The European Press Prize is a non-profit foundation based in the Netherlands. It runs a programme of journalism awards of the same name for journalists from 46 countries, the Council of Europe, Belarus and Russia. As part of the programme, a jury awards prizes in five categories each year. These are Distinguished Reporting, Innovation, Investigative Reporting, Migration Journalism and Public Discourse. In addition, the jury also awards a special prize for outstanding journalism that transcends categories and disciplines.
22-408: The European Press Prize was founded in 2012 by seven European media foundations: The Guardian Foundation , Thomson Reuters Foundation , Jyllands-Posten Foundation , Politiken Foundation , Media Development Investment Fund , Vereniging Veronica and Stichting Democratie en Media. In 2015, The Irish Times Trust Limited joined as a member organisation, and Agora SA followed two years later. In 2020,
44-474: A "representative" of the staff, as this may result in a conflict of interests. In 1992, the Trust identified its central objective: The Trust saw its main functions as being the following: The second Trust had five Chairmen over its 60 years: Alfred Powell Wadsworth (1948–56), Richard Farquhar Scott (1956–84), Alastair Hetherington (1984–89), Hugo Young (1990–2003) and Liz Forgan . In October 2008, it
66-470: A long tenure: for example, the last incumbent, Alan Rusbridger , held the position from 1995 until 2015. The current chairman of the Scott Trust Board is Ole Jacob Sunde, who replaced Alex Graham in 2021. Other board members include the current editor-in-chief Katharine Viner , Guardian legal affairs correspondent Haroon Siddique who is the journalist director of the board, and one member of
88-628: A shortlist, which is published on the European Press Prize website. A panel of judges then selects the winners of the five categories from this list. The jury also decides who will receive the special prize. The winners are usually announced at the Awards Ceremony in May or June. Currently, the panel of judges is composed of: From 2013 until 2020: The European Press Prize is given in five categories. A sixth special award chosen by
110-481: Is 06706464 and it is a company limited by shares . The Scott Trust Limited is governed according to the articles of association , set up in 2008 and filed at Companies House . The articles say that the board of directors must guard editorial independence. The board appoints itself under article 63, through an appointments committee. Neither workers at the newspapers nor readers participate in voting for board members. Such voting could be allowed with 75% approval of
132-634: Is barred from paying dividends, and "its constitution has been carefully drafted to ensure that no individual can ever personally benefit from the arrangements." In February 2010, the company announced the sale of its GMG Regional Media arm and its regional print titles to the Trinity Mirror Group . The regional titles comprised the Manchester Evening News and 31 others in the North West and South of England. The sale
154-481: Is optional for the jury and allows them to single out high quality journalism that they think deserves special recognition. This could be awarded to an individual journalist, news organisation or specific piece of journalism. In 2019, the European Cartoon Award was founded in cooperation with Studio Europa Maastricht. This new Award aims to promote and encourage European cartoonists, while preserving
176-596: The Inland Revenue gave up its claim for death duty. The eight initial trustees of the 1948 Trust were all connected with the Manchester Guardian and Evening News, Ltd., and included four of C. P. Scott's grandsons as well as the then editor of the Guardian , A. P. Wadsworth . It has become normal practice for a Guardian journalist to be a member of the trust, though they are not considered to be
198-505: The Manchester Guardian (as it then was) and the Manchester Evening News . After the deaths in quick succession of his father C. P. Scott and brother Edward , and consequent threat of death duties , John Scott wished to prevent future death duties forcing the closure or sale of the newspapers, and to protect the liberal editorial line of the Guardian from interference by future proprietors. The first and only chairman of
220-582: The Scott family. The Scott Trust is a limited partner in GMG Ventures LP, founded in 2017, according to the GMG 2018 annual report, "this £42m venture capital fund is designed to contribute financial returns and to support GMG’s strategy by investing in early stage businesses focused on developing the next generation of media technology". The Trust was established in 1936 by John Russell Scott , owner of
242-541: The UK. In 2008, it replaced the Scott Trust, which had owned The Guardian since 1936. The company is responsible for appointing the editor of The Guardian (and those of the group's other main newspapers) but, apart from enjoining them to continue the paper's editorial policy on "the same lines and in the same spirit as heretofore", it has a policy of not interfering in their decisions. The arrangement tends to give editors
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#1732772662246264-521: The endangered form of art and great asset to journalism. The winner of the first edition was the French cartoonist and illustrator Anne Derenne for her cartoon “Jenga – the earth’s sixth mass distinction.” Scott Trust Limited The Scott Trust Limited is the British company that owns Guardian Media Group and thus The Guardian and The Observer as well as various other media businesses in
286-456: The first Trust was John Scott. The Trust was dissolved and reformed in 1948, as it was thought that the Trust, under the terms of the original Trust Deed, had become liable to tax due to changes in the law. At this time John Scott also gave up his exclusive right to appoint trustees; the trustees would henceforth appoint new members themselves. Five months after the signing of the new Trust Deed, John Scott died. After three years of legal argument,
308-468: The jury is optional. Each prize is worth €10,000. This award is given for "discovering and revealing facts, exposing hidden news to the public". This award honors "exceptional reporting, telling a story in the best possible way". Until 2017, the category was called Distinguished Writing Award. In 2018 the category was renamed Distinguished Reporting Award. Until 2017, the Commentator Award
330-798: The philanthropic organisation Luminate became a member. The first ceremony was at De Balie in Amsterdam in 2013, the 2014 awards were given at the Reuters headquarters in London, and in 2015 the European Press Prize visited the JP/Politiken headquarters in Copenhagen. The 2016 awards were presented in Prague with the help of the Forum2000 team. For the fifth anniversary in 2017, the ceremony
352-556: The sale for £619 million of its 50.1% stake in Auto Trader on 4 March 2014. Apax Partners , a venture capital firm, increased its share to become the sole shareholder in the business. The £619 million earned from the sale of Auto Trader adds to the £253.7 million of cash and investments which GMG published in its 2013 annual report. This leaves an investment fund which is likely to be in excess of £850 million to underwrite Guardian losses. In December 2014, it
374-512: The trust apologised for the newspaper's founders involvement in transatlantic slavery principally through the cotton trade. It announced a £10 million ten-year programme of restorative justice . In November 2024, Jonathan Paine was appointed to the board of the Scott Trust. Paine is a former managing director and senior adviser at Rothschild & Co. Scott Trust Limited was incorporated on 24 September 2008 as Scott Place 1001 Limited , and adopted its current name on 3 October 2008; its number
396-666: Was announced that Alan Rusbridger , then Guardian editor-in-chief, would succeed Forgan as the chairman of the company in 2016 but he unexpectedly announced on 13 May 2016 his resignation as a director. As of January 2016, the company's funds were £740 million, down from £838.3 million in July 2015. As of 1 April 2018, the value of the Scott Trust Endowment Fund was £1.01 billion, down slightly from £1.03 billion in 2017. In 2023, following independent academic research commissioned in 2020 reporting,
418-556: Was announced that the trust was being wound up and its assets transferred to a new limited company named "The Scott Trust Limited" to strengthen the protection it offers to the Guardian and because [l]ike all non-charitable trusts, and unlike limited companies, the Scott Trust has a finite lifespan . The core purpose of the Trust was enshrined in the constitution of the Limited company and "cannot be altered or amended." The new company
440-623: Was finalised on 28 March 2010 and ended the Scott Trust's association with regional newspapers. In 2012 the Scott Trust Limited became a co-founder of the European Press Prize . Guardian News and Media, a subsidiary of the Scott Trust Limited, reported a loss of £30.9 million for the year to the end of April 2013. The company via the Guardian Media Group (GMG, a subsidiary company) completed
462-564: Was given for quality commentary and opinionated journalism. Since 2018, the Opinion Award is given for best commentator or remarkable interpretation. This category awards journalists for their inventive or groundbreaking way of storytelling. This award is honors each your one "acclaimed example of migration journalism". The award was introduced in 2023 with the support of the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The Special Award
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#1732772662246484-653: Was held in founding place De Balie in Amsterdam again. In 2018 it took place in Budapest at the Open Archives Society . In 2019 the prizes were awarded in Warsaw at the headquarters of Gazeta Wyborcza . As the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited a live ceremony, the winners of the 2020 and the 2021 edition were announced online. The organisation is based in Amsterdam. Each year, a preparatory committee selects
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