Idée Suisse media prize goes to Alain Hertig for Mörgeli interview

 It's currently high season for media awards - here's another honor: This year's Idée Suisse media award for television goes to Alain Hertig from Télévision Suisse Romande's "Mise au point" magazine. Hertig receives the prize for his "exemplary political interview" with National Councillor Christoph Mörgeli, according to the communiqué. In the explanatory statement, SRG does not hold back with side-swipes at Mörgeli. Hertig had succeeded in dismantling the conspiracy theory of the "SVP ideologue" with targeted questions and attentive follow-up. With his interview, the journalist had shown how weak the arguments supporting the conspiracy theory were and at the same time exposed the core of Mörgeli's rhetoric: generalized mistrust. Hertig Hertig proved to be a profound expert on the dossier and a tenacious and extremely present journalist, SRG continues.
The Media Prize jury also awarded four honorary mentions, namely to "Rundschau" editor Reto Brennwald, TSR journalist Darius Rochebin, radio presenter Roberto Antonini and Alain Franco and Serge Gumy from Radio Suisse Romande.