⚡ Two categories go platform neutral! Ahead of the 2027 season, our Investigative Reporting and Innovation Awards are becoming fully platform neutral, welcoming articles, documentaries, films, TV broadcasts, podcasts and other journalistic formats. Entries open on 1 November 2026.

⚡ Big changes ahead for the 2027 European Press Prize. We’re introducing a new entry timeline and clearer geographical eligibility rules! Our definition of Europe stays the same: all Council of Europe member states, plus Russia and Belarus. Entries open 1 November 2026 ⏰ More updates coming soon!

How can high-quality journalism contribute to Europe’s rapidly-changing media landscape without being left behind amid the upheaval? This was a core focus of an engaging keynote speech delivered by Veronika Munk at the European Press Prize 2026 in Lisbon. www.europeanpressprize.com/keynote-2026/

"Our profession has a simple but essential task: To show reality" – Veronika Munk

How can high-quality journalism contribute to Europe's rapidly-changing media landscape without being left behind amid the upheaval? This was a core focus of an engaging keynote speech delivered by Ve...

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📖 Our 2026 Year Report is out! Discover the highlights of the year, statistics, our 2026–2030 strategy, and the stories behind this year's European Press Prize Community. Thank you to everyone who made this a great season. We look forward to the next one! www.europeanpressprize.com/year-report-...

Year Report 2026

As another European Press Prize season draws to a close, we are delighted to publish our Year Report 2026.

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What does it take to choose Europe's best journalism? 📖 Our 2026 Jury Report takes you behind the scenes of the European Press Prize selection process and shares the Jury's reflections on this year's shortlisted and winning work. www.europeanpressprize.com/jury-report-...

Jury Report 2026 – European Press Prize

Each year the European Press Prize publishes a comprehensive Jury Report showcasing the Jury’s thoughts on each shortlisted and winning piece.

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Quality journalism is strengthened through conversation. At the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026, we brought journalists together to discuss why the human perspective still matters. 💬 Read more about the discussions and take-aways of the programme here: www.europeanpressprize.com/connection-c...

Connection, collaboration and trust: what journalism still depends on - European Press Prize

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“Supporting independent journalism is an investment in society’s sanity.” Our board member @beatabalogova.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com on propaganda, public-interest journalism, and the stories that endure. Her piece also reflects our 2026 Winners. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Orbán’s media slop spread poison beyond Hungary. Luckily, fearless, fact-based reporting endures | Beata Balogová

Across Europe, public service journalism is shielding democracy. But we have to decide to fight for its survival, says Slovak journalist Beata Balogová

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✨ The Special Award 2026 is presented to “Killing for the photo” by Barbara Matejčić, Novosti, BIRN. A powerful investigation asking: when an execution is photographed at close range, does the camera only record what happened or did its presence shape it: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/kill...

✨ Our Public Discourse Award 2026 goes to “Not again!” by Kerstin Kohlenberg, @zeit.de. Drawing parallels between Trump’s rise and the appeal of the AfD, this deeply researched piece asks Germany to recognise the warning signs while it can change course: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/not-...

✨ We are recognising journalists from @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @republik.ch and WAV Recherchekollektiv with The Migration Journalism Award 2026 for the investigation into unaccompanied children sleeping on floors in shifts in Greece’s EU-funded camps: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/unac...

✨ The Investigative Reporting Award 2026 goes to Michael O’Farrell for “The Brother D conspiracy”. A decade-long investigation into an international child abuse cover-up, made possible through exceptional persistence and the bravery of victims: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/the-...

✨ Our Innovation Award 2026 goes to @civio.es’ investigation into an AI cancer-detection tool that missed nearly one in three melanomas and was trained almost entirely on images of white patients: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/mole...

✨ We are awarding the Distinguished Reporting Award 2026 to “What the wounds are telling us” by Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, @volkskrant.nl. A deeply human investigation built from medical evidence gathered when access to Gaza is impossible: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/what...

⭐ The European Press Prize 2026 Award Ceremony is starting! We're delighted to begin the evening with a live performance by Mensagem de Lisboa. Rooted in the city that is hosting us this year, the performance sets the stage for an evening dedicated to outstanding journalism and the people behind it!

We close our programme with Covering the human toll: three perspectives! Talks from @ahnidzara.bsky.social and @connellyandrew.bsky.social on Bosnia’s mine-laden migration route, Ana Patrícia Silva on women in Portuguese prisons, & Bastian Berbner, @maudeffting.bsky.social, Willem Feenstra on Gaza.

💫 Algorithms may be complex, but accountability starts with making them understandable. Thank you to the @civio.es team for taking us behind the scenes of “Mole or cancer?” and showing how rigorous reporting and creative storytelling remain essential in investigations about AI!

Our discussion On Collaborations explored collaborations, one of the defining forces in modern journalism. Thank you to @lydiaemman.bsky.social, @vonelisa.bsky.social, @lisakreutzer.bsky.social and @sofiacherici.bsky.social for sharing how collaboration helps make ambitious journalism possible!

💫 Our European Press Prize 2026 programme is underway! A wonderful start with The Forever Lobbying Act by @stephanehorel.bsky.social and @raphaelleaubert.bsky.social, bringing a decades-long investigation to life through a powerful live journalism performance.

🥂 Before tomorrow's big celebration, we're gathering our Community for an evening of conversation and connection. Tonight, we are welcoming our Nominees, Partners and friends of the Prize to our Networking Soirée at the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa!

✈️ We have landed in Lisbon! That means that the European Press Prize 2026 is almost here. In the coming days, we welcome journalists, editors, our Nominees, Runners-up, Winners, Jury and Preparatory Committee members, Partners and friends of the Prize from all over Europe!

📸 A throwback post! Two weeks until the European Press Prize 2026 Lisbon. We can’t wait to gather again, be welcomed by the city, and find out who will take home this year’s Prize. Spot yourself in the pictures? Tell us in the comments!

What does journalistic excellence mean today? Ahead of the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026, we look back at the Perugia conversation with our Judges and the questions shaping our Lisbon programme: trust, collaboration, empathy and the human perspective. www.europeanpressprize.com/the-future-o...

Ahead of the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026 on 3 June, we reflect on a Perugia panel and the questions shaping this year’s programme.

Ahead of the European Press Prize Lisbon 2026 on 3 June, we reflect on a Perugia panel with Prize judges and the questions shaping this year’s programme: excellence, collaboration, and the human…

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💫 Join us in Lisbon on 3 June for the European Press Prize 2026 — a full day of conversations, live journalism, bold investigations, and the celebration of Europe’s finest journalism at the @cgf-uk.bsky.social. We can’t wait to welcome you: www.eventbrite.nl/e/european-p...

On #WPFD 2026, we recognise the essential role of journalism and the cost at which it is often produced. Across Europe, media workers face mounting pressure, making it significantly harder to hold power to account. We thank our Laureates and all journalists for their courage and perseverance.

Je to nejužší výběr v rámci opravdu mimořádné konkurence a spousty skvělé novinářské práce.

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Innovation in journalism is measured by what it reveals. The shortlisted projects in our Innovation category highlight work that uncovers hidden systems, challenges power, and applies the highest editorial standards with new methods: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Congratulations!

🔥 We’re truly honoured that not one, but TWO of the investigations we worked on so intensively alongside our partners @zdfde.bsky.social, @spiegel.de, @derstandard.at and @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social have been nominated for the Investigative Reporting Award 🏆 at the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social!

🎉 Seguimos celebrando esta nominación a los @europeanpressprize.bsky.social 🥂 Gracias a todas las personas que apoyáis nuestro trabajo y hacéis que investigaciones como esta sean posibles.

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Estamos felices de contarte que nuestra investigación sobre Quantus Skin, el algoritmo que se equivoca en el diagnóstico de melanomas, está nominada al premio a la innovación de los @europeanpressprize.bsky.social.✨️ Gracias por este reconocimiento 🫂 y enhorabuena a todas las y los finalistas.

🎙️ Our Shortlist 2026 is out — and it raises a bigger question: what does it mean to reward great journalism? In the latest #Backlight episode, together with @lighthousereports.com, we explore how awards shape the field and how they might evolve to better serve the public interest: buff.ly/HhaqX3z

📚️ Looking for a good weekend read? Our Shortlist 2026 is out — powerful, thought-provoking journalism from across Europe. Take your time with these stories. They’re worth it. www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

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Power concealed. Systems abused. Truth buried. The 2026 Investigative Reporting Shortlist honours work of exceptional depth, precision, and persistence: www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y... Journalism that holds power to account at the highest standard!