Agnieszka Rodowicz

Agnieszka Rodowicz was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with “Because if I Die, No One Will Care.” Children’s Day at the Border.

Agnieszka Rodowicz is a journalist, photographer, reporter. She combines journalism, reportage and documentary photography. She deals with the issues of violence against women, the situation of refugees, ethnic minorities, addictions, ecology and many more. She focusses primarily on the personal stories of my characters.

Marian Blasberg

Marian Blasberg was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with 3,000 Nautical Miles of Hope.

Marian Blasberg was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he later studied Philosophy and Literature. In 2004/05, he attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. From 2006 until 2014, he was working as a reporter with the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit. Since 2014, he is a staff writer at Der Spiegel. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.