2026 Finalists

An airstrike trapped a journalist. She died as rescuers waited for permission to save her.

Suzan Haidamous, Meg Kelly, Scott Nover & Mohamad El Chamaa — The Washington Post

‘I’m so dehumanized’: Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt

Laura Albast — Prism

Missing in Gaza

Abeer Salman, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Thomas Bordeaux, Jeremy Diamond, Tamara Qiblawi, Tareq El-Helou, Mohammad al-Sawalhi, Barbara Arvanitidis, Mark Baron, Oscar Featherstone, Zeena Saifi, Alex Platt, Ed Upright, Patricia DiCarlo and Gianluca Mezzofiore - CNN

The Plot to Eliminate Gaza

Mohammed R. Mhawish — New York Magazine / Intelligencer

Solidarity as Spectacle: Marching to Gaza Under the Boot of Egyptian Authoritarianism

Abdelrahman ElGendy — Acacia Magazine

“Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?”

Alex Shams — The Nation

Gaza’s Hidden Epidemic of Male Infertility

Hoda Sherif — New Lines Magazine

Palestinians Risked Their Lives to Document Gaza, Then Came The Algorithm

Laura Albast — WIRED Middle East

Two Diaries of War, From Opposing Sides of Iran's Political Divide

Farnaz Fassihi — The New York Times Magazine

The Fall of El Fasher

Amel Guettatfi, Julia Steers, Adrienne Haspel, Laila Al-Arian, Srdjan Stojiljkovic, Jack Sapoch, Klaas van Dijken, Tessa Pang and Wael Eskandar — Al Jazeera English / Fault Lines / Lighthouse Reports

The Disappearance of Dr. Husam Abu Safiya

Amel Guettatfi, Adrienne Haspel, Laila Al-Arian, Hussien Jaber, Bilal Salem, Hasan Mashharawi and Ashraf Mashharawi — Al Jazeera English / Fault Lines

Who Killed Alex Odeh?

William Youmans, Jason Osder and David Sheen — Independent documentary

Surveillance At Your Front Door

Ahmed Ashour, Quincy Surasmith, Mia Warren, Julie Schwietert Collazo, Kojin Tashiro and Gautam Srikishan — Feet in 2 Worlds

We Call Her Emma

Chloe Hadjimatheou, Gary Marshall and Sarah Dadouch — The Observer / Tortoise Investigates

Hassan Herzallah

WIRED Middle East

Hoda Sherif

New Lines Magazine

Yahya Abou-Ghazala

CNN