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.
Wafaa Albadry
Wafaa Albadry is a journalist currently working for Deutsche Welle in Berlin, Germany. Read more ›
Natalia Antelava
Natalia Antelava is a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of the award-winning media start-up Coda Story. 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 ›
Beata Balogová
Beata Balogová is the editor-in-chief of SME, a major daily and news site in Slovakia. 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 ›
Konstanty Gebert
Konstanty Gebert is Associate Fellow and former head of the Warsaw office at the European Council on Foreign Relations since 2011. Read more ›
Sérgio B. Gomes
Sérgio B. Gomes is the editor of Sunday supplement, P2, at Portuguese newspaper Público. 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 ›
Anna Husarska
Anna Husarska is a Franco-Polish journalist writing mostly in English and
Spanish. Read more ›
Winny de Jong
Data journalist Winny de Jong (1988) works at the Dutch public news broadcast NOS. 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 ›
Cristian Lupsa
Cristian Lupșa is one of the co-founding editors of DoR (Decât o Revistă), a digital and print magazine in Romania that believes well-crafted narrative journalism can connect people, heal wounds, inspire, lead, and create change. Read more ›
Natalie Nougayrède
Natalie Nougayrède is a French journalist who served as executive editor and managing editor of the French newspaper Le Monde from 2013 to 2014. 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 ›
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 ›
Dimitris Theodoropoulos
Dimitris Theodoropoulos is deputy Director of Culture and Culture & Strategy Advisor of the Onassis Foundation. Read more ›
Bartosz Wieliński
Bartosz Wieliński is a Polish journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. Read more ›
Mathias Friis
Mathias Friis is the investigative editor at DR, the Danish public service broadcaster. Read more ›
Lidy Nicolasen
Lidy Nicolasen is a Dutch journalist and writer. She has worked for the Dutch Newspaper De Volkskrant as a political and foreign reporter, head of the political desk in The Hague, and of the opinion desk in Amsterdam. Read more ›