Axel-Springer-Preis
The Axel-Springer-Preis is an annually awarded prize. The Award is given to young journalists in the categories print, TV, radio, and online journalism due to the decisions of the Axel-Springer-Akademie.
History
The prize was awarded for the first time in 1991. It is named after the founder and owner of today's Axel Springer AG, publisher Axel Springer. The award ceremony will take place on his birthday, 2 May, in Berlin annually. Meanwhile, the modalities of the price has been changed and updated. In 1999 no award ceremony took place. Since 2001, an award is presented in four categories: Press, Radio, Television and the Internet.Prize money
From the prize givers of the Axel-Springer-Akademie, a prize of 54,000 Euro is total awarded. The award comes in the print category with 6000 euros for each best work in three different categories. In the remaining three categories of television, radio and the Internet three prizes in each category will be awarded, each with 6000 €, 4000 € and 2000 €.the total prize money is 38,000 euros for main prizes in gold, silver, bronze, excellence awards "local journalism", "entertainment and humor" and "tech in journalism" and George Weidenfeld Special Prize.
Award criteria
Works which were published for the first time in a German-speaking media broadcast by a German-language station or published on the Internet during the previous year can be submitted. The author should not be older than 33 years of age. This limit also applies to co-authors who were significantly involved in the development work. In each category can be submitted per author a work, in the print category one work per author in the three categories.Contributions should be devoted to "current political, economical, cultural, sporting and social issues."
Jury and Board of Trustees
were among others Gabor Steingart and Nina Grunenberg, Axel Buchholz, Rainer Cabanis and Carmen Thomas, as well as Heinz Klaus Mertes, Gerd Ruge, Steffen Seibert and Maria von Welser. Claus Strunz, Hans-Dieter Degler, Carola Ferstl, Jan-Eric Peters, Rowan Barnett and Sebastian Turner belonged to the Internet jury.The Board of Trustees includes, among others, former award winner Mathias Döpfner and Friede Springer.
Award winners
1993–1994
; Award winners 1993- Jürgen Dahlkamp,
- Christian Kracht
- Ildikó von Kürthy
- Mario Kaiser
- Jörg Schönenborn
- Christoph Scheule
- Stefan Willeke
1995–2000
- Category Press: Stephan Haselberger ; Ulf Poschardt ; Antje Potthoff
- Category Radio: Bernd Diestel ; Andrea Oster ; Katrin Prüfig, Maren Lohmann-Puttfarcken, Thorsten Geil, Marc Thomas Spahl
- Category Television: Wolfgang Luck; Robert Tasso Pütz ; Ina-Maria Ruck ; Antje Schmidt
- Category Press: Heike Faller ; Christoph Reuter ; Dominik Wichmann
- Category Radio: Marina Borovik ; Marion Neumann ; Katrin Prüfig, Maren Lohmann-Puttfarcken, Thorsten Geil, Marc Thomas Spahl
- Category Television: Anja Riediger ; Jutta Schilcher, Claudia Wörner ; Holger Trzeczak
- Category Press: Klaus Brinkbäumer ; Holger Gertz ; Moritz Rinke
- Category Radio: Alexa Brogli ; Dörte Lucht ; Andreas Otto
- Category Television: Verena Egbringhoff ; Ina-Maria Ruck ; Boris Weber
- Category Press: Susanne Frömel ; Florian Hanig ; Annabel Wahba
- Category Radio: Daniel Ernst ; Timo Schnitzer ; Sandra Schwarte, Henning Orth
- Category Television: Jens Fintelmann, Thomas Seekamp ; Ilka Franzmann ; Gordon Godec
; Award winners 2000
- Category Press: Ralf Eibl ; Marcus Jauer ; Mario Kaiser
- Category Radio: Stephan Holzapfel ; Oliver Schubert ; Lutz Wilde
- Category Television: Arne Birkenstock, André Schäfer ; Steffen Schneider ; Marcus Vetter
2001–2010
- Category Press: Matthias Kalle ; Jana Simon ; Henning Sußebach
- Category Radio: Philip Banse ; Daniela Kahls ; Franziska Schiller
- Category Television: Maria Blumencron ; Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm ; Anja Reschke, Dietmar Schiffermüller
- Category Internet: Jutta Heess ; Sybille Klotz ; Ute Schönfelder
- Category Press: Rico Czerwinski ; Thomas Hahn ; Bas Kast
- Category Radio: Sofie Johanna Donges ; Stephan Holzapfel ; Marc Weiss
- Category Television: Marc Eberle ; Marion Kainz ; Ariane Vuckovic
- Category Internet: Dara Hassanzadeh ZDF; Roman Mischel ; Alexander Stirn
- Category Press: Claudia Fromme ; Christine-Felice Röhrs ; Anne Zielke
- Category Radio: Tobias Häusler ; Steffen Prell ; Michael Watzke
- Category Television: Jan Hinrik Drevs ; Katharina Gugel, Ulf Eberle ; Christine Thalmann, Jens Rübsam
- Category Internet: Philipp Müller
- Category Press: Christoph Amend ; Catrin Barnsteiner ; Roland Schulz
- Category Radio: Alexander Baltz ; Frank Kühn ; Dirk Steinmetz
- Category Television: Matthias Frickel ; Gunther Hainke ; Frank Kleemann
- Category Internet: Carola Padtberg ; Elise Schirrmacher ; Marcus Schuster
- Category Press: Adam Soboczynski ; Mathias Plüss ; Sandra Schulz
- Category Radio: Ralph Erdenberger ; Jürgen Bangert ; Simone Roßkamp
- Category Television: ; Henning Rütten ; Sanja Hardinghaus
- Category Internet: Sebastian Christ, Manuel J. Hartung, Alexander Krauss, Daniel Opper, Christina Stefanescu, Christian Störmer ; Boris Inanici ; Steffen Leidel
- Category Press: Lara Fritzsche, Steffen Kraft, Dimitri Ladischensky
- Category Radio: Julia Zöller, Jochen Hubmacher, Michael Beisenherz
- Category Television: Monika Schäfer, Ariane Reimers, Andreas Postel
- Category Internet: Katrin Meyer, Christoph Scheuermann, Helge Bendl/Klaus Kranewitter
- Category Press: Karsten Kammholz, Kai Feldhaus, Markus Feldenkirchen
- Category Radio: Kilian Kirchgeßner, Marko Rösseler, Philipp Roggenkamp
- Category Television: Juliane Fliegenschmidt, Julia Friedrichs, Eva Müller, Dirk Laabs, Christian Rohde
- Category Internet: Lars Abromeit, Florian Güßgen, Redaktionsteam jetzt.de
- Category Press: Axel Lier ; Julian Reichelt ; Barbara Hardinghaus
- Category Radio: Julia Friese ; Marlis Schaum ; Meral Al-Mer
- Category Television: Chiara Sambuchi ; Katharina Wolff ; Benjamin Cantu
- Category Internet: Sebastian Göllner ; Kathrin Klöpfer und Julia Kiehne ; Stephanie Lachnit
- Category Press: Jürgen Bock, Jan Grossarth, Alice Bota
- Category Radio: Anne Allmeling, Elif Senel, Ulrike Jährling, Christoph Pfaff, Anneli Beyer
- Category Television: Rebecca Gudisch, Tilo Gummel, Florian Bauer, Lutz Ackermann, Anita Blasberg, Marian Blasberg
- Category Internet: Sebastian Christ, Team 4 der Axel-Springer-Akademie, Patrick Gensing
- Category Press: Johannes Bruggaier, Karen Krüger, Johannes Gernert
- Category Radio: Magdalena Bienert, Sven Preger, Jörg-R. Schneider
- Category Television: Laetitia von Bayer, Timo Großpietsch, Dennis Gastmann, Thomas Hipp, Marco Lange, Matthias Sdun
- Category Internet: Volker Denkel, Katharina Wilhelm, Niklas Schenck, Jan Hendrik Hinzel, Simon Kremer, Marc Röhling
- Special Award 20 Years Fall of the Wall: Marc Baron, Katharina Eißner, Sarah Fenske, Julia Finger, Jennifer Fuhr, Maria Gerber, Judith Innerhofer, Matthias Kluckert, Celine Lauer, Nina Paulsen, Simon Pausch, Karolin Schneider, Thore Schröder, Sophia Seiderer, Kristof Stühm, Sabrina Treisch, Sonja Vukovic, Johannes Wiedemann, Oriana zu Knyphausen
- Special Award 20 Years Fall of the Wall : Sabrina Ehrle, Patricio Farrell, Pierre-Christian Fink, Ralf Fischer, Gianna Grün, Julia Hahn, Lena Jakat, Johannes Jolmes, Wolfgang Kerler, David Klaubert, Oskar Piegsa, Carmen Reichert, Jade-Yasmin Tänzler, Insa Winter
2011–2020
- Category Press: Katrin Blum ; Alard von Kittlitz ; Gerald Drißner
- Category Radio: Tina Hüttl ; Carolin Courts ; Nadine Dietrich
- Category Television: Fritz Ofner ; Anke Humold ; Basil Honegger
- Category Internet: Michael Hauri, Felix Zeltner, Maria Marquart/Ole Reißmann
- Category Press: Carolin Pirich ; Britta Stuff ; Michael Bee
- Category Radio: Helene Pawlitzki ; Katja Garmasch ; Nora Sevbihiv Sinemillioglu
- Category Television: Marcel Mettelsiefen ; Juliane Möcklinghoff ; Christian Wilk
- Category Internet: Julius Tröger and Annika Bunse ; Marcel Mettelsiefen and Jonathan Stock ; Anna Jockisch
- Category Press: Oliver Hollenstein ; Daniel Etter ; Karin Prummer
- Category Radio: Felicitas Reichold ; Till Krause ; Anna Mayrhauser
- Category Television: Michael Strompen, Jo Schück ; Programmvolontäre des WDR ; Roman Lehberger
- Category Internet: Amrai Coen und Bernhard Riedmann, Team 11 der Axel Springer Akademie, Georg Eckelsberger, Fabian Lang, Paul Pölzlbauer, Florian Skrabal und Sahel Zarinfard
- Category Press: Amrai Coen ; Veronica Frenzel ; Christopher Kissmann
- Category Radio: Christiane Hawranek, Marco Maurer ; Anna Osius
- Category Television: Maryam Bonakdar, Anika Giese ; Eva-Maria Lemke ; Diana Voigtländer, Nadja Mönch ;
- Category Internet: David Bauer, Amir Mustedanagic, Philipp Loser ; Paul Blickle, Christian Groß ; Team 13 der Axel Springer Akademie
- Category Press: Daniel Gräber, Massimo Bognanni, Anne Kunze
- Category Television: Philipp Grüll, Sarah Judith Hofmann, Jan Bruck, Christin Gottler, Sejla Didic-Pavlic
- Category Radio: Mareike Aden, Manfred Götzke, Tobias Brodowy
- Category Internet: Isabelle Buckow, Christian Werner, Jonathan Sachse, Daniel Drepper, Stefan Wehrmeyer, Stefanie Fetz, Sammy Khamis
- Gold: Bastian Berbner
- Silver: Ronja von Rönne
- Bronze: Dominik Stawski
- Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Bastian Schlange
- Kategorie Visualisierung: Paul Ronzheimer
- Gold: Lena Niethammer
- Silver: Tarek Khello & Christian Werner
- Bronze: Hannes Vollmuth
- Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Björn Stephan
- Kategorie Visualisierung: Team 20 der Axel Springer Akademie
- Gold: Barbara Bachmann für "Sex, Lügen und YouTube"
- Silver: Ann-Katrin Müller für "Vater unser"
- Bronze: Nora Gantenbrink für "Ein ganzes Leben"
Johannes Böhme for "Sorgenkinder" - Kategorie Kreative Umsetzung: Team 22 der Axel Springer Akademie for "Alyom, Syriens Kinder, das Giftgas & wir"
- Kategorie Investigative Recherche: Stefanie Dodt für "Komplizen? VW und die brasilianische Militärdiktatur"
- internationaler Sonderpreis: Ján Kuciak
- Gold: Anna Feist für "Menschenschmuggler – Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen"
- Silver: Paul Middelhoff für "Was ist aus euch geworden?"
- Bronze: Elisa Britzelmeier für "Der tote Junge im Baum"
- Category Entertainment and Humor: Daniel Sprenger für mehrere Beiträge in der Rubrik "Realer Irrsinn" in Extra 3
- Kategorie Kreative Umsetzung: Christina Metallinos, Helene Reiner, Tobias Schiessl, Sophie von der Tann und Ann-Kathrin Wetter für "Die News-WG"
- Gold: Miguel Helm für "Sie ist 13, er 52"
- Silver: Alexandra Rojkov für "202499"
- Bronze: Jonas Breng für "Doktor Gammel holt ein Kind"
- Category Entertainment and Humor: Esra Karakaya für Karakaya Talk
- Category Local Journalism: Jörn Zahlmann für Beitragsserie "Zeitsprung" der Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung
- George Weidenfeld Special Prize: Manisha Ganguly für den Einsatz von Open-Source-Technologien im Investigativjournalismus