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We're excited to reveal this year's shortlist for Thomson's Young Journalist Award 🏆:
📑 651 stories submitted
🧑💻 217 candidates
🌍 56 countries
✨ 12 outstanding journalists have made it through. Read about them: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters @FPALondon @HumbertoBasilio @MoigeWilliam @ngevao_sia @NdidiamakaEde @GeorgeShabaev @AtsahyelAaron @KanyomboAlain @WaasiShaffii
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🏆 #YJA2026: Meet the final four journalists on this year’s shortlist.
Their reporting investigates online child exploitation, human trafficking, controversial scientific research and the exploitation of women workers. 🧵👇
#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters
In Algeria, Douha Amrani goes undercover in a garment workshop to investigate the exploitation of female workers who are also students, bringing their working conditions into view.
hounna.net/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%8…
@Hounna_net #YJA2026
🏆 The winner will be announced at the Foreign Press Association Awards in London, UK on November 30, 2026. Read more about the 12 shortlisted here: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
@FPALondon #TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters
🏆 #YJA2026: Meet four more journalists on this year’s shortlist.
Their investigations scrutinise political connections, disappearances, the impact of farmer-herder conflict on children and a decades-old adoption scandal. 🧵👇
In Indonesia, Rafly Pratama investigates an adoption scandal dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, speaking to survivors sent to the Netherlands as children who are still dealing with its consequences decades later.
migrantimes.com/human-rights…
#YJA2026
Watch out for more details about the other candidates on the shortlist for the Young Journalist Award 2026. Read about all 12 here: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters
@FPALondon
🏆 #YJA2026: Meet the first four journalists on this year’s shortlist.
Their reporting examines enforced disappearances, dangerous fishing practices, the treatment of women in DR Congo’s mining sector and the roots of Boko Haram. 🧵👇
After seven months of research, Hauwa Shaffi Nuhu (@WaasiShaffii) of HumAngle traces how Boko Haram built its army, drawing on interviews with first-generation members of the group and victims, alongside extensive archival research.
humanglemedia.com/the-making…
#YJA2026 @HumAngle_
Watch out for more details about the other candidates on the shortlist for the Young Journalist Award 2026. Read about all 12 here: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters
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🚨Less than 2 days left to apply!
Don’t miss the chance to win up to €30,000 in funding, mentoring and practical support for media organisations ready to grow their business ideas. Newsrooms across Europe are eligible to apply.
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
More details: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
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