Simon Townsley wins Photojournalist of the Year award at MFA 2023
Simon Townsley has won the Photojournalist of the Year award at this year’s Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Awards (MFA).
The awards recognise “excellence in campaigning and investigate journalism’. We congratulate him for another year of outstanding work.


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- Michele Cattani in Newsweek magazine, Japan
- Mario Heller in Newsweek magazine, Japan
- Mario Heller in Courrier International, France
- Christopher Blanquet in Stern magazine, Germany
- Nick Hannes in NZZ am Sonntag magazine, Switzerland
- Christopher Blanquet in Stern Crime magazine, Germany
- Jerome Gence in Le Figaro magazine, France
- Mario Heller in Aftenposten innsikt magazine, Norway
- Santiago Mesa in GEO magazine, France