DIG AWARDS 2025: 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 DIG Awards 2025 jury welcomes a wide range of distinguished professionals from diverse disciplines, including documentary filmmaking, investigative journalism, virtual reality, and film production, hailing from Canada, Mexico, France, India, the United States, Argentina, and Italy.
Edwy Plenel has been a professional journalist for nearly fifty years. He joined Le Monde in 1980, where he remained for twenty-five years, authoring several investigations that marked the history of investigative journalism in France (including the Vincennes Irish affair, the Élysée's secret service, the Rainbow Warrior affair, and the Ouvéa cave massacre). He became editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper, a position he held for a decade after fifteen years of field journalism, but left in 2005 due to a disagreement over the loss of economic independence. After a stint teaching at universities in Montpellier and Neuchâtel, he launched Mediapart in early 2008, a fully digital and participatory newspaper that in just a few years became France's third-largest general-interest daily, profitable for fourteen consecutive years. Mediapart champions the investigative and impact journalism that has made him so successful, notably with the Bettencourt, Cahuzac, and Sarkozy-Gaddafi affairs. Edwy Plenel is also the author of more than thirty books, including La Troisième équipe (2015) on the Rainbow Warrior affair and Tous les films sont politiques (2021) about Costa-Gavras’cinema.
Hoda Osman is an investigative journalist based in New York. She works with Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), an organization that teaches Arab journalists investigative journalism by working with them on stories. Recently, Hoda has been focused on international collaborations, including the Gaza Project which was led by Forbidden Stories and focused on Israel's targeting of journalists in Gaza. Aside from work with ARIJ, she takes on independent projects and recently she worked on a Frontline documentary called Syria After Assad which entailed visiting Syria twice and spending five weeks there.
Manisha Ganguly is the investigations correspondent and the visual forensics lead at The Guardian. She is a pioneer in open-source investigations (OSI) to expose war crimes. Her award-winning investigations and documentaries have covered 4 wars, 5 continents, and been broadcast to over 300 million. She holds the first PhD on the impact of OSINT and AI on crisis reporting. She also served for three years as a judge for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
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.
Anabel Hernández is the most prominent investigative journalist in Mexico, known for her investigations into drug trafficking and the alleged collusion between US government officials and drug lords. She has also written on topics such as slavery, sexual exploitation, and government abuse of power. She has worked for national newspapers including Reforma, Milenio, El Universal, and its investigative supplement La Revista (now emeequis). Among her many books are "La familia presidencial," "Fin de fiesta en los pinos," and "Los cómplices del presidente." In 2012, she was awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.
Gabriela Manuli is Director of Special Projects at the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of journalists defending media freedom and independent journalism wherever they are threatened. Before that, for over a decade, she was Deputy Director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and co-founder of GIJN Women. Originally from Argentina and based in Hungary, Manuli has been a journalist for over 20 years.
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.
Ulla Sätereie is president of FGJ, the Swedish Association for Investigative Reporters. Former lecturer in journalism at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where she was Head of Dept (2011-2018) and programme coordinator for the international master in investigative journalism (2019-2025). She has also been a jury member of the Swedish Guldspaden award.
Fabio Bucciarelli is an Italian photographer, journalist, and author known internationally for his documentation of conflicts and humanitarian crises. His photography is characterized by an empathetic approach and authorial vision that goes beyond simply documenting historical moments. Bucciarelli's evocative images not only capture the human experience but also engage viewers on a visceral level, encouraging deep reflection on the complexities of the modern world. Recognized as one of the most influential photojournalists of our time, Bucciarelli collaborates with leading editorial platforms, including La Repubblica, Die Zeit, and The New York Times and his work has earned international awards, such as the Robert Capa Gold Medal, multiple World Press Photo Awards, the Visa d’Or News, the Lucie Impact Award, and the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for War Correspondents. He has also won thirteen Picture of the Year International awards, including the title of Photographer of the Year in 2019. Beyond his photographic achievements, Bucciarelli has been a reporter for Il Fatto Quotidiano since 2009. In recent years, he has expanded his role to include curator and artistic director, with his works showcased in museums, galleries, and international fairs. He also serves as a lecturer and is actively engaged in educational initiatives. He is a Canon Ambassador.
Sophie Leblond, Canadian, is a film professor at the École des Médias of the Université du Québec in Montreal and an award-winning film editor. She works in both documentary and fiction with various directors, including Denis Villeneuve, Philippe Falardeau, Stéphane Lafleur, André-Line Beauparlant, Robert Morin, Kaveh Nabatian, and Yung Chang. She is currently focused on directing the documentary Lhasa, a portrait of the Mexican-American singer and artist Lhasa de Sela.
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