Five Brits on European press prize shortlist

Twenty-two journalists - reporters, columnists and editors from as far apart as Norway and the Ukraine - are named as finalists this week for the first ever European Press Prize.

There are five British finalists on the short list. Mark Watts, the founding editor of the digital investigative unit Exaro, and Jason Cowley of the New Statesman, are both selected as editor-of-the-year contenders.

Tom Bergin of Reuters is a finalist in the reporting section for his revelations about multinational tax avoidance strategies and Paul Lewis of The Guardian is honoured for the innovations he developed through his year-long coverage of the English riots.

And Simon Nixon, a columnist with the Wall Street Journal Europe, is on the shortlist in the comment category.

Source: www.europeanpressprize.com