-02-22

American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) today announced that Mandarin broadcaster Wu Jing has won this year’s Gracie Allen Award for Most Outstanding Series.

Cantonese and Mandarin Services Recognized by New York Festivals

2007-07-06

Cantonese Broadcasters Shiny Wo Tak Li and Nashi Ni were awarded a bronze medal for their 2006 story “Lead Poisoning in China Villages” in the Environmental Programs category of the 2007 New York Festival Radio Broadcasting Awards. Mandarin Broadcaster and Program Host of ‘Journey of the Soul’ Zhang Min received a Finalist Certificate.

Three Press Awards for RFA in Hong Kong

2007-04-17

At an annual human rights press award in Hong Kong, RFA won three of the four awards given for Chinese language radio broadcasting.

Khmer Broadcaster Wins Burke Award for Distinguished Journalism

2006-05-09

The Broadcasting Board of Governors has granted Sok Ratha of the Khmer service the 2006 David W. Burke Distinguished Journalism Award in recognition of his groundbreaking reports from outlying regions of Cambodia, often filed at great risk to his own safety.

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