The expert jury, headed by jury president Peter Schellenberg and the heads of the expert jury Josefa Haas (print), Nicole Aeby (photo), Vinzenz Wyss (radio) and Toni Zwyssig (TV), selected one prizewinner each from around 120 entries submitted.
The winner in the print category is Pascal Meier, journalist for the Aargauer Zeitung in collaboration with the co-author Christian Bütikofer with the series "The rise and fall of a car king".
In the photo category this year, the expert jury headed by Nicole Aeby chose the photo series "The largest city on the Central Plateau" by Emanuel Freudigerphotographer at the Aargauer Zeitung.
The media prize in the radio category goes to Manuel Wälti, journalist at Radio Argovia. He was honored for his article "Review of the year - How Bettwil made headlines throughout Switzerland".
In the TV category, the jury chose the entry by TV journalist Karin Bauer from SF TV "Reporter", for her TV report "Der Ausgeschaffte - Ausgewiesen in die fremde Heimat".
A special and unique award was presented to Hans Fahrländer at the suggestion of the expert jury Print and Ludwig Hasler honored Hans Fahrländer's decades of work with an "appreciation of his life's work".
The Aargau/Solothurn Media Prize is organized by the media companies based in the two cantons (press, radio and television) and by the cantonal governments of Aargau and Solothurn. The aim of the prize is to recognize and promote journalistic quality in regional reporting.