Nick Waters

Nick Waters has been an open source analyst for Bellingcat since May 2016, specialising in conflict and the use of commercial drones by sub-state actors. He spent three years as an infantry officer in the British Army, including a tour in Afghanistan, before completing an MA in Conflict, Security and Development at King’s College London. As part of his work for Bellingcat he has investigated the attack on the Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy in 2016, the targeting of Damascus’s water supply and the use of armed drones by the Islamic State. 

Nick Waters was selected for the 2018 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Finding Bana; Proving the Existence of a 7-Year-Old Girl in Eastern Aleppo‘

Paweł Kapusta

Paweł Kapusta comes from Poland, works for Wirtualna Polska (www.wp.pl). He is a sports journalist, specializing in football topics. Before coming to Wirtualna Polska, worked for “Piłka Nożna” magazine for 5 years. He worked as a correspondent during the World Cup in Brazil and World Cup in South Africa. In the meantime, he writes social and non-sport reportages for Wirtualna Polska Magazine. In 2017 he was selected to the shortlist of Grand Press Award and at the same year he received the Newsweek prize (The Polish award, granted annually by the Teresa Torańska Foundation associated with the Newsweek Magazine). The award was granted for the article about working conditions of paramedics in Poland. He is 28 years old, lives in Warsaw.

Paweł Kapusta was selected for the 2018 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Hard to save someone when life is flooding the landing and dripping from 5th floor to the 4th‘