Our awards

Climate Journalism Award, Storytelling & solutions category, Winner

In the Swedish Arctic, a battle for the climate rages, Isobel Cockerell


Scripps Howard Awards, Excellence in Opinion Writing, Finalist

Fallout: Tracking the Global Impacts of Russia’s War in Ukraine, Kenneth R. Rosen


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