Hester den Boer
Hester den Boer is a freelance investigative journalist and photographer. She works for Investico (former de Onderzoeksredactie / Investigative Desk), for which she did several long term investigative journalism projects. One of these projects was nominated for the European Press Prize 2015. She’s specialized in documentary photography, mostly in Russia. She travels on a regular basis to the periphery of Russia and founded the online platform Moeder Rusland, kleine verhalen uit een grootmacht/Mother Russia, small stories from a big country (www.moederrusland.nl). Now she’s working on a long-term project on the remembrance of the Stalinist past in Russia. A written book and a photo book on this topic will be published in 2018.
Hester den Boer was selected for the 2015 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Dreams of Camp Nou’
Jacopo Ottaviani
Jacopo Ottaviani is an ICFJ Knight Fellow and works as data editor at Code for Africa. He is busy building a team of developers, designers and reporters to produce cross-border journalism and develop digital tools for media.He is experienced in data journalism, digital cartography, immersive storytelling and transnational data projects, and builds narratives and visualisations around data and fieldwork. His works have been published by, among others, DER SPIEGEL, El País, Al Jazeera, De Correspondent and Internazionale.
In 2016 he launched «Lungs of the Earth», an immersive journey across the rainforests of the world and #Borderline, an interactive atlas of migration in Europe.
He is co-author of ‘The Migrants’ Files‘, a cross-border data project that uncovered exclusive information on the human and economic costs of immigration in Europe. The project was awarded with the Data Journalism Awards 2014 and the European Media Prize 2015.
In 2015 he made the web-documentary ‘E-waste Republic‘ which was awarded with the DIG Awards 2015 and the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2015.
In 2014-15 he coordinated ‘Generation E‘, a crowdsourced data project that unveiled findings about intra-european youth migration, published by 10+ international media.
Jacopo Ottaviani won the 2015 European Press Prize Innovation Award with ‘The Migrants’ Files: Surveying migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door’ and was selected for the 2016 shortlist with ‘E-Waste Republic’