Anne Kauffmann wins Pfizer Journalism Prize

Anne Kauffmann, editor at the French-speaking Swiss daily newspaper "24 Heures", won the Pfizer Journalism Prize 2006, worth CHF 15,000, for her six-part series of articles on the subject of "bird flu". The motto of the Pfizer Prize was "Diseases know no borders - health risks in a globalized world". From more than 20 entries that made it to the final round, the jury unanimously decided in favor of Kauffmann's work. According to the jury, the author had succeeded in "shedding light on the hot topic in Switzerland this spring in an informative, comprehensive, scientifically correct and yet easily understandable way". The award ceremony will take place on October 25, 2006 at a public event in the Zurich Kongresshaus.