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.

Quentin Noirfalisse

Quentin Noirfalisse was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with The Immense Waste – UCLouvain and Women.

Quentin Noirfalisse is one of the founders of Médor. He is part of the magazine’s team of pilots (editors-in-chief). Quentin has published investigations on digital technology in schools, palm oil company Socfin, dredging giant Jan De Nul and the Qataris at Malmédy (a Walloon town in south-east Belgium). He is interested in corporate responsibility and environmental issues. Quentin is also a documentary producer and director with Dancing Dog Productions. His work includes « Le ministre des poubelles » (2017), « Cobalt, l’envers du rêve électrique » (2022), « Lumumba, le retour d’un héros » (2023) and « Après la pluie » (2024).

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