Quite a few Journalismfund Europe supported projects have won awards, internationally or in their respective countries. Find them here:
2023
Investigation "Hands on Deck" won the Investigative Writing Award at the Irish Food Writing Awards 2023
This award was judged by Dan Saladino, a BBC journalist, and kindly sponsored by Drummond House Garlic. This competition is to reward and share excellence in writing and content production on Irish food. It is open to writers, journalists, chefs, bloggers, broadcasters, photographers and those who promote Irish food on social media.
Read the story here.
Investigation into the “forever chemical” PFAS that pollute sites all over Europe, awarded the 2nd place of the Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, in the large market category.
This award of the Society of Environmental journalists went to Tim Luimes, Stéphane Horel, Tomas Vanheste, Sarah Pilz and Gianluca Liva who exposed over 17,000 PFAS-contaminated sites across Europe, with an additional 22,000 potential contamination sites caused by past or ongoing industrial activities, highlighting environmental concerns. Read the story here.
Two investigations supported by Journalismfund Europe, shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2023
- The bankers of irregular migration, an investigation by Elena Ledda, Andrea Giambartolomei, Priyanka Shankar, Emma Yeomans, Andrés Mourenza and Iliana Papangeli. Read the story here.
- The Forever Pollution Project, an investigation by Tim Luimes, Stéphane Horel, Thomas Vanheste, Sarah Pilz and Gianluca Liva. Read the story here.
Two investigations supported by Journalismfund Europe shortlisted for the Hostwriter Story Prize 2023
- Nigeria: Illegal crude oil mining, an investigation by Elfredah Kevin-Arelechi, Kevin Woke and Raluca Besliu. Read the story here.
- The environmental and social impacts of Europe and Japan's waste to energy push in Southeast Asia, an investigation by Nithin Coca, Alexandra Buba, Geela Garcia and Nicha Wachpanich. Read the story here.
Two investigations supported by Journalismfund Europe win the 2023 Climate Journalism Award
- The Dark Trace in the water of the cheap meat big business, an investigation by Ana Tudela and Antonio Delgado wins in the Data Category. Read the story here.
- The Sinking Cities Project, an investigation by Rehab Abdalmohsen, Ope Adetayo, Shamsuddin Illius, Lois Kapila, Zuza Nazaruk and Zuha Siddiqui wins in the Emerging Talent Category. Read the story here.
Investigation into the illegal waste importation to the Czech Republic from Germany, finalist in the German Text and German Multimedia category of the German-Czech Journalism Award
Journalists Michael Billig, Marius Münstermann and Zuzana Šotová revealed how a German company sent a potentially harmful product to a Czech waste site.
Read the story here.
Investigation into banned EU pesticides use in Kenya and Cameroon, runner-up in the Digital category at the 11th Annual Journalism Excellence Awards
Journalists Mary Mwendwa and Christian Locka established that Chemical Pesticides produced in the USA and Germany, banned within the European Union markets, are still used in Kenya and Cameroon.
Read the story here.
Investigation into the Dark Trace of the Intensive Macro-farms in Europe nominated to Premio Gabo 2023
Journalists Ana Tudela and Antonio Delgado were part of a team who showed how areas of extremely high concentration of intensive macro-farms in Europe have polluted rivers, aquifers and even drinking water. The Gabo Festival will be the opportunity to honour the best journalistic work in Ibero-America at the Gabo Award Ceremony.
Read the story here.
Investigation into the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda wins the recognition of the most prestigious competition for visual artists in Ibero-America (POY Latam).
Journalists Dicta Asiimwe and Pablo Garrigós Cucarella investigated how the work of Ugandan scientists in the frontline of zoonotic disease surveillance, in the context of weak and under-supported healthcare systems in Africa, and how this could jeopardise the goal of protecting the global population from the next pandemic. Pablo Garrigós Cucarella won on the category of photojournalists in the world.
Read the story here.
Investigation into the international bird trade wins the award for best article in the print media category of the Dejan Anastasijević award 2023.
Journalists Nemanja Rujević, Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams and Tristen Taylor investigated how the smuggling of songbirds and other tropical birds to the European Union (EU) has skyrocketed in recent years, especially along the Balkans trafficking route.
Read the story here.
Investigation about Indian workers exploited in Italy wins the Ivan Bonfanti journalism prize 2023.
Journalists Daniela Sala (Italy), Ankita Anand (India) and Marco Valle (Italy) investigated how, through debt, a network of intermediairies linking India to the Pontine countryside keeps thousands of Indian workers under blackmail, exploited in one of the largest fruit and vegetable districts in Europe.
Read the story here.
Three investigations supported by Journalismfund Europe are shortlisted for the Justice Media Awards 2023.
- Hands on deck: exploitation of migrant fishing workers in Ireland, an investigation by Maria Delaney, Geela Garcia and Louise Lawless. Read the story here.
- Peat pressure: industrial peat extraction in enforcement firing line, an investigation by Niall Sargent and Juris Jurans. Read the story here.
- Hidden cross-border pollution in Ireland and the United Kingdom, an investigation by Luke Butterly, Niall Sargent, Rory Winters, Ella McSweeney and Tommy Greene. Read the story here.
Two investigations supported by the Investigation Grants for Environmental Journalism won the Portuguese-German Journalism Prize.
Tobias Asmuth investigated the consequences of the Alqueva Dam for the south of Portugal, read his investigation here. Ricardo Rodrigues' investigation follows the work of a team of researchers which is, in fact, the urgent fight of Science to stop the species and biodiversity decline, read the story here.
Investigation about the post-election collapse in Belarus won the Amnesty Media Award.
Olga Loginova and Ottavia Spaggiari investigated how the regime responded to the protest by unleashing an unprecedented level of violence.
Read the story here.
Investigation "Hands on Deck" won the Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards for Journalism Excellence
Maria Delaney, Geela Garcia, and Louise Lawless investigated how exploited Asian migrant workers in the Irish fishing sector are being ‘failed’ and ‘ignored’.
Read the story here.
Investigation about the surrogacy industry in Kenya nominated for the Inge Fetrinelli Award
Naipanoi Lepapa (Kenya) uncovered a multitude of worrying allegations about the unregulated surrogacy industry in Kenya.
Read the story here.
Investigation about the post-election collapse of human rights in Belarus nominated for Fetisov Journalism Awards.
Olga Loginova and Ottavia Spaggiari investigated how the regime responded to the protest by unleashing an unprecedented level of violence.
Read the story here.
2022
Investigation about destructive mining operations in Serbia nominated for the Dejan Anastasijević investigative journalism award in Belgrade
Ingrid Gercama, Nemanja Rujević and Natalie Bertrams investigated that de EU's craze for lithium brings about a loss of biodiversity and pollution in Serbia.
Read the story here.
Investigation About Indian workers exploited in Italy wins the 2022 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration award
Journalists Daniela Sala (Italy), Ankita Anand (India) and Marco Valle (Italy) investigated how, through debt, a network of intermediairies linking India to the Pontine countryside keeps thousands of Indian workers under blackmail, exploited in one of the largest fruit and vegetable districts in Europe.
Read the story here.
Investigation About Pollution Of the Poultry Industry In Ireland has won The Business Analyst of the Year Journalism Award
Journalists Niall Sargent (Noteworthy.ie), Rory Winters, Luke Butterly & Tommy Greene (The Detail), and Ella McSweeney (The Guardian) investigated the environmental impacts of the poultry industry in Ireland and the United Kingdom as it expands in line with State policy.
Read the story here.
Investigation about the financial management of the poverty non-profit organisation Poverello wins prestigious award in the Netherlands.
Journalists Ruben Brugnera and Marieke Brugnera have won 'De Loep', the most prestigious award for investigative journalism in The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium).
Read the story here.
Naipanoi Lepapa has been included in the list of Top 100 Kenyans 2022 for her investigation on the surrogacy industry in Kenya
Every year, Kenyans.co.ke releases the highly anticipated list of Top 100 Kenyans who stood out and disrupted the status quo countrywide, during the period under review - between January and December. Naipanoi's investigation uncovered a multitude of disturbing allegations about the unregulated surrogacy industry in Kenya.
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Ouder/Elder shortlisted for the Rose d'Or 2022.
The podcast Ouder/Elder by Lander Kennis and Rafael Njotea is on the shortlist for the prestigous Rose d'Or.
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Nieuw België, een migratiegeschiedenis wins prestigious award in the Netherlands
Tom Naegels wins the 'Prijs voor het Belangrijkste Boek van het Jaar' (Award for the Most Important Book of the Year).
Read the story here.
Nomination as finalist of #DIGAwards for 'The Hungarian Playbook' in the category of Investigative Long
Bence Máté, Florian Schewe and Áron Szentpéteri are finalists for the #DIGAwards with "The Hungarian Playbook" in the category Investigative Long.
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Naipanoi Lepapa became Journalist of the Year with her story on the surrogacy in Kenya
Naipanoi Lepapa was among the journalists awarded during the 2022 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) held in Nairobi on Friday, May 6. At the awards organised by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), Naipanoi was crowned the Journalist of the Year in recognition of her investigative articles at the outlet. Journalist of the Year award, which is the highest award recognition, went to Naipanoi Lepapa of The Elephant for a story on the surrogacy industry in Kenya, supported by Journalismfund's Money Trail Grants programme.
Read the story here.
When the good cause derails
A project supported by Journalismfund Europe has been longlisted by the VVOJ for the Loep 2021. This list contains – per category – the 10 best research stories from Belgium and the Netherlands. The investigation, supported by the Pascal Decroos Fund, is about the Belgian homeless organization Poverello, who has a poor image, but has 14 million in the bank and owns real estate worth 50 million euros.
Read the story here.
Nepalis abused by Nepalis in Luxembourg
Amnesty International Luxembourg has awarded its Amnesty Mediepräis 2022 in the category of "article" to Luc Caregari, who together with Namrata Sharma carried out an investigation revealing shortcomings in the fight against forced labor in Luxembourg. Through the testimony of a victim in the restaurant industry, the report reveals the wall of silence that daily life hides in a situation where the victim and the culprit are part of the same community.
Jury member Petz Bartz explained the decision: “Luc Caregari's investigation was carried out in collaboration with Namrata Sharma in Nepal. It is a remarkable piece of international and cross-border journalism that even the pandemic has not been able to silence".
Read the story here.
2021
Hard Labour: How a lack of regulation puts Kenyan surrogates at risk
The Series: Hard Labour: The Surrogacy Industry in Kenya has been shortlisted for the Fetisov Journalism Awards. The Series was shortlisted in the category of Outstanding Investigative Reporting
Read the story here.
ALL-IN
This film has won the award for best documentary at the Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali, and the film has also been selected for the European Film Awards 2021.
Read about the film here.
Climate Change Adaptation Aid Never Reached Kenya's Farmers
Swedish Journalist Carolina Jemsby was shortlisted for the 'Golden Shovel' (Guldspaden) award for this story. Guldspaden is an annual Swedish prestigious award in investigative journalism. It is awarded by the Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism (Föreningen Grävande Journalister).
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The consultant: why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed 'expert' in Papua?
This investigation was finalist in two categories of the Online Journalism Awards 2021: the ‘Knight Award for Public Service’ and ‘Excellence in Collaboration and Partnerships'.
Read the story here.
Bloed en honing (Blood and honey)
De Nederlandse Fotoboekenprijs (Dutch award): award for best text/photobook.
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Moeders ten laste (Financially dependent mothers)
Belfius Persprijzen: award for Best Podcast/Radio, most important journalistic award in Belgium.
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Mother
Ensors 2021: award for Best Documentary Film, most important film award in Flanders, Belgium.
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De onfatsoenlijken (The indecent)
Ensors 2021: award for Best Documentary TV, most important award in Flanders, Belgium.
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2020
Factcheck.Vlaanderen
Factcheck.Vlaanderen is an online platform that uses artificial intelligence to detect disinformation and polarisation so that fact-checkers can verify and combat it. It was developed with an innovation grant from Journalismfund's Flemish Journalism Fund.
Professor Michaël Opgenhaffen was awarded the Annual Prize for Science Communication from the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts for the co-creation and co-management of Factcheck.Vlaanderen.
Financially dependent mothers
Nominated for the Prix Europa, Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition.
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El Tarangu
Nominated for De Tegel, the most important award for journalism in The Netherlands.
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Breasts
Longlisted for the Brusseprijs 2020 (award for the best journalistic book in Dutch)
Read the story here.
The forgotten people
Shortlisted for the Brusseprijs 2020. (award for the best journalistic book in Dutch)
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Mother
Longlisted for the One World Media Awards.
Read the story here.
In search of the enemy
Won 'De Loep' (most prestigious award for investigative journalism in Flanders and The Netherlands, discerned by the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists VVOJ)
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El Tarangu
Won the Title of 'Meesterverteller' (Master Storyteller) of the Dutch Narrative Journalism Foundation.
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The S53
Won the Title of 'Meesterverteller' (Master Storyteller) of the Dutch Narrative Journalism Foundation.
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Land of plenty, land of but a few
Won the King of Spain International Journalism Award in the category environmental and sustainable development journalism.
Read the story here.
2019
Breathless (Ademloos)
2019 - Won the Ensors (Flemish film awards) for the best documentary film - 14/09/2019
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Once upon a time... (Er was eens...)
2019 - Nominated for the Ensors (Flemish film awards) - best documentary television
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Mother
2019 - Nominated for many festivals: Sheffield, Chicago, Ghent, Hot Springs, Rotteredam, Kosovo, Athens, DOCNYC, ...
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Investigate Europe
2019 - Investigate Europe won the Hans-Matthöfer-Preis" for their publication on BlackRock's investment.
The slavery of care
2019 - Nominated for Belfius-persprijs in the category television press. - 08/05/2019
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Faire-part
2019 - Won the Prix Meilleur Documentaire international at the RIDM Montréal International Documentary Festival.
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Land of plenty, land of but a few
2019 - Shortlisted for the New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) in the journalism category.
2019 - Nominated for The Prix Europa on the “Tv Current Affair” category.
2019 - Awarded the Prémio Gazeta Multimedia. The most important journalism prize in Portugal.
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Mercy Killing
2019 - Nominated in De Loep's 'Signalerend' category - VVOJ - 22/03/2019
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No friends but the mountains
2019 - Won the best short documentary at the Beloit International Film Festival, US.
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Ghana For You
2019 - Nominated for FEPASCO (Burkina Faso): Compétition documentaire long-métrage
Read the story here.
2018
Beni Files
2018 - Aanmoedigingsprijs van ‘De Loep’- VVOJ (Nominated)
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Fish & Ships: Europe’s fishing deals in West Africa
2018 - Hostwriter (Won 2nd Story Prize)
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The Malta Files
2018 - The European Press Prize (Nominated)
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Investigate Europe
2018 - Surveillance Studies Preis (Awarded)
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2017
The Malta Files
2017 - British Journalism Awards (Nominated)
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The Watch List
2017 - Vereniging Online Journalisten Nederland (VOJN) (Nominated)
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Kaliningrad, invisible battleground
2017 - Prix Philippe Chaffanjon (WON)
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LON
2017 - Won Best Short Documentary - IDFA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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We must be dreaming
2017 - Won Social Art Award (Berlin).
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2016
Who extracts the value of Nigerian Football Players?
2016 - CNN African Journalist Awards, category Sport Reporting (Won)
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Insane Prices
2016 - Expopharm Prize (WON)
2016 - German Reporterpreis (Nominated)
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Hearing Voices
2016 - European Science Writer of the Year (WON, by Michele Catanzaro)
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Youth In Play / Game On
2016 - AMI Journalism against Indifference Prize (WON)
2016 - High Commission for Migration's Communication Award (WON)
Read the full story here.
Land Grabbing in the EU
2016 - Investigative Reporting Award of the 2016 European Press Prize (Shortlisted)
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2015
Organ Trafficking in Kosovo
2015 - Prix Louise Weiss for European Journalism (WON)
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2014
The Migrants Files
2014 - European Press Prize, Innovation Award (WON)
2014 - Global Editors Network Data Journalism Awards (WON)
2014 - Gold Medal at 'Premios ÑH'
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The Belarus Network
2014 - European Press Prize, Innovation Award (Shortlisted)
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Organ Trafficking in Kosovo
2014 - Prix Louise Weiss (WON)
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Gaza's Gas
2014 - Reporting Europe Prize (Highly commended)
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2013
Gaza's Gas
2013 - Shortlisted for the Data Journalism Award 2013
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2012
Buy Your Way into EU Citizenship
2012 - European Press Prize (Shortlisted)
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In the Name of The State
2012 - CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism (WON)
2011
In the Name of The State
2011 - Special investigative journalism diploma
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Latvian Brides
2011 - Aleksandra Jolkina published a book about Latvian brides for which she was nominated as "Latvia’s 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report hero" by the United States Embassy to Latvia.
Read the story here.
2010
Fields of Terror
2010 - CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism (WON)
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