Vorarlberger Nachrichten is "Newspaper of the Year"

The Vorarlberger Nachrichten was named Daily Newspaper of the Year 2006 at the 59th World Newspaper Congress in Moscow. According to the jury, quality journalism, innovative strength, multimedia and profitability were the decisive criteria for success, as reported by Der Standard. The jury also praised the newspaper's citizen participation models, which reach almost 70 percent of Vorarlberg residents during the week and more than 80 percent on Saturdays. This is only the third time that the prize for the best daily newspaper has been awarded. The previous winners were the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza (2004) and the Thai paper Kom Chad Luek (2005).