The Machiavelliprijs to 2019 has been given to the journalistic collective, Bellingcat, it creates the Foundation Reported Tuesday, well-known.
the Bellingcat, a citizen journalism platform that was set up by the British blogger Eliot Higgins. For the study, on the platform, among other things, use of online resources, including social media. Bellingcat will examine international conflicts, and it became well-known due to media coverage on the Syrian civil war, and the war in the East of Ukraine, the aviation disaster to ” be with the MH17.
The jury praised by Bellingcat to be a new way of investigative journalism. “Bellingcat has the in-depth investigative journalism is a robust quality metric in a day and age where we are becoming more and more nepnieuws to see it. This innovation is a classic example of traditional media, such as journalists-in-training,” according to the report.
The Machiavelliprijs will be awarded each year to an individual or organization to their outstanding performance in the area of communication to the public. Last year’s award went to “the endangered mayor’. This was to be the prize, “an indictment of this phenomenon is that the roots of our democracy, dignity, and totally unacceptable,” according to the panel of judges.
The price is on the 12th of February for the 31st time, are presented. The award ceremony will take place in the press centre the press centre ‘Nieuwspoort’ in The Hague, the netherlands. The song won the award himself, is in receipt of this.
