Staffan Lindberg, Sofia Boström and Magnus Wennman

Staffan Lindberg, Magnus Wennman, and Sofia Boström were selected for the 2025 Shortlist with From Child Labour in the Mines – To Your Electric Car.

Staffan Lindberg is an award-winning reporter at Aftonbladet. With a background in foreign and conflict reporting, he now specializes in global environmental investigations.

Magnus Wennman is an award winning photojournalist at Aftonbladet.

Sofia Boström is an editorial developer and an art director at Aftonbladet.

Mark Townsend

Mark Townsend was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with The Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia.

Mark Townsend is a senior reporter for the Guardian, covering global development and human rights. He has worked for the Guardian and The Observer, its former sister newspaper, for 24 years, covering many of the world’s major stories and conflict zones, most recently Sudan. He has won a number of awards including news reporter of the year at the Society of Editors press awards.