Shortlist 2024

Four Hundred Boys Came Into Contact With Sweden’s Celebrated Foster Father – Several Tell of Abuse

— by Björn af Kleen, Sofia Nahringbauer, published by Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

One Night in Bakhmut: Civilians Wait for the End as Russia Draws Closer

— by Francis Farrell, published by The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine

We Still Live: What Is Life Like in Russian-Occupied Mariupol?

Runner-Up

— by Hessel von Piekartz, Erik Verwiel, Titus Knegtel, Joris Heijkant, published by de Volkskrant, The Netherlands

Where the World Splits Apart

Runner-Up

— by Henning Sussebach, published by Die Zeit, Germany

18 Days Spent Phoning Every Half an Hour in the Hope That Someone Would Answer the Minimum Living Wage Helpline

— by Eva Belmonte, David Cabo, Carmen Torrecillas, Adrián Maqueda, published by Civio, Spain

The Sound of Bullets: The Killing of Colombian Journalist Abelardo Liz

Runner-Up

— by Carlos Gonzales, Natalia Arenas Chaves, Tania Tapia Jáuregui, Diego Forero, published by Bellingcat, Cerosetenta, International, Colombia

The Stolen Treasures – The 110,000 Artifacts From Ukraine Found in Two Russian Museum

— by Inna Gadzynsk, Nadia Romanenko, Nadia Kelm, Yevheniia Drozdova, published by Texty.org.ua, Ukraine

TikTok’s Muscle Power

— by Christian Nicolai Bjørke, Henrik Bøe and Caroline Utti, published by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Norway

“How Am I Going To Ask a Hospital for Help if the Abuse Happens in the Hospital?”: Sexual Violence in Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices

— by Ana Patrícia Silva, Cláudia Marques Santos, published by Setenta e Quatro, Público, The Pulitzer Center, Portugal, International

The EU Fight Against Child Pornography Stokes Fears of Widespread Online Surveillance

Runner-Up

— by Apostolis Fotiadis, Ludek Stavinoha and Giacomo Zandonini, published by Le Monde, Balkan Insight, El Diario, Solomon, Die Zeit, De Groene Amsterdammer, IrpiMedia, Domani, Netzpolitik, France,… show all

The Rotenberg Files

— by Antonio Baquero, Journalists: Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Raffaele Angius (IrpiMedia), Roman Anin (IStories), Daniel Balint-Kurti (OCCRP), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IrpiMedia), Antonio Baquero (OCCRP),… show all

Thousands of Hospital Patients Are Dying from Terrible Infections. Instead of Addressing the Situation, the Government Is Working to Cover It Up

— by Zsuzsanna Wirth, Kamilla Marton, published by Direkt36.hu, Telex.hu, Hungary

Pride and Concrete. 10 Years Later.

— by Ioana Călinescu, Petruț Călinescu, published by The Romanian Center for Documentary Photography, Panorama.ro, Scena9.ro, Romania

Ten Years After Lampedusa: Why Can’t Europe Find an Answer to the Deaths?

— by Pierluigi Bizzini, Nora Börding, Paul Hildebrandt, Eva Hoffmann, Simon Langemann, Helena Lea Manhartsberger, Sarah Mersch, Anina Ritscher, Anna-Theresa Bachmann, Ann Esswein, published by DIE… show all

The Pylos Shipwreck

Runner-Up

— by Stavros Malichudis, Iliana Papangeli, Corina Petridi (Solomon), Stefanos Levidis, Christina Varvia, Georgia Skartadou, Andreas Makas, Ebrahem Farooqui, Dimitra Andritsou, Peter Polack, Eyal… show all

Women on the Run From Abusers Face Being Returned From Denmark to Syria

— by Megan Clement, Mais Katt, Charlotte Alfred, published by New Lines Magazine, Lighthouse Reports, Daraj Media, Impact Newsletter, International, Lebanon, France

“All That We Had Is Gone”: My Lament for War-Torn Khartoum

— by Nesrine Malik, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom

“I Have Not Slept for 45 Days”: A Day in a Military Psychological Rehabilitation Unit

— by Anastasiia Ivantsiv, Oleksandr Mahula, published by Suspilne Media, Ukraine

The Missing Daughters of the South Caucasus

— by Lola García-Ajofrín, Nazik Armenakian, Piotr Kliks, Tina Xu, Anna Evoyan, Grzegorz Kurek, published by Outriders, Poland

Migrants From “Culturally Distant Countries” Are Already Here, in Their Hundreds of Thousands. They Were Invited by the PiS Government

Runner-Up

— by Bartosz Józefiak, published by OKO.Press, Poland