​​Garry Blight

​​Garry Blight was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow.

​​Garry Blight is an interactive designer and developer at The Guardian, where he has been a key member of the Guardian Interactive team for over a decade. His work primarily focuses on producing dynamic, data-driven, and visual storytelling projects.

Lydia McMullan

Lydia McMullan was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow.

Lydia McMullan is an award-winning visual journalist and editor, currently serving as the Guardian’s Head of Visual and Data journalism. She leads multidisciplinary teams producing data-driven and spatial investigations, visual reporting, and interactive journalism across the Guardian’s news coverage. Her leadership plays a key role in shaping how visual and data journalism integrate with traditional newsroom beats, combining new technical specialisms and with classical reporting techniques. She leads her department in producing audience-focused innovative public interest journalism, reactive visual news and analysis.