Roman Herzog Media Prize
The Roman Herzog Media Prize is occasionally awarded by the Convention for Germany on issues of Germany's ability to reform. In 2007 Heribert Prantl was the first recipient of the award.
This includes topics such as federalism, the financial constitution, civil rights, voting rights and the electoral system in Germany. The award is to be given to journalists who have particularly dealt with issues relating to the ability to reform in their reporting.
It was first awarded on the eve of the journalists' symposium on “Germany's ability to act in Europe” on December 4, 2007 in the Hotel Adlon , in which Roman Herzog gave his famous “ jerk speech ” in 1997, on the subject of Federalism I and II.
Heribert Prantl , head of the domestic affairs department at the Süddeutsche Zeitung, received the first Roman-Herzog media award on August 1, 2007 for his article Reform of the federal and state governments: The deficiencies in the financial constitution and its corrections .
The reporting on Federalism I and II was evaluated on the basis of a media analysis including a content analysis. Contributions in which federalism reforms I and II were addressed explicitly and in detail were evaluated.
The conditions are drawn up by the Convention for Germany. A jury made up of members of the convention group and management assess the reporting on the selected topic.
The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Award winners
- Heribert Prantl (2007)
- Robin Mishra (2009)
- Dirk Kurbjuweit (2010/2011)
- Ulrich Teusch (2013)