Haiti by the Gun

• Prize
  Silver in Press/Feature Story
• Photographer
  Adam Desiderio, United States
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/adamdesiderio/

In Haiti, children are both victims and perpetrators of gang violence. This project documents their lives, exploring how innocence is lost in a nation on the brink of collapse. Since the assassination of President Moïse in 2021, Haiti has descended into chaos, with armed gangs now controlling nearly 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. At the center of this crisis are Haiti’s children. Often coerced or forced into joining armed groups, they carry weapons instead of school books. Over 1.6 million children now live in gang-controlled areas, where food is scarce, and survival is the only priority.

Adam Desiderio is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and photojournalist known for his immersive, on-the-ground storytelling and cinematic approach to covering global conflict and humanitarian crises. He has directed and shot award-winning work on the rise and fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His documentaries have aired on HBO, Showtime, and Hulu, earning him a Peabody, a DuPont, a Murrow and multiple Emmys Overseas Press Club awards.

Awards 2024 Overseas Press Club - Citation of Excellence 

2023 Peabody Award - News/Public Service
2023 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage
2022 Overseas Press Club - Citation of Excellence 

2022 Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents - Grand Format TV - 2nd Place 

2022 Overseas Press Club - Citation of Excellence

2022 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Best News Coverage: Long Form

2022 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Video Journalism: News
2021 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Newscast
2020 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Best Story in a Newscast

2020 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story
2020 Overseas Press Club - Citation of Excellence

2020 National Press Club - News Photographer

2020 New York Press Club - Best TV Documentary 

2019 Overseas Press Club - The David Kaplan Award
2019 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Video Journalism: News

2018 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award - Hard News Feature 

2017 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast

2017 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast
2017 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Best Story in a Newscast
2015 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
2014 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award - Breaking News 

2014 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast
 
2011 Sports Emmy Award - Outstanding New Approaches to Sports Programming