2025 WORLD REPORT AWARD - JURY
The members of the jury reflect our dedication to the highest selection process and our desire to give photographers visibility among some of the best professionals in the field of photography.
The jury for the categories Master Award,
Spotlight Award, Short Story Award, and Student Award is composed of: Alexa Keefe, Elizabeth Krist, Alberto Prina, and Aldo Mendichi.
The jury for the categories Single Shot Award, and Non Profit Award is composed of: Aldo Mendichi, Alberto Prina, and Laura Covelli.
Alexa Keefe
Alexa KeefePhotography Editor for wildlife at National Geographic Magazine
Alexa Keefe is the lead photo editor for wildlife at National Geographic Magazine, shaping the visual narrative for cross-platform stories related to conservation, natural history, and the intersection between humans and animals. She first joined National Geographic in 2011 as a photography producer and then became one of the founding editors of Proof, National Geographic’s award-winning digital series highlighting the experiences of visual storytellers from around the world. She is an affiliate of the International League of Conservation Photographers and has served on the jury panel for GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the PAF2 Environmental Photography Award, College Photographer of the Year, and the Social Documentary Network’s ZEKE award; she was a featured speaker and workshop leader at the Indian Photo Festival. Alexa’s photo editing work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year International, and the Society of Publication Designers.
Elizabeth Krist
Elizabeth KristPhoto editor with National Geographic for over 20 years
Elizabeth Krist was a photography editor at National Geographic magazine for over 20 years, and is now on the boards of Women Photograph and of the W. Eugene Smith Fund. She often works with CatchLight and with the Eddie Adams Workshop, and is a contributing editor for Virginia Quarterly Review. She has freelanced for The New Yorker and Magnum Photos, co-curated four Photoville installations, and teaches for ICP. Recently she has collaborated with Magnum Foundation, Leica, Apple, and the Joop Swart Masterclass for World Press.
Amber Bracken
Amber BrackenPhotographer
Amber Bracken, a lifelong Albertan, photographs primarily across western North America to represent the global issues in her own backyard. Her work explores intersections of race, environment, culture and colonization. She specializes in invested relationship based and historically contextualized storytelling that centres people in their own stories. Recent work has focused on intergenerational trauma in Cree youth, Wet’suwet’en reoccupation and land rights fights, the overrepresentation of un-housed Indigenous people displaced in their historic territories, and interrogating the impact of race in her own family.
Select clients include National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, Maclean’s, ESPN, and The New York Times. Amber is a two time World Press winner—in 2017 and in 2022, when she won the photo of the year. In 2020, Bracken was awarded the Charles Bury President’s Award by the Canadian Association of Journalists for her outstanding contributions to journalism in Canada for her coverage of the Wet’suwet’en crisis for The Narwhal. Bracken was on assignment for The Narwhal at the time she was arrested and in 2022 was recognized with a Pen Canada/Ken Filkow prize for her work there, advancing freedom of expression in Canada.
Laura Covelli
Laura CovelliFestival Exhibit Curator and Education Programs Coordinator
Laura Covelli is the exhibit curator for the Festival of Ethical Photography.
She began her professional career at the United Nations working in the fields of visual communication, marketing, and corporate social responsibility. She has always been involved in visual literacy activities through programs created in collaboration with photographers, institutions, schools, and non-profit organizations.
She has been working at the Festival for 10 years where she also coordinates and oversees the Education programs aimed at students and teachers, the World Report Award|Documenting Humanity, the international contest organized by the Festival, and the Open Call for the non-profit world. She carries out teaching activities with particular attention to social photography and reportage.
Alberto Prina
Alberto PrinaCoordinator of the Festival of ethical pghotography
Alberto Prina is the founder of the photo association Gruppo Fotografico Progetto Immagine, the nonprofit organization supporting the Festival of Ethical Photography. Alberto is the Director of the event and the creator of the Travelling Festival, a collection of exhibits produced in Lodi that travel across Italy and Europe. He also works as a curator of exhibits, portfolio reviewer, jury member at international contests, and as reportage photographer for non-profit organizations developing projects in the field of photographic communication, multimedia, and collaborative photography. He also organizes courses and workshops.
Aldo Mendichi
Aldo MendichiPresident of the Gruppo Fotografico Progetto Immagine
His passion for photography started in 2004. Since the very beginning, his interest has focused on social reportage photography.
After having attended several photography courses in 2007 Aldo Mendichi started a documentary project about the Northern Ireland question, “The Troubles”.
Since 2010, he has been one of the coordinators of the Festival of Ethical Photography.
He is also a member of the editorial staff of Ludesan Life, an online reportage magazine which tells stories related to the province of Lodi.