2019: The Carsten Nielsen Prize by the Danish Association of Journalists for improving the profession of journalism through persistent work for crossborder collaborative journalism.
2013: The Leipzig Prize for the Freedom and the Future of the Media for founding Journalismfund.eu, together with Ides Debruyne.
2011: The Overseas Press Club of America Award for the series of articles “Looting the Seas”, together with the ICIJ team.
2011: The US Tom Renner Award for the series of articles “Looting the Seas”, together with the ICIJ team.
2010: Finalists at the 2009 IRE award for the Climate Change Lobby along with the ICIJ team.
2008: In the run-up to the German Henri-Nannen-Award, for articles in German magazine Stern, together with Hans-Martin Tillack.
2007: The IRE Freedom of Information Award along with Nils Mulvad and Jack Thurston, the other two co-founders of Farmsubsidy.org.
2006: Nominated for the Danish Cavling award along with Nils Mulvad for a series of articles on EU farmsubsidies.
Brigitte Alfter 