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June 3
12 pm

2021 Winner Announcement

An interactive announcement of
the European Press Prize 2021

European Press Prize

The Journey

Get a look behind the scenes of the Prize. Play the video to see how we go from over 1000 entries to a shortlist of 20, and 5 winners each year.

Meet our 2021 nominees

  • Nominated
  • Entered
  • Not entered

Move your mouse over the map to explore the countries that entered and got nominated for the Prize. Click on the nominees to see their full bio.

Tip: click on an article to save it to your reading list to read it later.

2021 Shortlist

    • The
      Distinguished
      Reporting
      Award
    • The
      Investigative
      Reporting
      Award
    • The
      Opinion
      Award
    • The
      Innovation
      Award
    • The
      Special
      Award

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    Our members

    The European Press Prize is made possible by the following member organisations:

    The European Press Prize was founded
    in De Balie, Amsterdam

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    Design by TIN

    Development by Floris Douma

    'The Journey' video by Dylan Foks, Inktvisinkt

    Winner videos by Metropolisfilm

    Illustrations for winner video ‘Love in the time of plague’ by Guido van Eekelen, Metropolisfilm

    Photographs for winner video ‘Brutalised Minsk: how Belarusian police beat protestors’ by ANP

    Header photo credits, in order of appearance:

    • Nicolas Blandin, Sisters of Europe
    • Liis Treiman, Äripäev, Money to Burn
    • kormany.hu, How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power
    • Andy Spyra, Among the Taliba

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    Special Award

    A prize for journalism that transcends categories

    Each year European Press Prize judges have the power to single out special excellence in European journalism. Like the brave editors defying threats and defending free press in publishing the Snowden files in 2014. In 2016 the judges recognised the weight and brilliance of much of the reporting of Europe’s migrant crisis, and chose the best entries on that subject to receive the Special Award. In 2019 the project Forbidden Stories won the Special Award, for their mission to continue and publish the work of journalists facing threats, prison, or murder.

    But, equally, the judges may choose to salute an individual journalist, project, news team or editor for memorable service to quality journalism.
    This decision is for the judges alone. No entry forms are required. But journalists are free to write to the bureau suggesting suitable award recipients. The judges will, of course, take such recommendations into account.

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    Welcome to the interactive announcement of the 2021 European Press Prize winners and runners-up!

    Explore and enjoy all shortlisted work and get to know our winners and runners-up by scrolling. Here are some useful tips to start scrolling and experiencing the European Press Prize 2021:

    Tip I

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    Whenever you see a plus-sign on your screen, you can add shortlisted work to your reading list. When adding an article to your reading list, you are saving it to read later. You can access your reading list by scrolling down to the bottom of the page. All articles you have added will be displayed there for further reading.

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