Media Partners
The YRAP media partners, with one from each EU member state, supported the competition and helped select the finalists from their countries.
| Country | Name | Media |
| Austria | Ulla EBNER | ORF |
| Belgium | Frédéric BREBANT | Trends-Tendances |
| Bulgaria | Lillia GOLEMINOVA | Radio Sofia |
| Cyprus | Melina KARAGEORGIOU | The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation |
| Czech Republic | Nad'a BELOVSKA | Czech Radio |
| Denmark | Jens BOSTRUP | Politiken |
| Estonia | Aivar VALDRE | Baltic News Service |
| Finland | Jarmo MAKELA | The Finnish Broadcasting Company |
| France | Sebastien MAILLARD | La Croix |
| Germany | Georg BALTISSEN | Die Tageszeitung |
| Greece | Tania MARKOUTSA | Freelance |
| Hungary | Zsofia VEGH | Budapest Business Journal |
| Ireland | Orla BARRY | Newstalk |
| Italy | Fausta SPERANZA | Freelance |
| Latvia | Didzis MELBIKSIS | politika.lv |
| Lithuania | Evaldas LABANAUSKAS | Vilniaus Diena |
| Luxembourg | Jakub ADAMOWICZ | Luxembourger Wort |
| Malta | John AVELINO | IL-GENSillum |
| Netherlands | Tijn SADEE | VPRO |
| Poland | Magdalena GACYK-KALKOWSKA | Radio Gdansk |
| Portugal | Rita COLAÇO | RTP/RDP |
| Romania | Martin SOLOMON | Uj Magyar Szo |
| Slovakia | Andrej MATISAK | Pravda |
| Slovenia | Andrej SAVKO | Radio Koper |
| Spain | Catalina AREVALO | Agencia Efe |
| Sweden | Gordana MALESEVIC | Freelance |
| U.K. | Clare MACCARTHY | The Economist |