Joe Stenson

Joe Stenson was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Joe Stenson is a freelance journalist based in Dublin, working primarily for international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). He covers the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, with a focus on the turn in international relations following the 2016 Brexit vote. He provides coverage in both text and video, which is distributed to AFP’s 5,000 clients worldwide. Joe previously worked for AFP in London. He has also worked as a journalist in Scotland, where he wrote stories for most major UK newspapers and websites.

Brindusa I. Nastasa

Brindusa I. Nastasa was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Brindusa I. Nastasa is a filmmaker and award-winning multimedia journalist from Romania currently based in Rotterdam. Co-founder of Springroll Media, a female only collective of media-makers, she has worked on projects for ZDF, CCTV, TV Brasil, Der Spiegel, The Ferret and De Correspondent. She has directed several shorts (fiction and docu-fiction), which have been screened at festivals worldwide. Her docu-animation ‘Goodnight Stories’ was nominated for ReporterPreis for Best Web-Video in 2017 and received second prize in the 2018 Migration Media Awards. With the Reporters in the Field Fellow for cross-border projects in 2015 and 2018, she is currently developing a documentary series in Romania about supernatural beliefs.