Now that I’m back in my Mongolian saddle I’m getting better updates of all that went on with Eagle TV while I was in the States for 5 months. You may remember that on December 30th I wrote about a series of awards Eagle TV won for its work in 2008. The most important of those was the Golden Falcon Award for Best Newscast. Today I got my first look at the award, designed a bit like an Oscar.

To give you the idea of the importance of the award, the Golden Falcon is the equivalent of the Golden Globes in the U.S. But there’s something even more significant to me about the award.

Following the July 1st riots Eagle TV came under tremendous attack for its live coverage of the event. We were even accorded partial blame for the riots. Yet five months later our staff was able to take pride in their accomplishments as the Golden Falcon award was presented by none other than President Nambaryn Enkhbayar of Mongolia. Of course, this wasn’t the only award presented to Eagle TV, but definitely the one that speaks the most.

It’s good to return home and see the fruit of wonderful work done by our staff.