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The three finalists in each of the three categories of this year's Rory Peck Awards have been selected. The eventual winners will be announced on 13 November at a ceremony in London recognising the value of freelance camera workers in television news and current afairs.

The finalists are:

2008 News Award (where the focus is on coverage bringing the immediacy of the story)

Clifford Derrick for a report on Kibera Slum, Kenya, during post-election chaos, recorded in January this year and broadcast by Al Jazeera English.

Abdullahi Farah Duguf for coverage in September 2007 of the insurgency in Mogadishu, Somalia, broadcast by ITN/Channel 4 News.

Subina Shrestha for coverage of the after effects of cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, in May this year, broadcast by Al Jazeera English.

2008 Features Award (which honours in-depth reports that look beyond the story's immediacy)

Rodrigo Vasquez for a film about life in Gaza under a Hamas government, recorded during August to October 2007 and broadcast on Channel 4 International.

Tim Hetherington for a feature about the daily duties of a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan, recorded in October 2007 and broadcast by ABC Nightline.

Vaughan Smith for coverage of British Grenadiers fighting in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in September 2007, broadcast by the Frontline Club Web Log and BBC Newsnight.

2008 Impact Award, sponsored by Sony UK Ltd (which honours news footage raising humanitarian issues and producing an impact internationally or contributing to a change in perception or policy)

"D" and Ginny Stein for Mugabe's Calling Card, about violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe.

In Taek Jung and Yong Ho Han for Out of the North, about the struggles of North Korean refugees.

Jezza Neumann for Undercover in Tibet, following the return home of a Tibetan exile.

Full details about the awards are available on the trust's website: http://www.rorypecktrust.org .

The UK-based Rory Peck Trust was set up in honour of the British freelancer killed in Moscow during the revolt against Yeltsin in October 1993. Realising the financial vulnerability of freelance journalists and their families in the event of such death or injury, his widow worked with supporters to establish the trust which now helps freelancers' families around the world. The award ceremony event is the trust's main fundraiser for this work.

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