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Join us for the #NataliPrize Award Ceremony<\/h2>\n
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The winners of the 2022 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize will be announced during the European Development Days on June 22.<\/p>\n

You can register to join us at the ceremony live at the\u00a0Brussels Expo<\/a>, or to follow online. The ceremony will start at 15.25 CET.<\/p>\n

The Grand Jury<\/h3>\n

This year\u2019s Grand Jury brings together internationally renowned experts from the world of journalism.<\/p>\n

Over 500 eligible entries from a total of 841 applications were\u00a0shortlisted by our four partner Universities:\u00a0Universidade Cat\u00f4lica Portuguesa\u00a0(Portugal),\u00a0Universidad de Navarra\u00a0(Spain),\u00a0Universit\u00e9 Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth\u00a0(Lebanon), and\u00a0Vesalius College\u00a0(Belgium). The Grand Jury will select the winners from the shortlisted entries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hannah Ajakaiye<\/strong>, ICFJ Knight Fellow<\/h4>\n

Hannah Ajakaiye is an award-winning journalist leading a fact checking project that is combating misinformation on social media platforms in Nigeria.\u00a0A data enthusiast with a passion for development and social justice issues, she has worked with Code for Africa to deliver data driven reports on water, sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria\u2019s biggest cities. Hannah Ajakaiye is a recipient of the 2017 Newscorp Fellowship hosted by The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal and an alumnus of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Centers reporting tour on human trafficking. A recipient of the 2018 Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Journalism Fellowship hosted by the United Nations Department of Public Information, Ojo is committed to leading digital innovations in African newsrooms.<\/p>\n

Maria \u00c2ngela Carrascal\u00e3o<\/strong>, Journalist, author and former Justice Minister<\/h4>\n

Maria \u00c2ngela Carrascal\u00e3o is a journalist, author, university teacher and former Justice Minister from Timor-Leste. She has worked as a journalist for Portuguese news agencies Not\u00edcias de Portugal (NP), Ag\u00eancia Noticiosa Portuguesa and Lusa, as well as for the television station Sociedade Independente de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o, the magazine Jornal Expresso and the Portuguese newspaper P\u00fablico. She became Director of the bilingual Tetum and Portuguese newspaper Lia Foun in 2004 and was correspondent for Radio SBS (Melbourne) between 2006 and 2009. In 2017, she was appointed Minister of Justice by former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. She holds a doctorate in Law from the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e.<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Rediske<\/strong>, Board President, Reporters Without Borders Germany<\/h4>\n

Dr. Michael Rediske is President of the Board of Reporters without Borders Germany. After starting his career as a journalist in Central America, he became editor of German newspaper taz in 1987, and editor-in-chief in 1996. He held managerial positions at the Berlin internet start-up Citikey, the Evangelische Journalistenschule (EJS) Berlin, and AFP Germany, before moving to the German Journalists Association Deutscher Journalisten-Verband. He holds a graduate degree in public administration and a doctorate in political science. In 2016, he was presented with the Federal Order of Merit for his commitment to press freedom by German President Joachim Gauck.<\/p>\n

Laurent Richard<\/strong>,\u00a0Founder and Executive Director of Forbidden Stories<\/h4>\n

For more than 20 years, Laurent has conducted international investigations and major stories for television. He is the author of numerous investigations into the lies of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of Mossad and the CIA.<\/p>\n

During a one-year fellowship at the University of Michigan, Laurent developed the idea of a global network of journalists dedicated to pursuing the investigations of reporters who have been murdered, imprisoned or threatened. This resulted in the launch of the Forbidden Stories consortium in 2017, which has since won awards including the prestigious European Press Prize, the Georges Polk Award and the RSF Impact Prize for the Pegasus Project, published in 2021.<\/p>\n

As a documentary producer, Laurent won the Prix Europa for the best European documentary series in 2020 for the \u201cGreen Blood\u201d series. He was named \u201cEuropean Journalist of the Year\u201d at the Prix Europa in Berlin in 2018.<\/p>\n

Omaya Sosa<\/strong>,\u00a0Co-founder and Special Projects Editor, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo<\/h4>\n

Omaya is an investigative journalist, founding co-director of Puerto Rico\u2019s Center for Investigative Journalism and co-founder of NotiCel.com. Her work has been published by Puerto Rican and international newspapers including Metro, The New York Times, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, La Naci\u00f3n (Argentina), among others. Her work has been recognised by various institutions, and her series about transformation in Cuba after the assent of Ra\u00fal Castro to the presidency was published as part of FNPI’s compilation “The Best of Latin American Journalism II.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism \u2013 call for submission of entries<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The Prize at a Glance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For three decades, the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize (#NataliPrize) has honoured the courage of journalists whose stories shine a light on the common challenges facing our planet and its people. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize returns to support international partnerships and inspire a new generation of reporters. It rewards excellent reporting on the topics of:<\/p>\n