Shortlist 2025

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Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?

— by Jessica Bateman, published by POLITICO, United States

“A moving and overwhelming story which was sensitively told.”
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Journalist or Russian Spy? The Strange Case of Pablo González

— by Shaun Walker, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom

Marwan Barghouti, the World’s Most Important Prisoner

— by Nicolas Pelham, published by The Economist's 1843 magazine, United Kingdom

René Damgaard Is Saying a Final Goodbye to Life and to His Niece

Runner-Up

— by Line Vaaben, published by Politiken, Denmark

The Poet’s Army

— by Guillaume Pajot, published by Revue XXI, France

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Under Surveillance. How Location Data Jeopardizes German Security

— by Katharina Brunner, Rebecca Ciesielski, Ingo Dachwitz, Sebastian Meineck, Maximilian Zierer, published by Bayerischer Rundfunk/BR24, netzpolitik.org, tagesschau/ARD, Germany

“It’s real investigative journalism, but with an innovative twist.”
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Norway in Red, White, and Grey

— by Mads Nyborg Støstad, Ruben Solvang, Su Thet Mon, Anne Linn Kumano-Ensby, Patrick da Silva Sæther, Kari Anne Gisetstad Andersen, Sjur Seibt, published by NRK, Norway

Road to Redemption: How Israel’s War Against Hamas Turned Into a Springboard for Jewish Settlement in Gaza

Runner-Up

— by Yarden Michaeli, Avi Scharf, Idit Frenkel, Asi Oren, Uri Talshir, published by Haaretz, Israel

Segregated by the Wheel of Inequality in Spain: How Impoverished Neighbourhoods Become Hotspots for the Lower Educated

— by Raúl Sánchez, Victòria Oliveres, Ainhoa Díez, published by elDiario.es, Spain

This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide

— by Jan Daalder, Collin van Rooij, published by Follow the Money, RTV Drenthe, NH Nieuws, De Gelderlander, RTV Rijnmond, Omroep Zeeland, De Limburger, De Onderzoeksredactie Brabant (BN DeStem, Brabant…

The
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Serving Moscow

— by Măriuța Nistor, Natalia Zaharescu, published by Ziarul de Gardă, Moldova

“Glorious and in its core what investigative journalism is about.”
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Bismarck’s Hut in the Forest – The most absurd tax haven in Germany

Runner-Up

— by Aiko Kempen, Laurenz Schreiner, Finn Starken, published by FragDenStaat, ZDF Magazin Royale, Germany

Deadly Prices – How Big Pharma Feeds Inequality in Europe

— by Andrea Abellan, Mašenjka Bačić, Alexia Barakou, Christina Berndt, Eurydice Bersi, Lorenzo Buzzoni, Alessia Cerantola, Wojciech Cieśla, Anuška Delić, Lukas Diko, Ingeborg Eliassen, Sarmīte Gaidule,…

From Child Labour in the Mines – To Your Electric Car

— by Staffan Lindberg, Magnus Wennman, Sofia Boström, published by Aftonbladet, Sweden

The Silent Battle Between Putin and the West Over a Crucial Oil Pipeline

— by Carola Houtekamer, Karlijn Kuijpers, published by NRC, The Netherlands

The
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Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State

— by Gabriela Galvin, published by New Lines Magazine, International

“A carefully reported piece that is of great interest.”
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3,000 Nautical Miles of Hope

— by Marian Blasberg, published by Der Spiegel, Germany

“Because if I Die, No One Will Care.” Children’s Day at the Border

— by Agnieszka Rodowicz, published by Oko.press, Poland

The Asylum King

— by Mark Wilding, published by Prospect Magazine, Liberty Investigates, United Kingdom

The Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia

Runner-Up

— by Mark Townsend, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom

The
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Mothers at the End of the World

— by Katarzyna Boni, published by Książki, Poland

“A striking piece that asks the big existential questions.”
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A Celebration of Selflessness

— by Hanno Rauterberg, published by DIE ZEIT, Germany

Life and Death in Putin’s Gulag

— by Arkady Ostrovsky, published by The Economist's 1843 magazine, United Kingdom

Memory Machines

Runner-Up

— by Jessica Traynor, published by The Dial, Ireland

The Immense Waste – UCLouvain and Women

— by Catherine Joie, Quentin Noirfalisse, published by Médor, Belgium

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The Baku Connection

— by Annie Hylton, Bastian Obermayer, Corentin Bainier, Daniel Vallot, David Pegg, Edoardo Anziano, Edouard Perrin, Eloise Layan, Ershad Alijani, François Ruchti, Frederik Obermaier, Hannes Muzinger, Ilya Lozovsky, James Dowsett, Joël Matriche, Karina Chabour, Kelly Bloss, Kristof Clerix, Laurent Richard, Léa Peruchon, Leyla Mustafayeva, Louis Colart, Lorenzo Bagnoli, Lucas Brouwers, Maria Retter, Mariana Abreu, Miranda Patrucic, Olivier Zihlmann, Paciane Rouchon, Paul Lewis, Philippe Jacqué, Pierre Sorlut, Rachel Olroyd, Robert Denis, Roméo Langlois, Sandrine Rigaud, Sebastian Seibt, Sophia Stahl, Sofía Álvarez Jurado, Virginie Pironon, Wilmer Heck, Wubby Luyendijk, Youssr Youssef, published by Abzas Media (Azerbaijan), Der Standard (Austria), d'Lëtzebuerger Land (Luxemburg), Forbidden Stories (France), France 24 (France), IRPI (Italy), Knack (Belgium), Le Monde (France), Le Soir (Belgium), NRC (The Netherlands), OCCRP (International), Paper Trail Media (Germany), Radio France (France), RFI (France), RTS (Switzerland), Tamedia (Switzerland), The Guardian (UK), ZDF (Germany), International

“Pure collaboration and solidarity in the profession.”