A Channel8 correspondent was named Journalist of the Year by The Free Media Association (Yekîtiya Ragihandina Azad) for her coverage of events in Rojava.

Receiving the Best Journalist Award 

Evin Shexmous, a correspondent for Channel8 in Rojava, received Martyr Mazlum Bagok Award for the best journalist in Rojava. The Free Media Association presented the award in recognition of her journalistic work in the region.

Reason for Designating the Channel8 Correspondent

Annually, the Free Media Association of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria designates the Best Journalist in Rojava.

This year, the committee selected Evin Shexmous, describing her as a skilled and courageous correspondent who has been present at events in Rojava and has conveyed them to the world through Channel8.

The Most Notable Journalistic Works of Evin Shexmous

She has faced risks in her work, including being pelted with stones by ISIS women and girls while on assignment in the al-Hol camp, which drew a wide reaction at the time.

She has also continuously covered and reported on the attacks by the Syrian government and armed groups on Rojava.