Prune Antoine

Prune Antoine (1981) is an independent journalist and author. She was born in France and based in Berlin since 2008, after having lived in England, Spain, Hungary, Brussels and Paris. Her print stories or multimedia long-reads focus on the contradictions of post-soviet world, women issues, the aftermaths of conflicts or current affairs in Germany. Her pieces have appeared in L’Obs, Arte, Mediapart, Geo, Le Magazine du Monde, Elle, Grazia or Vice… Prune has been awarded two times the Prix Louise Weiss du journalisme européen, the Prix Philippe Chaffanjon, shortlisted for the European Press Prize and supported by many grants (Journalism Fund, SCAM…) Her first non-fiction book La Fille & le Moudjahidine has been published in France in 2015. 

Prune Antoine was selected for the 2013 European Press Prize shortlist with her ‘Prune Antoine Columns’

Roman Anin

Roman Anin is the head of investigative section of Novaya Gazeta, one of the most famous Russian newspapers in the world. He began his career in 2006 as a sports writer, but in 2008 was moved to the newspaper’s investigative section. Since 2009 Roman has been working on cross-border investigations with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and International Consortium if Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).  His work also led to investigative reports in the Financial Times, the BBC and Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s public broadcaster. Today, besides Novaya Gazeta, Roman is also a member Reuters’ investigative team and part of the Panama Papers team. Roman majored in journalism at Moscow State University (MSU) and graduated in 2010.

In 2012, he received three of the most prestigious awards in Russian investigative journalism: the Artem Borovik award, the Youlian Semenov award and the Andrey Sakharov award. In 2013, he received a prestigious international award – the Knight International Journalism Award. 

Roman Anin was selected for the 2016 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘The Values of the Clan’