Special prize for IJ4EU investigative reporters from Bulgaria and Romania

By Jane Whyatt The bravery of a cross-border team of investigative reporters supported by the IJ4EU grant has been rewarded with a special prize at the 2019 Axel Springer Academy Awards. Attila Biro and Dimitar Stoyanov receive the George Weidenfeld Prize for Courage in Research. Photo: ECPMF Bulgarian Dimitar Stoyanov, a former Journalist in Residence at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and Attila Biro of RISE Romania, a data research project, received the honour after being arrested and detained in Bulgaria when they found a pile of incriminating documents being burned in a field. Nine months after that frightening experience, they…

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

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Fri, 03 May 2019 10:38:03 +0100

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