DIG AWARDS 2024: THE VIDEO JURY
Each year, the international jury of the DIGs awards the best investigative journalism and reporting work from hundreds of entries, honouring the excellence and courage of reporters from around the world.
The jury of the DIG Awards 2024 welcomes a wide range of distinguished professionals from different disciplines, including documentary, investigative journalism, virtual reality and film production, from France, Sweden, India, the UK and Argentina.
Paul Radu is the President of the Jury of the DIG Awards 2024. He is the co-founder and Head of Innovation at the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an organisation he started in 2007 together with Drew Sullivan. He leads OCCRP's major investigative projects, plans the regional expansion of projects, and develops new strategies and technologies to uncover organised crime and corruption across national borders. Paul initiated and coordinated the Laundromat series of investigations, coining the term 'laundromat' to define large financial fraud vehicles used to launder billions of dollars. He is a board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network and has won numerous awards for his work, including the Daniel Pearl Award, the Global Shining Light Award and the European Press Prize. He was also part of the Panama Papers team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 2017. He has also written or contributed to manuals and digital guides including "Against Corruption: a collection of essays," "The Data Journalism Handbook" and "Follow the Money - A Digital Guide to Tracking Corruption."
Rivkah Brown is a reporter and editor for the independent British newspaper Novara Media, where she covers a wide range of topics, including the housing crisis, police violence, Israel and Palestine. A former columnist for the The Independent, Rivkah has written for the Financial Times and The Guardian and has worked with BBC Newsnight and Al Jazeera. She is co-founder of the left-wing Jewish newspaper Vashti Media. [Ph: Tom Trevatt]
Manisha Ganguly is Investigations Correspondent at the Guardian and focuses on international conflicts and dissidents. She is an award-winning journalist and documentary producer, known for pioneering open-source investigations (OSI) to expose war crimes. She is a judge at the International Emmy® Awards, has been listed by Forbes as one of the most interesting media personalities under 30 and has twice won the Amnesty Award. Her documentaries for BBC World Service, which investigate human rights violations in the Middle East, North Africa, Russia and China, have won numerous international awards and have been seen by over 300 million people. Manisha also holds a PhD in OSINT, AI and automation for investigative journalism, funded by the University of Westminster.
Marco Nassivera worked for 30 years for the Franco-German television station ARTE, starting out as a reporter for the news. In 2000, he created ARTE Reportage. From 2013 to 2023, he was Director of News and responsible for the station's daily news, international reportage and geopolitical, investigative and documentary programmes. In 2023 he decided to leave ARTE to devote himself to personal projects.
Gabriela Manuli is deputy director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), an association of 235 non-profit organisations in 89 countries dedicated to investigative journalism. In 2019, she co-founded the GIJN Women Group, a network created to discuss issues related to women and non-binary investigative journalists. Originally from Argentina (and currently living in Budapest, Hungary), she has been a journalist for over 20 years (working for radio, TV, magazines and newspapers) and has extensive international experience in Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Axel Björklund is responsible for Uppdrag granskning , Sweden’s best-known investigative journalism television program, watched by millions since 2001. Björklund began working at SVT, the public national broadcaster, three years ago, after spending more than a decade at the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
Benedetta Argentieri is an Italian journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker. She has been working in the Middle East since 2014, writing about war and focusing on women and their struggles. Her latest film, 'The Matchmaker', was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won several awards. Her documentaries include 'Blooming in the Desert', 'I am the Revolution' and 'Our War'. He collaborates with Italian and international publications. He holds a master's degree in journalism and politics from Columbia University in New York.
Mouhssine Ennaimi is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. He is co-founder and executive producer of the award-winning documentary series Off The Grid, TRT World's flagship programme that reveals global stories through personal journeys. His investigative documentaries have won international recognition from prestigious awards such as DIG (Italy) and AIB (London). Mouhssine began his career as a correspondent for French and international news organisations. He has lived in several countries, including Sri Lanka, India, Israel, Palestine and Qatar, where he has reported on sensitive and critical issues. He has over 15 years of experience in hostile environments and war zones, covering conflicts, humanitarian crises and socio-political issues.
Francesco Merini, director, has a degree in art history from DAMS in Bologna. He has directed numerous documentaries including "La follia degli altri" (2018), winner of the MigrArti call and presented at the Venice Film Festival, "L'Orchestra. Claudio Abbado and the Mozart musicians' (2014) distributed worldwide by Euro Arts Berlin and 'Palestine for beginners' (2012). He directed the underground Bolognese cult movies 'Paglione' (1999) and 'Cavedagne' (2003). His works have participated in dozens of national and international festivals including Sacher Festival, Torino Film Festival, Al Jazeera Film Festival, FIFA Montreal, Biografilm Festival.
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