Manisha Ganguly’s work was shortlisted in two categories for The British Journalism Awards 2023 and was a finalist in the Italian documentary investigation journalism awards, Documentari Inchieste Giornalismi (DIG),
In the British Journalism Awards category Technology Journalism, Ganguly was nominated for her investigative work on The Guardian series Disinfo: Black Ops, along with a team of journalists comprising of Stephanie Kirchgaessner, David Pegg, Paul Lewis, Carole Cadwallader and Jason Burke. The series focused on uncovering companies and states behind global disinformation campaigns.
Ganguly was also nominated in the Online Video Journalism category for her work on the BBC Eye investigation Finding My Torturer, alongside journalists Victoria Arakelyan, Antoine Schirer, Bertram Hill, Mustafa Khalili and Jake Tacchi. This investigation followed the story of a group of female Russian antiwar activists who uncovered the identity of their torturer after being detained at Moscow's Brateyevo Police Station for participating in a March 2022 demonstration. Finding My Torturer was also a finalist for the DIG 2023 awards, which support journalism in Italy and around the world.
About her nominations Ganguly said: "I am delighted to have received two nominations in my first year at the British Journalism Awards 2023, one with my old BBC team, and one for my first investigation with the Guardian team, and I thank the judges for recognising my investigative journalism and the painstaking work that went into every detail of it.
"The DIG Awards is a special one, as Finding My Torturer was my last film for the BBC, and I am thrilled to have been nominated. The investigation resulted in EU sanctions, so I thank DIG for recognising that and the bravery of the women antiwar activists in Russia who risked their life to go on the record and unmask the policemen that tortured them for protesting the invasion of Ukraine."
Manisha Ganguly holds a PhD in open-source investigations from the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) at the University of Westminster. Her thesis was the first academic study of its kind on open-source intelligence (OISINT) and its impact on investigative work. Ganguly is currently a visual investigations lead and Investigations Correspondent at The Guardian, where she continues to specialise in using OSINT techniques and investigates human rights abuses under conditions of war.
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