Pamela Gordon

Pamela Gordon was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong.

In a 30 year career as a documentary director, Pamela Gordon has exposed the hidden world of young runaways on the streets of the UK, investigated Russia’s deadly tactics ending the Moscow Theatre Siege, taken Gordon Ramsay behind bars to confront the reality of the prison system and captured the dying days of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. Her award-winning, Lion – The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride, 2022 was the first BBC feature documentary collaboration with the world famous Natural History Unit. The film reflects her continuing passion for the plight of lions who are fast disappearing from the African continent. Pamela is a published author of several groundbreaking social history books including Forbidden Britain. Her deep interest in hidden life stories has always guided her filmmaking and now informs her writing and the stories she wants to tell.

Maud Efting

Maud Efting was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with What the wounds are telling us.

Maud Effting is an investigative journalist at the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. She reports on medical issues and end-of-life topics, including euthanasia, Middel X, the Sarco capsule in Switzerland, and suicide, as well as on people harmed by injustice or caught in failing systems. Her investigations cover sexual abuse, misconduct in the armed forces, police violence, and wrongdoing at the Dutch public broadcaster (DWDD, NOS Sport). She is a two-time winner of De Tegel, the Netherlands’ most prestigious journalism prize, and graduated cum laude in chemistry.