Mstyslav Chernov

Mstyslav Chernov was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with ‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine’s Mariupol descends into despair. 

AP video journalist Chernov is a Ukrainian-born photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker. Chernov began working for the Associated Press in 2014, covering the Ukrainian war, then the European migration crisis. He has traveled to more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has won number international awards for his work, including the George Polk Award for War Reporting, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy awards, the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award and the Royal Television Society Camera Operator of the Year award. He also directed the AP-Frontline documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the coveted World Cinema Documentary Competition Audience Award.  Chernov and his colleague Evegeniy Maloletka were the last international journalists in Mariupol when Russian troops attacked. Driving a van with windows blown out by explosions, snatching a bit of battery power where they can to file videos and photos, and checking in during rare moments when there was enough of a network signal, the two journalists were the world’s only eyes on a city that was my to the Russian attack on Ukraine. 

Anna Myroniuk

Anna Myroniuk was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Suicide missions, abuse, physical threats: International Legion fighters speak out against leadership’s misconduct. 

Anna Myroniuk is the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. Anna has run investigative projects on human rights, healthcare, and illicit trade. She also investigated political and corporate misconduct and alleged wrongdoings in the Ukraine army’sleadership. Myroniuk has written for New York Times, Washington Post, Coda Story, and OCCRP. Anna holds a Masters in Investigative Journalism from the City University of London. She is a Chevening Scholar, the winner of the #AllForJan Award 2023, an honoree of the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing list, the runner-up in the investigative reporting category of the 2022 European Press Prize, and a finalist for the 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award of Ukraine and the 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.