Category: global
- 1st prize
- Anna Turns (Since studying biology, Anna has worked in the media for more than two decades, from TV production to magazine journalism and radio broadcasting. As a freelance environmental journalist, she has written regularly for many national publications including The Guardian, BBC Future, New Scientist and Positive News. Her first book, Go Toxic Free: Easy and sustainable ways to reduce chemical pollution, was published in 2022. freelance/ The Conversation, UK)
- 2nd prize
- Kerry Cullinan (Kerry Cullinan is the deputy editor of Health Policy Watch, headquartered in Geneva. Prior to this, Kerry was CEO of a health news agency in South Africa for 14 years, then served as health editor for openDemocracy. Based in Cape Town, she is particularly interested in health and human rights)
- 3rd prize
- Kat Lay (Kat Lay is The Guardian's global health correspondent, a role she took up in early 2024 after over a decade reporting on health at The Times.)
- Special mention awards
- Tom Howarth (Newsweek, UK)
- Anna Gordon (for her article in TIME)
- Sara Jerving (Devex)
Category: In-Country reporting around United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR
- 1st prize
- Kalpana Acharya (Kalpana wrote a series of 7 media reports in Nepalese and English languages around UNHLM on AMR – calling upon government of Nepal to make stronger commitments to address AMR. Kalpana is a seasoned journalist with over 20 years of experience with Radio Nepal, television, and Nepal’s leading multimedia news portal Health TV Online. She co-founded and led the Health Journalists Forum of Nepal. She is also on the Executive Boards of “Sancharika Samuha” (largest female journalists association of Nepal), Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media) and GAMA)
Category: European region
- 1st prize
- Fred Schwaller (Fred Schwaller is Berlin-based science writer who covers the broad themes of biosciences, health, AI, history, and how science influences society. He has a PhD in neuroscience)
- 2nd prize
- Misbah Khan (Misbah is a health and environment reporter specialising in antimicrobial resistance at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ). She has previously worked on investigations for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. More recently, she has been working on the Wounds that Won't Heal project, which aims to document the stories of people from around the world that are directly affected by the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance)
- 3rd prize
- Tony McDougal (Tony writes for Dairy Global – and is a former political editor of Farmers Guardian and earlier worked for DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, UK govt) for 15 years)
- Special mention award
- Dr Riccardo Quintili (il Salvagente, Italy)
Category: African region
- 1st prize
- Okello Jesus Ojara (Okello writes for TND News from Uganda. He is a Multimedia, Health, Environmental/Climate Change Investigative journalist)
- 2nd prize
- Angela Oketch (Angela Oketch is an award-winning senior health reporter and a feature writer working with the Nation Media Group's print newspaper, the Daily Nation which has the widest circulation in Kenya and the East African region)
- 3rd prize
- Janet Ogundepo (Janet is a senior correspondent with Punch newspaper in Nigeria)
- Special mention awards
- Audrey Galawu (Zim Now, Zimbabwe)
- Catherine Murombedzi (The Mirror, Zimbabwe)
- Conrad Mwanawashe (Maricho Media, Zimbabwe)
- Hamu Madzedze (365 Health Diaries, Zimbabwe)
- John Muchangi (The Star, Kenya)
- Kizito Makoye (for article published in Down To Earth | Tanzania)
- Michael Gwarisa (Health Times, Zimbabwe)
- Munyaradzi Blessing Doma (NewsSpaceZim, Zimbabwe)
- Rumbidzayi Zinyuke (The Herald, Zimbabwe)
- Tendai Makaripe (123chat, Zimbabwe)
Category: South-East Asia region
- 1st prize
- Nurul Islam Hasib (Nurul is an award-winning Special Correspondent of Dhaka Tribune in Bangladesh. He was earlier elected as national General Secretary of Bangladesh’s largest media association, Dhaka Reporters Unity and currently is the President of Diplomatic Correspondents Association Bangladesh)
- 2nd prize
- Anuradha Mascarenhas (Anuradha is an award-winning Senior Editor at The Indian Express, based in Pune, India. She is also the author of the widely acclaimed book, titled “At The Wheel of Research: An Exclusive Biography of Dr Soumya Swaminathan”)
- 3rd prize
- Dhan Bahadur Khadka (Dhan Bahadur serves as Executive Editor of “Swasthya Khabar Patrika” in Nepal. In addition to AMR reporting, he has also authored the book NIYAT, crafted folk and modern songs and directed music videos)
- Special mention awards
- Dr Tin Maung Htwe (columnist, The Standard Time (Burmese newspaper) and former Chief Editor, Health Digest Journal, Myanmar)
- Bal Krishna Sah (The Himalayan Times, Nepal)
- Rindi Salsabilla (CNBC Indonesia)
Category: Pan American region
- 1st prize
- Natasha Gilbert (Natasha reports on the environment, science and health, investigating industry lobbying against controls of toxic drinking water contaminants, uncovering how prescription drugs leak out of factories and pollute US waterways, and exposing drug and water companies lobbying to derail environmental regulation in Europe. She is a former staff writer for Nature)
- 2nd prize
- Zeena Nackerdien (Zeena Nackerdien is a scientist and medical writer in the Department of Nursing at Montefiore Medical Center in New York)
- 3rd prize
- Valeria Román (Valeria Román is a science journalist from Argentina. Valeria was the Vice-President of the World Federation of Science Journalists and had co-founded and served as the first president of the Argentine Network of Science Journalism - RADPC)
- Special mention award
- Philip Gruber (Lancaster Farming, USA)
Category: Eastern Mediterranean region
- 1st prize
- Colin Baker (Colin Baker is a journalist and Deputy News Editor for Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar. Previously he was a producer and video shooter in West Africa)
- Special mention award
- Sumaia Kasasbeh (Jordan)
Category: Western Pacific region
- 1st prize
- Jenny Lei Ravelo (Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines)
- 2nd prize
- Melissa Maykin (Melissa Maykin is an Australian-Fijian journalist and broadcaster for ABC Radio Australia.)
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