Axel Springer Prize for Young Journalists 2013
On May 8, 2013, the Axel Springer Prize for Young Journalists was awarded for the 22nd time at the Axel Springer Building in Berlin. The award is presented to up-and-coming reporters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In front of around 400 invited guests from the media, culture and politics, the four independent juries awarded prizes totaling 54,000 euros to twelve entries in the Internet, television, radio and print categories. The prizes were awarded in the Internet, television, radio and print categories, with conductor Christian Thielemann as guest speaker. Axel Springer made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday.
The winners of the first prizes are Amrai Coen and Bernhard Riedmann (Der Spiegel app) in the Internet category, Michael Strompen and Jo Schück (ZDF) in the Television category and Felicitas Reichold (SWR2) in the Radio category. Karin Prummer (weekend supplement of the Financial Times Deutschland) won first prize in the print/weekly and monthly publications category, and Daniel Etter (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) won first prize in the print/supra-regional and national contributions category. Oliver Hollenstein (Bavarian regional section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung) was the winner in the Print/Local and Regional category.
The Axel Springer Prize for young journalists was founded in 1991 by Axel Springer and the heirs of the company founder. The prize is aimed at authors who were not older than 33 when their contributions were published. The Axel Springer Academy presents the award annually on the occasion of Axel Springer's birthday.
The winners in the Internet category (jury speaker: Rowan Barnett, Twitter)
1st prize:
Amrai Coen and Bernhard Riedmann with "Nicht von Gott gewollt", from Der Spiegel-App issue no. 17/2012
2nd prize:
The 20 volunteers of "Team 11" of the Axel Springer Academy with "Zoom Berlin- The Hyperlocal Project", Zoom-berlin.com
3rd prize:
Georg Eckelsberger, Fabian Lang, Paul Pölzlbauer, Florian Skrabal and Sahel Zarinfard with "Dossier: Advertisements", Dossier.at
The winners in the Television category (jury spokesperson: Bettina Schausten, ZDF)
1st prize:
Michael Strompen and Jo Schück, "ZDF-zoom: Hopfen und Malz verloren", ZDF, broadcast on June 8, 2012
2nd prize:
The ten program volunteers of the WDR year 2011/12 with "Jein - Was uns nicht schlafen lässt", WDR, broadcast on October 15, 2012
3rd prize:
Roman Lehberger: "Subsidy madness in Greece", Spiegel TV, broadcast on September 2, 2012
The winners in the radio category (jury spokesperson: Aneta Adamek, Radio Fritz of RBB)
1st prize:
Felicitas Reichold with "Irgendwie immer noch eins", SWR2, broadcast on March 7, 2012
2nd prize:
Till Krause with "Smartphone Espionage", Bayern 2, broadcast on July 24, 2012
3rd prize:
Anna Mayrhauser with "Die kleine Stadt und das Grab", SWR2, broadcast on March 26, 2012
The winners in the Print category (jury spokesperson: Michael Hanfeld, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
1st prize weekly/monthly publications:
Karin Prummer, "Mehr Pflück als Verstand", Financial Times Deutschland, weekend supplement, issue of October 19, 2012
1st prize Supraregional/National entries:
Daniel Etter, "Assad's bleeding face", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 1, 2012 edition
1st prize Local/Regional entries:
Oliver Hollenstein, "Das Knast-Kartell", Süddeutsche Zeitung, regional section Bavaria, issue of November 2, 2012
