Elena Morresi

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

Elena Morresi is a multimedia journalist at The Guardian with experience on OSINT techniques and investigative reporting. She is currently pursuing an MA in Intelligence and International Security at King’s College London.

Her work is primarily focused on video journalism and she has a particular interest in conflict and crisis in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Specifically in the role that archiving social media data has as a record of a war and radicalisation.

Before joining The Guardian she was a UGC consultant at Greenpeace and Led by Donkeys as well as freelancing as a video journalist at The Independent, ITV and others and in film production. She has been part of teams shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards and the Amnesty Media Awards.

Raphael Hernandes

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

Raphael Hernandes is an artificial intelligence (AI) ethics researcher and data journalist specializing in the intersections between AI, journalism, and society. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Cambridge Digital Humanities, University of Cambridge, supported by a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship. His research examines how AI reshapes journalism, information environments, and epistemic security.

His journalism career includes roles as a Data Journalist at The Guardian (UK) and as Editor-at-Large at Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil), leading innovative data- and AI-driven newsroom projects and reporting on the intersections of technology, media, and society.

Raphael holds an MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data, and Algorithms from Cambridge, graduating with distinction and receiving the Huw Price Prize for best overall performance.