Richard von Weizsäcker Journalist Prize
The Richard von Weizsäcker Journalist Prize of the Unionhilfswerk Foundation has been awarded since 2006 in honor of the politician Richard von Weizsäcker, who died in 2015, for journalistic contributions that deal in a special way with the topics of dying , death and mourning .
The prize of the Unionhilfswerk Foundation, based in Berlin , is awarded every two years by an independent jury chaired by the former EKD council chairman Wolfgang Huber . It is endowed with a total of 10,000 euros: for the 1st prize 5,000 euros, for the 2nd prize 3,000 euros and for the 3rd prize 2,000 euros.
Award winners
- 2006 - dignified and self-determined ... until the end
- 1st prize: Heidi and Bernd Umbreit : Time I still have (ARD / WDR)
- 2nd prize: Miriam Opresnik : Nobody should have to die alone (Hamburger Abendblatt)
- 3rd prize: Elke Winkelhaus: accompaniment with music (radio)
- 2008 - ... and suddenly I was no longer afraid!
- 1st prize: Claudia and Günter Berghaus: The beloved life (3sat)
- 2nd prize: Alexandros Stefanidis : A life after death (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin)
- 3rd prize: Susanne Pfaller-Segator: Primi Passi - surviving the death of a child (Bayern2 Radio)
- 2010 - ... let's talk about it!
- 1st prize: Jule Sommer and Udo Kilimann: My will is done (ARD)
- 2nd prize: Gabi Stief: The Last Will (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung)
- 3rd prize: Birgit Lutz-Temsch: The worst thing is love (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
- 2012 - old and demented - and yet live and die with dignity
- 1st prize: Sigrid Faltin : Last season - When it's time to die (ARD)
- 2nd prize: Axel Svehla: Strapped and delivered - forced restraints in the nursing home (ARD)
- 3rd prize: Rafaela von Bredow , Annette Bruhns , Manfred Dworschak, Laura Höflinger, Anna Kistner, Conny Neumann: Too blue the sky (mirror)
- 2014 - Until death do us part - End-of-life relationships
- 1st prize: Christoph Cadenbach: Luna & Pascal (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin)
- 2nd prize: Tobias Henkenhaf: One last round - experiences at the end of life (Bayern2)
- 3rd prize: Kathrin Runge: Nice that you were there, my son (Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung)
- 2016 - You should honor father and mother - caring relatives between giving up and giving up
- 1st prize: Nikolas E. Fischer: When the blow hits you ... a radio story about the desire to live (WDR5 / WDR-KiRaKa)
- 2nd prize: Wolfgang Thielmann : Home instead of home (Die ZEIT, Christ and World Department)
- 3rd prize: Judith Luig: Where did my father go? (Berliner Morgenpost)