Winners and Nominees 2022

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What Guantánamo made of them

— by Bastian Berbner, John Goetz , published by Die Zeit, Germany

“I love the way this was written, seeing both sides in parallel. We learn how a torturer sees the world. This is truly extraordinary. — Can Dündar ”
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One in every five Polish vets has considered suicide: “I broke down on December 23rd when I had to put down nine animals in one day.”

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— by Anna Kiedrzynek, published by Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

Loosening the stake

— by İrfan Aktan, published by Bir+Bir Express, Turkey

The Age of the Wolf

— by Guillermo López, Carlos Serrano, Fede Serra (photographer), published by Salvaje, Spain

The First Hotspot

— by Lukas Eberle and Maik Großekathöfer , published by Der Spiegel, Germany

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Cities for Rent: Investigating Corporate Landlords Across Europe

— by Jose Miguel Calatayud, Adriana Homolova, Hendrik Lehmann, Brigitte Alfter, David Meidinger, Benedikt Brandhofer, Nikolas Zöller, Alexandra Siebenhofer, Steven Vanden Bussche, Gaby Khazalová, Bo Elkjær, Alexander Abdelilah, Sotiris Sideris, Lois Kapila, Alice Facchini, Peter Hendriks, Steinar Rostad Breivik, Micael Pereira, Peter Sabo, Manuel Gabarre, Christian Zeier, Catherine McShane, Nikolas Leontopoulos, Alexia Barakou, Moritz Wienert, Benedikt Hebeisen, Christoph Trautvetter, Elisabeth Lind, Jakub Nakládal, Mathieu Périsse, Anna Thewalt, Helena Wittlich, Sinan Recber, Sidney Gennies, Manuel Kostrzynski, Lorenzo Bagnoli, Hans Jordheim, Sara Pinho, and the editorial and data journalism staff of the media and publishing partners., published by Arena for Journalism in Europe, ORF, Apache, Deník Referendum, Mediapart, Der Tagesspiegel, AthensLive, Reporters United, Dublin Inquirer, IrpiMedia, E24, Expresso, elDiario.es, Reflekt, Republik, Ctxt.es, Follow The Money,

“This new collaboration in journalism is so interesting because (...). You can’t tell and share this story unless you tell it in this particular way, across borders. — Alan Rusbridger”
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Sneakerjagd (Sneaker Hunt)

— by Melanie Böff, Manuel Daubenberger, Benedikt Dietsch, Fabian Dinklage, Johannes Edelhoff, Lorenz Jeric, Anne Kunze, Moritz Klack, Willem Konrad, Andrzej Król, Karsten Polke-Majewski, Felix Rohrbeck, Christian Salewski, Dietmar Schiffermüller, Christian Sothmann, Sascha Venohr, Jürgen Webermann, Simon Wörpel, published by Die Zeit, Germany

This is us

Runner-Up

— by Lisa Caspari, Philipp Daum, Philip Faigle, Ileana Grabitz, Mark Heywinkel, Marlene Knobloch, Julia Kopatzki, Lucie Liu, Annabelle Seubert, Frida Thurm, Vanessa Vu, Moritz Klack, Julius Tröger, Dr. Andreas Loos, Sascha Venohr, Christoph Rauscher, Thilo Kasper, Axel Rudolph, Michael Pfister, Sebastian Berger, Simon Koy, Kalpesh Lathigra, Thomas Pirot, Julia Sellmann, Marzena Skubatz, Thomas Victor, Lucas Wahl, Mona Wetzel, published by Die Zeit, Germany

Inside Elephant Territory: How Sri Lankans Are Trying to Mitigate the World’s Deadliest Human-Elephant Conflict

— by Lola García-Ajofrín, Marcin Suder, Sisira Sampath, Tina Xu, Piotr Kliks, Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa, published by Outriders, Poland

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The investigation is closed

— by Paavo Teittinen, Klaus Welp (pictures), published by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland

“There’s so much to commend this story for. The incredible layering of details, its thoroughness. This story is almost an exercise in the legal compilation of evidence. A brilliantly written piece. — Alan Rusbridger”
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Huge quantities of Chinese cigarettes smuggled into Ukraine

Runner-Up

— by Anna Myroniuk, Andrei Ciurcanu, published by Kyiv Post, OCCRP, Ukraine

Who will help the Gurkhas now? Thousands of Nepalese came to Afghanistan to work for Westerners and were forgotten there

— by Andreas Babst, Shristi Kafle, Johanna-Maria Fritz (photography), published by Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland

Back Channel Cooperation: How Frontex Helps Haul Migrants Back To Libyan Torture Camps

— by Sara Creta, Bashar Deeb, Klaas van Dijken, Emmanuel Freudenthal, Steffen Lüdke, Maximilian Popp, Shafagh Laghai, Lara Straatmann, Tomas Statius, published by Der Spiegel, Lighthouse Reports, ARD Monitor, Libération, Germany

The Hidden Honour Girls

— by Marja Grill, Fanny Renman, Lotta Sima, Jenny Küttim, Rebecka Haglund, Martin von Krogh, published by SVT, Sweden

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Memory in the age of impunity

— by Peter Pomerantsev, published by Coda Story, Georgia

“This piece makes connections between things I’d never think to place next to one another, the situation in the Philippines and Russia, for example. It broadened my horizon. — Alexandra Föderl-Schmid”
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Life with migrants

— by Roberta Nikšić, published by polis.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belarus: escaping Lukashenko’s regime at any cost

Runner-Up

— by Denis Vejas, published by ereb, NARA, France, Lithuania

The world turned its back on Afghans a long time ago

— by Nidžara Ahmetašević, published by Kosovo 2.0, Kosovo

An ode to Marmara

— by Kaya Genç, published by Eurozine, Austria

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Woman’s body, man’s medicine

— by Lara Bonilla, Ricard Marfà, Idoia Longan, published by Diari ARA, Spain

“A very innovative topic presented in an equally innovative way. — Juan Luis Sánchez”