For 35 years, the One World Media Awards have celebrated the world’s best journalism. We’re celebrating this milestone by interviewing some of our past winners and friends. Behind The Stories is a limited series podcast focused on the global south where you’ll hear conversations between leading journalists that get to the heart of why stories and storytellers matter. We’ll hear about how the media industry has changed, what still needs to improve and changes they’re hopeful to see.

On this episode, hear from Annie Slemrod, Middle East Editor at The New Humanitarian and journalist, Mai Noman. Annie speaks about her story, How coronavirus hit Aden: A Yemeni doctor’s diary, which won the One World Media Coronavirus Reporting Award in 2020. The story is 32-year-old Dr Ammar Derwish's account of how COVID-19 is tearing through Yemen, claiming victims in a country already affected by war. Mai talks about her BBC audio story, Death Will Come Tomorrow, that looks at why Yemen can’t cope with another health crisis and how the country responded to Covid-19.

At One World Media, we believe that stories shape our world, it matters how they’re told. We support journalists and filmmakers across the global south to tell underreported stories that inform and connect us all.

Recorded at: Edit Store in London, part of the Clear Cut Group

Executive producer and host: Ayesha

Audio editor: Lawrence Westacott​

Executive producer: Will Jameson

Producer: Charlie Evans-Flagg

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