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The Axel-Springer-Preis is an annually awarded prize. The Award is given to young journalists in the categories print, TV, radio, and online journalism due to the decisions of the ''Axel-Springer-Akademie''.


History

The prize was awarded for the first time in 1991. It is named after the founder and owner of today's
Axel Springer AG Axel Springer SE () is a German digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe, with numerous multimedia news brands, such as ''Bild'', ''Die Welt'', and ''Fakt'' and more than 15,000 employees. It generated tot ...
, publisher
Axel Springer Axel Cäsar Springer (2 May 1912 – 22 September 1985) was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press ma ...
(1912–1985). The award ceremony will take place on his birthday, 2 May, in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
annually. Meanwhile, the modalities of the price has been changed and updated. In 1999 no award ceremony took place. Since 2001, an award is presented in four categories: Press, Radio, Television and the Internet.


Prize money

From the prize givers of the ''Axel-Springer-Akademie'', a prize of 54,000
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is total awarded. The award comes in the print category with 6000 euros for each best work in three different categories (three 1st prizes). In the remaining three categories of television, radio and the Internet three prizes in each category will be awarded, each with 6000 € (1st prize), 4000 € (2nd prizes) and 2000 € (3rd prices). the total prize money is 38,000 euros for main prizes in gold, silver, bronze (10,000 euros, 5,000 euros, 3,000 euros), excellence awards "local journalism", "entertainment and humor" and "tech in journalism" (each 5,000 euros) and George Weidenfeld Special Prize (5,000 euros)


Award criteria

Works which were published for the first time in a German-speaking media broadcast by a German-language station or published on the Internet during the previous year can be submitted. The author should not be older than 33 years of age. This limit also applies to co-authors who were significantly involved in the development work. In each category can be submitted per author a work, in the print category one work per author in the three categories. Contributions should be devoted to "current political, economical, cultural, sporting and social issues."


Jury and Board of Trustees

Jury members were among others
Gabor Steingart Gabor Steingart (born 1962 in West Berlin) is a German journalist and the author of several popular and influential books. He was the chief editor of ''Handelsblatt'' from 2010 to 2018. In 2018, he founded his own media company that issues new ...
and Nina Grunenberg (press), Axel Buchholz, Rainer Cabanis and
Carmen Thomas Carmen Thomas (born 7 May 1946) is a German journalist, radio and television presenter, author and lecturer. On television, she was the first woman to present the ZDF's ''das aktuelle Sportstudio''. She worked for public radio, running '' Hallo ...
(radio), as well as Heinz Klaus Mertes,
Gerd Ruge Gerd Ruge (9 August 1928 – 15 October 2021) was a German journalist, author and filmmaker. As a journalist he was associated with public broadcasters Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR), ARD and WDR. Through his career spanning over 50 years, he ...
,
Steffen Seibert Steffen Rüdiger Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is a German journalist who served as head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and as the German government's spokesperson from 2010 to 2021. During his tenure, Seib ...
and Maria von Welser (TV).
Claus Strunz Claus Strunz (born 29 September 1966) is a German journalist and television host. Biography Strunz was born in Münchberg. After graduating from high school in Bayreuth, he worked as a trainee at the ''Nordbayerischer Kurier''. He then studie ...
, Hans-Dieter Degler, Carola Ferstl, Jan-Eric Peters (also printed), Rowan Barnett and Sebastian Turner belonged to the Internet jury. The Board of Trustees includes, among others, former award winner
Mathias Döpfner Mathias Döpfner (born 15 January 1963) is a German businessman and journalist. He is the CEO and 22% owner of media group Axel Springer SE, and president of the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV). Early li ...
and
Friede Springer Friede Springer (born Friede Riewerts on 15 August 1942 in Oldsum on the island of Föhr) is a German publisher and widow of Axel Springer. She is the main owner of the Axel Springer SE media conglomerate, and thus of Europe's largest newspaper ''B ...
.


Award winners


1993–1994

; Award winners 1993 * Jürgen Dahlkamp, (Journalist) *
Christian Kracht Christian Kracht (; born 29 December 1966) is a Swiss author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Personal life Kracht was born in Saanen in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. He attended Schule Schloss Salem in Baden-Wür ...
(Author) * Ildikó von Kürthy (Author) ; Award winners 1994 * Mario Kaiser (Journalist) *
Jörg Schönenborn Jörg or Joerg () is a German name, equivalent to George in English. * Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver * Jörg Frischmann, German Paralympian athlete * Jörg Haider, Austrian politician * Jörg Andrees Elten (also Swami Satyananda), Germ ...
(WDR-Editor) * Christoph Scheule (BR-Correspondent) * Stefan Willeke (Journalist)


1995–2000

; Award winners 1995 * Category Press: Stephan Haselberger (
Welt am Sonntag Welt, welts or variants may refer to: Media * ''Die Welt'' (''The World''), a German national newspaper ** ''Welt am Sonntag'' (''World on Sunday''), the Sunday edition of ''Die Welt'' * ''Die Welt (Herzl), Die Welt'', former weekly newspaper in ...
); Ulf Poschardt (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
); Antje Potthoff (
Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
) * Category Radio: Bernd Diestel (
Antenne Bayern The Antenne ( French: ''l’Antenne'') is a 49.0 km long river in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', in southwestern France. Its source is in the commune of Fontaine-Chalendray. It flows into the Charente near Cognac Cognac ( , al ...
); Andrea Oster ( 1 Live); Katrin Prüfig, Maren Lohmann-Puttfarcken, Thorsten Geil, Marc Thomas Spahl (
Radio Hamburg Radio Hamburg is a private commercial radio station based on Hamburg, Germany. Established in the 1980s to play popular music of the time, nowadays it plays hits from the 2000s onwards, on high rotation. Their slogan is ''Mehr Musik, mehr Vielfal ...
) * Category Television: Wolfgang Luck; Robert Tasso Pütz ( West 3); Ina-Maria Ruck ( WDR); Antje Schmidt (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) ; Award winners 1996 * Category Press: Heike Faller ( Geo Saison);
Christoph Reuter Christoph Reuter (born 28 November 1968) is a German University professor for systematic musicology at the University of Vienna. life Born in Duisburg, Reuter studied musicology at the University of Cologne, received his doctorate ''summa cum ...
(Geo); Dominik Wichmann (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
) * Category Radio: Marina Borovik (
Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting, public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, ...
); Marion Neumann ( WDR); Katrin Prüfig, Maren Lohmann-Puttfarcken, Thorsten Geil, Marc Thomas Spahl ( NDR) * Category Television: Anja Riediger ( MDR); Jutta Schilcher, Claudia Wörner (
Bayerisches Fernsehen Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD consortium of public broadcas ...
); Holger Trzeczak (
Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB; ''East German Broadcasting Brandenburg''), based in Potsdam, was the public broadcaster for the German federal state of Brandenburg from 12 October 1991 until 30 April 2003. It was a member organization of ...
) ; Award winners 1997 * Category Press:
Klaus Brinkbäumer Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American basebal ...
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Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
); Holger Gertz (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
);
Moritz Rinke Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to: People Given name * Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century * Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of ...
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Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
) * Category Radio: Alexa Brogli ( Radio Z); Dörte Lucht ( Radio Brocken);
Andreas Otto Andreas Otto (born 5 October 1963) is a German boxer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics for East Germany, and the 1992 Summer Olympics for Germany. At the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Ga ...
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Radio ffn Radio ffn is a commercial radio station operated by ''Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland GmbH & Co. KG'' in Lower Saxony, Germany. It broadcasts from regional studios in Braunschweig, Göttingen, Hanover (station HQ), Lüneburg, Oldenburg, and ...
) * Category Television: Verena Egbringhoff (
KiKa KiKA (contraction of ''Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF''  ARD and ZDF">ARD_(broadcaster).html" ;"title="he Children's Channel of ARD (broadcaster)">ARD and ZDF]) is a German free-to-air television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is man ...
); Ina-Maria Ruck ( WDR); Boris Weber ( RTL) ; Award winners 1998 * Category Press: Susanne Frömel (
Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
); Florian Hanig (Merian); Annabel Wahba (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
) * Category Radio:
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Radio Regenbogen Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
); Timo Schnitzer ( Berliner Rundfunk 91,4); Sandra Schwarte, Henning Orth (
DeutschlandRadio Deutschlandradio (DLR) (''Radio Germany'') is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutsc ...
) * Category Television: Jens Fintelmann, Thomas Seekamp ( ARD); Ilka Franzmann (
Arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
); Gordon Godec ( ARD) ; Award winners 1999 (not awarded) ; Award winners 2000 * Category Press: Ralf Eibl (
Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
); Marcus Jauer (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
); Mario Kaiser (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
) * Category Radio: Stephan Holzapfel (
DeutschlandRadio Deutschlandradio (DLR) (''Radio Germany'') is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutsc ...
); Oliver Schubert ( Antenne Mecklenburg-Vorpommern);
Lutz Wilde Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig. People with the name include: Surname *Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), Brazilian physician *Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse * Alois Lutz, Austrian figure ...
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Radio Bremen Radio Bremen (RB), Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (which includes Bremerhaven). With its headquarters sited in Bremen, Radio Brem ...
) * Category Television: Arne Birkenstock, André Schäfer ( ARD); Steffen Schneider ( WDR);
Marcus Vetter Marcus Attila Vetter (* 1967 in Stuttgart) is a German documentary filmmaker. Life and career Vetter was born to a Turkish father, Cahit Cubuk, and a German mother. After studying in Worms, Buenos Aires and Madrid (with a focus on European Busi ...
( Südwestfernsehen)


2001–2010

; Award winners 2001 * Category Press: Matthias Kalle (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
); Jana Simon (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
); Henning Sußebach (
Berliner Zeitung The ''Berliner Zeitung'' (, ''Berlin Newspaper'') is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner ...
) * Category Radio: Philip Banse (
Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...
); Daniela Kahls (
MDR Info MDR Aktuell is a German public radio station owned and operated by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR; ''Central German Broadcasting'') is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhal ...
); Franziska Schiller (
DeutschlandRadio Deutschlandradio (DLR) (''Radio Germany'') is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutsc ...
) * Category Television: Maria Blumencron (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm ( WDR); Anja Reschke, Dietmar Schiffermüller ( ARD) * Category Internet: Jutta Heess (
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); Sybille Klotz ( fibrestar); Ute Schönfelder (
Radio Bremen Radio Bremen (RB), Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (which includes Bremerhaven). With its headquarters sited in Bremen, Radio Brem ...
) ; Award winners 2002 * Category Press: Rico Czerwinski (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
);
Thomas Hahn Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...
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Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
);
Bas Kast Bas Kast (born 1973 in Landau, residence in Rottendorf) is a German science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working as a freelancer first for the German ...
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Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
) * Category Radio: Sofie Johanna Donges ( Welle hr3); Stephan Holzapfel (
DeutschlandRadio Deutschlandradio (DLR) (''Radio Germany'') is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutsc ...
); Marc Weiss ( Radio NRW) * Category Television: Marc Eberle (
Arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
); Marion Kainz ( WDR); Ariane Vuckovic (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) * Category Internet: Dara Hassanzadeh
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
; Roman Mischel ( onlinejournalismus.de); Alexander Stirn ( spiegel.de) ; Award winners 2003 * Category Press: Claudia Fromme (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
); Christine-Felice Röhrs (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
); Anne Zielke (
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...
) * Category Radio: Tobias Häusler ( Radio NRW); Steffen Prell ( Radio Multikulti);
Michael Watzke Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
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Antenne Bayern The Antenne ( French: ''l’Antenne'') is a 49.0 km long river in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', in southwestern France. Its source is in the commune of Fontaine-Chalendray. It flows into the Charente near Cognac Cognac ( , al ...
) * Category Television: Jan Hinrik Drevs ( NDR); Katharina Gugel, Ulf Eberle (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Christine Thalmann, Jens Rübsam (
SFB1 RBB Berlin (formerly B1 and SFB1) was the ''third television channel'' for Berlin, Germany from October 1992 until March 2004. Until May 2003 it was owned by Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), then by its successor, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), un ...
) * Category Internet: Philipp Müller ( ZDF.reporter) ; Award winners 2004 * Category Press: Christoph Amend (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
); Catrin Barnsteiner (
Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
); Roland Schulz (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
) * Category Radio: Alexander Baltz (
Radio Schleswig-Holstein Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
); Frank Kühn ( WDR); Dirk Steinmetz ( BLR & RadioDienst) * Category Television: Matthias Frickel (
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
); Gunther Hainke (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Frank Kleemann (
ProSieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...
) * Category Internet: Carola Padtberg (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Elise Schirrmacher ( WDR); Marcus Schuster (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) ; Award winners 2005 * Category Press: Adam Soboczynski (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
); Mathias Plüss (
Weltwoche ''Die Weltwoche'' (German for "The World Week") is a Swiss weekly magazine based in Zürich. Founded in 1933, it has been privately owned by Roger Köppel since 2006. The magazine's regular columnists include the former president of the Social D ...
); Sandra Schulz (
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) * Category Radio: Ralph Erdenberger ( WDR); Jürgen Bangert ( Radio NRW); Simone Roßkamp ( RBB) * Category Television: ; Henning Rütten (beide ARD); Sanja Hardinghaus ( RTL) * Category Internet: Sebastian Christ, Manuel J. Hartung, Alexander Krauss, Daniel Opper, Christina Stefanescu, Christian Störmer (Redaktion streitBar.org); Boris Inanici ( ARD); Steffen Leidel (
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
) ; Award winners 2006 * Category Press: Lara Fritzsche (
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger The ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (KStA) is a German daily newspaper published in Cologne, and has the largest circulation in the Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide ...
), Steffen Kraft (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
), Dimitri Ladischensky (
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) * Category Radio: Julia Zöller ( BR), Jochen Hubmacher ( SWR), Michael Beisenherz ( Radio NRW) * Category Television: Monika Schäfer ( ARD), Ariane Reimers ( WDR), Andreas Postel (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) * Category Internet: Katrin Meyer (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
), Christoph Scheuermann ( WDR), Helge Bendl/Klaus Kranewitter (
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) ; Award winners 2007 * Category Press: Karsten Kammholz (
Berliner Morgenpost ''Berliner Morgenpost'' is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is the second most read daily newspaper. History and profile Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, the paper was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959. It ...
), Kai Feldhaus (
Bild-Zeitung ''Bild'' (or ''Bild-Zeitung'', ; ) is a German tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer SE. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper ''Bild am Sonntag'' ("''Bild on Sunday''") is published instead, which ...
),
Markus Feldenkirchen Markus Feldenkirchen (born 1 September 1975 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German journalist and writer. Early life and education Markus Feldenkirchen was educated at Albertus Magnus Grammar School in Bergisch Gladbach, where he took his '' Abit ...
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Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
) * Category Radio: Kilian Kirchgeßner (
Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...
), Marko Rösseler (
WDR 2 WDR 2 is a radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) public broadcasting organization in Germany. It focuses on contemporary pop and rock music for an adult audience and on information. It is also WDR's broadcast sport ev ...
), Philipp Roggenkamp ( NRW) * Category Television: Juliane Fliegenschmidt, Julia Friedrichs, Eva Müller ( ARD), Dirk Laabs (
arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
), Christian Rohde ( NDR) * Category Internet: Lars Abromeit (geo.de), Florian Güßgen ( stern.de), Redaktionsteam jetzt.de ( jetzt.de) ; Award winners 2008 * Category Press: Axel Lier (
Berliner Morgenpost ''Berliner Morgenpost'' is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is the second most read daily newspaper. History and profile Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, the paper was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959. It ...
);
Julian Reichelt Julian Reichelt (born 15 June 1980) is a German tabloid journalist. From February 2017 to October 2021, he was chairman of the editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief digital of '' Bild'', Germany's largest and highest-circulation tabloid. Reichel ...
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BILD ''Bild'' (or ''Bild-Zeitung'', ; ) is a German tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer SE. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper ''Bild am Sonntag'' ("''Bild on Sunday''") is published instead, which ...
); Barbara Hardinghaus (
Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
) * Category Radio: Julia Friese ( RBB); Marlis Schaum (
WDR 5 WDR 5 is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). History WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991 on the former frequencies of WDR 1 WDR 1 was a German public radio station owned and operated by the ...
); Meral Al-Mer ( RBB) * Category Television: Chiara Sambuchi (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Katharina Wolff ( ARD); Benjamin Cantu * Category Internet: Sebastian Göllner ( sport.ard.de); Kathrin Klöpfer und Julia Kiehne ( heute.de); Stephanie Lachnit ( einslive.de) ; Award winners 2009 * Category Press: Jürgen Bock (
Stuttgarter Nachrichten ''Stuttgarter Nachrichten'' (''Stuttgart News'') is a newspaper that is published in Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany. It sells together with the ''Stuttgarter Zeitung The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language ...
), Jan Grossarth (
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...
),
Alice Bota Alice Bota (born 15 December 1979) is a German journalist, presently working for the weekly ''Die Zeit'', and a book author. Born in Poland, she studied in both Germany and Poland and focuses on topics of Eastern Europe. Career Born in Krapkowi ...
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Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
) * Category Radio: Anne Allmeling, Elif Senel (
WDR 5 WDR 5 is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). History WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991 on the former frequencies of WDR 1 WDR 1 was a German public radio station owned and operated by the ...
), Ulrike Jährling (
Deutschlandradio Kultur Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station was re ...
), Christoph Pfaff, Anneli Beyer (
delta radio delta radio is a radio station from Kiel, Germany. It is a branch of Mach3 Broadcasting along with Radio Schleswig-Holstein (RS-H) and Radio Nora (all of Kiel). The French Lagardère Group holds shares in the company. Delta radio prides itself f ...
) * Category Television: Rebecca Gudisch, Tilo Gummel ( WDR),
Florian Bauer Florian Bauer (born 11 February 1994) is a German bobsledder. He won a medal at the IBSF World Championships 2020 The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. This World Championship ...
( ARD), Lutz Ackermann, Anita Blasberg, Marian Blasberg (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) * Category Internet: Sebastian Christ ( stern.de), Team 4 der Axel-Springer-Akademie (macht-maschine.de), Patrick Gensing (npd-blog.info) ; Award winners 2010 * Category Press: Johannes Bruggaier ( Mediengruppe Kreiszeitung), Karen Krüger (
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...
), Johannes Gernert ( Sonntaz) * Category Radio: Magdalena Bienert ( RBB), Sven Preger ( WDR), Jörg-R. Schneider ( RBB) * Category Television: Laetitia von Bayer ( ZDF Neo), Timo Großpietsch ( NDR), Dennis Gastmann, Thomas Hipp, Marco Lange, Matthias Sdun ( NDR) * Category Internet: Volker Denkel, Katharina Wilhelm (hr online), Niklas Schenck (faz.net), Jan Hendrik Hinzel, Simon Kremer, Marc Röhling (Souk-Magazin)


2011–2020

; Award winners 2011 * Category Press: Katrin Blum (
Stuttgarter Zeitung The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language daily newspaper (except Sundays) edited in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a run of about 200,000 sold copies daily. History and profile It was first edited ...
); Alard von Kittlitz (
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...
); Gerald Drißner ( Magazin Datum) * Category Radio: Tina Hüttl (
Deutschlandradio Deutschlandradio (DLR) (''Radio Germany'') is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutsc ...
); Carolin Courts (
WDR 5 WDR 5 is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). History WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991 on the former frequencies of WDR 1 WDR 1 was a German public radio station owned and operated by the ...
); Nadine Dietrich (
Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...
) * Category Television: Fritz Ofner (
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); Anke Humold ( NDR); Basil Honegger (SF1) * Category Internet: Michael Hauri, Felix Zeltner, Maria Marquart/Ole Reißmann ; Award winners 2012 * Category Press: Carolin Pirich (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
); Britta Stuff (
Welt am Sonntag Welt, welts or variants may refer to: Media * ''Die Welt'' (''The World''), a German national newspaper ** ''Welt am Sonntag'' (''World on Sunday''), the Sunday edition of ''Die Welt'' * ''Die Welt (Herzl), Die Welt'', former weekly newspaper in ...
); Michael Bee (
Berliner Morgenpost ''Berliner Morgenpost'' is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is the second most read daily newspaper. History and profile Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, the paper was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959. It ...
) * Category Radio: Helene Pawlitzki ( WDR); Katja Garmasch (
1Live 1LIVE is a radio station operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting corporation in Germany. It specialises in popular music aimed at the 14–39 age demographic, the average age of its listeners is 34. History On 1 April 1995 ...
); Nora Sevbihiv Sinemillioglu ( SWR2) * Category Television:
Marcel Mettelsiefen Marcel Mettelsiefen (born 1978) is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer. His documentaries have earned him critical appraisal and recognition. Among others, Mettelsiefen has won three BAFTA and three Emmy awards, and was nomin ...
( SWR); Juliane Möcklinghoff ( NDR); Christian Wilk (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
) * Category Internet: Julius Tröger and Annika Bunse (
Berliner Morgenpost ''Berliner Morgenpost'' is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is the second most read daily newspaper. History and profile Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, the paper was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959. It ...
); Marcel Mettelsiefen and Jonathan Stock ( spiegel.de); Anna Jockisch ( 2470 Media) ; Award winners 2013 * Category Press: Oliver Hollenstein (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
);
Daniel Etter Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
(
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...
); Karin Prummer (
Financial Times Deutschland The ''Financial Times Deutschland'' was a German-language financial newspaper based in Hamburg, Germany, published by Bertelsmann's Gruner + Jahr newspaper and magazine division. The daily contained four sections: Business, Politics & Economy, Fin ...
) * Category Radio: Felicitas Reichold ( SWR2); Till Krause (
Bayern 2 Bayern 2 is a German, public radio station owned and operated by the Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State ...
); Anna Mayrhauser ( SWR2) * Category Television: Michael Strompen, Jo Schück (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Programmvolontäre des WDR ( WDR); Roman Lehberger ( RTL) * Category Internet: Amrai Coen und Bernhard Riedmann (Vimeo.com/Spiegel), Team 11 der Axel Springer Akademie (zoom-berlin.com), Georg Eckelsberger, Fabian Lang, Paul Pölzlbauer, Florian Skrabal und Sahel Zarinfard (dossier.at) ; Award winners 2014 * Category Press: Amrai Coen (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
); Veronica Frenzel (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
); Christopher Kissmann ( Magdeburger Volksstimme) * Category Radio: Christiane Hawranek,
Marco Maurer Marco Maurer (born February 21, 1988) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL). He previously played with EV Zug, the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, the ZSC Lions, HC Lugan ...
( B5 Aktuell); Anna Osius (
WDR5 WD repeat-containing protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''WDR5'' gene. This gene encodes a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed ...
) * Category Television: Maryam Bonakdar, Anika Giese ( NDR); Eva-Maria Lemke (
ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
); Diana Voigtländer, Nadja Mönch ( MDR); * Category Internet: David Bauer, Amir Mustedanagic, Philipp Loser ( tageswoche.ch); Paul Blickle, Christian Groß ( zeit.de); Team 13 der Axel Springer Akademie ( wahllos.de) ; Preisträger 2015 * Category Press: Daniel Gräber ( Der Sonntag), Massimo Bognanni (
Handelsblatt The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Du ...
), Anne Kunze (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
) * Category Television: Philipp Grüll ( BR), Sarah Judith Hofmann, Jan Bruck ( DW), Christin Gottler, Sejla Didic-Pavlic ( WDR) * Category Radio: Mareike Aden (
Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...
), Manfred Götzke (Deutschlandfunk), Tobias Brodowy (
WDR 5 WDR 5 is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). History WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991 on the former frequencies of WDR 1 WDR 1 was a German public radio station owned and operated by the ...
) * Category Internet: Isabelle Buckow, Christian Werner ( sueddeutsche.de), Jonathan Sachse, Daniel Drepper, Stefan Wehrmeyer (
correctiv The CORRECTIV (or CORRECT!V) is a German nonprofit investigative journalism newsroom whose stated goal is "to give citizens access to information." With about 20 staff members, CORRECT!V is the only nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative center ...
.org), Stefanie Fetz, Sammy Khamis ( strytv) ; Preisträger 2016 * Gold: Bastian Berbner (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
) * Silver: Ronja von Rönne (
Welt am Sonntag Welt, welts or variants may refer to: Media * ''Die Welt'' (''The World''), a German national newspaper ** ''Welt am Sonntag'' (''World on Sunday''), the Sunday edition of ''Die Welt'' * ''Die Welt (Herzl), Die Welt'', former weekly newspaper in ...
) * Bronze: Dominik Stawski ( stern crime) * Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Bastian Schlange (
Correctiv The CORRECTIV (or CORRECT!V) is a German nonprofit investigative journalism newsroom whose stated goal is "to give citizens access to information." With about 20 staff members, CORRECT!V is the only nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative center ...
) * Kategorie Visualisierung: Paul Ronzheimer ( bild.de) ; Preisträger 2017 * Gold: Lena Niethammer (
Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...
) * Silver: Tarek Khello &
Christian Werner Christian Werner (May 19, 1892 in Stuttgart – June 17, 1932 in Stuttgart-Cannstatt) was a German racecar driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automob ...
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Fakt ''Fakt'' (Polish for "fact") is a Polish tabloid daily newspaper published in Warsaw, Poland, by Ringier Axel Springer Polska (a Swiss-German joint-venture subsidiary of Axel Springer SE and Ringier), and is one of the best-selling papers in Pola ...
) * Bronze: Hannes Vollmuth (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
) * Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Björn Stephan ( Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin) * Kategorie Visualisierung: Team 20 der Axel Springer Akademie ( sachor jetzt!) ; Preisträger 2018 * Gold: Barbara Bachmann für "Sex, Lügen und YouTube" ( Reportagen, 6. April 2017) * Silver: Ann-Katrin Müller für "Vater unser" (
Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
, 30. Dezember 2017) * Bronze: Nora Gantenbrink für "Ein ganzes Leben" (
Stern The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Ori ...
, 17. August 2017)
Johannes Böhme for "Sorgenkinder" ( SZ-Magazin, 7. Juli 2016) * Kategorie Kreative Umsetzung: Team 22 der Axel Springer Akademie for "Alyom, Syriens Kinder, das Giftgas & wir" * Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Stefanie Dodt für "Komplizen? VW und die brasilianische Militärdiktatur" ( ARD, 24. Juli 2017) * internationaler Sonderpreis:
Ján Kuciak Ján is a Slovak form of the name John. Famous people named Ján * Ján Bahýľ, inventor * Ján Čapkovič, football player * Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia * Ján Cikker, composer * Ján Ďurica, football player * Ján F ...
; Preisträger 2019 * Gold: Anna Feist für "Menschenschmuggler – Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen" (
ZDFinfo ZDFinfo is a German free-to-air documentary television channel owned by ZDF. It was launched on 27 August 1997 as ZDFinfokanal, and later rebranded as ZDFinfo on 5 September 2011. On 1 May 2012, a high-definition simulcast the channel was laun ...
, 24. August 2018) * Silver: Paul Middelhoff für "Was ist aus euch geworden?" (
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...
, Nr. 31/2018, 26. Juli 2018, S. 8–9) * Bronze: Elisa Britzelmeier für "Der tote Junge im Baum" (
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
, 2. Juli 2018) * Category Entertainment and Humor: Daniel Sprenger für mehrere Beiträge in der Rubrik "Realer Irrsinn" in
Extra 3 ''extra 3'' is a weekly political satire show on German television established in 1976. Produced by public TV broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk, it is aired on NDR Fernsehen and 3sat. Once a month, the show is promoted to ARD's national fir ...
( NDR) * Kategorie Kreative Umsetzung: Christina Metallinos, Helene Reiner, Tobias Schiessl, Sophie von der Tann und Ann-Kathrin Wetter für "Die News-WG" (
Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD consortium of public broadcas ...
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) ; Preisträger 2020 * Gold: Miguel Helm für "Sie ist 13, er 52" ( Die Zeit Dossier, Nr. 27/2019, 27. Juni 2019, S. 13–15) * Silver: Alexandra Rojkov für "202499" ( Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Nr. 35/2019, 29. August 2019, S. 8–15) * Bronze: Jonas Breng für "Doktor Gammel holt ein Kind" ( stern Extra. Zeit für Helden. 01/2019. S. 34–49) * Category Entertainment and Humor: Esra Karakaya für ''Karakaya Talk'' (YouTube-Talkshow von
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) * Category Local Journalism: Jörn Zahlmann für Beitragsserie "Zeitsprung" der Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung * George Weidenfeld Special Prize: Manisha Ganguly für den Einsatz von Open-Source-Technologien im Investigativjournalismus


2021–2030

; Award winners 2021 * Gold: Alina Schulz ( Y-Kollektiv) * Silver: Erica Zingher (
Die Tageszeitung ''Die Tageszeitung'' (, “The Daily Newspaper”), is counted as being one of modern Germany's most important newspapers and amongst the top seven. taz is stylized as ''die tageszeitung'' and commonly referred to as ''taz'', is a cooperative-own ...
) * Bronze: Björn Stephan ( Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin) * Category Entertainment and Humor: team of Juliane Wieler, Friederike Schicht and Daniela Woytewicz ( WDR and MDR) * Category Digital Implementation: Sebastian Koch ( Mannheimer Morgen) * Category Local Journalism: Henning Rasche (
Rheinische Post ''Rheinische Post'' is a major German regional daily newspaper published since 1946 by the ''Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH'' company, and headquartered in Düsseldorf. The Post is especially dominant in the western part of North Rhine- ...
) *
George Weidenfeld George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, (13 September 1919 – 20 January 2016) was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned as a master networker. He was on good terms with popes, ...
Special Prize:
Katsyaryna Andreeva Katsyaryna Andreeva ( be, Кацярына Андрэева; russian: Катерина Андреева; real name: Katsyaryna Andreevna Bakhvalava; be, Кацярына Андрэеўна Бахвалава; born November 2, 1993) is a Belarusian ...
and Darya Chultsova (
Belsat TV Belsat ( be, Белсат; pl, Biełsat; stylised as B☰LSAT) is a Polish free-to-air satellite television channel aimed at Belarus. The channel is a subsidiary of TVP S.A. From the outset, it has been co-funded by the Polish Ministry of For ...
) ; Award winners 2022 * Gold: Lucas Stratmann, Katharina Schiele * Silver: Amonte Schröder-Jürss * Bronze: Nora Voit, Maria Christoph * Category Entertainment and Humor: André Dér-Hörmeyer, Benedikt Dietsch, Simon Garschhammer, Janne Knödler * Category Local Journalism: Anna Westkämper, Paul Gross *
George Weidenfeld George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, (13 September 1919 – 20 January 2016) was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned as a master networker. He was on good terms with popes, ...
Special Prize: Alla Koshlyak


Literature


''Axel-Springer-Preis.''
In: ''Programmbericht zur Lage und Entwicklung des Fernsehens in Deutschland.'', Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Ullstein, 1997


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Axel-Springer-Preis German journalism awards Awards established in 1991 1991 establishments in Germany Axel Springer SE