CARLOS CORREA

Journalism Award | Winner | Freedom of Expression Awards

Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa has been named winner of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism.

The Journalism category pays tribute to courageous, high-impact and determined journalism that exposes censorship and threats to free expression. In Venezuela, Correa has spent the last two decades fighting to defend the public’s right to know as director of Espacio Público and Crónica Uno. His fight has not come without risk - earlier this year he was arrested and forcibly disappeared for over a week.

While threats to journalists are some of the worst in South America, international attention largely looks elsewhere. Now with US President Donald Trump threatening to wage war on Venezuela, independent voices such as Correa’s are more important than ever.

Carlos Correa said:

“I would like to express my gratitude to Index on Censorship for this honour. The Freedom of Expression Award reinforces our conviction about its importance in building vigorous democracies without hidden truths and where human dignity is the norm.

It gives me the strength to continue defending the human right to be informed and to express oneself without fear.”

The winners were announced on 19 November at a ceremony in London. The jury panel for the 2025 awards is made up of Baroness Hollick OBE; Can Dündar, award-winning journalist; Sir Trevor Phillips OBE, chair of Index on Censorship; Ben Preston, Culture, Arts and Books Editor of The Times & Sunday Times; Jemimah Steinfeld, CEO of Index on Censorship.

The 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards are sponsored by Rosenblatt Law (headline sponsor), Edwardian Hotels (event sponsor), News UK (Journalism), and the Hollick Family Foundation (Campaigning).