2026 Daphne Caruana Prize for Journalism: ten finalists shortlisted
Maite VERMEULEN, Giacomo ZANDONIN, Sharon COONE, Bebe BLANCO AGTERBERG, Francesco BELLINA
Migranten opsluiten in een kooi in Albanië: Italië doet het, Nederland wil het
(Cuffed, caged, cast away: this is Europe’s ‘innovative solution’ for unwanted migrants)
De Correspondent
Also available in Dutch
Giorgio MICHALOPOULOS , Stefano VALENTINO, Gian-Paolo ACCARDO
War Made Sustainable: how green investment funds bankroll the arms industry with EU backing
Coordinated by Voxeurop, with contributions from El País, IrpiMedia and Mediapart
Pavla HOLCOVA, David DUSA, Emilie BLEZAT
Protagonista Podcast
investigace.cz
Antonius KEMPMANN, Benedikt STRUNZ, Verena VON ONDARZA, Katharina BEWS, Alice PESAVENTO, Sven LOHMANN, Manuel BEWARDER, Florian FLADE, Jeremie BARUCH, Paolo BIONDANI, Petra BLUM, Havard GULLDAHL, Ben HEUBL, Inghild ERIKSEN, John GRANLUND, Oskar JÖNSSON, Ryuichi KADOTA, Merlin MENZE, Anne MICHEL, Greg MILLIER, Ali MITIB, Mauritius MUCH, Peter KEIZER, Gloria RIVA, Scilla ALECCI, Jörg SCHMITT, Lea STRUCKMEIER, Vita VAN LENNEP, Timo ROBBEN, Erik HIND SVEN, Job ZWAMBORN, Jos DE GROOT, Jan VAN LIESHOUT, Atsushi TAKEDA, Simen WINGSTAD
Russian Secrets. So schützt Putin seine Atomwaffen
(Russian Secrets: How Putin protects his nuclear weapons)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) in collaboration with Le Monde (France), L’Espresso (Italy), ICIJ (USA), Kyodo (Japan), NRK (Norway), Pointer (Netherlands), SVT (Sweden), The Times (United Kingdom), Washington Post (USA)
Also available in English
Andy VERMAUT
Baanbrekende analyse van indegazette.be: Zeebrugge nog steeds belangrijkste Europese aankomsthaven voor Russisch poolgas
(Groundbreaking analysis by indegazette.be: Zeebrugge still the most important European arrival port for Russian polar gas)
Indegazette.be
Ella JOYNER, Chris MATTHEWS, Mei-Ling MCNAMARA, Nico SCHMIDT
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
Investigate Europe; published with media partners including: Altreconomia (Italy), Die Zeit (Germany), El País (Spain), EU Observer (Belgium), the Guardian (UK), the Journal (Ireland), Le Monde (France), Publico (Portugal) and Tech Policy Press (USA)
Dayanara CHAMPA, Nata DÍEZ, Coral GARCÍA, Carlos HERNÁNDEZ-ECHEVARRÍA, Macarena HORTAL, Clara JIMÉNEZ CRUZ, Óscar LUNA, Carmen MARTÍNEZ, Rudy MEJÍA, Julio MONTES, Claudia OCARANZA, Paula PEÑA, Salomé PETIT, Celia RAMOS, Marina SACRISTÁN, Magdalena TORGA
Depredadores en TikTok 2: un bufé libre para más de 1.300 pedófilos
(Predators on TikTok 2: a free hunting ground for more than 1,300 paedophiles)
Maldita.es
Also available in Spanish
Javier MARÍN, Desirée GARCÍA, Raquel GODOS, Sergio HERNÁNDEZ, Angélica RODRÍGUEZ, Jorge OCAÑA, Maite VALADEZ, Esteban NOVILLO, Carla ALIÑO, Kai FOSTERLING, Biel ALIÑO, Manuel PÉREZ BELLA, Álex MIRKHAM, Wallace CARVALHO, Sebastião MOREIRA, Meritxell FREIXAS, Elvis GONZÁLEZ, Carlos ORTEGA, Rodrigo SAEZ, Juan Diego LÓPEZ, Paula CABALEIRO, Indira GUERRERO, Lucía GOÑI, Raúl BOBÉ, Guillermo GARRIDO, Paloma ALMOGUERA, Jane CHANG, Joshua PAUL, Gabriela SANTAMARÍA, Sara NADLIN, Muhammad ZUBAIR, Moncho TORRES, Carlos LEMOS, Bienvenido VELASCO, Mauricio DUEÑAS, Eduardo S. MOLANO Jerome FAVRE, Mikaela VIQUEIRA, Omar ALONSO, Beatriz NAYA, David HERNÁNDEZ
Noticias falsas, víctimas reales
(Fake news, real victims)
Agencia EFE
Karin KŐVÁRY SÓLYMOS, Josef ŠLERKA, Anastasiia MOROZOVA, Maciej MOŻAŃSKI
Sponsored Hate: How politicians across Central Europe use paid social media ads to attack journalists and civil society, spreading disinformation and hate
Investigative Centre of Ján Kuciak (Slovakia), Investigace.cz (Czech Republic) Frontstory.pl (Poland) and VSquare.org
Also available in Slovak, Czech and Polish
Apostolis FOTIADIS, Ludek STAVINOHA, Giacomo ZANDONINI, Lydia EMMANOUILIDOU, Frida THURM, Bill GOODWIN, Sebastian KLOVIG SKELTON
They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Solomon, CORRECTIV and Computer Weekly
