Jessica Bateman

Jessica Bateman was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young.

Jessica Bateman is an independent journalist specialising in longform storytelling on gender, faith and extremism. She has worked for organisations including The Washington Post, The Guardian and the BBC and also currently covers Germany for Hyphen, a new publication focused on issues important to Muslims around Europe.

Shaun Walker

Shaun Walker was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with Journalist or Russian Spy? The Strange Case of Pablo González

Shaun Walker is an international correspondent for The Guardian. He reported from Moscow for more than a decade. He is now based between Warsaw and Kyiv and mostly covers Russia’s war in Ukraine. His book The Illegals on the century-long history of Russia’s most secret spy programme, will be published in 2025.