Pamela Duncan

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

Pamela Duncan is a lecturer in journalism and an award-winning data journalist with extensive experience in investigative and cross-border reporting. She was previously editor of the Guardian’s Data Projects team, where she led and collaborated on major investigations, combining large-scale data analysis with narrative reporting.

Her work spans climate change, housing, health, inequality, political financing and environmental accountability. She has a particular interest in the role social media plays in society, including far-right radicalisation, hate speech, and democratic influence.

Before joining The Guardian, she was a data journalist at The Irish Times, where she co-founded the Irish Times Data Blog and helped pioneer data-driven storytelling in Irish newsrooms. She has collaborated on international investigations including the Pandora Papers, Uber Files, Russian Asset Tracker and other large-scale cross-border projects.

Alongside her newsroom work, she has taught and delivered training in data and investigative journalism internationally, working with universities, journalism organisations and reporters in multiple countries.

Doğu Eroğlu

Doğu Eroğlu was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with Scrap Wars: How child labour and conflict feed Turkey steel boom.

Doğu Eroğlu is an Istanbul-based investigative reporter and the founder of Ortak. His specialisations include environmental affairs (climate change, environmental justice, and the fossil fuel and mining industries), and conflict (radicalisation, ISIS and al-Qaeda studies). His first book, Islamic State Networks (Turkish: IŞİD Ağları), was published in 2018. He works on independent research projects and video productions (see most recent collaborations here). He also designs and delivers journalism training courses on topics including investigative journalism, conflict reporting, environmental justice issues and climate journalism.