
Fault Lines Awards
Awards won by Al Jazeera’s current affairs documentary series known for its investigative storytelling across the US.

2019 Awards
News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine
No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border
Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Television, Video or Documentary Interpretation of International Affairs
2018 Awards
News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of News Story in a Newsmagazine
CINE Golden Eagle Award, Short Documentary
2017 Awards
Standing Rock and the Battle Beyond
Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding science, medical and enironmental report
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Standing Rock [Kavitha Chekuru / Al Jazeera] |
- Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding business, consumer and economic report
- Society of Environmental Journalists Award, first place – Outstanding explanatory reporting
New York International Film and TV Festival, Gold World Award
New York International Film and TV Festival, Gold World Award
2016 Awards
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Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting late Freddie Gray in Baltimore [EPA] |
- Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding coverage of a breaking news story in a news magazine
- National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications, Vision Award, Documentary
Forgotten Youth Inside America’s Prisons
- Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding investigative journalism in a news magazine
- Emmy Award, nomination – outstanding research
Conflicted: The Fight for Congo’s Minerals
Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine
Emmy Award, nomination – Outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine
New York International Film and TV Festival – Gold World Medal, Science & Technology
2015 Awards
- Emmy Award, nomination – Coverage of breaking news in a news magazine
- National Association of Black Journalists, Winner – Television: Documentary
- Emmy Award, nomination – Investigative journalismin a news magazine
- Overseas Press Club of America – Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights
Ferguson Race and Justice in the US
Radio Television Digital News Association, Kaleidoscope Award
Overseas Press Club of America – Robert Spiers Benjamin Award
National Institure for Health Care Management, Television & Radio Journalism Award
2014 Awards
- Peabody Awards
- News & Documentary Emmy Award – Outstanding investigative journalism in a News Magazine
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Fault Lines: Made in Bangladesh [Al Jazeera] |
- Peabody Awards
- National Headliner Awards, First Place – Investigative report
- Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award – International TV
National Headliner Awards, First Place – Environmental
National Headliner Awards, First Place – Investigative report
America’s Infant Mortality Crisis
National Headliner Awards, First Place – Health/science reporting
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, Excellence in Broadcast and Digital News