Maud Efting

Maud Efting was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with What the wounds are telling us.

Maud Effting is an investigative journalist at the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. She reports on medical issues and end-of-life topics, including euthanasia, Middel X, the Sarco capsule in Switzerland, and suicide, as well as on people harmed by injustice or caught in failing systems. Her investigations cover sexual abuse, misconduct in the armed forces, police violence, and wrongdoing at the Dutch public broadcaster (DWDD, NOS Sport). She is a two-time winner of De Tegel, the Netherlands’ most prestigious journalism prize, and graduated cum laude in chemistry.