Ludwig Bölkow Journalist Prize
The Ludwig Bölkow Journalist Prize is a journalist prize donated by the European aerospace group EADS in memory of Ludwig Bölkow .
Official objectives
The award is intended to promote well- researched journalism in the aerospace field and make the complex topic accessible to a wide audience. The award is given to authors who competently deal with subject areas or partial aspects from the aerospace industry, question them critically, analyze them in detail and convey them to laypeople in a generally understandable manner. The prize is awarded annually in the print , radio and television categories and is endowed with 5,000 euros each. An independent jury led by the German School of Journalism evaluates the entries.
Since 2009, the prize has been included in the German Journalist Prize for Aerospace .
Award winners
- 2004
- Print: Marc Schürmann, SZ-Magazin , they last forever
- Radio: Florian Hildebrand, Bayerischer Rundfunk , for Long March to the Moon - Beijing's manned space flight starts with the ship of God
- Television: Peter Bardehle and Kris Karathomas, ARTE , for Himmelhoch: 100 years of aviation
- Special prize: Michael Schröder, Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung , for the series “ Work at the Airport” ; and Sylvia Kuck, hr-skyline , for Single European Sky
- 2005
- Print: Karin Steinberger, Süddeutsche Zeitung , for Ready for Heaven
- Radio: Ulrich Thimm, Hessischer Rundfunk , for rescue would have been possible: Why the Columbia crew had to die
- Television: Quarks & Co editorial team , WDR , for Quarks & Co - Space Adventure
- Special prize: Karl-Heinz Dix, tz , for the series on the topic of 50 years of Lufthansa
- 2006
- Print: Alexander Stirn, SZ Wissen , for Fliegende Flounder
- Radio: Ralf Krauter , Deutschlandfunk , for flies like a bird - kite builders make Otto Lilienthal's dream come true
- Television: Harald Stocker , ProSieben , for painting Airbus
- Special prize: Braunschweiger Zeitung for the science series Campus
- 2007
- Print: Eva Wolfangel, Esslinger Zeitung , for Der Antrieb is Anuscheh Nawaz's concern
- Radio: Andi Stummer, Bayern 2 , for David Warren - The inventor of the black box
- Television: Uwe Agnes and Bernd Siering, Radio Bremen , for countdown to a dream
- Special prize: Alenka Tschischka, rbb , for The countdown is on - Thomas Reiter flies to the ISS / News from space
- 2008
- Print: Ulli Kulke , Welt / Welt am Sonntag , for a showdown at the race to the moon
- Radio: Dirk Lorenzen , Deutschlandradio , for the Columbus space laboratory: Happy ending after two decades
- Television: Petra Reinfelder and Benedikt Burkard, SWR , for Robert Lusser and the V1