Bruno Meyerfeld wins 88th Albert Londres prize for reporting on Brazil's Amazon

Press prize for reporting on Brazil's indigenous peoples

The Albert Londres jury named Bruno Meyerfeld, 35, the winner of the 88th prize in the press category, announced on Tuesday, 27 October. The independent reporter received the award for articles published in Le Monde about indigenous peoples in Brazil. The jury said his writing carries the spirit of Albert Londres and does not look away from the violence Amerindians have suffered in the remote Amazon. Meyerfeld has worked in many countries, with a particular focus on environmental issues.

“There is Albert Londres in these accounts. With poetry, Bruno Meyerfeld does not shy away from the violence suffered by Amerindians in the most remote territories of the Amazon.”

At the ceremony Meyerfeld dedicated the award to the people who welcomed him during his fieldwork. He had reported from the Brazilian Amazon for Le Monde in December 2025, describing his encounter with Rita, about sixty years old and the last known member of the Piripkura people, nicknamed the "butterfly people". Speaking on stage, he said:

“I think above all of the indigenous peoples who welcomed me and who are currently fighting violence on all sides. I dedicate this prize to them.”

Audiovisual prize for a film on violence against women in the United States

Brice Lambert, 40, took the 42nd audiovisual prize for the documentary Sexe faible, l'Amérique en guerre contre ses femmes, produced with Arte and Studio fact presse. The film, available on Play RTS, looks at parts of the United States where women are jailed for crimes committed by their partners and where teenage girls are forced to marry their rapists. According to the film, marriage before 18 is still permitted in 32 states, and 300,000 such unions have been registered since 2000. The jury said the film reaches beyond the United States alone, describing some of the treatment of women as Taliban-like and noting that such conditions are not confined to Afghanistan.

Lambert, who has reported for Libération, France Télévisions, Slate, LCP, Canal+ and Society, linked the documentary to the future of public broadcasting. He argued that the sector is under strain and must be defended:

“This documentary would not exist without public broadcasting. Today it is going through a serious crisis, but we must defend it because it guarantees our democracy.”

His reporting has taken him to Ukraine, the United States, Israel, Zimbabwe, Laos, Kenya and Burma.

Book prize for an account of Syria's prisons

Arthur Sarradin, 26, won the 10th book prize for Le Nom des ombres. Sortir de l'enfer concentrationnaire syrien, published by Éditions du Seuil. He was one of the first journalists to witness the opening of Syrian prisons after the fall of Bachar al-Assad in December 2024. The book draws on harrowing testimony from former detainees and from lower-ranking members of the regime. The jury cited his striking maturity and his sense of writing and narration.

The prize and its history

The prize is named after Albert Londres (1884-1932), described in the coverage as the father of modern grand reportage. The first award was made in 1933 to Émile Condroyer, for reports in the daily Le Journal. The audiovisual reporting prize was created in 1985, and the book prize is awarded separately as the 10th edition in this round. The jury is made up of previous laureates of the prize, and the three winners were honoured at the ceremony on 27 October 2026. The timeline below marks key milestones in the prize's history and this year's awards.