RTS U-Turns On Special Gaza Award & Is “Discussing How This Will Take Place”

Following a week of intense pressure, the UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has U-turned on its special award recognizing the work of journalists in Gaza and is “discussing how this will take place.”

The awards body sparked anger just over a week ago when it scrapped the award, telling jurors it did not wish to “add fuel to the fire” around Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, the BBC documentary that was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister.

But eight days on and following an open letter signed by nearly 400 journalists, the award will now take place in some form.

“Following the decision to pause the presentation of the award, the RTS met this week as part of the Society’s previously announced review process,” a spokeswoman said. “The Society remains committed to recognising the work of Journalists in Gaza and will be making the Special Award. It is discussing how this will take place.”

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