Andrei Popoviciu

Andrei Popoviciu is an independent investigative journalist, reporter, audio-visual producer and photographer covering human rights, security, migration, international development and foreign affairs stories across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is currently based in Bucharest, Romania but has reported from Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, the Gambia, Senegal, Chad, Mauritania, Moldova and Serbia. He has experience of working in hostile environments and has received first aid and hostile environment training. 

His reporting and writing appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, The Telegraph, New Lines Magazine, Foreign Policy, In These Times, Libération, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Associated Press, Politico and The Washington Post among others. Andrei also produces audio documentaries and films, edits and produces news packages for TV and short documentaries. 

Andrei has won or been nominated for more than a dozen international awards, including the Ján Kuciak Award for Investigative Journalism, the European Press Prize, the Livingston Award, the One World Media Awards, the De Tegel Award, the IJ4EU Impact Award and the Fetisov Award. In 2023, he was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and in 2025 he was names a European Young Leaders by Friends of Europe. 

He earned his bachelor's degree in international relations and war studies from King's College London and his double master's degree in journalism and international human rights and humanitarian law from Sciences Po Paris.