Srinagar: Aamir Peerzada, a journalist from Bandipora, Kashmir, was part of the BBC team that has won the prestigious News and Documentary Emmy Awards 2025.
The award, in the category Outstanding Continuing News Coverage – Short Form, was conferred for the BBC’s six-and-a-half-minute documentary “Myanmar’s Civil War”. Peerzada served as a field producer for the film, which sheds light on the human rights abuses carried out by Myanmar’s military junta.
The awards were announced at a ceremony held at Palladium Times Square in New York City on June 26, organised by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
Recognised globally as the gold standard for broadcast journalism, the Emmy honours outstanding contributions to news and documentary programming.
The team consisted of Executive Producer Kristina Block, Paul Danahar, Jacky Martens, Alan Quartly, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief Sara Halfpenny, Producer HC Vanlalruata, Isaac Zoramsanga, Coordinating Producer Stuart Holland, Field Producer Imogen Anderson, Thanyarat Doksone, Lulu Luo, Lindle Markwell, Aakriti Thapar, Chief Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Head, Yogita Limaye, Quentin Sommerville, Cameraperson Benjamin Bagley, Darren Conway, Sanjay Ganguly and Field Producer Aamir Peerzada.
Aamir Peerzada, who served as the field producer on the BBC’s six-and-a-half-minute documentary, undertook a ten-day mission to Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Chin State.
Operating in perilous zones controlled by ethnic resistance groups, he played a crucial role in facilitating access and enabling the team to document human rights abuses by the military junta, including forced child recruitment, disappearances, and systemic violence.
Hailing from Barzulla Panjigam in Bandipora, Peerzada completed his early education at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Shahkote Baramulla, a residential school.
He pursued a BSc from Degree College Sopore before completing a one-year diploma in Broadcast Journalism in Chandigarh in 2012.