Barbara Matejčić

Barbara Matejčić won the Special Award 2024 with ‘The Border Graves Investigation’ and was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Based in Zagreb, Barbara Matejčić is an award-winning freelance journalist, non-fiction writer and researcher focused on social affairs and human rights. She has worked with international organisations and published a non-fiction book titled “Kako ste?” [“How are you?” in English], focussed on the fate of so-called second class citizens in Croatia. Barbara also gives media training and lectures on media ethics, narrative and investigative journalism. She holds a degree in Croatian language and literature, and has been selected for several European fellowships such as the Milena Jesenska Fellowship.

Jodi Hilton

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

Jodi Hilton is a US photojournalist reporting on humanitarian issues, marginalised communities and disappearing ways of life. She has been based in Bulgaria since 2014. Over the past decade, she has documented the Syrian Civil War, the Kurdish conflict, the Gezi Park protests, the migration crisis and Roma communities in southeast Europe. Her photographs have been published in National Geographic, Newsweek, Time Magazine, the New York Time, among others.