Top 1 of the week: Zurich Journalism Prize awarded
This week, the 31st Zurich Journalism Award was presented at the Casinotheater in Winterthur. Each of the four awards comes with a prize of 10,000 francs.
Michael Meier (Tages-Anzeiger) received the prize for his work as a whole for his reporting on the subject of religions. Meier has been writing about religion and society as a specialist journalist for the Tages-Anzeiger for almost 25 years. The winners in the newspaper category were Dagmar Appelt and Katharina Baumann. They were honored for their elaborate series of articles "Leo's path to freedom" and "Poverty in Winterthur" published in the Landbote. In the magazine category, Otto Hostettler and Dominique Strebel (Beobachter) impressed the jury with their article "A dark chapter" about children in orphanages and Verdingkinder. Maurice Thiriet (Tages-Anzeiger) won in the young talent category with his article "Die eingebildete Astronautin". The award ceremony was attended by numerous prominent guests from the worlds of business, media and politics. Urs Rohner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse, gave a speech before the jury paid tribute to the work and the work as a whole. The satirical finale of the event was provided by cabaret artist Lorenz Keiser.
