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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

    Reading list 2

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    For being part of the
    2021 European Press Prize online winner announcement

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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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    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

    Your cursor will be a dot from now on. When the dot pulsates or changes into a plus-sign, it means you can interact with content. Some examples: you can watch videos and save shortlisted articles to your reading list.

    Tip II

    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.

    Tip III

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