Our awards

2023

The Orwell Prize for Journalism, Shortlist

Isobel Cockerell

True Story Award, Third Place

Poland’s ministry of memory spins the Holocaust, Katia Patin

European Press Prize, Distinguished Reporting Award, Runner-up

Poland’s ministry of memory spins the Holocaust, Katia Patin

One World Media, Podcast and Radio Award, Longlist

Undercurrents: Tech, tyrants, and us, Audible and Coda Story

Woollahra Digital Literary Award, Shortlist

Australia searches for national identity in the trenches of WWI, Alexander Wells

Fetisov Journalism Awards, Contribution to Civil Rights, Winner

How Surveillance Tech Helped Protect Power — and the Drug Trade — in Honduras, Anna-Catherine Brigida

2022

European Press Prize, The Public Discourse Award, Winner

Memory in the age of impunity, Peter Pomerantsev

Online News Association, Explanatory Reporting, Small Newsroom, Winner

Germany’s historical reckoning is a warning for the US, Erica Hellerstein

2020

European Press Prize, Distinguished Reporting Award, Winner

The Uyghur Women Fighting China’s Surveillance State, Isobel Cockerell

Future Journalism Award, New Media Writing Prize, Shortlist

The Uyghur Women Fighting China’s Surveillance State, Isobel Cockerell

One World Media, Digital Media Award, Shortlist

Generation Gulag

The Webby Awards, Video Documentary — Series & Channels, Honoree

Generation Gulag

2017

duPont-Columbia University Award, Winner

Russia’s New Scapegoats, Coda Story and the Center for Investigative Reporting

European Press Prize, Innovation Award, Shortlist

Jailed for a Like, Katia Patin, Ekaterina Ponomareva, Sofiya Voznaya

2016

Online News Association Award, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Small Newsroom, Finalist

“Permission to Exterminate” Terror in Central Asia, Andrew North, Abdujalil Abdurasulov

2014

Global Editors Network, Best New Startup, Winner