Point (journalist award)
The PUNKT is a German journalism award that recognizes special achievements in the field of technical journalism. The prize has been awarded annually by acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering - since 2005 . With the award of the prize, the academy aims to support the social discourse on innovations and their possible applications. The POINT is awarded to text, photo and multimedia contributions that "literally get to the point of technical issues" (according to the self-portrayal). The award is given in three categories:
- Text category (daily newspaper and magazine / magazine / weekly newspaper)
- Category Photo
- Multimedia category (In 2012, a multimedia prize was awarded for the first time for “formats that use the expanded possibilities of the Internet in a pioneering way”.)
A photo grant has also been awarded since 2011, which recognizes the best idea of a photo report with a technical focus .
The categories are advertised alternately every year: in 2018, entries in the text category were awarded, in 2019 the multimedia and photo categories were awarded.
The individual prize categories and the photography grant are each endowed with 5,000 euros. In 2009, for the first time, the jury also awarded a special prize beyond the intended competition categories for the establishment of a technology column in a regional newspaper. The award ceremony takes place annually as part of the academy's festive event.
jury
Personalities from the media and science are represented in the independent jury; acatech President Henning Kagermann advises the jury, but does not have his own voice, to evaluate the submitted work. The Journalist Prize was launched in 2005 by Joachim Milberg , the founding president of the Academy.
- The text jury is composed as follows: Volker Markus Banholzer ( Technical University of Nuremberg ), Lilo Berg (Lilo Berg Media), Varinia Bernau ( Wirtschaftswoche ), Patrick Illinger ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ), Andreas Kablitz ( University of Cologne ), Alexander Mäder ( Hochschule der Medien , freelance science journalist), Norbert Lossau ( Die Welt ), Helmut Markwort ( Focus ), Joachim Müller-Jung ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ), Günther Schuh ( RWTH Aachen University and member of the acatech Executive Committee).
- The members of the Photo category are Jörg Buschmann ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ), Michael Danner ( University of Applied Sciences Europe , Berlin), Ellen Dietrich ( Die Zeit ), Judith Egelhof (Publicis Pixelpark), Betty Fink (freelance photo editor and exhibition manager), Tobias Lehmann (freelance picture editor) and Heiner Müller-Elsner (freelance photographer) and Carla Rosorius (GEO Kompakt).
- The multimedia jury consists of Nicola Balkenhol ( Deutschlandradio ), Werner Barg ( Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg ), Eva-Maria Jakobs (Institute for Linguistics and Communication Science, RWTH Aachen University ), Jens Radü ( Der Spiegel ), Christiane Riedel ( Center for Art and Media ), Andreas Schümchen ( Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences ), Sandra Valentin ( init AG ), Markus Weißkopf ( Science in Dialogue ) and Kathrin Zinkant ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ).
Award winners
- 2005
- Magazine: Hilmar Schmundt, "A lifetime phone for $ 999" ( Der Spiegel )
- 2006
- Weekly newspaper: Dirk Asendorpf , "Everything on one card" ( Die Zeit )
- Magazine: Christopher Schrader , "Igniting Ideas" (SZ Wissen)
- Single photo: Markus Steur, "Microstructure areas of the visionary"
- Photo series: Thomas Ernsting, "Portrait of EADS Space Transportation"
- 2007
- Daily newspaper: John A. Kantara , "Scandinavian conditions" ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung )
- Weekly newspaper: Max Rauner, "The Merkels from next door" ( Zeit Wissen )
- Single photo: Thomas Ernsting, "Engineering"
- Photo series: Ralf Meyer, "Hear and be amazed"
- 2008
- Daily newspaper: Georg Küffner, "With the power of freely moving water" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
- Magazine: Tanja Krämer, "Comes the controlled personality" ( spectrum of science )
- Single photo: Norbert Michalke, "Kugelblitz"
- Photo series: Walter Fogel, "Aqua_ray"
- 2009
- Daily newspaper: Alexander Stirn, "750 passengers in the Rochenflügel" (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
- Magazine: Gregor Honsel, "The power grid gets rolling" ( Technology Review )
- Special prize for science column: Ina Matthes "Researched" ( Märkische Oderzeitung )
- Single photo: Sven Döring, "Apple tree in blossom"
- Photo series: Bernd Müller, "Collaborative Research Center 484 at the Institute for Physics of the University of Augsburg"
- 2010
- Daily newspaper: Hannah Schneider, "Off to the socket" ( Kölner Stadtanzeiger )
- Magazine: Gerald Traufetter, "Captain Computer" ( Der Spiegel )
- Single photo: Bernd Müller, "Implant for early detection of epilepsy"
- 2011
- Magazine: Susanne Donner, "Eating stones" ( WirtschaftsWoche )
- Single photo: Stefan Thomas Kröger, "3D space"
- Photo series: Rafael Krötz, "Zettel's Dream"
- Photo grant: Thomas Imkamp, concept "The classic landscape in the age of renewable energy technology"
- 2012
- Daily newspaper: Georg Küffner, "Only technology is unconventional" ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ) and Alexander Stirn, "Plumber on the seabed" ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- Magazine: Thomas Kuhn , "Print your world" ( WirtschaftsWoche )
- Photo: Andreas Meichsner, photo series "Put through its paces"
- Photo grant: Valeria Brekenkamp, concept "The world of the engineer"
- Multimedia: Martin Randelhoff, online magazine "Zukunft Mobility"
- 2013
- Photo: Sven Döring, "Eating day and night"
- Photo grant: Uwe H. Martin, concept "Landrausch"
- Multimedia: Editing of Süddeutsche.de , interactive infographic "Third runway"
- 2014
- Daily newspaper: Tim Schröder, "Renaissance for an old material" ( Neue Zürcher Zeitung )
- Magazine: Christoph Kucklick , "The measured person" ( GEO )
- 2015
- Photo: Karoline Tiesler: "Schnarcher"
- Photo grant: Konrad Lippert, concept: "Bread, prosperity and beauty"
- Multimedia: Thomas Reintjes and a team from Deutschlandfunk , multimedia report "1 or 0, life or death"
- 2016
- Daily newspaper: Michael Spehr and Lukas Weber "The smart capitulation" ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung )
- Magazine: Reto U. Schneider , "Das Duell" (NZZ Folio)
- 2017
- Photo: Sven Döring, "Basic Research"
- Photo grant: David Carreño Hansen, concept: "Technical progress in everyday technologies"
- Multimedia: Jannis Brühl, Katharina Brunner, Sabrina Ebitsch and a team from the Süddeutsche Zeitung , online dossier "The Facebook factor"
- 2018
- Daily newspaper: Helga Rietz-Pankoke, "The measurement of night unrest" ( Neue Zürcher Zeitung )
- Magazine: Wolfgang Richter, "This machine could soon crack your bank account" ( GEO )
- 2019
- Photo: Volker Crone, "From the End of Darkness"
- Photo grant: Hannes Jung, concept: "How does love change through the virtual world?"
- Multimedia: Eva Limmer, Kevin Ebert, Maximilian Osenstätter, Tobias Schießl and a team from the editorial offices " PULS -Reportage" and " Die News-WG " from Bayerischer Rundfunk , reports on YouTube and Instagram .
Web links
- Official website of the acatech PUNKT Prize for Technology Journalism and Technology Photography
- Official website of acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBK Berlin: acatech prizes for text and photo, multimedia for the first time and a photo grant
- ↑ acatech PUNKT> The Text Jury. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
- ↑ acatech POINT> The Photo Jury. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
- ↑ acatech PUNKT> The Multimedia Jury. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .