Rafael Buschmann

Rafael Buschmann was born in Poland in 1984. Since 2010 he is working for the German News magazine DER SPIEGEL, where he is part of the Investigative Team. In 2016, he and the SPIEGEL team won the most prestigious journalism award in Germany for their reports on corruption in FIFA; and in 2016 he was named as best sports reporter in Germany for his work on ‘Football Leaks’. 

Rafael Buschmann was selected for the 2018 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘The Malta Files’. 

Zeynep Şentek

Zeynep Şentek is Turkish journalist working on investigations, human rights, workers’ rights and military. She works at the independent news platform The Black Sea (theblacksea.eu) on Turkey-related investigations, and is part of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) network. She is also a PhD candidate at Heidelberg University, Germany. 

Zeynep Şentek was selected for the 2018 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘The Malta Files’.