Dateline has won two awards in the 2010 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
Video journalist Sophie McNeill and producer Geoff Parish took the prize for Television Current Affairs (more than 20 minutes) for Questions from Oruzgan.
The story investigated the deaths of six Afghans, five of them children, at the hands of Australian special forces soldiers. The story was also a finalist in the Investigative Journalism category.
Video journalist Fouad Hady and producer Ashley Smith won the Television Current Affairs (less than 20 minutes) category for Iraq's Deadly Legacy.
It looked at the increase in babies being born deformed and children developing cancer in Iraq, and the possible links with the use of depleted uranium weapons against the country.
The 2010 Walkley Awards ceremony was held n Melbourne on Thursday 9th December.
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