BBC and Channel 4 lead One World Media Awards shortlist

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The shortlist has been announced for the One World Media Awards, with the BBC and Channel 4 leading the pack with nine nominations each.

The BBC's World Service South Asia editor Jill McGivering and Channel 4's international editor Lindsey Hilsum have been nominated for Journalist of the Year, along with Financial Times Beijing correspondent Kathrin Hille. The awards , which will be presented at a ceremony in London on 10 May, recognise excellence in the UK's media coverage of the developing world.

BBC programmes make up every contestant for the radio category, while entries from two Guardian magazines and sister paper the Observer make up the Press Award shortlist. Channel 4 was nominated across four categories including the drama and environmental awards.

"Foreign news has totally dominated the media so far this year. Our awards draw attention to the important job our nominees are doing in bringing these realities of the wider world home to the UK," One World Media's new director Marion Bowman said in a release.

"The interplay of conventional and new media is playing a big part in how the world is evolving, whether that's in North Africa and the Middle East, or the long-term development of sub-Saharan Africa. 24 hour news, social networks, mobile phones, wind-up radios – media technology and great content is resoundingly at the centre of the way the world works and our awards seek out the best practitioners to drive the message home."

This year's awards sees the introduction of a Student Award, with two students from Goldsmiths University of London and a third from the National Film and Television School making the shortlist.

The awards ceremony will also present a Special Award for "an outstanding media project or organisation working on the ground in the developing world".

The 2011 awards will take place during the One World Media Week, a programme of screenings, talks, panel discussions and other events at venues across London, which will include a chance to see films nominated for the awards.