The Evens Journalism Prize 2021 | Education

Justyna Suchecka ©TVN24

The Evens Journalism Prize 2021 | Education is awarded to Justyna Suchecka.

The Evens Journalism Prize carries an award of €15,000 for established journalists who have made an outstanding contribution to making Europe more comprehensive and accessible to a broad audience. For its 2021 Education edition, the prize focussed on issues including school, higher education and vocational education, and exploring the characteristics of specific educational policies and their effect on both the national and international community.

The Laureate

Justyna Suchecka is a Warsaw-based journalist, whose work uncovers the personal experiences of educators, creating stories that reveal the human impact of education policies and politics at a local and national level.

Sucheka contributes to a variety of Polish media, including Gazeta Wyborcza, Książki. Magazyn do Czytania and TVN24.pl. During the Covid pandemic, she presented the “How To Learn” program on the Metro TV station and was an expert for the ‘Coronavirus Report. School’ show on TVN24. She is a co-creator of the journalism and culture YouTube series Short Break with fellow writer Natalia Szostak and the author of the award-winning Polish book “Young Power! 30 Stories About How Young People Change The World”.

Jury statement
The jury has decided unanimously to award the Evens Journalism Prize for Education to Justyna Suchecka for her creative approach to reporting and her ability to convey the realities on the ground to a broad audience.

Justyna Suchecka's work demonstrates an impressive dexterity in surfacing and exploring specialised and often underreported topics. Confronting challenging issues while connecting Polish experiences to a broader European context, her relatable style of reporting uses an imaginative approach to transform and unpick complicated stories, creating accessible articles that open up the often complex field of education to a wider readership.

The international expert jury particularly appreciated Suchecka's consistency in integrating educators' experiences into her work through a 'show, don't tell' approach, providing a platform for the voices of individuals deeply involved in many different aspects of education. Her work can be a source of inspiration for both teachers and journalists working in similar fields.

Read more about the Evens Journalism Prize

The Evens Journalism Prize 2021 | Education is awarded to Justyna Suchecka.

The Evens Journalism Prize carries an award of €15,000 for established journalists who have made an outstanding contribution to making Europe more comprehensive and accessible to a broad audience. For its 2021 Education edition, the prize focussed on issues including school, higher education and vocational education, and exploring the characteristics of specific educational policies and their effect on both the national and international community.

The Laureate

Justyna Suchecka is a Warsaw-based journalist, whose work uncovers the personal experiences of educators, creating stories that reveal the human impact of education policies and politics at a local and national level.

Sucheka contributes to a variety of Polish media, including Gazeta Wyborcza, Książki. Magazyn do Czytania and TVN24.pl. During the Covid pandemic, she presented the “How To Learn” program on the Metro TV station and was an expert for the ‘Coronavirus Report. School’ show on TVN24. She is a co-creator of the journalism and culture YouTube series Short Break with fellow writer Natalia Szostak and the author of the award-winning Polish book “Young Power! 30 Stories About How Young People Change The World”.

Jury statement
The jury has decided unanimously to award the Evens Journalism Prize for Education to Justyna Suchecka for her creative approach to reporting and her ability to convey the realities on the ground to a broad audience.

Justyna Suchecka's work demonstrates an impressive dexterity in surfacing and exploring specialised and often underreported topics. Confronting challenging issues while connecting Polish experiences to a broader European context, her relatable style of reporting uses an imaginative approach to transform and unpick complicated stories, creating accessible articles that open up the often complex field of education to a wider readership.

The international expert jury particularly appreciated Suchecka's consistency in integrating educators' experiences into her work through a 'show, don't tell' approach, providing a platform for the voices of individuals deeply involved in many different aspects of education. Her work can be a source of inspiration for both teachers and journalists working in similar fields.

Read more about the Evens Journalism Prize