Ali Fegan, Sweden / Coordinator TV/Video Investigation

‘With increasing polarisation and disinformation, investigative journalism has a key role to play. Public service is fighting hard to be that necessary counter force although being under attack. PRIX EUROPA is that moment to celebrate public service and strong journalism together with your peers.’

Ali Fegan is an investigative reporter at SVT.
Since 2008 Ali Fegan has worked mainly as a reporter, but also as producer, host and researcher at Scandinavia´s largest investigative TV-show ‘Uppdrag granskning’. For the last couple of years, he has focused on and participated in various international collaborations with media such as the Guardian, Bellingcat, Le Monde and Süddeutsche Zeitung, in investigations on the UN, the Catholic Church, state corruption and human trafficking, most recently ‘Putin´s shadow war’ on Russian intelligence operations in the Nordic countries. He has been nominated and won several national and international prizes such as Emmy 2019, IRE 2009 and 2019, Dig Awards 2016 and Prix Europa 2019.

Ali Fegan coordinates the TV/Video Investigation Category together with Bogdana Lazarova.