Winner 2021
Tamar Babuadze
BEST STORY IN PRINT OR ONLINE MEDIA
Living on gold – Indigo
Anastasia Slovinskaia
BEST FEATURE STORY IN BROADCAST OR ONLINE MEDIA
Depression – Radio Liberty
Zurab Modebadze
BEST INVESTIGATIVE STORY/FEATURE IN PRINT, ONLINE OR BROADCAST MEDIA
That’s why drug prices are rising – Liberty Monitor
Khatia Ghoghoberidze
BEST BLOG, OPINION OR COLUMN IN PRINT OR ONLINE MEDIA
Pandemic and motherhood– On.ge
Tinatin Nachkebia
THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND ORIGINAL PIECE OF WORK IN PRINT, ONLINE OR BROADCAST MEDIA
Who are we? – Indigo
Giorgi Shengelia
BEST DOCUMENTARY PHOTO REFLECTING EU VALUES
Zviad Mchedlishvili
EUMM SPECIAL PRIZE FOR PEACE JOURNALISM
Never been asked / never are – newcaucasus.com
Jury Members 2021
All entries were reviewed and assessed by a four-member jury, composed of local and international media professionals. The jury had a consultative function while the final decisions were made by the EU Delegation and the EUMM.
Natia Abramia
Manager of Quality Control and Risk Management for the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC. She has 20 years of experience working in Georgian and international media. At various times, since 2006, she has been the Editor of the BBC World News Radio, TV, Online and Social Platforms. After the announcement of the Brexit referendum in 2016, Natia Abramia was the producer of the BBC’s main political show – “Newsnight”. Currently, her job is to optimize the operations and resources of BBC and to increase management efficiency.
Guram Tsibakhashvili
A photographer. Has been delivering lectures in photography since 1991. Has participated in up to 60 exhibitions, including up to 20 personal ones. Has published articles on photography and contemporary art. Photo Editor of the Magazine “Amarta” since 1999 – 2007. Co-founder of “Tbilisi Photography House” since 2007. Invited Lecturer on the History of Photography at two Georgian universities (Tbilisi State University, Caucasus University).
Lia Chakhunashvili
Over the past 20 years, Lia Chakhunashvili has managed several major media development programs in Georgia, when working at IREX and at BBC World Service Trust. She studied journalism at Tbilisi State University and earned a graduate degree in mass communications at San Jose State University. In 2007-2009, Lia Chakhunashvili was Dean at Caucasus School of Media, Caucasus University, and in 2010-2011 she was a member of the Public Broadcaster Board of Trustees.
Nana Sajaia
is an award-winning journalist and producer with a focus on the Post-Soviet region. A native of Georgia, currently she is a producer at previously worked as an International Broadcaster at the Voice of America Georgian Service, where she covered Georgia and Eurasia-related topics for different media platforms in Georgian and English languages. She has extensively reported on major regional political developments, elections in Georgia and Ukraine, Russia’s occupation of Georgian territories, U.S.-Georgia relations, Eastern European partnership, NATO enlargement, and Kremlin disinformation in the Caucasus and Eurasia. Nana received a BA in English language from Tbilisi State University, and an MA in journalism and media management from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). In 2007 she was selected as a Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellow and did her Master’s studies in Journalism and Mass Communication at North Dakota State University. Nana has been practicing journalism for more than ten years now, served as an editor of local publications such as Georgia Today and weekly political magazine Liberali, and has worked for international media outlets in the region such as BBC World Service, France 24, and TOL. Before joining Fox News, Nana was a researcher at PEN American Center – a worldwide association of writers, defending freedom of expression and supporting persecuted writers.