Kostas Koukoumakas

Kostas Koukoumakas (1984) was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studied Journalism and Mass Media at Aristotle University. Since 2005, he has worked as a journalist/ investigative reporter with some of the major Greek newspapers and magazine editions. At the moment, he works as reporter and producer for VICE Greece and ZEIT Online. He collaborates regularly with international media as field producer and fixer. He has been awarded “Eleni Vlachou” Journalistic Prize 2015.

Kostas Koukoumakas was selected for the 2017 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Babies for Sale’

Vladimir Kostić

Vladimir Kostić was journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of CINS until January 2017, when he set off to pursue a freelance career. He investigated mainly organized crime and corruption, including tycoons and offshore companies, criminal groups, as well as media financing and ownership, and crime in football. Vladimir was awarded twice for the best online investigative story of the year in Serbia (2011, 2013). He was a finalist for the award in 2016. He trains journalist on submitting FOIA requests, searching databases and online security.

Vladimir Kostić won the 2017 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award with ‘Series of articles on corruption and organized crime’