Rory Peck Trust
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| founder = Juliet Crawley Peck
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| founded_date = {{Start date|1995|04|24}}
| location = London, United Kingdom
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| key_people = Clothilde Redfern
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| focus = Journalist assistance and freedom of expression
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The Rory Peck Trust is an international NGO that supports freelance journalists and their families in crisis. Based in London, UK, it provides practical assistance and support to freelance journalists worldwide, to raise their profile, promote their welfare and safety, and support their right to report freely and without fear.{{Cite web|url=https://rorypecktrust.org/about|title=About Us|access-date=22 December 2014|archive-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015043109/https://rorypecktrust.org/about|url-status=live}} It also runs the annual Rory Peck Awards.[https://archive.today/20131126164044/http://rorypeckawards.org/ Meet the winners for 2013]
History
Freelance cameraman Rory Peck was killed in Moscow in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/remembering-rory-peck-a-pioneering-freelance-news-cameraman|title=Remembering Rory Peck, A Pioneering Freelance News Cameraman|last=Strombo.com|website=George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight|access-date=1 April 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401150432/https://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/remembering-rory-peck-a-pioneering-freelance-news-cameraman|url-status=live}} In 1995, his widow, Juliet, founded the Trust in his memory.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1541782/Juliet-Peck.html|title=Juliet Peck|date=7 February 2007|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225131835/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1541782/Juliet-Peck.html|url-status=live}} Originally established to run the Rory Peck Awards, the scope of the Trust's work grew, and in 1998 the Freelance Assistance Programme was established, providing emergency grants to freelance journalists in crisis. In 2000, the Rory Peck Training Fund was set up, which provides hostile environment training bursaries to freelancers. The Trust now gives over 100 grants each year to freelancers worldwide.{{Cite web|url=https://rorypecktrust.org/freelance-assistance/Assistance-Grants|title=Assistance|access-date=22 December 2014|archive-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015030004/https://rorypecktrust.org/freelance-assistance/Assistance-Grants|url-status=live}}
The Rory Peck Awards
Each year the Martin Adler Prize is awarded to a freelancer who has made a significant contribution to newsgathering. The aim of the prize is to highlight the dedication and talent of freelancers who work under challenging circumstances within their own country. The prize is named in honour of Martin Adler, a freelance journalist who was killed in Somalia in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.martinadlerphotography.com/en-us/biography/ |title=Biography – Martin Adler |website=www.martinadlerphotography.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042508/http://www.martinadlerphotography.com/en-us/biography/ |archive-date=2011-07-14}} The award for 2020 went to Maha Hussaini, a female Palestinian journalist working for Middle East Eye who reports on Gaza.{{cite news |title=MEE journalist Maha Hussaini wins Martin Adler Prize |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maha-hussaini-martin-adler-prize-win-rory-peck-trust |access-date=3 January 2021 |publisher=Middle East Eye |date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231115401/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maha-hussaini-martin-adler-prize-win-rory-peck-trust |url-status=live }}