FRANCE 24 and Mother Jones were awarded the Bronze medal in the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize category at the United Nations (UN) Correspondents Gala Awards at UN headquarters in New York City on December 12, 2025, for their story with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation whistleblower Anthony Aguilar. The award is for broadcast coverage of the UN, its agencies and field operations.
FRANCE 24’s UN correspondent Jessica Le Masurier, FRANCE 24’s Jerusalem correspondent Claire Duhamel, journalist and cameraman Yves Schaeffner, Mother Jones’s Executive Editor James West, Amanda Pike the director of film and TV and head of Center for Investigative Reporting and Mother Jones's Digital Producer Sam Van Pykeren all contributed to the story, which was published both by FRANCE 24 and Mother Jones.
Le Masurier and Schaeffner were the first journalists to interview Aguilar on camera on the morning of July 23, 2025. In his crucial testimony he describes the horrors he witnessed at food sites run by the American private firm, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The prize giving was attended by UN ambassadors, UN officials, humanitarians and celebrities, including Spanish actor Javier Bardem and Italian chefs Massimo Bottura and Michele Casadei Massari, as well as media from around the globe. The guest of honour was UN80 President of the General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock.
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