Swiss Press Award 2015: The winners
The 15th annual Swiss Press Awards ceremony took place on April 15. To mark the occasion, Polo Hofer premiered the new Swiss Press Song «Schurni-Blues,» which he produced himself. The Swiss Photographer of the Year is Yvain Genevay from Vaud.
Yvain Genevay won the "Swiss Press Photo" award for his series of images of a grieving Syrian refugee family. The Syrian refugee family Jneid is mourning the loss of their youngest child. Mother Suoha, 22, suffered a stillbirth after being returned to Italy by Swiss authorities. The father is making serious accusations against the officials, saying they did not take his wife's poor health seriously. The photographs had appeared in the French-speaking Swiss newspaper Le Matin Dimanche.
The winner in the print category was Carlo Siliniwho, in the Corriere del Ticino, had dealt with the psychological consequences for young people after disasters.
In the radio category, the Team of the SRF Regional Journal Graubünden the prize for a series. The radio producers portrayed seven government candidates in unusual roles and got to the heart of them with a wink.
In the online category Claudia Salzmann by Bernerzeitung.ch. The journalist made a one-month self-experiment in vegan nutrition.
Raphael Amrein from the SRF program "Schweiz aktuell" received the award in the TV category for his report on the total renovation of a property, which confronts the previous residents with existential problems.
Swiss Press Award
With the Swiss Press Awards Print, Online, Radio, Video and Photo, the Fondation Reinhardt von Graffenried honors media professionals who have made a special achievement in the fields of local journalism and press photography in Switzerland in 2014. For the first time, the Swiss Media Award for Local Journalism and the Swiss Press Photo award will be presented under the joint name Swiss Press Award. The total prize money amounts to 110'000 Swiss francs. Each of the five award winners was presented with the diamond for their outstanding work and the sum of 20'000 Swiss francs. The Swiss Press Photo category winners each received 2'000 Swiss francs.
The award ceremony took place in the presence of Federal Councillor Alain Berset at the Hotel Bellevue in Bern and can be viewed on April 15 from 5 p.m. as a live stream on Swisspressaward.ch can be followed.
All nominated entries are here viewable.
Polo Hofer closed the award ceremony with his Swiss Press Song 15, the "Schurni Blues":
A student from the old school, who usually knows the latest news
When he saw a screen in the news room, the muse had just kissed him.
But his boss said: "You have to go with the mainstream.
Our industry is in crisis, it's a mega dilemma!"
How should all this be profitable, that's the problem.
What do we do with the heat? What about the payment system?
There is question after question, who would win in this business?
Is it Facebook, is it Google, is it online or print?
There has been a media storm in the Cygnet editorial office
A shit storm on Twitter, a silicone situation
Üse Schurni seit: "Dä Hype, dä Skype, dä Häcker-Seich, das bruch i nie mehr!"
Isch use i d ds wältwyte net verreist, u me het ne nie mehr gseh.
