Awards for freelance cameramen

Entries are invited for this year’s Rory Peck Awards for freelance television cameramen and women in news and current affairs. Sponsored by Sony, the Awards provide a showcase for freelancers’ work. The competition will open for entries in May and the high-profile Awards Ceremony will be held in London on 17 November. The Rory Peck Trust:

Gives charitable grants to freelance news-gatherers in need, and to the families of those who have been killed, injured or persecuted as a result of their work

Provides training bursaries to enable freelancers, who otherwise could not afford it, to undertake hostile environment training

Promotes good practice on behalf of freelancers working in the news-gathering industry and their right to work safely and in freedom

Provides information and advice on insurance, training, trauma counselling, safety and other issues to freelancers around the world

Raises the profile of freelance camerapeople in broadcast news and current affairs at the annual Rory Peck Awards

The Trust was established in 1995, two years after freelance cameraman Rory Peck was killed while filming in Moscow. It was set up by his wife, Juliet, and close friends to provide the help for freelancers and their families that nobody else would give. They also established the Rory Peck Awards to honour the work of freelance news cameramen and women.   Click here for further information about the awards programme.   END

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