The European Press Prize: These are the Greatest Achievements in European Journalism of the Year

They were chosen by the panel of judges, which consists of chairman Sir Harold Evans (Editor-at-Large Reuters), Sylvie Kauffmann (Editorial Director Le Monde), Jørgen Ejbøl (Vice Chairman Jyllands-Posten Foundation), Yevgenia Albats (Editor-in-chief The New Times) and Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (Correspondent Süddeutsche Zeitung). They were chosen by the panel of judges , which consists of chairman SirHarold Evans(Editor-at-Large Reuters),Sylvie Kauffmann(Editorial DirectorLe Monde ),...

They were chosen by the panel of judges, which consists of chairman Sir Harold Evans (Editor-at-Large Reuters), Sylvie Kauffmann (Editorial Director Le Monde), Jørgen Ejbøl (Vice Chairman Jyllands-Posten Foundation), Yevgenia Albats (Editor-in-chief The New Times) and Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (Correspondent Süddeutsche Zeitung).

The 5 winners:

Distinguished Reporting category:
'Fifty-Six Days of Separation' by Katrin Kuntz, Marian Blasberg, Christoph Scheuermann ( Der Spiegel, Germany).

 - Runner-up: 'Viktor Orbán's reckless football obsession' by Dan Nolan, David Goldblatt (The Guardian, UK).

Innovation category: 
'Palmyra, the Other Side' by Guillermo Abril, Carlos Spottorno (El País Semanal - Spain, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin - Germany).

 - Runner-up: 'Elections clouds cleared' by Efe Kerem Sözeri (P24, Turkey).

Investigative Reporting category: 
'Unmasking the Salisbury Poisoning Suspects: A Four-Part Investigation' by Christo Grozev, Roman Dobrokhotov, Daniel Romein (Bellingcat, UK).

 - Runner-up: 'Money laundering at Danske Bank'by Eva Jung, Simon Bendtsen, Michael Lund (Berlingske, Denmark, and many since then).

Opinion category: 
'The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?' by Madeleine Schwartz(The Guardian, UK)

 - Runner-up: 'Let's continue talking about murder, not Fico's media tyranny'by Beata Balogova (SME, Slovakia).

Special Award:
Forbidden Stories, by the organisation behind 'Forbidden Stories' + partners.

The Award Ceremony took place at Gazeta Wyborcza in celebration of their 30-year anniversary.

About the European Press Prize
The European Press Prize celebrates the highest achievements in European journalism. The prize is awarded in 5 categories, each worth €10.000.

The prize is made possible by a number of media foundations: The Guardian Foundation, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Politiken Foundation, Foundation Veronica, The Jyllands-Posten Foundation, Democracy and Media Foundation and The Irish Times Trust Limited. The prize also partners with MDIF, Agora Foundation, ANP and De Balie.

Interested in republishing a winning story in another language or interviewing a winner? Contact: Julie Donders, +31(0)627006043, [email protected].