Sky Women in Film and TV awards honour Alex Crawford, Sara Sidner and Zeina Khodr for Libyan reporting
Three female correspondents – Alex Crawford of Sky News, Sara Sidner of CNN and Zeina Khodr of al-Jazeera – have shared the achievement of the year prize at the 2011 Sky Women in Film and TV awards in central London.
WFT said the three women won the award for setting an example to their colleagues, because they were on the streets with the rebels, reporting under fire, while others seemed to report from their hotel rooftops in Tripoli.
Sue Perkins won the news and factual presenter award for her role on the BBC2 shows The Great British Bake Off and The Supersizers, while Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC2, was also honoured for her contribution to television.
The lifetime achievement award went to the comedian and actor Victoria Wood. The best performance of 2011 prize was won by the actor Emily Watson, for her central role in Appropriate Adult, the ITV drama that also starred Dominic West as mass murderer Fred West.
The award for most inspirational woman went to Anna Scher, the founder of the Anna Scher Theatre school in London, which has produced a steady stream of actors for film and television.
The new talent award was won by Maggie Aderin-Pocock, the BBC science presenter of Do We Really Need the Moon?.
Other winners included writer Joanna Scanlan, for Getting On, and comedy director Mandie Fletcher for her work on Blackadder, Jam & Jerusalem and Butterflies, while Sarah Cooper, the chief operating officer of BBC Worldwide, won the corporate business award.
Full list of winners:
The Barclays Corporate Business Award: Sarah Cooper
The BBC News and Factual Award: Sue Perkins
The Channel 4 Creative Innovation Award: Deborah Sathe
The Deluxe London Director Award: Mandie Fletcher
The Envy Producer Award: Andrea Calderwood
The Eon Productions Lifetime Achievement Award: Victoria Wood
The International Film Guarantors Project Management Award: Jane Frazer
The ITV Achievement Of The Year Award: Alex Crawford, Sara Sidner, Zeina Khodr
The Littlestar Contribution To The Medium Award: Janice Hadlow
The MAC Best Performance Award: Emily Watson
The Panalux Craft Award: Victoria Boydell
The Skillset Inspirational Woman Award: Anna Scher
The Talkback Thames New Talent Award: Dr Maggie Aderin Pocock
The Technicolor Writing Award: Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine, Jo Brand
