Nominees of 2024

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Kazakhstan-Xinjiang, the Border of Tears

— by Léa Polverini, Robin Tutenges, published by Slate.fr, France

“An amazing story that really lifts the veil on this topic and has a truly powerful follow-up. - Panel of Judges”
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Four Hundred Boys Came Into Contact With Sweden’s Celebrated Foster Father – Several Tell of Abuse

— by Björn af Kleen, Sofia Nahringbauer, published by Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

One Night in Bakhmut: Civilians Wait for the End as Russia Draws Closer

— by Francis Farrell, published by The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine

We Still Live: What Is Life Like in Russian-Occupied Mariupol?

Runner-Up

— by Hessel von Piekartz, Erik Verwiel, Titus Knegtel, Joris Heijkant, published by de Volkskrant, The Netherlands

Where the World Splits Apart

Runner-Up

— by Henning Sussebach, published by Die Zeit, Germany

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Lapdogs of War: A Guide to Russia’s Wartime Oligarchs

— by Vitaly Soldatskikh, Ekaterina Reznikova, Roman Badanin, Katya Arenina, Boris Dubakh, published by Proekt, Russia

“Exhaustively researched and well displayed. Pure data journalism in the best of its way. - Panel of Judges”
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18 Days Spent Phoning Every Half an Hour in the Hope That Someone Would Answer the Minimum Living Wage Helpline

— by Eva Belmonte, David Cabo, Carmen Torrecillas, Adrián Maqueda, published by Civio, Spain

The Sound of Bullets: The Killing of Colombian Journalist Abelardo Liz

Runner-Up

— by Carlos Gonzales, Natalia Arenas Chaves, Tania Tapia Jáuregui, Diego Forero, published by Bellingcat, Cerosetenta, International, Colombia

The Stolen Treasures – The 110,000 Artifacts From Ukraine Found in Two Russian Museum

— by Inna Gadzynsk, Nadia Romanenko, Nadia Kelm, Yevheniia Drozdova, published by Texty.org.ua, Ukraine

TikTok’s Muscle Power

— by Christian Nicolai Bjørke, Henrik Bøe and Caroline Utti, published by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Norway

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Iraq Without Water: The Cost of Oil to Italy

— by Sara Manisera, Daniela Sala, published by Irpi Media, Italy

“Good old fashioned holding power to account — a good mix of a human story combined with great reporting. - Panel of Judges”
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“How Am I Going To Ask a Hospital for Help if the Abuse Happens in the Hospital?”: Sexual Violence in Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices

— by Ana Patrícia Silva, Cláudia Marques Santos, published by Setenta e Quatro, Público, The Pulitzer Center, Portugal, International

The EU Fight Against Child Pornography Stokes Fears of Widespread Online Surveillance

Runner-Up

— by Apostolis Fotiadis, Ludek Stavinoha and Giacomo Zandonini, published by Le Monde, Balkan Insight, El Diario, Solomon, Die Zeit, De Groene Amsterdammer, IrpiMedia, Domani, Netzpolitik, France, Serbia, Spain, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands

The Rotenberg Files

— by Antonio Baquero, Journalists: Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Raffaele Angius (IrpiMedia), Roman Anin (IStories), Daniel Balint-Kurti (OCCRP), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IrpiMedia), Antonio Baquero (OCCRP), Christian Brönnimann (Tamedia), Luc Caregari (Reporter.Lu), Tom Bolsius (Follow the Money), Šarūnas Černiauskas (Siena), Ben Cowdock (Transparency International, UK), Jan Daalder (Follow The Money), Robert Denis (OCCRP), Lara Dihmis (OCCRP), Irina Dolinina (IStories), Alex Dziadosz (OCCRP), Abdelhak El Idrissi (Le Monde), Jared Ferrie (OCCRP), Brian Fitzpatrick (OCCRP), Misha Gagarin (OCCRP), Kevin G. Hall (OCCRP), George Greenwood (The Times), Jyri Hänninen (YLE), Caroline Henshaw (OCCRP), Nacho Herrero (Infolibre), Carina Huppertz (Paper Trail Media), Sanita Jemberga (Re:Baltica), Peter Jones (OCCRP), Will Jordan (OCCRP), Minna Knus-Galan (YLE), Ilya Lozovsky (OCCRP), Alesya Marokhovskaya (IStories), Frederik Obermaier (Paper Trail Media), Bastian Obermayer (Paper Trail Media), Miranda Patrucic (OCCRP), Hugo Rasch (Follow The Money), Maria Retter (Der Standard), Manuel Rico (Infolibre), Roman Romanovskiy (IStories), Holger Roonemaa (Delfi Meedia), Sana Sbouai (OCCRP), Fabian Schmid (Der Standard), Timo Schober (Paper Trail Media), Ekaterina Selivanova (OCCRP), Karina Shedrofsky (OCCRP), Maxim Solius (IStories), Inga Springe (Re:Baltica), Graham Stack (OCCRP), Tom Stocks (OCCRP), Drew Sullivan (OCCRP), Ludovico Tallarita (IrpiMedia), Tatiana Tkachenko (OCCRP), Giacomo Tognini (Forbes), Elizaveta Tsybulina (Transparency International, Russia), Dmitry Velikovsky (IStories), Julia Wallace (OCCRP), Maria Zholobova (IStories), Oliver Zihlmann (Tamedia), Oksana Stavniichuk, Jan Strozyk, Eric Barrett, Birgit Brauer, Sergiu Ipatii, Olena LaFoy, Dima Stoianov, Charlie Turner, Alyona Korolyova, James O’Brien, Edin Pašović, Katie McCraw, Mark Nightingale,David Istvan, published by OCCRP, Delfi Meedia, Der Standard, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle, Follow the Money, Forbes, Infolibre, IrpiMedia, IStories, Le Monde, Paper Trail Media, Der Spiegel, Baltica, Reporter.lu, Siena, Tamedia, The Times, Transparency International UK, International, Estonia, Austria, Finland, Netherlands, United States, Spain, Italy, Russia, France, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Thousands of Hospital Patients Are Dying from Terrible Infections. Instead of Addressing the Situation, the Government Is Working to Cover It Up

— by Zsuzsanna Wirth, Kamilla Marton, published by Direkt36.hu, Telex.hu, Hungary

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How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

— by Andrei Popoviciu, published by In These Times, Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting, Internationl, United States

“My favourite piece. It’s a great read that echoes off colonialism and is also amazingly packaged. - Panel of Judges”
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Pride and Concrete. 10 Years Later.

— by Ioana Călinescu, Petruț Călinescu, published by The Romanian Center for Documentary Photography, Panorama.ro, Scena9.ro, Romania

Ten Years After Lampedusa: Why Can’t Europe Find an Answer to the Deaths?

— by Pierluigi Bizzini, Nora Börding, Paul Hildebrandt, Eva Hoffmann, Simon Langemann, Helena Lea Manhartsberger, Sarah Mersch, Anina Ritscher, Anna-Theresa Bachmann, Ann Esswein, published by DIE ZEIT, Selbstlaut Kollektiv, Fada Collective, WOZ, Germany, Italy, Switzerland

The Pylos Shipwreck

Runner-Up

— by Stavros Malichudis, Iliana Papangeli, Corina Petridi (Solomon), Stefanos Levidis, Christina Varvia, Georgia Skartadou, Andreas Makas, Ebrahem Farooqui, Dimitra Andritsou, Peter Polack, Eyal Weizman, Jasper Humpert, Miriam Rainer, Salma Barakat, Zac Ioannidis, Elizabeth Breiner (Forensis), Armin Ghassim, Sulaiman Tadmory, Timo Robben, Sebastian Heidelberger (StrgF/ARD), Giorgos Christides, Katy Fallon, Lydia Emmanouilidou, Julian Busch (The Guardian), published by Solomon, Forensis, StrgF/ARD, The Guardian, Greece, Germany, United Kingdom

Women on the Run From Abusers Face Being Returned From Denmark to Syria

— by Megan Clement, Mais Katt, Charlotte Alfred, published by New Lines Magazine, Lighthouse Reports, Daraj Media, Impact Newsletter, International, Lebanon, France

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We Have Betrayed a Generation

— by Nataša Markovič, published by Preiskovalno.si, Media 24, Slovenia

“A beautiful piece of reporting; widely applicable to wider public discourse. - Panel of Judges”
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“All That We Had Is Gone”: My Lament for War-Torn Khartoum

— by Nesrine Malik, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom

“I Have Not Slept for 45 Days”: A Day in a Military Psychological Rehabilitation Unit

— by Anastasiia Ivantsiv, Oleksandr Mahula, published by Suspilne Media, Ukraine

The Missing Daughters of the South Caucasus

— by Lola García-Ajofrín, Nazik Armenakian, Piotr Kliks, Tina Xu, Anna Evoyan, Grzegorz Kurek, published by Outriders, Poland

Migrants From “Culturally Distant Countries” Are Already Here, in Their Hundreds of Thousands. They Were Invited by the PiS Government

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— by Bartosz Józefiak, published by OKO.Press, Poland

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1000 Lives, 0 Names: The Border Graves Investigation — How the EU is Failing Migrants’ Last Rights

— by Tina Xu, Gabriele Cruciata, Eoghan Gilmartin, Danai Maragoudaki, Barbara Matejčić, Leah Pattem, Gabriela Ramirez, Daphne Tolis, Kristiana Ludwig, Ben Heubl, Rachel Oldroyd, Felicity Lawrence, Ashifa Kassam, Lorenzo Tondo, Manisha Ganguly, Pamela Duncan, published by The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Unbias the News, Solomon, BalkanInsight, El Diario, l'Espresso, Telegram, Lithuanian Radio Television, Efsyn.gr, Documento, Lesvosnews, Kathimerini, News247, Avgi, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, Jutarnji List, Tportal, Index, Novi List, Germany, UK, Spain, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland

“A very important collaboration: the reporters put a face to the story of those who perished. - Panel of Judges”