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2023 Journalism prize finalist

Quentin Sommerville

BBC News

Quentin Sommerville is the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent. He has recently been reporting from Eastern Ukraine on the sharpest reality of war, as lived by soldiers and civilians.

His shortlisted pieces are:

  • Pinned down by Russian fire in key frontline village
  • The making of a young Hero of Ukraine
  • Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve
  • Donbas Tank Brigade

2023 Journalism Judges

  • Ed Thomas
  • Katy Balls
  • Kurt Barling
  • Lindsey Hilsum
  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Chair)

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