Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim is the winner of the 2016 XCity Award for her documentation of women living amid the conflict in Syria, and for training more than 100 citizen journalists in the war zone. Erhaim beat 24 other nominees for the award and £500 prize, which honours a former City
XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: Zaina Erhaim
A former BBC journalist and winner of last year’s Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism, who returned to her native Syria to help document the revolution, has been shortlisted for the 2016 XCity Award. When Syria’s civil war broke out, journalist Zaina Erhaim (International, 2011) was working for the BBC
25 City journalism graduates longlisted for 2016 XCity Award
Being nominated for an Oscar, interviewing Prince William and becoming Time Inc.’s youngest editor are just a few of the accomplishments City graduates have achieved this year. The nominees for the £500 XCity Award, for outstanding journalism by a City graduate, have been chosen by both alumni and members of