kim isabel fredrika wall (23 march 1987 – 10 or 11 august 2017) was a swedish freelance journalist. she was born in trelleborg, scania, to ingrid and joachim wall, and had a younger brother, tom. after graduating from high school in malmö, she received a bachelor's degree in international relations at the london school of economics and a dual master's degree in journalism and international relations at columbia university in new york city. she wrote reports about a variety of topics for publications such as "the guardian", "the new york times", "vice", "slate", and "time". in march 2016, german newspaper "süddeutsche zeitung" awarded her the hansel mieth prize for best digital reportage for "exodus", a multi-media report on climate change and nuclear weapons testing in the marshall islands. at the time of her death, wall lived with her danish boyfriend ole stobbe in refshaleøen, copenhagen.