Stefania Prandi is an Italian award-winning journalist, writer and photographer. She has written for National Geographic, BuzzFeed, Al Jazeera, El País, Il Sole 24 Ore, Correctiv, RSI (Radiotelevisione svizzera), Elle, among many other publications.
She currently works as a freelancer. She covers topics such as labour rights, human trafficking, gender equality, social issues, and the environment. She reports from Europe, Asia, and Africa for national and international publications and NGOs.
She has written two books, Oro rosso (Red Gold), which is about women who suffer sexual harassment, coercion, and rape in Mediterranean greenhouses and fields, and Le conseguenze (The Consequences), which is about women who have died as a result of femicide and their relatives in Italy. Both were published in Italy by Settenove.
She has received grants and awards in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the United States. These include the National Geographic Emergency Journalism Fund Grant, the Henri Nannen Prize, the Otto Brenner Prize and the Volkart Stiftung Grant.
Her photographs are displayed in museums, schools, universities and libraries throughout Italy and Europe.
She delivers talks at national and international festivals and events. She organises and leads journalism workshops, and teaches journalism courses.
