SKUP Award (SKUP-prisen) is a Norwegian journalism award. [1]
It has been awarded annually since 1990 by the Norwegian Foundation for a Free and Investigative Press (Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og Undersøkende Presse) or SKUP.The award is a cube designed by Norwegian craftsman and goldsmith Synnøve Korssjøen, along with prize money. [2] [3]
In 2015, winners were Anders Fjellberg, Tomm W. Christiansen, Hampus Lundgren and Anders Wiik from the newspaper Dagbladet for "Wetsuit Mystery" (Våtdraktmysteriet). The investigative journalists were responsible for the report about the connection between the discovery of two corpses in Norway and The Netherlands. [4] [5] [6]
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