Prix Media goes to author of Sunday newspaper
German science journalist Max Rauner receives this year's Prix Media from the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). Radio DRS 2 also receives a recognition award for its special program "At the frontiers of knowledge.
The German science journalist Max Rauner receives this year's Prix Media of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). He is being honored for an article on panic research using the example of the pilgrimage site of Mecca. His article "One-way street to the Hajj" was published in the Sonntagszeitung on November 11, 2007.
Radio DRS 2 also receives a recognition award for the special program "At the frontiers of knowledge". On February 8, 2008, under the direction of editor Christian Heuss, everything revolved around scientific questions, topics and boundaries for 14 hours.
This year, the Prix Media will be awarded for the last time in its previous form. As of 2009, it will be awarded jointly within the framework of the Association of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences as the "Prix académies-suisses der Naturwissenschaften".
Radio DRS 2 also receives a recognition award for the special program "At the frontiers of knowledge". On February 8, 2008, under the direction of editor Christian Heuss, everything revolved around scientific questions, topics and boundaries for 14 hours.
This year, the Prix Media will be awarded for the last time in its previous form. As of 2009, it will be awarded jointly within the framework of the Association of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences as the "Prix académies-suisses der Naturwissenschaften".
