Christina Brause

Christina Brause was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Death Weapons: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network.

Christina Brause is an investigative data journalist. She works as  Deputy Investigations Editor at Welt since February 2022. In summer 2022, she was awarded with the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship to work with the Data Reporting Team of The Washington Post.

Bryan Bender

Bryan Bender was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Death Weapons: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network.

Bryan Bender was a senior national correspondent for POLITICO, where he authored the Morning Defense newsletter and edited POLITICO Space. He also wrote about terrorism, the international arms trade, and government secrecy.