🤝 Entering the European Press Prize 2026 means more than recognition. It connects you with journalists across Europe who share a commitment to high standards and impactful storytelling. Submit your work before 14 December: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

☕ It’s Monday. Perfect time to share that piece you’re proud of! Entries for the European Press Prize 2026 are open. Journalists from across Europe can submit their best work before 14 December 2025. Learn more and enter: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

Iniciamos con Túnez. Mark Townsend, presenta "Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia", publicado en @theguardian.com y runner-up 2025 de @europeanpressprize.bsky.social. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

✨ The European Press Prize 2026 is open for entries! We’re seeking the best journalism published over the past year — work that informs, inspires, & makes a difference. If you’ve written a piece you’re proud of, we want to see it! 🗓️ Submit before 14 Dec: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

📆 From tomorrow onwards, we will be attending iMEdD - incubator for Media Education and Development’s International Journalism Forum in Athens. You can find us in the Forum’s Media Village to learn more about our work, or chat about possible partnerships or collaborations! 👋 #iMEdDIJF25

📆 From tomorrow onwards, we will be attending iMEdD - incubator for Media Education and Development’s International Journalism Forum in Athens. You can find us in the Forum’s Media Village to learn more about our work, or chat about possible partnerships or collaborations! 👋 #iMEdDIJF25

From our archives 📚 “Myanmar Burning” by Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. They spent over 1 year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/myan... Full collection: www.reuters.com/investigates...

👩‍💻 Interested in improving your data journalism skills? Our Laureate Adriana Homolova is launching an eight week mentorship programme at the end of October to help people do (better) data investigations. Sign up for it here: datafrosch.fun/mentorship

Our 2024 Laureate Megan Clement wrote a memoir — a beautiful story about family, connection and the distance we will go to be with the ones we love. You can order her book on her website: www.meganclement.com/store/desire... and read a poignant excerpt here: www.thepersistent.com/megan-clemen...

From our archives 📚 The children born in South Africa right after apartheid are known as the born-free generation. Runner-Up for our 2020 Innovation Award, this piece looks into how free the born-frees truly are & how modern racism influences their lives. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/born...

🙋 Who else is coming to the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025 later this month? We’ll be in Athens, posted up at the Media Village, and also for a meeting of our Partners and Peers! Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇 forum.imedd.org/en/

From our archives 📚 Nominated for our 2021 Distinguished Reporting Award, “How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power” reveals how the economic success of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary is heavily reliant on German companies who receive special treatment. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/how-...

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From our archives 📚 Winner of our 2022 Investigative Reporting Award, this piece from Helsingin Sanomat looks into how the police investigate human trafficking, using individual stories to reveal how many are left without justice. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

🏆 Today marks three months since we announced our Winners and Runners-Up at the 2025 Award Ceremony in Bari, Italy. You can find the full list of Winners, Runners-Up, and Nominees here: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Photos: Antonio Pellegrino

From our archives 📚 “Myanmar Burning” by Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. The pair spent over one year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims. buff.ly/QBSk3rQ Full collection: buff.ly/csPpYR9

From our archives 📚 “Death Weapons: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network”, Winner of our 2023 Investigative Reporting Award, reveals how a network of young neo-Nazis is setting up terrorist cells in Europe & the US in order to carry out armed attacks. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/deat...

📘 Check out our 2025 Year Report for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the work going on here at the European Press Prize! This year we also take a deep dive into the key stats behind the season as well as highlights from throughout the year. Read it here 🔽 www.europeanpressprize.com/year-report-...

From our archives 📚 Myanmar Burning, by Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. The pair spent over a year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/myan... Full collection: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Reminder, we’ll be in Athens next week for the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025! We’ll be posted up at the Media Village and also participating in a meeting of our Partners and Peers! Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇 forum.imedd.org/en/

Curious about how our Winners and Runners-Up are selected each year? Learn more about that process and their thoughts about this year's Shortlist in our 2025 Jury Report 🔽 www.europeanpressprize.com/jury-report-...

From our archives 📚 On this day in 2020, journalist Abelardo Liz was killed in a confrontation between soldiers & protesters. Bellingcat & Cerosetenta pieced together the last moments of his life to reveal inconsistencies in the army's account of events. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

Just over 5 years have passed since the 2020 Presidential Elections in Belarus and subsequent brutal crackdown on protestors. To mark this, we take a look at the Winner of our 2021 Special Award: “Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protesters”. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/brut...

🙋 Who else is coming to the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025 in September? We’ll be in Athens, posted up at the Media Village! Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇 forum.imedd.org/en/

📚 Earlier this year, members of our Community shared their perspectives on the future of journalism during our conference with Publix. Check out what they had to say as the media industry continues down a path of major change ⬇️ www.europeanpressprize.com/crisis-or-op...

📘 In case you missed it: We recently published our 2025 Year Report! This year, we reflect on the highlights and milestones of a very successful 2025 season! Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/year-report-...

👋 We have just added this year's Winners, Runners-Up, and Nominees to our Bluesky starter pack of European Press Prize Laureates. Check it out and follow below! It’s the simplest way to stay up to date with the best journalism Europe has to offer. go.bsky.app/3X6Jju4

From our archives 📚 In “Where the World Splits Apart” – nominated for our 2024 Distinguished Reporting Award – @sussebach.bsky.social tells the stories of those he met during a journey through eight countries along the Russian border. 📷: Natalia Kepesz. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/wher...

✉️ The latest issue of our newsletter is out now! This month's edition is all about our 2025 Year Report. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/europeanpres... And don't forget to subscribe for all of the latest European Press Prize news: europeanpressprize.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

There's still time to apply for the YOJO (Young Journalists) initiative, from our friends at iMEdD. The programme offers recent graduates, aspiring journalists, and storytellers from around the world the opportunity to participate in a one- or two-year paid work placement in Athens. yojo.news/en/

📘 As this year's season draws to a close, we are delighted to publish our 2025 Year Report! This year, we reflect on the highlights of a very successful season and explore some of the work taking place behind the scenes. Read the Report here 🔽 www.europeanpressprize.com/year-report-...

👋 We have just added this year's Winners, Runners-Up, and Nominees to our Bluesky starter pack of European Press Prize Laureates. Check it out and follow below! It’s the simplest way to stay up to date with the best journalism Europe has to offer. go.bsky.app/3X6Jju4

Every year, our PrepCom and Panel of Judges work hard to narrow down hundreds of high-quality submissions to our final list of Winners and Runners-Up. Learn more about that process and their thoughts about this year's Shortlist in our 2025 Jury Report 🔽 www.europeanpressprize.com/jury-report-...

📚 Earlier this year, members of our Community shared their perspectives on the future of journalism during our conference with Publix. Refresh your memory on what they had to say as the media industry continues down a path of major change ⬇️ www.europeanpressprize.com/crisis-or-op...

📽️ In case you missed it: Relive all of the highlights of our 2025 Award Ceremony in our official after movie! Watch it on YouTube below ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTFG...

Chair of our Panel of Judges for the past five years, Alan Rusbridger recently spoke to us about the state of independent media in Europe, the changing landscape for journalism today, & how he envisages the future of the industry. Read the interview here: www.europeanpressprize.com/conversation...

📖 Interested in how our Judges select the Winners from the hundreds of submissions we receive each year? You can read about the processes taking place behind the scenes as well as the Jury’s comments on this year’s Nominees in our 2025 Jury Report! www.europeanpressprize.com/jury-report-....

🏆 In case you missed it: You can find the full list of Winners, Runners-Up, and Nominees for the 2025 European Press Prize here: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Photo: Antonio Pellegrino.

📽️ Three weeks have passed since we announced this year’s Winners and Runners-Up in Bari! Relive the best moments of a memorable time in Bari in our official 2025 after movie! ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTFG...

Applications are open for the YOJO initiative, from our friends at iMEdD. The programme offers recent graduates, aspiring journalists, and young storytellers from around the world the opportunity to participate in a one- or two-year paid work placement in Athens. Apply before July: yojo.news/en/

🗣️ "There’s a degree of complacency at the moment about what we’ve got. We probably don’t value and cherish it enough." We spoke to @arusbridger.bsky.social about the state of independent media in Europe and the changing landscape for journalism today. www.europeanpressprize.com/conversation...

Winner of our 2025 Migration Journalism Award, Gabriela Galvin, recently spoke to our partners at the Robert Bosch Stiftung about her award-winning report “Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State”. Read the conversation here: www.bosch-stiftung.de/en/storys/co...

✨ Our 2025 Special Award goes to AbzasMedia and @forbidden-stories.bsky.social for "The Baku Connection" Project, coordinated by Forbidden Stories and their 15 media partners. Find the project here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

✨ The Winner of our 2025 Migration Journalism Award: "Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State", by @mggalvin.bsky.social. Published by @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/grow...

✨ The Runner-Up of our 2025 Migration Journalism Award: "The Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia" by Mark Townsend. Published by: @theguardian.com Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

✨ The Winner of our 2025 Public Discourse Award: "Mothers at the End of the World" by Katarzyna Boni. Published by Książki. Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/moth...

✨ The Runner-Up of our 2025 Public Discourse Award: “Memory Machines” by @jesstraynor.bsky.social. Published by @thedialmag.bsky.social. Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/memo...

So delighted to have the chance to read the committee and judges' remarks on my article Memory Machines @europeanpressprize.bsky.social @thedialmag.bsky.social

✨ The Winner of our 2025 Investigative Reporting Award: "Serving Moscow", by @mariutanistor.bsky.social and Natalia Zaharescu. Published by Ziarul de Garda. Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/serv...

✨ The Runner-Up of our 2025 Investigative Reporting Award: "Bismarck’s Hut in the Forest – The most absurd tax haven in Germany" by @xjochenx.bsky.social, Laurenz Schreiner, and @finnstarken.bsky.social. Published: FragDenStaat and ZDF Magazin Royale. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/bism...