Preparatory committee
The European Press Prize’s preparatory committee (PrepCom) – consists of members from different European countries, speaking a multitude of languages. The PrepCom is in charge of selecting the shortlist for each category; a daunting task. Hundreds of pieces and projects come in – in all shapes and sizes – written in all possible European languages and on every conceivable subject. The PrepCom reads and re-reads, compares the incompatible, and selects a number of projects to translate or investigate. All in order to narrow it down to a short selection of entries that is to be submitted to the judges.
Cristian Lupșa
Cristian Lupșa is a storyteller, editor, and founder. For 13 years he ran DoR, a digital and print magazine that was an important landmark for Romanian independent journalism until it closed in 2022. Read more ›
Agnieszka Wądołowska
Agnieszka Wądołowska is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Notes from Poland, an English-language media outlet with a mission to help the world understand Poland. Read more ›
Daniele Grasso
Daniele Grasso (Milan, Italy, 1987) is an investigative and data journalist based in Madrid. Read more ›
Denis Džidić
Denis Džidić is the Executive Director and Editor of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIRN BiH). Read more ›
Gaby Khazalová
Gaby Khazalová is an investigative reporter and deputy editor-in-chief of the Czech independent online outlet Deník Referendum. Read more ›
Hendrik Lehmann
Hendrik Lehmann is Head of Tagesspiegel Innovation Lab and coordinating a European network for urban journalism. Read more ›
Jacopo Ottaviani
Jacopo Ottaviani is an award-winning computer scientist and data expert who works as Code for Africa’s Chief Data Officer (CDO). Read more ›
Juliette Garside
Juliette Garside is joint deputy investigations editor at the Guardian. Read more ›
Just Vervaart
Just Vervaart is an investigative journalist specializing in data-driven research. Read more ›
Lucila Rodríguez-Alarcón
Lucila Rodríguez-Alarcón is one of the four founders of the porCausa Foundation in Spain and became its executive director in October 2016. Read more ›
Mathias Friis
Mathias Friis is the investigative editor at DR, the Danish public service broadcaster. Read more ›
Oleg Khomenok
Oleg Khomenok is a member of GIJN’s Board of Directors, and a Senior Media Advisor at Internews Network. Read more ›
Şebnem Arsu
Şebnem Arsu is a Turkey-based journalist, with a journalistic background in Turkey and its region for over 20 years. Read more ›
Sérgio B. Gomes
Sérgio B. Gomes is the editor of Sunday supplement, P2, at Portuguese newspaper Público. Read more ›
Tanja Stelzer
Tanja Stelzer, born in 1970 in Kronberg im Taunus, studied political science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and at Sciences Po in Paris. Read more ›
Veronika Munk
Veronika is an award-winning Hungarian journalist with 20+ years of experience. Read more ›
