The Georgiy Gongadze Prize committee has determined the shortlist of nominees for the award. It includes Myroslava Barchuk, Borys Davidenko, and Marichka Paplauskaite.

Myroslava Barchuk (1968) – journalist, TV presenter. In the profession since the mid-1990s. Worked at "Channel 5", TVi, "Espreso", was the editor of the magazine Welcome to Ukraine. Currently, she is the host of the program "Countdown" on Suspilne.
Borys Davidenko (1980) – journalist, editor. Worked at Ukrainian Forbes, was the chief editor of the analytical platform VoxUkraine, currently heads the editorial office of Liga.net.
Marichka Paplauskaite (1988) – journalist, editor. Co-founder of the publication The Ukrainians, chief editor of the online magazine Reporters; lecturer at the School of Journalism of the Ukrainian Catholic University, author of the reportage book "God of Amazing People and Other Sinners".

The longlist of nominees for the Georgiy Gongadze Prize this year included 18 Ukrainian journalists.

According to the Prize's conditions, only members of the committee have the right to nominate journalists for the award.

This year's Prize committee includes: Georgiy Gongadze's wife, journalist, chief editor, and head of the Ukrainian service of "Voice of America" Myroslava Gongadze, president of the Ukrainian PEN, writer Andriy Kurkov, journalist, co-founder, and owner of the publication "Ukrainian Pravda" Olena Prytula, dean of the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School Oleksandr Savruk, patron of the Prize and representative of the powered KMBS Alumni platform Maksym Dyadyk, writer, human rights activist Larysa Denysenko, founder of "Historical Truth" and the Press Archive Museum, first laureate of the Gongadze Prize Vakhtang Kipiani, publicist, laureate of the Gongadze Prize Pavlo Kazarin, head of the Kyiv bureau of "Radio Liberty" Inna Kuznetsova.

The name of the laureate will be announced during the award ceremony on May 21. On this day, Georgiy Gongadze would have turned 52 years old.

General media partner: Public Broadcasting of Ukraine.

Recall that the Georgiy Gongadze Prize was established by the Ukrainian PEN in partnership with the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School, powered by the KMBS Alumni platform, and the publication "Ukrainian Pravda". The laureates of the Prize were Vakhtang Kipiani (2019), Pavlo Kazarin (2020).

Criteria for Nominee Selection:

commitment to the principles and values of independent journalism,
professionalism and competence,
innovation,
significant contribution to the development of a specific genre or the media environment as a whole,
creation of materials that led to the resolution or understanding of certain societal issues and changes in the country.

Only journalists who work in Ukraine and have remained in the profession for the past 5 years are eligible for the Prize.

The award amount for the laureate is 100,000 UAH.

Shortlist of Nominees Announced for the Georgiy Gongadze Prize