Germany: Media Prize for Language Culture has been awarded

The German television journalist Günther Jauch and the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, Giovanni di Lorenzo, have received the 2006 Media Prize for Language Culture for their sophisticated use of the German language. The two received the award from the Society for the German Language on Saturday evening. Di Lorenzo gives the news a human soul, the jury said in its statement. Günther Jauch was praised for never abandoning the toolbox that the German language provides. He had set linguistic standards in German television through his courage and talent.