Tomas Statius

Tomas Statius was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Flight of the predator: Jet linked to Israeli spyware tycoon delivers surveillance tech from the EU to notorious Sudanese militia.

Tomas Statius is an investigative journalist based in Paris. Most of his work has been focused on migration and the far-right, as well as the defence and security industries. The author of two books, he is a regular contributor to Libération, Mediapart, Le Canard Enchaîné and Disclose, among others. He was the lead investigator on the #MoruroaFiles investigation on the fallout from French nuclear testing in Polynesia.

Katia Patin

Katia Patin was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Poland’s ministry of memory spins the Holocaust.

Katia Patin is a multimedia journalist based between Washington, D.C. and Istanbul. She is the producer of Generation Gulag, a documentary series uncovering the impact of Russia’s campaign to rewrite the history of Gulag survivors, shortlisted for the One World Media Award in 2020; and of Jailed for a Like, six films telling the stories of Russians who have been prosecuted or imprisoned for their posts on social media, which was shortlisted for the European Press Prize in 2018. Her journalism has appeared in TIME Magazine, the Guardian, NBC, the Atlantic among other publications.