Winners and Nominees 2016
Commentator
Award
Commentator
Award 2016 Winner
Gideon Rachman Commentary
— by Gideon Rachman, published by Financial Times, United Kingdom
Commentator
Award 2016 Nominees
Commentaries on Same Sex Marriage in Ireland
— by Fintan O'Toole, published by The Irish Times, Ireland
The Monster and Us
— by Maria Louka, published by Sto Kokkino, Greece
How the Story of the Left Disappeared
— by Caroline de Gruyter, published by NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
Commentaries on the Refugee Crisis
— by Eric Frey, published by Der Standard, Austria
Three Columns
— by , published by ,
Distinguished
Writing
Award
Distinguished
Writing
Award 2016 Winner
The Fear-Sick Ward
— by Justyna Kopińska, published by Duzy Format (Gazeta Wyborcza), Poland
Distinguished
Writing
Award 2016 Nominees
Why the Beggars Come
— by Magda Gad, published by Expressen, Sweden
The Struggle for Mali
— by Paul Raymond and Jack Watling, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom
No Criminal Record
— by Elena Stancu, published by Esquire Romania, Romania
The Road of Fear
— by Wolfgang Bauer, published by Die Zeit, Germany
The Lions of Sinjar
— by Jonathan Stock, published by Der Spiegel, Germany
Innovation
Award
Innovation
Award 2016 Winner
Killing and Dying for Allah – Five Portuguese Members of Islamic State
— by Raquel Moleiro, Hugo Franco and Joana Beleza, published by Newspaper Expresso, Portugal
Killing and Dying for Allah – Five Portuguese Members of Islamic State
— by Raquel Moleiro, Hugo Franco, Joana Beleza, published by Expresso, Portugal
Innovation
Award 2016 Nominees
The Downloaders
— by Håkon Høydal, Einar Otto Stangvik and Natalie Remøe Hansen, published by Verdens Gang, Norway
#Wherethechildrensleep
— by Carina Bergfeldt and Magnus Wennman, published by Aftonbladet, Sweden
E-Waste Republic
— by Jacopo Ottaviani, published by Internazionale, El Pais, Al Jazeera, Oneworld,
ANGST
— by Jennifer Wilton and Team, published by Welt.de, Germany
Patents – A toll on Health
— by Eva Belmonte Belda, published by Fundacion Civio, Spain
Investigative
Reporting
Award
Investigative
Reporting
Award 2016 Winner
Those Who have been Raped raise your hand
— by Marion Quillard, published by Revue XXI, France
“For the UN, “Congo is the rape capital of the world”. Attracted by the huge budgets at stake, dozens of humanitarian organisations have launched themselves into the ‘market’. In Bukavu, in the east of the country, rape has become big business.”
Investigative
Reporting
Award 2016 Nominees
Land Grabbing in the EU: How Rabobank is Profiting of Theft and Abuse in Romania
— by Luke Dale-Harris and Sorin Semeniuc, published by De Correspondent, The Netherlands
Besondere Verdienste
— by Jürgen Dahlkamp, Sven Becker, Gunther Latsch, Walter Mayr and Jörg Schmitt, published by Der Spiegel, Germany
The FIFA Scandal
— by Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnott, Heidi Blake and Bojan Pancevski, published by The Sunday Times, United Kingdom
The Values of the Clan
— by Roman Anin in cooperation with FBK, published by Novaya Gazeta, Russian Federation
Swiss Leaks: Murky Cash Sheltered by Bank Secrecy
— by Mar Cabra, published by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Le Monde, The Guardian and 38 European media, Spain
Opening the Black Box of Egypt’s Slush funds
— by Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge, published by Africa Confidential (Angaza File special report), United Kingdom
How the Son-in-Law of Hungary’s Prime Minister Benefited from EU Funds
— by Anita Vorák, published by Direkt36, Hungary
Special
Award
Special
Award 2016 Winner
Off to Europe
— by Gert van Langendonck, published by NRC, The Netherlands
In the Promised Land
— by Amrai Coen and Henning Sussebach, published by Die Zeit, Germany
The Wetsuitman
— by Anders Fjellberg and Tomm W. Christiansen, published by Dagbladet, Norway
Special
Award 2016 Nominees
A Syrian Ode to Joy
— by Bostjan Videmsek, published by DELO, Slovenia
An Aegean Journey of Despair
— by Ioannis Papadopoulos, published by Kathimerini, Greece
Arme Schweine
— by Dialika Neufeld, published by Der Spiegel, Germany
Spinning the Crisis: how the Hungarian Government Played Europe’s Migrant Influx
— by Daniel Nolan, published by Vice News, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Hungary