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 read and re-read, compare the incompatible and select 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.
Denis Staunton
Denis Staunton is the chair of the preparatory committee. He is London Editor of The Irish Times. Read more ›
Bartosz Wieliński
Bartosz Wieliński is a Polish journalist and head of the Foreign Department of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. Read more ›
Belinda Goldsmith
Belinda Goldmsith is Editor-in-Chief of the Thomas Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news providing organisation. Read more ›
Heikelina Verrijn Stuart
Heikelina Verrijn Stuart is a lawyer, philosopher of law and journalist. Read more ›
Konstanty Gebert
Konstanty Gebert is Senior Policy Fellow and head of the Warsaw office at the European Council on Foreign Relations since 2011. Read more ›
Natalia Chientaroli
Natalia Chientaroli worked as a journalist for Argentinian newspapers La Nación and El Cronista. Read more ›
Patrice Schneider
A press freedom enthusiast, Patrice Schneider started his publishing career as a journalist reporting from conflicts in Central Asia at the end of the 1980s. Read more ›
Uffe Riis Sørensen
Uffe Riis Sørensen is member of the board of the Jyllands-Posten Foundation. Read more ›