Media Award for Claas Relotius and Stephan Hille
Claas Relotius and Stephan Hille were awarded this year's Media Prize for Freelancers on Saturday in Zurich. They will each receive 2,500 francs.
Relotius received the award for his work «The Murderer as a Caregiver», which appeared in the magazine *Reportagen*, Hille for his film «Ueli Maurer's French Fries Vending Machine». Anita Hugi, the founder of the award, announced this on Saturday. The Media Award for Freelancers is presented every two years; Saturday marked the fourth time it was awarded. Eligible to enter were freelance journalists from print and electronic media who submitted exclusively freelance journalistic pieces published in Swiss media. (SDA)
