Maltese journalist Matthew Caruana Galizia won the Prize for Impact in the annual Press Freedom Awards held in London by Reporters Without Borders. 
Swati Chaturvedi from India won the Prize for Courage while Inday Espina-Varona from the Philippines won the Prize for Independence. 
The award to Caruana Galizia, the son of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was presented by Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News’ Chief International Correspondent, and biographer of war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed in Syria in 2012.
Other noteworthy participants who spoke at the awards included BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, former RSF award winners Can Dundar and Zaina Erhaim, Chinese dissident activist Wu’er Kaixi, Fleet Street legend Eve Pollard, and media commentator Roy Greenslade.
The ceremony highlighted the importance of press freedom and safety of journalists, especially in the wake of the killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Prize for Impact was created to honour journalists, media or NGOs whose work has led to concrete improvement in journalistic freedom, independence and pluralism, or to an increase in awareness of these…