Catholic Press Association
| Katholischer Pressebund e. V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Give the church greater weight in the media; Attract and encourage people to work as a journalist. |
| Chair: |
Stefan Lesting (1st chairman),
Kai Mungenast (deputy), Bernhard Wehres (treasurer), Br. Paulus Terwitte, Joachim Zöller (both assessors) |
| Establishment date: | March 16, 1964 |
| Seat : | Bonn |
| Website: | pressebund.de/ |
The Katholische Pressebund e. V. is a non-profit association for the promotion of Catholic journalism based in Bonn .
History and club goals
The Catholic Press Association was founded on March 16, 1964 by the Cologne prelate Antonius Funke and a group of Catholic personalities, journalists and publicists, which also included the later Archbishop and Cologne Cardinal Joseph Höffner .
The aim of the association is to give the church greater weight in the media. In addition, young people should be recruited and promoted for the journalist profession.
Committed to this goal, the Catholic Press Association has been awarding the “Antonius Funke Prize” since 2005, a journalist prize for volunteers in the print media. The prize is endowed with a total of 1200 euros. The jury so far has included: Ibrahim Evsan , Carolin Hengholt, Jürgen Pelzer , Matthias Sellmann ( Ruhr University Bochum ) and Bernd Trocholepczy ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ), Viviane Wilde.
Laureate of the Antonius Funke Prize
- 2005: Lara Fritzsche , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , Cologne (1st prize) - Lena Fleischer, “stadtgottes” magazine, Nettetal (2nd prize).
- 2006: Carolin Meyer, diocese newspaper "Paulinus", Trier (1st prize) - Lisa Zimmermann, Berlin School of Journalism (2nd prize).
- 2007: Claudia Dorner, LiMa ( Liboriusblatt ), Hamm (1st prize) - Nicolas Wolz, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2nd prize) - Philipp Eppelsheim, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (3rd prize).
- 2008: Anne Klesse, Berliner Morgenpost , Berlin (1st prize) - Jan Grossarth, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt (2nd prize) - Anne Diekhoff, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , Osnabrück (3rd prize).
- 2012: Project "Ruhrfisch - mobile and media youth pastoral care in the diocese of Essen " (1st prize), firm blog "Be sealed" by the parish of St. Walburga in Ramsdorf (2nd prize), "Hallo Rom", Diocese of Erfurt (3rd prize) .