MANILA, Philippines - At the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards, CNN International was crowned News Channel of the Year for the second year running beating Sky News and the BBC News Channel, plus won the coveted Best News Coverage International category for its outstanding reporting of Typhoon Haiyan (local codename Yolanda) in the Philippines beating ITN and BBC One.
The network’s coverage of news events such as the Westgate Mall siege in Nairobi, the struggle for power in Egypt, the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the on-going crisis in Syria and the rise of extremism in the former Soviet Republic of Dagestan, won over the RTS jury.
Tony Maddox, EVP of CNN International, said: “Our coverage of Typhoon Haiyan was exemplary from start to finish. Our crews showed enormous bravery as well as great sensitivity on what was both a physically gruelling, emotionally draining and very important assignment.