RSF 40th anniversary Festival / Press freedom RSF Awards 2025
15 november 2025
The thirty-third edition of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards will be a special edition, held as part of the RSF Festival marking the NGO’s 40th anniversary at the Gaîté Lyrique cultural centre in Paris on 15 November 2025.
Twenty-nine journalists, photojournalists and media outlets from around the world will be honoured across five categories: the Courage Prize, the Impact Prize, the Independence Prize, the Mohamed Maïga Prize for African Investigative Journalism and the Lucas Dolega-SAIF Photo Prize. The Press Freedom Awards will take place alongside films, debates, workshops, exhibitions, and performances as the RSF Festival celebrates four decades of defending press freedom, access to reliable information and the protection of those who make it possible. The ceremony will be hosted by RSF Editorial Director Anne Bocandé and pay tribute to these “information heroes,” spotlighting their courageous, essential work. This year’s shortlist comprises 15 journalists, nine media outlets and five photojournalists from 18 countries. All have made significant contributions to the defence and promotion of press freedom worldwide. Acclaimed actor and director Aïssa Maïga will present the Mohamed Maïga Prize for African Investigative Journalism. The prize, added in 2024, is overseen by RSF and the Mohamed Maïga Association and rewards the exemplary work of an African journalist on topics such as human rights, the environment, education and the right to information — issues dear to Aïssa Maïga’s father, Malian investigative journalist Mohamed Maïga, who died in unclear circumstances in 1984.
The thirty-third edition of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards will be a special edition, held as part of the RSF Festival marking the NGO’s 40th anniversary at the Gaîté Lyrique cultural centre in Paris on 15 November 2025.
Twenty-nine journalists, photojournalists and media outlets from around the world will be honoured across five categories: the Courage Prize, the Impact Prize, the Independence Prize, the Mohamed Maïga Prize for African Investigative Journalism and the Lucas Dolega-SAIF Photo Prize. The Press Freedom Awards will take place alongside films, debates, workshops, exhibitions, and performances as the RSF Festival celebrates four decades of defending press freedom, access to reliable information and the protection of those who make it possible. The ceremony will be hosted by RSF Editorial Director Anne Bocandé and pay tribute to these “information heroes,” spotlighting their courageous, essential work. This year’s shortlist comprises 15 journalists, nine media outlets and five photojournalists from 18 countries. All have made significant contributions to the defence and promotion of press freedom worldwide. Acclaimed actor and director Aïssa Maïga will present the Mohamed Maïga Prize for African Investigative Journalism. The prize, added in 2024, is overseen by RSF and the Mohamed Maïga Association and rewards the exemplary work of an African journalist on topics such as human rights, the environment, education and the right to information — issues dear to Aïssa Maïga’s father, Malian investigative journalist Mohamed Maïga, who died in unclear circumstances in 1984.
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2025 RSF Prize laureates to be announced at RSF Festival in Paris on 15 November
RSF Press Freedom Awards: the 2025 laureates
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