Consumer Journalist Award
The consumer journalist award is a journalist award that has been awarded by the brand association since 2010 . It was under the patronage of former Federal President Roman Herzog , the idea generator and initiator is Julia Klöckner .
The winners are honored for special achievements in consumer information with articles in print media , since 2015 also in a category for broadcasting , which explain complex issues to consumers in a comprehensible way and convey knowledge bases.
In this way, consumers should be made responsible and supported in their decisions. The award winners should have explained complex issues of everyday relevance from the consumer's point of view in a comprehensive and easily understandable manner. After thorough research, particularly comprehensible, brief and original representations should have been offered, which were also well prepared graphically.
Until 2013, the prize was endowed with a total of 17,500 euros, with 10,000 euros for the first prize, 5000 for the second prize and 2500 euros for the third prize. Since 2015, two winners with 10,000 euros each have been considered.
jury
The following people participated in the jury:
- Gerd Billen , board member of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations
- Barbara Brandstetter , Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- Christoph Fasel , SRH University of Calw
- Julia Klöckner , Member of the Bundestag
- Lucia Reisch , Copenhagen Business School
- Jörg Schillinger , Dr. August Oetker KG
- Siegfried Quandt , President of the German Association of Trade Journalists
- Miriam Stegherr , press spokeswoman for the Federation of German Consumer Organizations
- Werner Zedler , Editor-in-Chief Guter Rat
Award winners
The previous winners were:
- 2010 - main theme: "Financial Crisis - Knowledge and Advice Opportunities"
- 1st place: Michael Höfling: "What does the consultant really want" (Welt am Sonntag)
- 2nd place: Martin Eisenlauer, Cordula Posdorf, Holger Karkheck, Michael Quandt, Niels Starnick, "The 50 best money tips in the crisis" (Bild am Sonntag)
- 3rd place: Karsten Seibel: "Which advice pays off?" (Welt am Sonntag)
- 2011 - Main theme: "Jungle health system - how does the consumer keep track of things, with the main focus: what does my health insurance company do, when is it worth switching, when is additional insurance worthwhile?"
- 1st place: Ilona Hermann: "7 recipes for saving" ( good advice )
- 2nd place: Thomas Schickling: "In good hands" ( Focus Money )
- 3rd place: Alina Fichter: "Get out of the price trap" ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- 2012 - Leading theme: "Security on the Internet - from fraud traps to data protection. How do I navigate the Internet safely as a consumer? "
- 1st place: Simone Vintz and Peter Knaak: "Spied on - data protection in apps" ( test )
- 2nd place: Cordula Posdorf and Martin Eisenlauer: "This is how I protect myself on the Internet" ( Bild am Sonntag )
- 3rd place: Rainer Nolte: "Payday - which payment method suits me best?" ( Kölner Stadtanzeiger )
- 2013 - main theme: "Energy transition - perspectives and problems for consumers"
- 1st place: Yves Demuth: "Label fraud in green electricity", (Swiss consumer magazine saldo )
- 2nd place: Sandra Markert: "Cheap electricity can be expensive" ( Stuttgarter Nachrichten )
- 3rd place: Philipp Wurm: "Risen from the ruins" (business magazine enormous )
- 2015 - key theme "Home Financing"
- Category TV / Radio: Daniel Mauke: "Immobilienrausch" ( Hessischer Rundfunk )
- Category Print: Markus Hinterberger, "Controversial Classics" ( Euro on Sunday )
- 2017 - main theme "Health in everyday life - nutrition, exercise, coping with stress"
- Category TV / Radio: Claus Hanischdörfer: "Are men who don't like health" ( Südwestrundfunk )
- Category Print / Online: Daniela Stohn, Anna Ort-Gottwald and Antje Kunstmann, "New Brigitte Diet" ( Brigitte )
- 2018 - Key theme "Consumer rights when buying online"
- Category TV: Judith Langasch and Kenny Lang, "Today concrete - helpline" ( ORF )
- Category Print / Online: Alexandra Alferi and Florian Kolf, "How to protect yourself from fake shops" ( Handelsblatt Online)
Individual evidence
- ^ Starting shot for the new consumer journalist award , press release from August 20, 2009 from the Markenverband, accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ a b c Johannes Ippach: Winner of the Brand Association of Consumer Journalists Award 2015 honored , press release from May 23, 2016, accessed on December 15, 2016
- ↑ Award of the Markenverband Consumer Journalists Prize 2010 , press release from the Markenverband on September 28, 2010, accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ Award of the Markenverband Consumer Journalists Award 2011 , press release from September 8, 2011 by the Markenverband, accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ Award of the Markenverband Consumer Journalists Prize 2012 , press release from the Markenverband on September 10, 2012, accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ Consumer journalists award of the Markenverband: First place for "Data protection in apps" , test.de , accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ Award of the winners of the Markenverband Consumer Journalists Prize 2013 , press release of March 17, 2014 from the Markenverband, accessed online on September 11, 2012
- ↑ Winner of the Brand Association of Consumer Journalists Award 2017 honored , press release of December 4, 2017, accessed on November 7, 2018
- ↑ Consumer journalist award : Julia Klöckner honors winners , bmel.de, accessed on September 16, 2019