Anna Myroniuk

Anna Myroniuk was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with Suicide missions, abuse, physical threats: International Legion fighters speak out against leadership’s misconduct. 

Anna Myroniuk is the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. Anna has run investigative projects on human rights, healthcare, and illicit trade. She also investigated political and corporate misconduct and alleged wrongdoings in the Ukraine army’sleadership. Myroniuk has written for New York Times, Washington Post, Coda Story, and OCCRP. Anna holds a Masters in Investigative Journalism from the City University of London. She is a Chevening Scholar, the winner of the #AllForJan Award 2023, an honoree of the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing list, the runner-up in the investigative reporting category of the 2022 European Press Prize, and a finalist for the 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award of Ukraine and the 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.

Maartje Bakker

Maartje Bakker was selected for the 2023 Shortlist with The long road to a home in Europe.

Maartje Bakker (Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1985) studied Biology, with a minor in Journalism and in Spanish Language & Culture. In 2009, she started working as a professional journalist, mainly for the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. First, she worked at the politics desk, writing about migration, justice, education and politics in general. After that, she became a correspondent in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Since 2021, she is back in The Netherlands and works at the science desk of De Volkskrant, looking at society from a scientific point of view. Her stories have been granted several awards, among which the international AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award. She likes most to work on international projects, and to tell the stories of people who are normally not getting a stage, like migrants or victims of climate change.