Winners and Nominees 2016

The
Commentator
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The
Commentator
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Gideon Rachman Commentary

— by Gideon Rachman, published by Financial Times, United Kingdom

The
Commentator
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Commentaries on Same Sex Marriage in Ireland

— by Fintan O'Toole, published by The Irish Times, Ireland

The Monster and Us

— by Maria Louka, published by Sto Kokkino, Greece

How the Story of the Left Disappeared

— by Caroline de Gruyter, published by NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands

Commentaries on the Refugee Crisis

— by Eric Frey, published by Der Standard, Austria

Three Columns

— by , published by ,

The
Distinguished
Writing
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The
Distinguished
Writing
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The Fear-Sick Ward

— by Justyna Kopińska, published by Duzy Format (Gazeta Wyborcza), Poland

The
Distinguished
Writing
Award 2016 Nominees

Why the Beggars Come

— by Magda Gad, published by Expressen, Sweden

The Struggle for Mali

— by Paul Raymond and Jack Watling, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom

No Criminal Record

— by Elena Stancu, published by Esquire Romania, Romania

The Road of Fear

— by Wolfgang Bauer, published by Die Zeit, Germany

The Lions of Sinjar

— by Jonathan Stock, published by Der Spiegel, Germany

The
Innovation
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The
Innovation
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Killing and Dying for Allah – Five Portuguese Members of Islamic State

— by Raquel Moleiro, Hugo Franco and Joana Beleza, published by Newspaper Expresso, Portugal

Killing and Dying for Allah – Five Portuguese Members of Islamic State

— by Raquel Moleiro, Hugo Franco, Joana Beleza, published by Expresso, Portugal

The
Innovation
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The Downloaders

— by Håkon Høydal, Einar Otto Stangvik and Natalie Remøe Hansen, published by Verdens Gang, Norway

#Wherethechildrensleep

— by Carina Bergfeldt and Magnus Wennman, published by Aftonbladet, Sweden

E-Waste Republic

— by Jacopo Ottaviani, published by Internazionale, El Pais, Al Jazeera, Oneworld,

ANGST

— by Jennifer Wilton and Team, published by Welt.de, Germany

Patents – A toll on Health

— by Eva Belmonte Belda, published by Fundacion Civio, Spain

The
Investigative
Reporting
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The
Investigative
Reporting
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Those Who have been Raped raise your hand

— by Marion Quillard, published by Revue XXI, France

“For the UN, “Congo is the rape capital of the world”. Attracted by the huge budgets at stake, dozens of humanitarian organisations have launched themselves into the ‘market’. In Bukavu, in the east of the country, rape has become big business.”
The
Investigative
Reporting
Award 2016 Nominees

Land Grabbing in the EU: How Rabobank is Profiting of Theft and Abuse in Romania

— by Luke Dale-Harris and Sorin Semeniuc, published by De Correspondent, The Netherlands

Besondere Verdienste

— by Jürgen Dahlkamp, Sven Becker, Gunther Latsch, Walter Mayr and Jörg Schmitt, published by Der Spiegel, Germany

The FIFA Scandal

— by Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnott, Heidi Blake and Bojan Pancevski, published by The Sunday Times, United Kingdom

The Values of the Clan

— by Roman Anin in cooperation with FBK, published by Novaya Gazeta, Russian Federation

Swiss Leaks: Murky Cash Sheltered by Bank Secrecy

— by Mar Cabra, published by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Le Monde, The Guardian and 38 European media, Spain

Opening the Black Box of Egypt’s Slush funds

— by Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge, published by Africa Confidential (Angaza File special report), United Kingdom

How the Son-in-Law of Hungary’s Prime Minister Benefited from EU Funds

— by Anita Vorák, published by Direkt36, Hungary

The
Special
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The
Special
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Off to Europe

— by Gert van Langendonck, published by NRC, The Netherlands

In the Promised Land

— by Amrai Coen and Henning Sussebach, published by Die Zeit, Germany

The Wetsuitman

— by Anders Fjellberg and Tomm W. Christiansen, published by Dagbladet, Norway

The
Special
Award 2016 Nominees

A Syrian Ode to Joy

— by Bostjan Videmsek, published by DELO, Slovenia

An Aegean Journey of Despair

— by Ioannis Papadopoulos, published by Kathimerini, Greece

Arme Schweine

— by Dialika Neufeld, published by Der Spiegel, Germany

Spinning the Crisis: how the Hungarian Government Played Europe’s Migrant Influx

— by Daniel Nolan, published by Vice News, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Hungary