Merete Skogrand

Merete Skogrand was selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Inger’s Last Wish.’

Merete Skogrand (36) has worked for the Dagbladet, Norway’s second biggest newspaper, for the last 11 years. She started as a journalist in the culture and news departments, and has hosted several shows for Dagbladet TV. She then led the Culture department for four years, before becoming head of reportage for Magasinet, Dagbladet’s award winning feature section. Merete lives in Nittedal, Norway.

Beata Balogová

Beata Balogová has won the 2020 European Press Prize Opinion Award with ‘How We Stopped Being Comrades.’

Beata Balogová is the editor-in-chief of SME, a major daily and news site in Slovakia. Prior to joining SME, between 2003 and 2014, Beata served as editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s English-language weekly The Slovak Spectator.

Beata became a journalist at the age of eighteen and since then she has been loyal to the profession and mission. She graduated from the School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York. Beata was also a Fulbright scholar appointed to the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri Columbia in 1994.

An ethnic Hungarian living in Slovakia, Beata writes columns and commentaries on politics, societal changes, populism and human rights.

Beata also serves as vice chair of the executive board of the International Press Institute (IPI) advocating media freedom in the Central European region.