Zurich Journalism Prize: Four new jury members

The four new members of the ZJP expert jury follow author Lisa Feldmann and journalist Hansi Voigt, who stepped down from the jury for statutory reasons, as well as Nina Jecker from the Basel Newspaper and Reza Rafi, editor-in-chief of the Sunday Viewwho announced their resignation.

The expert jury, headed by President Christina Neuhaus from the NZZconsists of a total of seven journalists. In addition to the new members Fröhlich, Hürlimann, Jacoby and Schütz, these are Doris Kleck from CH Media and Paula Scheidt from the NZZ on Sunday.

Cedric Fröhlich works as a reporter for the Bernese Newspaper and The Covenant. He was awarded the Zurich Journalism Prize in 2024.

Brigitte Hürlimann has been with the magazine since 2018 Republic where she works primarily on legal topics and in court reporting. She won the Zurich Journalism Prize in 1994 and 1999. In 2019, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern.

Simon Jacoby is the founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine founded in 2015 Tsüri.ch. He is also a founding member and co-president of the association Medien mit Zukunft.

Dirk Schütz has been editor-in-chief of the business magazine since 2008 Balance and is the author of several specialist books.

New member of the Board of Trustees

Daniel Andrés Egli is a new member of the Board of Trustees of the ZJP; he is Head of Coordination at Ringier Media Switzerland and also the day-to-day manager of the View-newsroom. He succeeds Sermîn Faki, also from Ringier.

Award ceremony in May

The Zurich Journalism Prize 2025 will be awarded on May 13. The prize is one of the most prestigious awards for media professionals in Switzerland. The Zurich Journalism Prize Foundation is supported by the media companies CH Media, NZZ, Ringier and Tamedia.