Winners

202120202019

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Olatunji Ololade

(Nigeria)

“The Boys Who Swapped Football for Bullets”

First Prize

winning article

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Ali Al Ibrahim, Khalifa Al Khuder

(Sweden / Syria)

“Syria’s Sinister Yet Lucrative Trade in Dead Bodies”

Third Prize

winning article

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Haris Rovčanin, Albina Sorguč

(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

“Series: "BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?"; "Serb Chetniks’ Links to War Criminals and Extremists Uncovered"; "Bosnian Serb Military Police Chiefs Never Charged with Srebrenica Killings"; "28 Years On, Families Still Searching for Missing Bosnian Soldiers"”

Second Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Corinne Redfern, Ali Ahsan

(Italy, Bangladesh)

“She Was Trafficked into a Giant Brothel. Now She Runs It”

Second Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Monica Jha

(India)

“The Testimony”

Third Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Sukanya Shantha

(India)

“Series "Barred–The Prisons Project": From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System; Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Note of The Wire's Prison Report, Orders 'Overhaul' of Prison Manual; The Wire Impact: After 70 Years, Rajasthan Amends Prison Manual That Sanctioned Caste-Based Labour.”

First Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Audrey Travère, Phineas Rueckert, Paloma Dupont de Dinechin

(France)

“Series "The Cartel Project". Uncovered: The Buried Truth of Assassinated Journalist Regina Martínez; Mexican Cartels: "The Asian Connection"; An Ocean of Guns: Mexico's Journalists in the Crossfire of the International Arms Trade”

First Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smita Sharma

(United States, India)

“Stolen Lives: The Harrowing Story of Two Girls Sold into Sexual Slavery”

Second Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Zecharias Zelalem, Will Brown

Ethiopia/ Kenya

“African Migrants 'Left to Die' in Saudi Arabia’s Hellish Covid Detention Centres”

Third Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Sarah Maslin, Stephan Kueffner, James Tozer

(Brazil / Ecuador)

“Series: Dispatches from the Amazon Under Pressure”

Second Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Bhrikuti Rai

(Nepal)

“Series: Drawing a Line in the Sand; Permit to Plunder: How the Environment is Paying the Price for Nepal Local Governments’ Greed; Environment Conservation Takes a Back Seat in the Budget”

Second Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Karla Mendes

(Brazil)

“Déjà Vu as Palm Oil Industry Brings Deforestation, Pollution to Amazon”

Third Prize

winning article

Shortlist

202120202019

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Ali Al Ibrahim, Khalifa Al Khuder

(Sweden / Syria)

Syria’s Sinister Yet Lucrative Trade in Dead Bodies

Haris Rovčanin, Albina Sorguč

(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Series: "BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?"; "Serb Chetniks’ Links to War Criminals and Extremists Uncovered"; "Bosnian Serb Military Police Chiefs Never Charged with Srebrenica Killings"; "28 Years On, Families Still Searching for Missing Bosnian Soldiers"

Kolapo Olapoju

(Nigeria)

Series: Conflict in a Pandemic

Marga Zambrana

(Spain)

Uyghur Refugees Speak Out Against Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Olatunji Ololade

(Nigeria)

The Boys Who Swapped Football for Bullets

Contribution to Civil Rights

Carmen Grau Vila

(Japan)

Japan’s Indigenous Ainu Community Don’t Want a Theme Park – They Want Their Rights

Corinne Redfern, Ali Ahsan

(Italy, Bangladesh)

She Was Trafficked into a Giant Brothel. Now She Runs It

Daneel Knoetze

(South Africa)

#AboveTheLaw: How SAPS Protects the Killers Within Its Ranks

Hélène Seynaeve, Cole Stangler, Filippo Poltronieri, Maurizio Franco, François Greuez, Valentin Delaunoy

(Belgium/ France/ Italy)

Inequality Unmasked

John B Washington, José Olivares

(United States)

Series: “A Silent Pandemic”

Monica Jha

(India)

The Testimony

Nils Adler, Pascal Vossen

(United Kingdom)

Murder in the Name of Honour

Shalini Singh

(India)

Series: Women@Work

Shola Lawal

Nigeria

As Ocean Empties, Senegal's Fishermen Risk Seas for New Life in Europe

Sukanya Shantha

(India)

Series "Barred–The Prisons Project": From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System; Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Note of The Wire's Prison Report, Orders 'Overhaul' of Prison Manual; The Wire Impact: After 70 Years, Rajasthan Amends Prison Manual That Sanctioned Caste-Based Labour.

Xavier Aldekoa, Alfons Rodríguez

Spain

Africa, a Future with Names and Surnames

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Nanami Nakagawa

(Japan)

Abandoned at Futaba Hospital

Tristen Taylor, Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams

(Romania, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands)

Where Did the European Union’s Billion Euros for the Danube Delta Actually Go?

Audrey Travère, Phineas Rueckert, Paloma Dupont de Dinechin

(France)

Series "The Cartel Project". Uncovered: The Buried Truth of Assassinated Journalist Regina Martínez; Mexican Cartels: "The Asian Connection"; An Ocean of Guns: Mexico's Journalists in the Crossfire of the International Arms Trade

Farzad Seifikaran, Nasim Roshanaei

Iran

How Does Iran Circumvent the Sanctions on Dual-Use And Military Goods In Europe?

Kemi Busari

(Nigeria)

Blood on Uniforms Series

María Sol Lauría Paz, Iván Ruíz, Luis Fernando Cantoral, David Bernal, José Bautista García, Alberto Alonso, Jessica Carrillo, Octavio Enríquez, Suhelis Tejero, María Fernanda Sojo, Santiago Sánchez, Mildred Rojas

(Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, United States, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Uruguay)

Chavismo Inc, The Gears of Bolivarian Capitalism Around The World

Mauri König

(Brazil)

The Forgotten Children of Itaipu

Naipanoi Lepapa

(Kenya)

Series: Hard Labour: The Surrogacy Industry in Kenya

Pari Saikia

India

Rohingya Brides Thought They Were Fleeing Violence. Then They Met Their Grooms

Robert Flummerfelt, Nellie Peyton, Ange Kasongo

(Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal)

More Than 50 Women Accuse Aid Workers of Sex Abuse in Congo Ebola Crisis

Rukaia Alabadi, Fatima Al Othman

(Syria, Lebanon)

The Mahdi Scouts: A Chronicle of Child Recruitment into Iranian Militias

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smita Sharma

(United States, India)

Stolen Lives: The Harrowing Story of Two Girls Sold into Sexual Slavery

Zecharias Zelalem, Will Brown

Ethiopia/ Kenya

African Migrants 'Left to Die' in Saudi Arabia’s Hellish Covid Detention Centres

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Karla Mendes

(Brazil)

Déjà Vu as Palm Oil Industry Brings Deforestation, Pollution to Amazon

Anna Geroeva

(Russia)

On the Crest of a Toxic Wave

Bhrikuti Rai

(Nepal)

Series: Drawing a Line in the Sand; Permit to Plunder: How the Environment is Paying the Price for Nepal Local Governments’ Greed; Environment Conservation Takes a Back Seat in the Budget

Jack Losh

(United Kingdom)

When Nature Conservation Goes Wrong

Mya Frazier

(United States)

Gas Companies Are Abandoning Their Wells, Leaving Them to Leak Methane Forever

Sarah Maslin, Stephan Kueffner, James Tozer

(Brazil / Ecuador)

Series: Dispatches from the Amazon Under Pressure

Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, Irwin Loy

Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Hidden Climate Costs

zzz

If any violation of the submission rules is identified at any stage of the competition the Steering Committee has the right to disqualify such entries immediately.