Roman Badanin
Roman Badanin was selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Master and Chef.’
Roman Badanin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Proekt, a non-profit investigative media organization based in Russia. Previously, he worked at Dozhd, RBC, and the Russian edition of Forbes magazine as editor-in-chief. He has also worked at Gazeta as deputy editor-in-chief.
Badanin has been affiliated with the Gorbachev Foundation and the Russian Academy of Sciences as a researcher. He studied history at Moscow State University, and was a Stanford John S. Knight international fellow in Journalism.
Katie J.M. Baker
Katie J.M. Baker was selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘WWF’s Secret War.’
Katie J.M. Baker has been a reporter for BuzzFeed News since 2014, writing stories that have prompted national legislation and changed Maryland state law. Her investigation into Massage Envy, the largest massage franchise in the U.S., found that franchises were systemically mishandling sexual assault complaints, led to sweeping policy changes. The WWF series, meanwhile, has already prompted nationwide legislation in the US as well as government investigations in the US and Europe and an internal review overseen by a former UN special rapporteur for human rights. Other pieces of note include the first mainstream profile of Juanita Broaddrick (Bill Clinton’s rape accuser), the Stanford Victim’s letter, and a series on sexual misconduct by university professors.