mo4ch:>RT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES TO KHALED ALKHATEB MEMORIAL AWARDS 2019 | Mo4ch News

MOSCOW, JUNE 5— RT has extended the submission period for the Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards to June 24. The event is an annual international competition that recognizes the best journalism from conflict zones. The awards, now in the second year, were established to commemorate RT Arabic freelancer Khaled Alkhateb, who was killed while reporting from Syria.The Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards is presented in three categories: Best Video Journalism from a Conflict Zone: Long Form; Best Video Journalism from a Conflict Zone: Short Form; and Best Written Journalism from a Conflict Zone.“We award this prize to war correspondents, but in its essence, it’s an award of peace. After all, the job of a war correspondent is to show the horrible truths about war”, says RT’s deputy editor-in-chief Anna Belkina.2018, the inaugural year of the competition, saw submissions from more than 20 countries. The prizes were awarded to journalists from Iraq and Ireland, whose reporting shed light on the situ…