Otto Brenner Prize

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The Otto Brenner Prize (in its own spelling : Otto Brenner Prize ) is a German journalist prize that has been awarded annually by the Otto Brenner Foundation ( IG Metall's science foundation ) since 2005 . Both the foundation and the journalist award are named in memory of Otto Brenner, who has been chairman of the union for many years .

Goals of the competition

According to the Otto Brenner Foundation, the aim of the competition is to "promote critical journalism" through:

  • To bring socially relevant, but insufficiently treated topics into the public eye in terms of their importance.
  • To encourage journalists to ask uncomfortable questions and to clearly identify grievances regardless of the possible consequences. This expressly includes a critical re-evaluation of supposedly known developments.
  • To award prizes that set themselves apart from the masses through independent and, above all, thorough research and that set standards in language, style and presentation.
  • To promote critical journalism - “thorough research instead of ordered truths”.

Formal requirements for applicants

It is required that the media verifiably published the award-winning text in German during the year. The affiliation to the media segment, department or genre is just as irrelevant as the length or the special topic of the text. In order to guarantee exactly the same conditions, the official application form must be completed. This is only possible online on the official Brenner Prize website. Anyone can make suggestions, only the deadline must be adhered to.

The three research grants of 5,000 euros each are awarded for convincing descriptions of the planned work.

Jury and awards

Among the seven jurors are well-known German journalists: Volker Lilienthal ( University of Hamburg ), Brigitte Baetz , Henriette Löwisch ( German School of Journalism ), Heribert Prantl ( SZ ), Isabel Schayani ( WDR ) and Harald Schumann ( Der Tagesspiegel ). The seventh member of the jury, Joerg Hofmann , representing the behind the Otto Brenner Foundation standing IG Metall .

Former jury members are Berthold Huber , Bettina Gaus ( taz ), Thomas Leif † , Sonia Seymour Mikich , Jürgen Peters , Ines Pohl ( DW ) and Detlef Wetzel

The prize is endowed with a total of 47,000 euros in prize money, which is divided among several winners: 10,000 for the first prize, 5,000 for the second, 3,000 for the third-place winner, 2,000 for the newcomer prize winner and 2,000 for a "media project". In addition, three are research - scholarships each worth € 5,000. In 2007, the Otto Brenner “Special” Prize was awarded for the first time for the best analysis (leading article, commentary, essay). It is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Award winners

2019

Award ceremony on November 19, 2019 in Berlin.

  • “Special” award: Ulrike Herrmann for her critical and pointed business journalism with a good sense of the welfare state.
  • 1st prize: Investigative research on the " CumEx files " from Correctiv , NDR Panorama , NDRInfo DIE ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE
  • 2nd prize: Ulrich Wolf and the Bautzen local editorial team received 2nd prize for the three-part series “Bautzen Report” ( Sächsische Zeitung , April 11-13/14, 2019).
  • 3rd prize: Marie von Kuck for the radio feature "Outside. On the life of homeless families in Berlin" (June 25, 2019, Deutschlandfunk )
  • Newcomer Award: Isabell Beer receives the Newcomerperis for her contribution "Josh grew up protected" ( DIE ZEIT , ZEIT Online , January 31, 2019).
  • Media project award: STRG F (control F), the YouTube channel of the ARD program Panorama, receives the media project award.
  • Research grants: Vinzenz Neumaier and Thomas Schuler (How do you get more transparency in municipal GmbHs?), Raphael Thelen (Climate Wars) and Ann Esswein and Felie Zernack (extreme weather: made in Germany?).

2018

Award ceremony on November 19, 2018 in Berlin.

  • “Special” prize: Albrecht von Lucke is awarded “as a champion for liberality, rule of law and democracy”.
  • 1st prize: Pascale Müller and Stefania Prandi receive 1st prize for their research "Raped on Europe's fields" (BuzzFeedNews Germany / Correctiv )
  • 2nd prize: Frederik Bombosch received 2nd prize for his analysis of the nursing emergency "Station 37 is everywhere" published in the Berliner Zeitung .
  • 3rd prize: The team from the Berlin Cooperative around Rayk Anders and Patrick Stegemann for the documentary "Delete yourself! This is how hatred on the net is organized" for funk (media offer )
  • Newcomer Award: Jonah Lemm receives the Newcomerperis for his research "Im Rechts Netz" on the NRW-AfD and its interweaving with the Identitarian Movement, published in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger .
  • Media project award: The media project Docupy by WDR and bildundtonfabrik received the media project award in 2018.
  • Research grants: Caitlin Chandler, Petra Sorge and Giacomo Zandonini (The Invisible Border), Maria-Mercedes Hering and Miriam Lenz (Between Codetermination and Abuse of Power: Constituted Student Bodies in Crisis) and Ralf Hutter (Wind power for southern Germany or group-friendly European energy policy?) .

2017

Award ceremony on November 21, 2017 in Berlin.

  • “Special” award: Charlotte Wiedemann for her life's work as a journalist
  • 1st prize: Kristina Gnirke, Isabell Hülsen and Martin U. Müller ( Der Spiegel ) received 1st prize for their article "A sick house", in which they clarified the grievances in the healthcare system using the example of the Asklepios Group.
  • 2nd prize: The freelance journalist Fritz Schaap received 2nd prize for his series of articles published in Spiegel on everyday life in war-torn Syria and especially in the capital Damascus .
  • 3rd prize: Caterina Woj and Andrea Rökpe received 3rd prize for their WDR documentary "The brown network - who controls the angry citizens?".
  • Newcomer Prize: Hannes Munzinger received the Newcomerperis for his article "Russian washing machine", which appeared in the Süddeutsche Zeitung .
  • Media project award: The online dossier "MigrationControl" by journalists Christian Jakob, Daniél Kretschmar and Simone Schlindwein from the taz receives the 2017 media project award.
  • Research grants: Susanne Götze (various articles on climate skepticism and right-wing populism), Marianne Falck (Big Friends: The Sugar Industry and the Pharmaceutical Giants) and Bernd Kramer (Slavery? Not here in Germany, right?).

2016

Award ceremony on November 15, 2016 in Berlin.

2015

Award ceremony on November 17, 2015 in Berlin.

  • “Special” prize: Yorgos Avgeropoulus for his documentary film “Agorá - From Democracy to the Market” (WDR TV, February 5, 2015).
  • 1st prize: Ashwin Raman , ( SWR , war reporter) for his documentary “The 13th Year - The Lost War in Afghanistan” (Die Story im Erste, ARD / SWR, March 2nd, 2015).
  • 2nd prize: Silja Kummer receives 2nd prize for her series of articles "For a handful of dollars" ( Heidenheimer Zeitung , April 25, 2015 to May 16, 2015).
  • 3rd prize: Florian Bauer, Daniel Hechler, Robert Kempe and Jochen Leufgens receive the award for “The football that has been sold - Sepp Blatter and the power of FIFA” (Die Story im Erste, WDR / SWR, May 4, 2015).
  • Newcomer Award : Elisa Simantke for the contribution “Europoly - Privatization under the Troika” ( Der Tagesspiegel , November 12, 2014).
  • Media project award: taz.die tageszeitung , Transparency International Germany and fzs for the online project Hochschulwatch.
  • Research grants: Andreas Maisch (bad contract award: the insufficient self-regulation of the authorities), Katharina Zabrzynski and Maike Brzoska (who benefits from Poland's special economic zones?) And Hinnerk Feldwisch-Drentrup (psychiatry under economic pressure).

2014

Award ceremony on October 28, 2014 in Berlin (speech by Bascha Mika , editor-in-chief of the Frankfurter Rundschau )

  • “Special” award: Mathias Greffrath (freelance journalist) receives the award for his journalistic life's work.
  • 1st prize: Petra Pinzler , Kerstin Kohlenberg and Wolfgang Uchatius ( Die Zeit ) for the report “In the Name of Money” ( Die Zeit , Dossier No. 10 from the magazine of February 27, 2014).
  • 2nd prize: Jan Schmitt and Frank Konopatzki for their television documentary "Tax-free: How corporations plunder Europe's coffers" (ARD, Die Story im Erste from August 19, 2013).
  • 3rd prize: Sebastian Strube (freelance journalist) for his radio feature “Crowdwork. On the emergence of the digital working class ”, published on Bayern 2, Zündfunk Generator , January 12, 2014.
  • Newcomer Award: Eva Achinger ( Bayerischer Rundfunk ) for the radio report “Black Box Psychiatrie” ( B5 aktuell - Der Funkstreifzug , February 9, 2014).
  • The media project award goes to the non-profit platform Dossier for the “Dossier: Asylum”.
  • Research grants: Martín Steinhagen (NSU and Hessen), Frédéric Jaeger (research on film funding in Germany) and Martina Janning together with Beate Krol (serious case Ehec).

2013

Award ceremony on November 12, 2013 in Berlin (speech by Andreas Voßkuhle , President of the Federal Constitutional Court)

  • “Special” award: Armin Thurnher , publisher and editor-in-chief of the Viennese weekly newspaper Falter , receives the award for his life's work and his commitment to a social Europe.
  • 1st prize: Michael Obert for his report “In the realm of death” (Süddeutsche Zeitung, magazine from July 19, 2013).
  • 2nd prize: John Kantara and Michael Fräntzel for their television documentary "Killing by Joystick"
  • 3rd prize: Marc Brost , Mark Schieritz and Wolfgang Uchatius ( Die Zeit ) for their dossier "Verrechnet", published in Die Zeit , June 27, 2013.
  • Newcomer Award: Jonas Rest for the article “Die Klon-Krieger” (magazine of the Berliner Zeitung , February 18, 2013).
  • The media project award goes to the NSU-Watch initiative , which documents the NSU process on its online platform and publishes daily minutes.
  • Research grants: Florian Haenes and Ronald John Mutum (area of ​​transnational migration control), Sonja Peteranderl (research on Internet crime: “Black Market 2.0”) and an unpublished person.

2012

Award ceremony on October 30, 2012 in Berlin.

  • 1st prize: Andreas Müller ( Stuttgarter Zeitung ) for reporting on the EnBW deal.
  • 2nd prize: Wilfried Huismann for his documentation " The pact with the panda - what the WWF is keeping from us".
  • 3rd prize: Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm for their non-fiction book "False Bilder - Echtes Geld".
  • Hauke ​​Wendler and Carsten Rau received the Otto Brenner Special Prize for the NDR documentary " Wadim " about an asylum seeker who grew up in Germany and who is deported to his "home country" Latvia and thus driven to suicide.
  • The media project award goes to Toralf Staud and Nick Reimer for the blog “Der Klima-Liegendetektor”.
  • Anne Lena Mösken received the Newcomer Award for the article "Ihr Kampf" about a young anti-fascist who becomes a right-wing radical, which was published in the magazine of the Berliner Zeitung .
  • Research grants: Jörn Boewe and Johannes Schulten, Christina Rietz.

2011

Award ceremony on November 22, 2011 in Berlin.

  • 1st prize: Volker ter Haseborg and Lars-Marten Nagel ( Hamburger Abendblatt ) for their series of articles on the " Gagfah scandal"
  • 2nd prize: Jürgen Dahlkamp , Gunther Latsch and Jörg Schmitt ( Der Spiegel ) for their series of articles on the " HSH Nordbank Affair"
  • 3rd prize: Ursel Sieber, freelance author, for her book "Gesunder Zweifel"
  • Katja Thimm receives the Otto Brenner Special Prize for her Spiegel article "Father's Time"
  • The media project award goes to Sebastian Pantel ( Südkurier ), for his series of articles "Youth and Crime"
  • Jonathan Stock receives the Newcomer Award for his article "Peters Traum", which appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .
  • Research grants: Daniel Drepper ( WAZ research ) and Niklas Schenck (freelance writer), Matthias Dell ( Der Freitag ), Urs Spindler (freelance journalist), Hauke ​​Friederichs (freelance journalist)

2010

Award ceremony on November 2, 2010 in Berlin.

2009

The award ceremony took place on November 17th, 2009 in Berlin.

  • 1st prize: Marc Thörner from Deutschlandfunk for his radio report "We respect culture - in the German-controlled north of Afghanistan"
  • 2nd prize: The ZDF authors Ulrike Brödermann and Michael Strompen for their documentary "The transparent German - how we citizens are spied on"
  • 3rd prize: Simone Sälzer from the Passauer Neue Presse with her 14-part series “Living in Dignity” about individual fates from Deggendorf who are struggling with problems of social isolation
  • Otto Brenner Prize Special: essayist and commentator Christian Semler (freelance author, taz journalist)
  • The media project award goes to the makers of the Attac plagiarism in a " ZEIT " issue.
  • Research grant: Sandro Mattioli (freelance reporter), Tina Groll (ZEIT online), Marianne Wendt and Maren-Kea Freese .

2008

  • 1st prize: Anita Blasberg and Marian Blasberg for "Deportation flight FHE 6842" ( Die Zeit - Magazin Leben )
  • 2nd prize: Jürgen Döschner for "Fire and Forget - War as Business" (WDR 5)
  • 3rd prize: Steffen Judzikowski and Hans Koberstein for "The cartel - Germany under the control of the energy companies" (ZDF, Frontal21)
  • Otto Brenner Prize Special: Christian Bommarius ( Berliner Zeitung )
  • Newcomer / media project award: Andrea Röpke
  • Research grants: Veronica Frenzel (freelance journalist), Clemens Hoffmann, Günter Bartsch

2007

  • 1st prize: Michaela Schießl for “Not für die Welt” ( Der Spiegel 19/2007)
  • 2nd prize: Ingolf Gritschneder for "Profit at any price - market without morals" (ARD, February 28, 2007)
  • 3rd prize: Markus Grill ( Der Stern ). The jury honors Markus Grill's entire work of pharmaceutical-critical reporting
  • Otto Brenner Prize Special: Tom Schimmeck (freelance author)
  • Research grants: Thomas Schuler , Martin Sehmisch, Katrin Blum

2006

2005

  • 1st prize: Marcus Rohwetter for "Your word becomes law" ( Die Zeit from October 6, 2005)
  • 2nd prize: Nikola Sellmair for "Kollege Angst" ( Der Stern from March 31, 2005)
  • 3rd prize: Brigitte Baetz for her radio contribution "Opinion for Millions - How Interest Groups Influence Public Opinion" ( Deutschlandfunk , August 26, 2005)
  • Newcomer prizes: Maximilian Popp for “Passauer Neue Mitte” (school newspaper Tailwind March 2005), as well as Andreas Hamann and Gudrun Giese for “Schwarzbuch Lidl”
  • Research grants: Astrid Geisler and Golineh Atai

Web links

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