Winners and Nominees 2021
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Love in the time of plague
— by Janusz Schwertner, published by Onet, Poland
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Escape: the woman who brought her trafficker to justice
Runner-Up
— by Ottavia Spaggiari, published by The Guardian, United Kingdom
The logbook of Moria
— by Stavros Malichudis and Iliana Papangeli, published by Solomon, Investigate Europe, Reporters United, Der Tagesspiegel, VICE Germany, Mediapart, Público, openDemocracy, Klassekampen, WP Magazyn, infoLibre, Greece, Germany, France, Portugal, UK, Norway, Spain
How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power
— by Szabolcs Panyi, published by Direkt36, 444.hu, Krautreporter, Hungary, Germany
Among the Taliban
— by Wolfgang Bauer, published by ZEIT Magazin, Germany
Innovation
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Maldita.es’ WhatsApp Chatbot to thrive a fact-checking operation on disinformation
— by Maldita.es, published by Maldita.es, Spain
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Money to Burn
Runner-Up
— by Catherine Joie, Hazel Sheffield, Paul Toetzke, Piret Reiljan, Silvia Nortes, Sophie Blok, Ties Gijzel, published by Argos (HUMAN / VPRO), Äripäev, ERR, De Groene Amsterdammer, E&T, Investico, Público, Die ZEIT Online, The Guardian, Latvijas Radio 1, 5W, The Netherlands, Estonia, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Latvia
Sisters of Europe
— by Prune Antoine, Elina Makri, Johan Giraud, Giulio Zucchini, Lara Bullens, Laura Urbonavičiūtė, Hanna Liubakova, Maxim Sarychau, Karolis Vyšniauskas, Berta Tilmantaite, Boryana Dzhambazova, Jodi Hilton, Morgan Childs, Björn Steinz, Anne Sofie Hoffmann Schrøder, Charlotte de la Fuente, Barbara Matejčić, Tjaša Kalkan, Sladjana Perkovic, Jasmin Brutus, Helena Spongenberg, Maria Jou Sol, Marina Akhmedova, Oksana Yushko, Betty Laura Zapata, Katharina Kloss, Jef Bonifacino, Tatiana Kozak, Alexander Chekmenev, Julia Korbik, Amélie Losier, Barbara Majsa, Hannah Goldstein, Louise Culot, Mélanie Wenger, Lina Vdovîi, Ioana Cîrlig, Liisi Mölder, Birgit Püve, Cátia Bruno, Claudia Wiens, Veronica Tosetti, Daniela Sala, Stavros Malichudis, Aris Messinis, Laura Urbonavičiūtė, Brindusa I. Nastasa, Jelena Prtorić, Jetmir Idrizi, Helene Bienvenu, Ákos Stiller, Joe Stenson, Adam Masterson, Isabelle Mayault, Nicolas Blandin, Fariba Nawa, Özge Sebzeci, Katerina Barushka, Szymon Szcześniak, published by Sisters of Europe, Europe
Infertility: The other face of motherhood
— by Lara Bonilla, Ricard Marfà, published by Diari ARA, Spain
Rojava Diary
— by Lola García-Ajofrín, Massoud Hammid, Jakub Górnicki, Marcin Suder, Piotr Kliks, Tina Xu, published by Outriders, International
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Kirill and Katya: Love, offshores, and administrative resources. How marrying Putin’s daughter gave Kirill Shamalov a world of opportunity
— by Roman Anin, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Dmitry Velikovsky, Roman Shleynov, Sonya Savina, Olesya Shmagun, Denis Dmitriev, published by IStories, OCCRP, Russia, international
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The Dark Side of Sport
Runner-Up
— by Mathieu Martiniere and Daphné Gastaldi, published by Disclose, We Report, Mediapart, L'Equipe, France 2 and others, France
Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protesters
— by Maxim Litavrin, Anastasiya Boika, Yegor Skovoroda, David Frenkel, published by Mediazona, Belarus
Vote selling network exposed by CIN reporters
— by Mubarek Asani, Nino Bilajac, published by CIN, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The climate disgrace of Visp
— by Christoph Lenz, published by Das Magazin, Tages-Anzeiger, Tamedia-Newsgroup, Switzerland
Opinion
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When Trianon hurts differently
— by Iván Zsolt Nagy, published by hvg.hu, Hungary
Opinion
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‘Merhaba, I’m here to give up my Turkish nationality’
Runner-Up
— by Rasit Elibol, published by De Groene Amsterdammer, The Netherlands
Black Lives Matter, Czech style? This country’s Roma get neither respect nor justice
— by Apolena Rychlíková, published by A2larm, Czech Republic
Death of the office
— by Catherine Nixey, published by The Economist's 1843 Magazine, The United Kingdom
Father
— by Christian Bennike , published by Dagbladet Information, Denmark
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Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protesters
— by Maxim Litavrin, Anastasiya Boika, Yegor Skovoroda, David Frenkel, published by Mediazona Belarus, Belarus