Holly Young, journalist for the Guardian’s Global Development Professional Network, has won AidEx’s Humanitarian Journalism & Development Award.
Young was honoured for her piece on refugees and mental health. The award recognises and celebrates the hard work that journalists do to portray the realities of the often misunderstood sector of humanitarian and development work.
Commenting on the piece Young said: “I sought out and wrote this piece because I was interested in the mental health support given to refugees entering Europe - it had been something that hadn’t been covered at all by the international media. I was interested in how far the provision for refugees extended above and beyond basic sustenance and shelter, and what the arguments for this looked like. Overall the objective was to shed light on the full complexity of the migration journey and experience.”
The full list of finalists can be found here.
