Connecting EU 2024 was organised with the support of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. Awarded by the European Parliament in October each year, the prize recognises courageous investigative journalism. Find out more about the prize and 2024 award ceremony taking place on 23 October!

At a glance

The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism was launched in 2021 as a tribute to the Maltese journalist and blogger assassinated in 2017. It is awarded, on an annual basis, to outstanding journalistic work reflecting core principles and values of the European Union, such as freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights.

The 2024 laureate will be announced in the Award Ceremony taking place at 6pm on 23 October at the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg. You can follow it live here. An independent European-wide jury, composed of journalists and communication experts, selected 13 finalist works.

EP Vice-President Pina Picierno (responsible for the Prize) will welcome participants, giving the floor to EP President Roberta Metsola for her opening speech. A member of the jury will then provide an overview of the Prize, after which the trophy will be given to the winner by a representative of last year’s laureates.

In retrospective

In its inaugural edition, the Prize was awarded to “The Pegasus Project”, coordinated by the Forbidden Stories consortium, whereas the 2022 winners were Clément Di Roma and Carol Valade, for a documentary on “The Central African Republic under Russian Influence”. A joint investigation on the Pylos migrant boat shipreck - by the Greek investigative outlet Solomon, in collaboration with Forensis, the German public broadcaster StrgF/ARD, and the British newspaper The Guardian - won the Prize in 2023.

Press Seminar

Ahead the Award Ceremony, the Media Services Unit of the European Parliament will hold a press seminar on “Safeguarding Media Freedom” (23 October, 3pm). Around 65 journalists are expected to attend, engaging in insightful speeches and discussions in the presence of Matthew Caruana Galizia, journalist and son of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The programme will feature testimonies from journalists who have faced threats in their line of work. One of them is Stefania Battistini, an Italian journalist who has recently been added to Russia's wanted list further to a report about the war. The Seminar will be web-streamed here.