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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 1d

🤝 Entering the European Press Prize 2026 means more than recognition. It connects you with journalists across Europe who share a commitment to high standards and impactful storytelling.

Submit your work before 14 December: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 4d

☕ It’s Monday. Perfect time to share that piece you’re proud of!

Entries for the European Press Prize 2026 are open. Journalists from across Europe can submit their best work before 14 December 2025.

Learn more and enter: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

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Congreso Internacional de Periodismo de Migraciones @periodismomigra.bsky.social · 7d

Iniciamos con Túnez. Mark Townsend, presenta "Brutal Truth Behind Italy’s Migrant Reduction: Beatings and Rape by EU-Funded Forces in Tunisia", publicado en @theguardian.com y runner-up 2025 de @europeanpressprize.bsky.social. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 9d

💬 Our Executive Director, Jennifer Athanasiou-Prins, puts it best: "Submitting your work to the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social means joining a community of journalists committed to high journalistic standards..."

If you’ve created a story that deserves recognition, now’s the time to share it!

European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 9d

✨ The European Press Prize 2026 is open for entries!

We’re seeking the best journalism published over the past year — work that informs, inspires, & makes a difference. If you’ve written a piece you’re proud of, we want to see it!

🗓️ Submit before 14 Dec: www.europeanpressprize.com/before-you-e...

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 15d

📆 From tomorrow onwards, we will be attending iMEdD - incubator for Media Education and Development’s International Journalism Forum in Athens. You can find us in the Forum’s Media Village to learn more about our work, or chat about possible partnerships or collaborations! 👋

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 15d

📆 From tomorrow onwards, we will be attending iMEdD - incubator for Media Education and Development’s International Journalism Forum in Athens. You can find us in the Forum’s Media Village to learn more about our work, or chat about possible partnerships or collaborations! 👋

#iMEdDIJF25

European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 21d

From our archives 📚

“Myanmar Burning” by Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. They spent over 1 year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims.

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Myanmar Burning - European Press Prize

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 23d

👩‍💻 Interested in improving your data journalism skills? Our Laureate Adriana Homolova is launching an eight week mentorship programme at the end of October to help people do (better) data investigations. Sign up for it here: datafrosch.fun/mentorship

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 25d

Our 2024 Laureate Megan Clement wrote a memoir — a beautiful story about family, connection and the distance we will go to be with the ones we love. You can order her book on her website: www.meganclement.com/store/desire... and read a poignant excerpt here: www.thepersistent.com/megan-clemen...

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · 28d

From our archives 📚

The children born in South Africa right after apartheid are known as the born-free generation. Runner-Up for our 2020 Innovation Award, this piece looks into how free the born-frees truly are & how modern racism influences their lives.
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BORN FREE - Mandela’s Generation of Hope - European Press Prize

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Sep 10

🙋 Who else is coming to the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025 later this month?

We’ll be in Athens, posted up at the Media Village, and also for a meeting of our Partners and Peers!

Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇
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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Sep 5

From our archives 📚

Nominated for our 2021 Distinguished Reporting Award, “How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power” reveals how the economic success of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary is heavily reliant on German companies who receive special treatment.

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How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power - European Press Prize

In October 2017, important figures of German and international business and political life gathered at a reception in a glass-walled hall on one of the upper floors of Frankfurt’s tallest skyscraper.…

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Sep 3

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 29

From our archives 📚

Winner of our 2022 Investigative Reporting Award, this piece from Helsingin Sanomat looks into how the police investigate human trafficking, using individual stories to reveal how many are left without justice.

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The investigation is closed - European Press Prize

A few years ago, in her home country of Thailand, Mali met a Finnish man who asked Mali and her daughter to move to Finland and live with him. Read more about The investigation is closed ›

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 28

🏆 Today marks three months since we announced our Winners and Runners-Up at the 2025 Award Ceremony in Bari, Italy.

You can find the full list of Winners, Runners-Up, and Nominees here: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

Photos: Antonio Pellegrino

European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 26

From our archives 📚

“Myanmar Burning” by Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. The pair spent over one year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims.

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 22

From our archives 📚

“Death Weapons: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network”, Winner of our 2023 Investigative Reporting Award, reveals how a network of young neo-Nazis is setting up terrorist cells in Europe & the US in order to carry out armed attacks.

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Death Weapons: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network - European Press Prize

When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair.Read more about Death…

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 20

📘 Check out our 2025 Year Report for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the work going on here at the European Press Prize!

This year we also take a deep dive into the key stats behind the season as well as highlights from throughout the year.

Read it here 🔽
www.europeanpressprize.com/year-report-...

Year Report 2025 - European Press Prize

As this year's season draws to a close we are delighted to publish our 2025 Year Report!

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 19

From our archives 📚

Myanmar Burning, by Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oe was nominated for our 2019 Investigative Reporting Award. The pair spent over a year in prison for exposing the mass murder of Rohingya Muslims.
www.europeanpressprize.com/article/myan...

Full collection: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Myanmar Burning - European Press Prize

Hi! Have you been reading one of our pieces? Continue [here]. Or click to discover more excellent journalism.

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 17

Reminder, we’ll be in Athens next week for the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025!

We’ll be posted up at the Media Village and also participating in a meeting of our Partners and Peers!

Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇
forum.imedd.org/en/

European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 15

Curious about how our Winners and Runners-Up are selected each year?

Learn more about that process and their thoughts about this year's Shortlist in our 2025 Jury Report 🔽
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Jury Report 2025 – The European Press Prize

Each year, the European Press Prize Bureau team works hard to narrow down hundreds of submissions to our final list of Winners and Runners-Up. These process and the Jury's thoughts are outlined in…

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 13

From our archives 📚

On this day in 2020, journalist Abelardo Liz was killed in a confrontation between soldiers & protesters.

Bellingcat & Cerosetenta pieced together the last moments of his life to reveal inconsistencies in the army's account of events.
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The Sound of Bullets: The Killing of Colombian Journalist Abelardo Liz - European Press Prize

When journalist Abelardo Liz was shot during a confrontation between soldiers and protesters at a land rights demonstration in Colombia in August 2020 he did not immediately drop his camera or stop…

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 11

Just over 5 years have passed since the 2020 Presidential Elections in Belarus and subsequent brutal crackdown on protestors.

To mark this, we take a look at the Winner of our 2021 Special Award: “Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protesters”.
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Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protesters - European Press Prize

Mediazona received access to data held by Belarus’ Investigative Committee. These data show that the minimum number of people who suffered violence during protests in August and September this year is...

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European Press Prize @europeanpressprize.bsky.social · Aug 8

🙋 Who else is coming to the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025 in September?

We’ll be in Athens, posted up at the Media Village!

Let us know below if you’ll be there too 👇
forum.imedd.org/en/

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