Yesterday, Kristinn Magnússon, photographer for the newspaper Morgunblaðið and mbl.is, received the prize for news photo of the year 2023. The photo was taken at Hallgrímskirkja church where the residents of Grindavík came together in November.
The Icelandic fishing and fish processing company Samherji hf. issued an apology yesterday, admitting the company went too far in its reaction to negative media coverage.