What does it take to choose Europe's best journalism? 📖 Our 2026 Jury Report takes you behind the scenes of the European Press Prize selection process and shares the Jury's reflections on this year's shortlisted and winning work. www.europeanpressprize.com/jury-report-...

Quality journalism is strengthened through conversation. At the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026, we brought journalists together to discuss why the human perspective still matters. 💬 Read more about the discussions and take-aways of the programme here: www.europeanpressprize.com/connection-c...

“Supporting independent journalism is an investment in society’s sanity.” Our board member @beatabalogova.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com on propaganda, public-interest journalism, and the stories that endure. Her piece also reflects our 2026 Winners. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

✨ The Special Award 2026 is presented to “Killing for the photo” by Barbara Matejčić, Novosti, BIRN. A powerful investigation asking: when an execution is photographed at close range, does the camera only record what happened or did its presence shape it: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/kill...

✨ Our Public Discourse Award 2026 goes to “Not again!” by Kerstin Kohlenberg, @zeit.de. Drawing parallels between Trump’s rise and the appeal of the AfD, this deeply researched piece asks Germany to recognise the warning signs while it can change course: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/not-...

✨ We are recognising journalists from @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @republik.ch and WAV Recherchekollektiv with The Migration Journalism Award 2026 for the investigation into unaccompanied children sleeping on floors in shifts in Greece’s EU-funded camps: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/unac...

✨ The Investigative Reporting Award 2026 goes to Michael O’Farrell for “The Brother D conspiracy”. A decade-long investigation into an international child abuse cover-up, made possible through exceptional persistence and the bravery of victims: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

✨ Our Innovation Award 2026 goes to @civio.es’ investigation into an AI cancer-detection tool that missed nearly one in three melanomas and was trained almost entirely on images of white patients: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/mole...

✨ We are awarding the Distinguished Reporting Award 2026 to “What the wounds are telling us” by Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, @volkskrant.nl. A deeply human investigation built from medical evidence gathered when access to Gaza is impossible: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/what...

⭐ The European Press Prize 2026 Award Ceremony is starting! We're delighted to begin the evening with a live performance by Mensagem de Lisboa. Rooted in the city that is hosting us this year, the performance sets the stage for an evening dedicated to outstanding journalism and the people behind it!

We close our programme with Covering the human toll: three perspectives! Talks from @ahnidzara.bsky.social and @connellyandrew.bsky.social on Bosnia’s mine-laden migration route, Ana Patrícia Silva on women in Portuguese prisons, & Bastian Berbner, @maudeffting.bsky.social, Willem Feenstra on Gaza.

💫 Algorithms may be complex, but accountability starts with making them understandable. Thank you to the @civio.es team for taking us behind the scenes of “Mole or cancer?” and showing how rigorous reporting and creative storytelling remain essential in investigations about AI!

Our discussion On Collaborations explored collaborations, one of the defining forces in modern journalism. Thank you to @lydiaemman.bsky.social, @vonelisa.bsky.social, @lisakreutzer.bsky.social and @sofiacherici.bsky.social for sharing how collaboration helps make ambitious journalism possible!

💫 Our European Press Prize 2026 programme is underway! A wonderful start with The Forever Lobbying Act by @stephanehorel.bsky.social and @raphaelleaubert.bsky.social, bringing a decades-long investigation to life through a powerful live journalism performance.

🥂 Before tomorrow's big celebration, we're gathering our Community for an evening of conversation and connection. Tonight, we are welcoming our Nominees, Partners and friends of the Prize to our Networking Soirée at the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa!

✈️ We have landed in Lisbon! That means that the European Press Prize 2026 is almost here. In the coming days, we welcome journalists, editors, our Nominees, Runners-up, Winners, Jury and Preparatory Committee members, Partners and friends of the Prize from all over Europe!

📸 A throwback post! Two weeks until the European Press Prize 2026 Lisbon. We can’t wait to gather again, be welcomed by the city, and find out who will take home this year’s Prize. Spot yourself in the pictures? Tell us in the comments!

What does journalistic excellence mean today? Ahead of the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026, we look back at the Perugia conversation with our Judges and the questions shaping our Lisbon programme: trust, collaboration, empathy and the human perspective. www.europeanpressprize.com/the-future-o...

💫 Join us in Lisbon on 3 June for the European Press Prize 2026 — a full day of conversations, live journalism, bold investigations, and the celebration of Europe’s finest journalism at the @cgf-uk.bsky.social. We can’t wait to welcome you: www.eventbrite.nl/e/european-p...

On #WPFD 2026, we recognise the essential role of journalism and the cost at which it is often produced. Across Europe, media workers face mounting pressure, making it significantly harder to hold power to account. We thank our Laureates and all journalists for their courage and perseverance.

Je to nejužší výběr v rámci opravdu mimořádné konkurence a spousty skvělé novinářské práce.

🔥 We’re truly honoured that not one, but TWO of the investigations we worked on so intensively alongside our partners @zdfde.bsky.social, @spiegel.de, @derstandard.at and @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social have been nominated for the Investigative Reporting Award 🏆 at the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social!

🎉 Seguimos celebrando esta nominación a los @europeanpressprize.bsky.social 🥂 Gracias a todas las personas que apoyáis nuestro trabajo y hacéis que investigaciones como esta sean posibles.

🎙️ Our Shortlist 2026 is out — and it raises a bigger question: what does it mean to reward great journalism? In the latest #Backlight episode, together with @lighthousereports.com, we explore how awards shape the field and how they might evolve to better serve the public interest: buff.ly/HhaqX3z

📚️ Looking for a good weekend read? Our Shortlist 2026 is out — powerful, thought-provoking journalism from across Europe. Take your time with these stories. They’re worth it. www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

Power concealed. Systems abused. Truth buried. The 2026 Investigative Reporting Shortlist honours work of exceptional depth, precision, and persistence: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Journalism that holds power to account at the highest standard!

Power concealed. Systems abused. Truth buried. The 2026 Investigative Reporting Shortlist honours work of exceptional depth, precision, and persistence: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Journalism that holds power to account at the highest standard.

Some journalism reshapes how we understand and engage. The 2026 Public Discourse Award Shortlist recognises work that challenges assumptions and meets the highest standards of depth, clarity, and thought: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Congratulations to the Nominees! Exceptional work!

These stories centre human experience with clarity and care. Our 2026 Migration Journalism Award Shortlist honours reporting that meets the highest standards while confronting complex realities without simplification: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Congrats to all Nominees!

Innovation in journalism is measured by what it reveals. The shortlisted projects in our Innovation category highlight work that uncovers hidden systems, challenges power, and applies the highest editorial standards with new methods: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Congratulations!

Five stories. Five acts of witness. This is journalism at its most precise, humane, and unflinching. The Distinguished Reporting of our 2026 Shortlist honours work that refuses simplification and meets the highest standards of truth: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

Less than 24 hours to go ⌛️ Tomorrow at 10:30 CEST, the 2026 European Press Prize Shortlist goes live from Perugia: www.youtube.com/@journalismf... 25 outstanding works. 34 countries. Journalism that captured, challenged, and defined Europe over the past year.

⏳ In three days, our Shortlist 2026 goes public. 25 works of journalism. Five categories. Stories from 34 countries. The announcement will go live at the @journalismfestival.com on 16 April at 10:30. It will also be streamed for those not in the room: www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

What makes great journalism stand out? 🤔 The European Press Prize goes behind the scenes of its judging process — cross-border investigations, personal essays, local stories, all evaluated by the same standard: independence, public interest, and craft: www.europeanpressprize.com/what-it-actu...

💫 We’re pleased to welcome @rasmuskleis.bsky.social to the European Press Prize Board! In our Q&A, he reflects on the state of European journalism — “the best of times and the worst of times” — and why collaboration is key to its future. Read more: www.europeanpressprize.com/aconversatio...

⏳ On 16 April, we will announce the 2026 European Press Prize Shortlist at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia. But before that, join our panel to hear from our Judges Clara Jiménez Cruz, Cristian Lupșa, Veronika Munk, and Paul Radu: www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

✈️ We returned from Bucharest, where we attended The Power of Storytelling — an event built on the idea that well-crafted stories inspire action and create change. This year’s theme, HOPE, closely aligned with the European Press Prize: choosing to look honestly at the world and still keep showing up!

In Amsterdam, looking forward to two days of judging the best European journalism for the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social

✨ Last week in Amsterdam, the European Press Prize PrepCom met to finalise the 2026 Shortlist! A big thank you to all PrepCom members for their care, insight, and dedication throughout the process. The Shortlist will be announced in Perugia at @journalismfestival.com ✈️

🤫 We’ve been quiet for the past weeks for a good reason: our PrepCom has been deep in the first round of reading. Hundreds of submissions, long days of assessments, and the careful job of separating what’s powerful from what’s truly excellent journalism. Shortlist meeting in Amsterdam next week!

At Free Press Live 2026 today, the European Press Prize is engaging in discussions on agenda-setting, transparency in newsroom decision-making, and the role of human stories in keeping audiences attentive to crises that too often remain unseen.

What happens after a story is published? 🤔 Our latest newsletter revisits three European Press Prize-winning investigations months on, tracking what changed, what stalled, and how power adapted once attention moved on. Read and subscribe: mailchi.mp/europeanpres...

Lisbon it is! 🚃 The European Press Prize Award Ceremony 2026 heads to Lisbon, bringing Europe’s leading journalists together. We’re now looking for local partners to help shape the programme and support independent journalism. Get in touch!

💫 Big welcome to our new Preparatory Committee members: Preethi Nallu, Nabeelah Shabbir, Slawek Blich, Prune Antoine, & Cláudia Marques Santos! Entries are closed. Judging starts now. Let the hard conversations (and great journalism) begin. Full PrepCom: www.europeanpressprize.com

⛄ Winter is a perfect time to pause and reflect. In our latest newsletter, we look back on submissions, judging, and the questions shaping the future of journalism in Europe, and what comes next for the European Press Prize. Read more: mailchi.mp/europeanpres...

Final 24 hours to enter the European Press Prize 2026 ⌛ If you published a piece you’re proud of, now is the last moment to share it. The deadline is tonight at 23:59 CET: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e... If you want your work in this year’s selection, submit before midnight!

Three days left to submit your work to the European Press Prize 🫢 If you’ve been meaning to enter, take this as a reminder: your story may resonate far beyond your newsroom. Don’t leave it until the last minute! You have time till 14 December: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

Seven days left to enter the European Press Prize 2026 ⏲️ This is your chance to put forward journalism that informs, challenges, or pushes boundaries. Submit your strongest work before 14 December: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

Two weeks left to submit your work to the European Press Prize ⏳ As Cristian Lupșa said on our livestream: “The first thing you should do before entering is read the rules.” Review the guidelines, prepare your entry, and apply before 14 December: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

Innovation in journalism takes many shapes: a newsroom relocating to report closer to a community, a chatbot fighting misinformation, a cross-border team mapping wealth, satellite data exposing environmental risks. These are the projects our Innovation Award recognized: buff.ly/Mw0mpZh