Eastern Switzerland Media Prize: Matthias Hüppi honored as "Ambassador of Eastern Switzerland"
The 2011 Eastern Switzerland Media Award was presented on Tuesday evening to two female journalists and three male journalists. Matthias Hüppi was honored for his many years of work as an «ambassador for Eastern Switzerland» on Swiss television.
After 30 years at Swiss Television and 25 years on *Sportpanorama*, his perseverance in his profession and his expertise as a television sports journalist are record-breaking and, for that reason alone, worthy of an award. Matthias Hüppi exudes a special quality: «His palpable dedication.» With these words, Kurt Felix paid tribute to Matthias Hüppi’s work.
Another award was presented in the Category: Television Sereina Venzin as well. She received the 2011 Eastern Switzerland Media Award for her report «Zmitzt dinna – Hosting in a Niqab.» It was broadcast on Tele Südostschweiz in May of last year.
In the Category: Press Photography Hubertus Hamm was awarded this year’s Eastern Switzerland Media Prize. The award was given for his work «O Soglio Mio,» which was published last year in the January issue of the magazine *Alps – Alpine Lebensart*.
The feature article «Auf dem Aff—A Youth in the St. Gallen Drug Scene» by Carlos Hanimann, which appeared in early 2010 in the St. Gallen cultural magazine *Saiten*, was published in the Category: Feature/Background Outstanding. According to a statement from the Eastern Switzerland Media Prize Foundation, Carlo Hanimann’s work thoroughly impressed the jury members from the very beginning. The statement goes on to say that Hanimann’s writing style is dense, gripping, breathless, and possesses a dynamism that magically draws the reader into the action.
The Eastern Switzerland Media Award in the Category: Daily Verse went to Ida Sandl this year. The journalist was honored for her column «Maria and the Pope,» which appeared in the Thurgauer Zeitung in May 2010. Ida Sandl knows what the people in the Thurgauer Zeitung’s coverage area
"I'm interested," said the jury.
This year, a total of 157 entries were submitted—works created in 2010 by media professionals from Eastern Switzerland or published in Eastern Swiss media. In the Category: Radio No prize was awarded in 2011. The Eastern Switzerland Media Prize is endowed with 5,000 Swiss francs per category and winner.
