Al Jazeera English has been awarded three awards at the BDA World Gold Awards.

Al Jazeera English was presented with three Bronze trophies at the 2007 PROMAX & BDA International Conference in New York in the categories of Art Direction & Design: Topical Campaign; Art Direction & Design: Image Campaign and Website-News.

“ I am delighted that our 'Clear& Simple' Brand strategy has been recognised. Everyone has worked very hard in all four centres to help us forge a consistent, coherent and confident Al Jazeera English identity across all our output online and on-air, so everyone deserves the credit,” said director of creative, Morgan Almeida.

This follows Al Jazeera English receiving one Gold and two Silver trophies for their innovative and fresh Creative Direction at the Promax/BDA Global Promotions & Design Conference in Dubai on March 28, 2007.

Earlier this month Al Jazeera English channel came in second position at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards receiving “Highly Commended” in the category of ‘Best News Channel of the year’.

 “I am delighted that Al Jazeera English, in such a short period of time of being on air, is accruing worldwide recognition. It is a testament to the strength of the Al Jazeera brand.  We look forward to building on these early successes into the future.” said Wadah Khanfar, director- general of the Al Jazeera Network.

Al Jazeera English was also nominated for awards at the One World Media awards in the categories of Broadcast Journalist of the Year: Nadene Ghour; Popular Features: 48 in Damascus, Amanda Palmer; MDGs Award: Malaria Week, The News Team.

Al Jazeera started out 10 years ago as the first channel in the world dedicated to providing comprehensive, independent television news and live debate for the Arab world. TradeArabia News Service