Awards Ceremony
The Fetisov Journalism Awards, the richest prize in global journalism, announced the 2024 winners on April 22nd, 2025 in Dubai.
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Gleb Fetisov, Founder of the Fetisov Journalism Awards
Alisa Fetisova
Daughter of the Founder of the Fetisov Journalism Awards
Ricardo Gutiérrez, FJA Jury Member, Secretary General of the the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Aidan White, Honorary Advisor to the Fetisov Charitable Foundation and the Fetisov Journalism Awards, Founder and President of the Ethical Journalism Network
Outstanding Contribution to Peace
First Prize Winner
Sarah A Topol (USA)
The America That Americans Forget
Second Prize Winner
Nick Turse (USA)
Series on Drone Strike Victims
Third Prize Winner
Lynzy Billing (UK)
How America’s War Devastated Afghanistan’s Environment
Third Prize Winner
Birgitta Schülke, Arafatul Islam, Naomi Conrad (Germany)
Torturers Deployed as UN Peacekeepers
Contribution to Civil Rights
First Prize Winner
Gabriela Ramirez, Tina Xu (Germany)
Widowed by Europe's Borders
Second Prize Winner
Katie McQue (USA)
Series on use of social media platforms to exploit and traffic children
Blake Montgomery, Tech Editor for Guardian US, accepting the award on behalf of Katie McQue
Third Prize Winner
Will Coldwell (UK)
A Teenaged Migrant Piloted a Dinghy That Sank in the Channel. Then He Was Charged with Manslaughter
Outstanding Investigative Reporting
First Prize Winner
Alejandro Gómez Dugand, Alex Rufino, Andres Cardona, Barbara Fraser, Beatriz Jucá, Bram Ebus, Diane Sampaio, Emily Costa, Ivan Brehaut, Jaap van 't Kruis, Jeanneth Valdivieso, Jorge Benezra, Josefina Salomon, Joseph Poliszuk, Juan Torres, Juliana Rezende, Laura Kurtzberg, Leandro Barbosa, Luiz Fernando Toledo, Luiza Toledo, María Ramírez Cabello, Mariana Rios, Mary Carmen Vieira, Mathias Felipe, Nicoll Fonseca, Pamela Huerta, Rafael Ch Duran, Ronna Rísquez, Rodrigo Pedroso, Sam Cowie, Silvana Vincenti, Sinar Alvarado, Stefano Wrobleski, Tatiana Escárraga, Wagner Almeida
(Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, UK, US, Mexico, Netherlands, Argentina)
Amazon Underworld
Second Prize Winner
Tom Cardoso, Robyn Doolittle, Mahima Singh and Ming Wong (Canada)
Secret Canada
Third Prize Winner
Nicolas Pelham (UK)
The Baghdad Job: Who Was Behind History’s Biggest Bank Heist?
Excellence in Environmental Journalism
Laura Aragó and Xavier Aldekoa (Spain)
RIP Mare Nostrum
Second Prize Winner
Peter Waldman, Momar Niang and Katarina Höije (USA/ Senegal)
A Global Hunt for Water Profit Risks Draining Cities Dry
Third Prize Winner
Fabian Federl (Brazil)
An Illegal Gold Mine for Switzerland
The full video and more photos of the awards ceremony will be available soon on FJA website.