The Megalizzi – Niedzielski prize for aspiring journalists

The Megalizzi – Niedzielski prize rewards aspiring journalists that show a strong attachment to the EU and its values.

The 2024 Awards Ceremony of the Megalizzi-Niedzielski prize for aspiring journalists took place on Wednesday 09 October, at 15:00. Watch the recording online!

The prize is awarded during the EU Regions’ Week to three of the participants selected for the Youth4Regions programme for aspiring journalists. A European Commission jury grants two of the awards by assessing the participants’ commitment to EU values, as well as the quality of their previous work and of their entry into the Youth4Regions programme. A third prize is awarded by the public to talented young photojournalists following an online competition of photos depicting EU-funded projects.

The Megalizzi–Niedzielski prize honours the memory of Antonio Megalizzi and Bartek Piotr Orent-Niedzielski, young European journalists with a strong attachment to the EU and its values, who passed away after a terrorist attack in Strasbourg in late 2018.

The 2024 winners are Magna Araújo Amorim (Portugal), Neža Borkovič (Slovenia) and Sigrid Hallqvist (Sweden). The Commission rewarded them for their talent, dedication to quality journalism and attachment to EU values. The other finalists in the competition for the prize were Alice Ugolini (Italy), Markéta Kršková (Czechia), Mikaela Pimentel (Belgium), Nada El Khattab (Italy), Nick Vink (the Netherlands), Shebnem Duzenci (Azerbaijan) and Tamar Sikharulidze (Georgia).

We hope that they will all continue sharing Antonio and Bartek’s attachment to the European project and its values and that they will be journalists committed to reporting honestly about the EU and its benefits to regions and people.