AWARD YEAR: 1981
AWARD NAME: Best TV Spot News Reporting from Abroad
AWARD RECIPIENTS: Fabrice Moussus and Aly El Ashmawy
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: ABC News
AWARD HONORED WORK: Upheaval in Egypt
When Egyptian soldiers sprinted to the reviewing stand and opened withering fire, and others dispersed in panic, ABC cameraman Moussus and soundman El Ashmawy bucked the traffic and courageously rushed in to film close-up the fury of the attack and hysteria of the moment Moussus, French, with broadcast journalism degrees from the Universities of North Dakota and Syracuse, worked for ABC stations in New Haven, Albany and Utica; covered politics, addiction, and features for ABC in New York, and for two years has covered the Middle East, from the Iran-Iraq war, to fighting in Beirut, to Rapid Deployment Forces exercises. El Ashmawy has covered the Middle East, notably the peace treaty efforts, for ABC for two years. He previously was an engineer for the Egyptian Cinema Co.
A Citation for Excellence was awarded to NBC Nightly News for “Central America: Guatemala, the Next Act?”
Judges: David z. Shefrin, Marcel Martin, Arthur Unger.