Der Große Deutsch-Französische Medienpreis 2021 geht an die Europäische Weltraumorganisation ESA und die beiden befreundeten
Astronauten Thomas Pesquet und Matthias Maurer. Auf diese Weise soll ein Zeichen für die internationale Zusammenarbeit und die Bedeutung von Wissenschaft für den gesellschaftlichen Dialog gesetzt werden. Mit dem Blick aus dem Weltall können sich Thomas Pesquet
und Matthias Maurer ein unmittelbares Bild vom Zustand der Erde machen. Durch ihr Expertenwissen, ihre Interviews und zahlreichen
Beiträge in den Medien tragen sie außerdem ganz wesentlich dazu bei, vielen Menschen das Verständnis für wissenschaftliche Zusammenhänge näher zu bringen. Die ESA ist ein europäisches Vorzeigeprojekt und die aktuelle Mission steht in besonderer Weise für die
deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit.

Dieser Dokumentarfilm zeigt auf beeindruckende Weise die globalen Auswirkungen des Coronavirus. Ein Jahr nach Ausbruch der Pandemie
zieht Alain de Halleux Bilanz – und die fällt nicht gut aus. ExpertInnen sowie ProtagonistInnen aus der ganzen Welt kommen zu Wort, es entsteht ein ebenso klares wie verheerendes Bild. Das Coronavirus erhält in seiner Reportage eine Stimme und blickt auf unsere Welt mit all ihren Komplexitäten, Verwerfungen und Missständen eines auf Maximierung ausgelegten globalisierten Wirtschaftssystems. Nach seinem Diplomstudium in Chemie zog es Alain de Halleux in die Filmbranche, er studierte in Brüssel Filmregie. Neben Werbefilmen und Videoclips konzentriert sich der Produzent und Drehbuchautor insbesondere auf Dokumentarfilme zu den Themen Umwelt, Soziales, Wirtschaft und Politik.

Mit Beginn der Corona-Krise wurden längst überwunden geglaubte Grenzen wieder sichtbar. In der Großregion Frankreich, Luxemburg und
Saarland haben die Menschen zwischen Mitte März und Mitte Mai 2020 eine starke Veränderung durchlebt: Was passierte da, im längst alltäglich gelebten „grenzenlosen Europa“? In ihrem Feature haben Katrin Aue und Carolin Dylla die konkreten Auswirkungen der verschärften Grenzkontrollen auf das Leben der Menschen dargestellt, nach den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Folgen gefragt – und nach den Folgen für Europa.
Die gebürtige Ostfriesin Katrin Aue studierte Ethnologie. Sie absolvierte ein Volontariat beim RBB und war dann als Reporterin bei den politischen Magazinen des RBB-Fernsehens tätig. Es folgte ein Wechsel ins Recherche-Team der Nachrichtenagentur dapd. Seit 2014 arbeitet sie als Moderatorin, Redakteurin und Reporterin beim Saarländischen Rundfunk.
Carolin Dylla hat Internationale und Europäische Governance in Münster und Lille studiert. Nach einem sechsmonatigen Praktikum bei
der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Beirut arbeitet sie seit 2015 beim Saarländischen Rundfunk. Sie ist als Reporterin und Redakteurin in der
crossmedialen Politik-Redaktion des SR tätig.

Eva Schläfer erzählt auf originelle Art und Weise eine Geschichte der europäischen Solidarität während der Corona-Pandemie: Im Frühjahr
2020 erlebt ein Elsässer, wie es ist, weit von Zuhause entfernt geheilt zu werden. Denn als er aufgrund einer Covid-19-Erkrankung
im künstlichen Koma liegt, werden im Krankenhaus in Colmar die Betten knapp und er wird nach Lübeck in Deutschland verlegt.
Mitfühlend und sehr detailliert schildert die Autorin das Schicksal des Franzosen und die Zusammenarbeit zwischen deutschen und
französischen PflegerInnen.
Nach ihrem Journalistikstudium war Eva Schläfer als Freelancerin im Presse- und PR-Bereich tätig. Es folgte die jahrelange Arbeit in der
Unternehmenskommunikation. Seit 2017 arbeitet sie als freie Journalistin mit einem Schwerpunkt für medizinische Sachthemen, unter
anderem für die Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

Seit der umstrittenen Wiederwahl von Präsident Alexander Lukaschenko erlebt Belarus eine Welle von Protesten. Tausende Demonstranten gehen jede Woche auf die Straße, um eine Neuwahl zu fordern. Machthaber Lukaschenko, der sich seit 26 Jahren an die Macht klammert, droht ihnen mit Vergeltung. Seit August 2020 berichtet Korrespondentin Kseniya Halubovich in einem Videoblog direkt aus Minsk. Dort, wo praktisch keine Pressefreiheit herrscht, begleitet sie tagesaktuell die Protestierenden und dokumentiert deren Aktionen, Ängste und Ambitionen in kurzen Interviews. Mit ihrer mutigen Arbeit gibt sie Einblicke in ein Land, dessen Ringen um Freiheit und Demokratie ganz Europa in Atmen hält.
Kseniya Halubovich studierte an der belarussischen Akademie der Künste. Sie begann als Freelancerin für belarussische Medien zu arbeiten. Anfang 2020 berichtete sie als Journalistin des Oppositionssenders Belsat über die Corona-Pandemie. Nach den belarussischen Präsidentschaftswahlen im August 2020 begann die Fotoreporterin, die Demonstrationen gegen das Regime von Machthaber Lukaschenko mitzuverfolgen.

Die Autoren greifen in ihrem Artikel eine Thematik auf, die in Deutschland und Frankreich noch wenig bekannt ist: den Lebensweg des
israelischen Fußballtrainers Emanuel Schaffer. Hierbei wird das Leben und Werk eines Mannes portraitiert, für den die deutsch-israelische Aussöhnung nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in erster Linie eine Angelegenheit des Fußballs war. Adrien Candau und Julien Duez zeigen, dass auch Sport Weltgeschichte schreiben kann und beleuchten eine andere Seite des Fußballs. Entstanden ist dabei ein spannender und zielgruppengerecht
aufbereiteter Artikel.
Adrien Candau studierte am Institut Français de Presse und arbeitet seit 2016 als Journalist für das französische Fußballmagazin So Foot.
Julien Duez absolvierte in Paris einen Master in deutsch-französischem Journalismus. Seit 2017 ist er als Freelancer für verschiedene Printmedien tätig, unter anderem für So Foot.

In Ascq, a village in the North of France, SS soldiers murdered 86 civilians in the night from April 1 to 2, 1944. The locals are unable to forget this cruel massacre to this day. Especially as one of the perpetrators, Karl Münter, although sentenced to death by a French military court, has never been extradited by Germany and lived unperturbed in Hildesheim. On the occasion of the 75^th remembrance day of the massacre, the three reporters talk to Karl Münter and travels to the relatives of the victims accompanied by a team of three journalists. Together they try to find answers to the question: Can justice still be done after all these years?

From one day to the next, Francine Kahn finds out that she is heir to a collection of 450 paintings. Sold illegally by the Vichy Regime at the time, the artworks belonging to her uncle Armand Dorville had disappeared for more than 70 years. With the help of an art historian and two genealogists, she goes on a long hunt for clues and fights for the restitution of the paintings.

She finally gets three of them back from the German government in January 2020, but the collection is still largely untraceable.

In the run-up to the European election, four trainees went on a journey of discovery through several EU countries. In personal conversations and site visits, the journalists-to-be inform on various aspects of the EU, highlighting its achievements and values, but also current difficulties. Clichés are picked up on and instantly demolished with a wink. All this without neglecting the subjective perception of Europe.

Small anecdotes, observations and thoughts find their place in the 16-page newspaper supplement comprising various journalistic genres. A contribution that generates enthusiasm for Europe and its people.

It is Europe’s largest ongoing tax fraud: 50 billion euros are stolen from EU member states every year. The method: VAT carousels. And while the organized gangs find ever new opportunities for fraud, the authorities are unable to agree on a coordinated approach. In a border-crossing investigation by over 60 journalists from 30 countries, the CORRECTIV research centre and its partners uncover the methods of the criminals and track the journey of the stolen money. Extensive graphics, texts and videos help website visitors gain a highly transparent insight into the complex subject matter.

One subject, ten young journalists, and five production days in Nîmes: These are the framework conditions of this intercultural radio project. The result is a bilingual broadcast scrutinizing climate protection with dedication from various perspectives. The team explains the consequences of progressive globalization using viniculture, fuel poverty, textile production and the climate protest culture as examples. To this end, the project members conducted interviews with local companies and institutions. In just under an hour of airtime, they have managed to tailor comprehensive and well-researched information about both countries to a young audience.

For decades, Beate and Serge Klarsfeld have been role models for the fight against forgetting, for humanity and against a nationalism that promotes the exclusion and stigmatization of different-minded people and other faith groups. The extraordinary couple stands for the reconciliation between peoples and, in particular, between France and Germany. The tireless fighters for human rights and a peaceful coexistence are architects of today’s Europe and the European unification.

This film is about the Reich University Strasbourg, which was opened in occupied France in 1941 and at which top scientists of the German Reich worked. The director Kirsten Esch, whose grandfather was the dean of the University, uncovers how the intellectual elite cooperated with the SS and reveals how the professors were involved in the terrible crimes committed by the Nazis.

This weekly radio show gives young Europeans of different backgrounds the chance to speak and investigates their relation with the continent. By her modern tone, the choice of the interlocutors and her journalistic commitment, the author shows that talking about Europe can be exciting.

One year after #MeToo and with the help of the notebook of Jeanne Ponté, parliamentary assistant, this article denounces sexual harassment in the European Parliament. In a respectful as well as appropriate tone and without sounding preachy or lurid, the author describes how the good intentions of a European institution are petering out after the interest in the topic wanes.

The European agriculture has many sides. On their multimedia website, the CUEJ Strasbourg students shed light on the different challenges faced by European farmers and address amongst other topics the repercussions of climate change, organic farming and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

In her reportage, the journalist Carolin Dylla succeeds in closely analyzing the complicated legal text of the Treaty of Aachen, signed in 2019. Against the background of increasing nationalist tendencies, she manages to compile an interesting report in which politicians, people from both sides of the borders as well as political scientists present their views.

The philosopher and sociologist Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas is awarded the prize for his decades of engagement for a democratically constituted Europe. He has informed generations of academics with his scientific work, and decisively influenced the debate about the future of Europe with his regular interjections.

The film “The Klarsfeld, Hunters of Darkness” tells the story and illustrates the struggle of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, a Franco-German couple who dedicated thirty years to hunting down Nazi war criminals and Vichy collaborators responsible for the deportation of 76,000 Jews in France.

“The Little Returners” gives a voice to jihadists’ children who were born in the Iraqi – Syrian zone or taken there and are now coming to France. In interviews with relatives and experts, Emilie Denètre and Adèle Humbert paint a sweeping picture of the situation in France.

The reportage “Two Brothers” is much more than just a thriller: it is a story of integration success and failure as exemplified by the brothers Hamid and Hakim, whose life trajectories couldn’t be more different. Using Marseille as an example, the author succeeds in casually and adroitly communicating important information about the reality of underprivileged districts in France’s cities.

The “Searise” project enables the global problem of climate change to be experienced on a local and regional level. With its vivid presentation form, “Searise” invites its users to literally dive deeper into the subject.

In her reportage, Anika Maldacker describes the desperate fight to preserve the regional language in Alsace. In the framework story about a holiday camp where children learn Alsatian, the author skilfully blends elements of reportage, historical background and the current political debate around the territorial reform in France.

The great Media Prize is awarded to SOS MEDITERRANEE this year. This sea rescue aid organization is a European NGO established in 2015 on the initiative of merchant ship captain Klaus Vogel and its present Director for Humanitarian Projects, Sophie Beau. It has been operating in the Mediterranean with the rescue ship Aquarius since February 2016. SOS MEDITERRANEE has come to the rescue of over 13,000 people so far, saving their lives.

“Quiet Rescuers” gives a voice to Jewish children rescued in World War II and the descendants of their rescuers, “perfectly normal” French people. The strength of this documentary resides in the quality of the interviews, which yield moving testimonies. The film was produced by Reinhardt Beetz (Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion) and funded by the Shoah Foundation, Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation and Körber Foundation.

Sabine Wachs succeeds in making us witness one of Europe’s greatest challenges. She shows with journalistic distance how a civil society initiative upholds humanitarian values.

“Angela Merkel from East to West“ by Marion Van Renterghem is a successful series portraying the most influential woman in Europe. Every part of the series highlights a specific character trait of Angela Merkel that then merges into a coherent mosaic of attributes.

Vera Rudolph has collected honest, surprising and emotional answers to the question of defining Europe in five European countries. Her multimedia dossier lets the user partake in the very personal thoughts of passengers in Paris, Warsaw, Sophia, Madrid and Athens.

Sophie Serbini and Côme Tessier have not only succeeded in mapping out various sides of Jérôme Boateng’s personality, but also in outlining the interplay between the footballer and the public. The article speaks to all age groups because of its style, and is also interesting for its French readers.

The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, is honoured with the 2016 Franco-German Media Prize for his engagement for European integration. Jean Asselborn has acquired great prestige as a mediator between the large and smaller nations within the EU and on an international level. As an honest intermediary for Europe’s essential values, he is warning against the relapse into nationalisms and interventions in the freedom of the press and opinion on a European level. Jean Asselborn is the first winner of the Franco-German Media Prize to come neither from France nor Germany.

The Video Prize is awarded to Christian Dassel and Clemens Gersch for “#jesuischarlie: A Hashtag and its Consequences”, shown by Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

“#jesuischarlie” strikingly outlines the role of social networks in coming to terms and mourning after 7 January 2015, and lends visibility to the authors behind the hashtag. The film stands out by its combination of the two media television and internet.

The Audio Prize is awarded to Pascal Dervieux’s “Immigration in Germany: The Turning Point?”, broadcast by France Inter.

The reportage by Pascal Dervieux provides its listeners with an in-depth look at immigration issues in Germany. With the diversity of his interview partners, he draws the picture of an uneasy country looking for answers in the face of large immigration figures.

The prize in the Text Contribution category is awarded to Leo Klimm for his article “Executive Chefs” in Capital.

A culinary masterpiece in every respect. Using “haute cuisine” as a vehicle, Leo Klimm has succeeded in introducing the reader to a part of French corporate culture. The author throws the doors to exclusive and elitist places, an unknown world even in France, wide open, and provides insights into the interplay between economic and culinary customs.

As exciting as a thriller, the “Falciani’s SwissLeaks“ story-telling project delves into the story of whistle-blower Hervé Falciani, whose revelations shook up Swiss banking secrecy. The reader is stimulated to interact, and thus motivated to stay on to the end.

With its special and elaborate format, this reportage succeeds in painting a striking emotional picture of the mood in France after the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo. The dialogue form makes the reader feel directly involved.

“Cartooning for Peace” is an international association of press cartoonists and organizes a great number of exhibitions and dialogue events worldwide. The Franco-German Media Prize is especially awarded to honour its engagement for press freedom and respect for dissenters. With their sharpened pens, the caricaturists of “Cartooning for Peace” underline that respect for human dignity is a universal right, irrespective of religious affiliations and other cultural differences. Awarding the Franco-German Media Prize to “Cartooning for Peace” is also meant as a signal and encouragement to all journalists and cartoonists to not give in to intimidation.

The members of the Franco-German Journalism Prize have decided to award an extraordinary Special Prize to the Saudi-Arabian blogger Raif Badawi this year. In this manner, they hope to support the worldwide campaign for the release of the 31-year-old internet activist, sentenced to ten years of prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of € 200,000 because he called for a more liberal society. Badawi only survived the execution of the first 50 lashes with the severest injuries.

The Video Prize goes to Andreas Pichler for “Sell-out Europe”.

The documentary captivates with its controversial and so far largely neglected subject, and its playful and personal approach. The South Tyrolean author tells his story with powerful pictures and remarkable examples. The film concerns all Europeans and makes the audience think.

The Audio Prize is awarded to Hans Woller’s “Tea Party in France”, broadcast by Deutschlandfunk.

The feature takes a disturbing look at the deepening fissures in French society, taking gay marriage as a symbol of growing division. It shows the whole bandwidth of the discussion and thus gives listeners an opportunity to engage with all the conflict’s actors and facets and examine their own values.

The prize in the Text Contribution category is awarded to Ina Henrichs for her article “Which Way to France?” in the magazine of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

Cleverly and cliché-free, the author portrays French natives who love Germany and live there. In contrast to the conventional reporting, she finds an approach that is little known so far and also very reader-friendly with its fresh writing style – a welcome change from the current toxic interjections painting a distorted picture of Franco-German relations.

In the Multimedia category, the prize goes to Marcus Bensmann and Davis Crawford for their online presentation “mh17.correctiv.org”.

Their time-consuming research has helped the authors succeed in reconstructing the putative shooting down of the passenger plane. They compared and verified the evidence provided from various sources with the facts at the site. Multimedia elements are meaningfully used to plausibly tell an interesting story.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to Änne Seidel and Markus Dichmann for “Where Friendly and Hostile Images Blur”, broadcast by Deutschlandfunk.

With its dense and in-depth content, the reportage shows all facets of Jewish Life in Alsace in a lively and refreshing manner. The look into the long history of Jews in the region meanwhile serves as a foil for examining the difficult present. Thanks to their thorough research, the authors succeed in providing a spot-on report without clichés.

The former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt ✝ and former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing are honoured with the 2014 Franco-German Media Prize for their outstanding services to Franco-German and European relations. Both statesmen have played a pioneering role for Franco-German cooperation and European integration and lastingly influenced them. Across party lines, they succeeded in injecting Franco-German relations with new vigour and shaping Europe decisively.

The Video Prize goes to Sabine Jainski and Ilona Kalmbach for the moving documentary “Superwomen Wanted – Juggling Work, Children and Parent Care”.

The film captivates with its sensitive and professional style. In a multi-facetted and understanding manner, the authors succeed in highlighting the multiple workloads of their female protagonists in France and Germany who, besides trying to balance their job with the education of their children, also have to cope with caring for their parents. In the process, they develop the various Franco-German mentalities as much as the importance of this issue for the future.

The Audio Prize is awarded to Clemens Hoffmann for “The Cartel of Pearls – How the Champagne sets the Prices”, shown by WDR 5.

The jury appreciates the journalistic treatment and insights into the commercial backgrounds of the champagne business. This world of pearls is not only unlocked for the listener from a consumer’s perspective, but also that of the producers and the marketing. The jury was also impressed by the very comprehensive and wide-ranging research that enables a familiar consumer product to be examined from a new angle. The report caters to a broad audience.

The prize in the Text Contribution category is awarded to Marie-Pierre Lannelongue and Elisabeth Raether, representing the authors of “France-Allemagne – Ich Liebe Dich (moi non plus)”.

The jury welcomes the initiative of this joint venture between a German and a French magazine – be it in the editorial or illustrative approach. Unanimously highlighted was the article “Scenes de ménages”, which describes the cultural intricacies between German and French natives with great tact and without succumbing to cliché. The overall production draws life from the abundance and variety of the contributions and takes a precise look behind the scenes of the Franco-German partnership.

In the Multimedia category, the prize goes to the authors of the online magazine “paroli” who contributed to the “Head or Tails” project.

The project documents the lifeworlds of young Europeans in a refreshing, emotional manner. The “Head or Tails” idea is impressively realized in content as well as design terms. Just as successful is the visual language of the videos, photos and infographics. Although the presentation only works on a small number of operating system-browser combinations, the jury decided after intensive discussions to honour the project for its innovative character.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to Hanna Gieffers and Alain Le Treut for “Imprisoned / Liberated”.

The authors relate in a moving manner how personal contacts from war captivity brought German and French natives closer together after the Second World War. The multimedia dossier casts light on a little-known aspect of Franco-German post-war history, banking on contemporary witness reports and documents in the process.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit foregoes Media Prize
29/04/2013: MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit has informed the management of the Franco-German Journalism Prize that he eschews being awarded the 2013 FGJP Media Prize.

According to Cohn-Bendit, his decision is decisively based on the negative echo experienced after being awarded the Theodor Heuss Prize. He said that he would need to fear being targeted again in the upcoming Bundestag election campaign, adding that he does not wish to expose himself to this and is foregoing the award for this reason.

The Video Prize goes to Delphine Prunault for “The German Miracle, at what Price?”, a contribution from the “Envoyé spécial” show on France 2.

The author treats of a dominant political issue in the Franco-German discussion. The film demystifies the German economy and shows the strengths and weaknesses of the German success model. With its design, clear stance and courage to be controversial, the film initiates a debate.

The Audio Prize is awarded to Delphine Simon for “My Dad’s Called Werner”, broadcast by France Inter.

The protagonists talk about themselves and their feelings with power and authenticity. Even 50 years after the Élysée Treaty, there are still important aspects of Franco-German history that have hardly been treated in the media. Delphine Simon shows us people who cannot escape the grasp of this history to this day.

In the Text Contribution category, the prize goes to the French daily “La Croix” for the dossier “France-Germany, the Golden Wedding”.

It treats of various facets of Franco-German relations from an original perspective. In the process, it describes relationships in everyday life that form the actual backbone of this friendship, and draws on many voices that reflect the diversity of the links between France and Germany.

The Multimedia Prize is awarded to Tawan Arun and Joris Rühl for “Border Portraits”, published on www.tv5monde.com.

The members of the jury were won over by the rich and modern multimedia realization of the subject of “European borders”. The authors meanwhile leave the framework of Franco-German relations and lift it to a European dimension by introducing users to new borders and familiarizing them with new neighbours.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to Isabelle Foucrier for the series “The Slide Show”, shown by ARTE.

The author realizes current issues at the interface of web, video and text creatively, originally and humorously, all while playing with the cliché of the dreaded classic slide show. The extraordinary design helps her address a broad and hence also younger audience.

The Media Prize is awarded to Alfred Grosser. The French publisher and political scientist has tirelessly campaigned for Franco-German reconciliation and understanding since 1945. With many publications and speeches, he has contributed to building friendly relations between the neighbours while never tiring of highlighting the commonalities and differences.

The Video Prize goes to Stephan Lamby and Michael Wech for their film “The Domino Effect – is the Euro Toppling?”, a ZDF/ARTE production. The documentary vividly narrates the dramatic events of the currency and debt crisis and allows viewers to partake in the reflections of important protagonists, combining them in a manner completely unheard of before.

The jury was won around by the exciting narrative style that eschews sensationalism. The difficult and abstract subject of the euro crisis has been confidently framed, understandably explained and grippingly recounted by the authors. This film meets the objectives of the FGJP in an exemplary manner because it presents this most burning issue for both countries and the whole of Europe in a manner that is transparent for the viewer.

The Audio Prize is awarded to Christian Buckard and Daniel Guthmann for “Ma Grande, my Love, my Life!”, shown by SWR in coproduction with NDR and RBB.

This contribution is an outstanding piece of cultural journalism that is rendered truly touching by its production and realization. Although rooted in the past, it still feels contemporary through the depth of the Franco-German love story between Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich. The account of this previously little-known liaison shows facets of both personalities – courage, honesty, sincerity – that still move us as much today as they did then. A radio experience that captivates the listener from the first to the last minute.

The prize in the Text Contribution category is awarded to Karl de Meyer for his article “Angela Merkel, Europe despite everything”, published in the daily “Les Echos”.

In his article, Karl de Meyer sketches a very successful portrait of the German Chancellor and her European strategy, not always that comprehensible for non-Germans. It quickly makes the reader realize the complexity of the decision-making by heads of government, and the pressure top politicians are under. The author always remains objective and journalistically correct. His line of reasoning is graced by high-calibre statements communicating plenty of background knowledge about German politics and its less visible players. An article that mediates a wealth of knowledge about one of the most powerful politicians to a French readership clearly, vividly and truthfully.

The Multimedia Prize goes to Gordillo and Laetitia Giroux for their web presentation “The Indignant”.

The bilingual web documentation makes convincing use of the internet medium’s multimedia potentials. The result is a lively picture of the various forms of this protest movement in several European countries. The user is thus enabled to trace the development of this movement since its initial spark, the book “Time for Outrage” by Berlin-born French national Stéphane Hessel.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office goes to 22 students of the CUEJ journalism school in Strasbourg for their web dossier “Ruhr conversions“, published on www.cuej.info.

The students are: Mathilde Bournique, Aurelie Delmas, Cedric Dolanc, Doup Kaigama Leyla, Renaud Fevrier, Thibaut Gagnepain, Dorothée Haffner, Fabienne Hurst, Celine Jankowiak, Marc-Andre Kruppa, Hui Lan, Clara Lecoq-Reale, Marjorie Lenhardt, Brigitte Lichtfuss, Marion Lippmann, Chloe Michelon, Anne-Claire Poirier, Wiebke Ramisch, Maren Rampendahl, Aude Raso, Frank-André Rauschendorf, Thomas Richard

The jury awarded the Young Talent Prize to this internet project because it found the modern and innovative manner the information is offered in convincing. The project uses the diverse technical possibilities of the multimedia world. With these elements, it draws a comprehensive picture of a region that has experienced profound social and economic changes. The internet user is enabled to explore this wealth by way of videos, web animations and texts. This initiative shows that a curious look at the neighbouring country can still uncover new sides of an apparently familiar society.

The 2011 Media Prize goes to Volker Schlöndorff. The internationally renowned filmmaker has lived in both Germany and France, and lastingly helped to shape Germany’s image in France with his work for decades. He is a mediator on several levels: between cultures, peoples, art forms and not least of all between generations.

The Television Prize is awarded to Martine Laroche-Joubert and Alexis Jacquet for their reportage “An Operetta in Ravensbrück”, shown by France 2. It tells the moving story of the performance of an operetta composed by French prisoner Jermaine Tillon in the women’s barracks of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

The film captivates with its emotionally open meeting of generations and is a document for not turning away. It takes a new look at a part of history that appears to have been all told already. In doing so, it approaches its protagonists with great respect while eschewing effects. The five episodes persuade with their consistent style of cinematic realization.

The Radio Prize goes to Martin Durm for “Mountain of Sorrow, Mountain of Hope – Searching for Meaning at the Mont Sainte Odile”, broadcast by SWR 2.

This reportage convinced the jury with its high quality, realization and the feelings it arouses. The author shows a high degree of personal involvement. Added to this personal view are many touching eyewitness reports that generate a great density.  By personifying the mountain, he succeeds in showing the shared sorrow on both sides of the border. The Mont Sainte Odile brings back the same memories on either, and runs like a red thread through the reportage, which the jury regards as a radiophonic jewel. Thanks to the extraordinary realization, Martin Durm succeeds in providing for “mental cinema” in the best sense of the word.

In the Print Media category, the prize is awarded to Karin Finkenzeller for her article “The Post Office Stays!”, published in the weekly “Die Zeit”.

The article treats of an economic issue: the privatization of the French Post Office. But instead of only providing bare facts and figures, the author fleshes out her subject so richly in sociological and cultural terms and in the history of mentalities, that reading it will provide German readers, especially, with a better understanding of why the French are so ardently attached to this institution. Finkenzeller succeeds in filling this rather dry subject with so much life that one still thinks of the article’s figures fondly days after reading it and is reminded of the Tati film “Jour de fête.

The Internet Prize donated by the Département de la Moselle is awarded to Michel Verrier for the web presentation “www.michel-verrier.com”.

In his press review, Michel Verrier summarizes the latest German daily press. In addition, he also treats of Germany’s key current affairs in his blog. His web presentation is a valuable daily information service for Francophones.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to Dorothee Räber for her radio feature “French Interns in the Sauerland”, broadcast by WDR 5.

Dorothee Räber has broken new thematic ground with her reportage about the international internships of trainees. The intercultural aspect is elaborated particularly well here. The feature is realized in a modern and attractive manner and holds the listener spellbound right to the end. Besides its topicality and information content, the entry most of all persuades with its high service character. The jury hopes that this decision will have a signal effect for the future to promote the search for new, current and original themes.

The Television Prize is awarded to the authors Frédéric Compain and Bruno Lancesseur for their film “EADS Airbus, an Affair of State”. The 90-minute documentary was shown by ARTE in coproduction with France 3.

The film throws light on the backgrounds of the latest scandal around insider trading by shareholders and top managers. The jury commends the intensive two-year research effort put into creating this investigative feature about the European aerospace corporation. The film additionally captivates with many unusual visual ideas and its outstanding composition.

The Radio Prize is awarded to Jean-Luc Hees and Dr. Willi Steul – as representatives of all those involved – for the “Radio France does the Wall” theme day in cooperation with Deutschlandradio.

The jury regards this as an outstanding contribution to the Franco-German dialogue. The 24-hour live broadcast from Berlin on 9 November 2009 commemorates an event that changed world history in various ways, including interviews, reports, testimonies from contemporary witnesses and a concert broadcast. It simultaneously builds a bridge to the present. The unique hook-up of all Radio France programmes enabled the significance of this anniversary to be brought home to millions of listeners.

More than a hundred Radio France staff were in Berlin for this occasion, where they were energetically supported by their German colleagues. This type of cooperation serves the aim of the FGJP, “to encourage German and French media creatives to cooperate”, in an exemplary manner.

In the Print Media category, the prize goes to Johannes Kloth for his article “Bon appétit”, published by Saarbrücker Zeitung. The author writes about an a priori worn subject that is one of the German stereotypes of the average French – frog’s legs.

But in doing so, says the jury, it refuses to cater to these clichés, delivering a thoroughly researched story instead that reflects economic aspects along with culinary and cultural ones. Thanks to its interviews and original, apt scenes, it succeeds in toppling stubborn intercultural preconceptions.

The Internet Prize donated by the Département de la Moselle is awarded to Anne Mailliet and Brice Boussouar for the web presentation “Webdoc – The Fall of the Berlin Wall” (on the pages of www.france24.com, in cooperation with Jérôme Pidoux). The jury was impressed by the multimedia portrayal of last year’s dominant historical theme, the 20^th anniversary of the Wall coming down in Germany.

Thanks to an intelligently conceived presentation that is easy to explore, the internet dossier offers a treatment that caters to the target group and, besides entertaining elements, does not neglect journalistically informative ones. The jury furthermore showed itself convinced by the professional quality of the pictures, videos and the selection of contemporary witnesses.

The Young Talent Prize donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to  Julia Friedrichs and Eva Müller for their television report “Paris rather than Benefits” from the series “WDR Worldwide”. The authors tell the story of a German family that is on benefits, but then emigrates to France as “guest workers”, full of surprises from the beginning to the end.

This is a long-term observation of three years’ duration (!) that exemplarily succeeds to show in 28 minutes how the family’s attitude to French society changes and how their integration slowly succeeds after great initial difficulties. The film fascinates because the narrative stance follows the contradictory trajectories of the family’s individual members. The film is touching, comes very close to its protagonists, but is never voyeuristic.

The 2009 Media Prize goes to the French publisher and politician Simone Veil, member of the Académie Française. As a holocaust survivor, she championed reconciliation between France and Germany without hesitation. She stood up for this as a politician as well as a grand dame of the public discourse in France, Germany and Europe.

The Television Prize goes to the French authors Jeff Wittenberg and Jean-Marie Lequertier for their reportage “La France : An Arrogant Solitude?”, a France 2 production.

In their excellently researched and structured film, they describe the “inner life of the Europe-machine Brussels”. With highly aesthetic images and a fresh eye, they uncover, layer by layer, the complex structures that political representatives move in and in which they need to make themselves heard, if possible.

The jury additionally commends the masterful camera work by Jean-Marie Lequertier.

The Radio Prize is awarded to Clarisse Cossais for the short “La Sehnsucht. French in Berlin”, shown by SWR 2. In a very poetic and sensitive manner, the author succeeds in opening a new perspective on their capital for Germans while simultaneously affording an insight into the “French soul”.

The jury particularly commends the excellent production and dramaturgy, as well as the courage and patience of the author to leave her protagonists the room they need to tell their stories in a very personal manner.

The Internet Prize is awarded to the German edition of the web magazine “Petit Journal”.

The jury particularly appreciates the variety of the presented themes describing life and everyday social interactions in Germany from a French perspective. At the same time, “Le Petit Journal” enables French nationals living abroad to keep in touch with their home country. “Le Petit Journal” offers a wealth of practical information about cultural life, economic issues and politics, and also answers to administrative questions.

The Young Talent Prize (€ 4,000) donated by the Franco-German Youth Office is awarded to Maria Wimmer for “Prostitutes are Victims, not Criminals”, published by Mittelbadische Presse.

Sensitively, but also from an original perspective, the young author accompanies the work of two associations supporting prostitutes in starting a new life in Germany and France. She throws light on the very different realities on this and the other side of the border, compares the legal foundations, and thus delivers a blatant example for lacking harmonization in Europe.

This native Alsatian emphasizes Franco-German relations again and again. With his motifs, he builds bridges between the two countries that need no words. His provocative drawings have earned the artist popularity on this and the other side of the Rhine.

The jury commends the originality of the subject: a comparison of the life realities of delinquent girls in Germany and France.

The author has succeeded in finding disturbingly powerful protagonists who are authentic and moving – an investigative research achievement without a doubt.

In a lively manner, the author has succeeded in drawing a concise and differentiated picture of French society before the presidential election. The jury additionally commends the courage of the editorial team to schedule such a reportage series in a formatted daily accompanying programme at prime time.

In four short reports from various areas and regions, the author has managed to deliver a vivid and informative picture of the mood in the French presidential election campaign. He has succeeded in providing an atmospherically dense description that portraits the subject without preconceptions.

The jury commends the refreshing and very personal look at various aspects of young people’s attitudes to life in Berlin and Paris. In doing so, “Generation 80” draws on the medium’s multimedia potentials with pictures, self-made audio clips and flash animations, but without technically overloading the presentation. Instead, it animates readers to go on a journey of discovery. The graphic design and Advent Calendar form were also found convincing.

In her features, the author lovingly confronts the French with their little quirks. The contributions are original, humorous, fresh and occasionally cheeky, but also informative. The jury’s explicit praise goes to the editorial department at France 3 Ile-de-France for their courage to champion this unusual form of reporting.

Franco-German relations have been at the centre of this native-born Alsatian’s journalistic work right from the beginning of his career. The former radio, television and newspaper correspondent in Germany has also authored many publications about his neighbouring country.

The jury has unanimously awarded the Television Prize to a special of France 2 magazine “An Eye on the Planet”. It has four parts and bears the title “Germany: The Great Change?”.

The magazine was broadcast shortly before the football world championship and shows a modern Germany that is little known in France: its economic, social and demographic aspects, and the special relationship between France and Germany.

The jury was impressed by the quality of the research, lively cinematic presentation, and selection of interview partners.

The radio jury has unanimously awarded the Franco-German Journalism Prize in the Radio category to Hélène Kohl for her feature “Remembrance of the ‘Miracle of Bern” in Germany today”.

It was broadcast by the French channel Radio Europe 1 in the run-up to the football world championship in Germany. The author has succeeded in introducing a French audience to a piece of German social history.

The jury underscores the good selection of interview partners, adroit formulation of questions and successful realization of the feature. It also reflects the atmosphere in Germany in the year of the Miracle of Bern, 1954, very well.

In his reportage “Room without a View”, Michael Kläsgen traces the life trajectories of France’s new homeless and the “uncertain generation”.

Kläsgen renders a highly topical and relevant issue understandable for a German audience here. “You can be out on the street from one day to the next in France”, says one person concerned in Kläsgen’s reportage, just as the late Abbé Pierre once did. One understands why after Kläsgen’s reportage.

The weblog presents short, concise texts on various aspects of French, but also international interest. It thus facilitates a quick orientation of German readers in subject areas such as politics, business, sports, boulevard, or also tourism.

The jury awards the prize in honour of the topicality, European relevance, and journalistic professionalism of the presentation. The reporting about the elections in France is commendable.

The new TGV line between Paris and Frankfurt am Main occasioned Anne Funk to portray people from various cities along the route.

She makes the train’s stops in Reims, Bar-le-Duc and Metz accessible to the reader in vivid pictures. Ms. Funk’s idea of introducing people inside the train, where time, space, identities and nationalities seemingly blur, is refreshing. The realization is successful and suitable for the target group of a young magazine.

The presenter of ARD’s daily “Tagesthemen” news magazine used to serve the ARD as a Paris correspondent for many years. He is being honoured for his reporting about France and engagement for improving Franco-German relations.

Imke Meier has been serving the ZDF’s children and youth programme department as an editor and author since 1998. From 1999, she has been creating TV features for 3sat-Kulturzeit, 3sat nano and the “logo!” children’s news, amongst others.

The film traces the stay of a 13 year-old German girl at a host family in France in an authentic and original manner.

Aurélie Luneau was born in Mühlheim (Baden-Württemberg) and holds a PhD in history. She is the author of many radio features and has been working for France Culture since 1998. Since 2004, she has been deputy editor of the show “The New Fabric of History”.
In her feature, Aurélie Luneau portrays the student movement in Germany and France with skill and historical accuracy.

Lorenz Wagner comes from Saarbrücken originally and has been working for the Financial Times Deutschland since 1999, first as a news editor, now as a reporter.  He regularly writes special features about France.

In the run-up to the French referendum on Europe, Lorenz Wagner visited De Gaulle’s place of death, arguing that De Gaulle would not have only voted ‘oui’, but also managed to convince his citizens of this.

Andreas Noll served the daily Westfälische Rundschau as a local editor for many years and has been working for Deutsche Welle as a free journalist since 2004. He managed the launch of the Franco-German information site at www.frankreich-forum.de online.

The differentiated analysis of the events in winter 2005/06 takes many facets of the internet into account and transports great authenticity by the selection of its visual materials.

Johanna Heinen was born in 1980 and comes from a Luxembourgian-Finnish family. She read French Studies at Free University Berlin. In October 2003, she founded the Franco-German magazine “Rencontres”.

The non-commercial project involves over a hundred students, journalists, translators and photographers aiming to awaken and promote interest in the neighbouring country’s language and culture.

The Honorary Prize is awarded to the founders and preservers of ARTE: Jérôme Clément, Dieter Stolte and Jobst Plog. Ever since its establishment, the channel has taken up a convincing variety of subjects from both countries, treated them interculturally, and contributed to a better mutual understanding of French and German nationals to a special degree.

Serge Moati has been directing documentaries and movies for television and the big screen since 1968. Starting from 1990, he has been CEO of the production company Image & Compagnie.

Ruth Zylberman is an author and director of documentaries. The two let French and German correspondents reminisce about 40 years of witnessed history: knowledgeably, often engaged, sometimes from a critical distance.

Peter Hölzle is a freelance journalist with a PhD in literature. He works for ARD radio, but also a number of papers. Günter Liehr has been living in Paris since 1977 and is a reporter for RFI. He is also the author of many publications about the French media landscape and history of Paris.

The reportage recounts the last stop of French collaborators at Sigmaringen Castle in October 1944. The authors realized this explosive subject elegantly and with great expertise.

Pascale Hugues is the German correspondent of Le Point and Libération in Berlin. In her bi-weekly column in Der Tagesspiegel, she observes precisely, tracks down witty differences and commonalities between the French and Germans, and analyses them shrewdly.

To create this bilingual youth supplement, a sum total of 14 German and French youths from the Saarland and Lorraine discussed, researched and put down on paper the issues that move them in their respective language under the direction of Chris Mathieu.

Dr. Jean Paul Picaper studied German and holds a PhD in political science. He has held a chair at Free University Berlin for 12 years and published several books in France and Germany. His latest work, “Les enfants maudits”, was published in April 2004. Jean-Paul Picaper is being honoured for his engagement as a German correspondent for the daily Le Figaro, and for the bilingual “Eurbag Magazine” he brought into being online.

After emigrating from the former East Germany, Caterina Woj read German, journalism and American studies at Free University Berlin. After freelancing for several newspapers and radio stations, she is now exclusively working as a television journalist, mostly reporting from abroad about culture and politics. At just under 6 minutes in length, her film “Vengeance taken on German POWs” scrupulously and poignantly thematizes the problem of the treatment afforded German prisoners of war in World War II.

Emmanuel Laurentin has been working for Radio France since 1986. In 1999, he created “La Fabrique de l’histoire” for France Culture.
He is jointly responsible for this weekly history show with Véronique Lamendour, who has been working for Radio France since 1991. The reportage “Reading Facades in Berlin” is an original stroll through Berlin that introduces the listener to the capital’s architecture, literature, films and history.

The “In the Neighbour’s Garden” issue of Süddeutsche Zeitung’s magazine is being honoured for the very entertaining and simultaneously informative individual contributions by authors such as Sascha Lehnartz, Axel Hacke and Philipp Oehmke illustrating French regions, concerns and conditions.

The author Christiane Baumann has been accompanying a Franco-German primary school class in Berlin since 2001, supported by a number of parents. The development of this class is documented in texts, sound recordings and visual media. The trajectory of the children growing up with two languages can be traced on the website www.boeser-wolf.schule.de. An instructive and simultaneously imaginative guide by children for children and adults.

Marcela Drumm was already actively involved with university radio in Düsseldorf during her degree course in German and media science. She then worked for the press office of Nickelodeon Germany for just under two years. Right now she is a freelance author for the RBB and WDR, amongst others. Her radio reportage “A Crossbreed from Marseille. Jean-Claude Izzo and the City of Contrasts” is an excellently made literary and musical foray through Marseille.

Joseph Hanimann has been serving the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as a feature correspondent in Paris since 1986. He regularly reports about a broad spectrum of France-related subjects, conveying a comprehensive and thoroughly researched picture of the neighbouring country.

Entertainment icon Harald Schmidt has been presenting the “Harald Schmidt Show”, long since a cult, on Sat1 since December 1995. His show on 28 May 2002 had the subtitle “Le Show en Français” and was entirely in French. He thus presented the French neighbour to his German audience humorously, honestly and entertainingly for all of an hour. He is being awarded the Television Prize for this bold achievement.

Occasioned by the 40^th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship between France and Germany, Radio France Internationale and Deutsche Welle developed a varied and successful cooperative project entitled “Duo for Europe”. The bilingual show skilfully presents 40 years of shared Franco-German history and its political implications.

The double issue of Libération and Berliner Zeitung occasioned by the 40^th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty is awarded the Print Media Prize. The jury commended that this successful “double paper” offered French and German editors an opportunity to work as a team. This built a bridge of cooperation in the journalistic field.

The Franco-German Youth Office’s Young Talent Prize is awarded to Harald Jung (ZDF) and his team of French and German journalists for the show “Foreign Friends”. Broadcast by ZDF on 19 January 2003, the show is being honoured for its original and personal approach to various everyday Franco-German themes.

The 2002 Honorary Prize is awarded to the long-standing television correspondent for ARD and ZDF in Paris, Georg Stefan Troller, in recognition of his outstanding and exemplary journalistic engagement for Franco-German understanding.

The passionate historian Frédéric Chignac wants to portray situations that are beyond imagining. As in his feature “The Orchestra of the Unemployed”, shown by France 3 in its series “Don’t Dream”. This film strikingly describes the fight for survival of an orchestra of unemployed people founded in East Berlin. This because many musical groupings fell victim to reunification for economic reasons.

Sabine Willkop has been working for SWR television and radio since 1989. The prize is awarded to her short “Jacques und Lotka”, produced for the SWR series “Night Culture”. It tells the story of a French woman who, through a chance acquaintance at the library, discovers her true identity and that her parents – Jacques and Lotka – were executed as resistance fighters.

The radio journalist and non-fiction author Günter Liehr has been living in Paris since 1977. The publications by him on the French media landscape and history of Paris are many. The main Radio Prize is being awarded to him and Alexander Musik for the RFI radio reportage “The Third Airport for Paris Disturbs the Peace of the Living – and the Dead”. Their feature maps out the lively discussions around the construction of the planned airport, combining history and topicality very skilfully in doing so.

The literary scholar Alexander Musik has been working as a radio and print journalist since 1991. He has been living in Paris since April 2001 and created a great number of foreign reports, most of all about the social upheavals in Central Europe. He is sharing the main Radio Prize with Günter Liehr for their reportage “The Third Airport for Paris Disturbs the Peace of the Living – and the Dead”.

The shows of former history teacher Patrice Gelinet delve into the history of our civilization. The jury particularly commended the quality of his work and awarded him the Prize of the Franco-German Cultural Council for his feature “The German Resistance to Hitler”. The show was broadcast by France Inter in its series “2000 Years of History”. The documentary treats of an important aspect of German contemporary history skilfully and in a lively manner.

After studying in Montpellier, Paris and London, Jacqueline Hénard worked for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for 17 years and has been the Paris correspondent of Die Zeit since 1997. She is being awarded the Special Prize of the Franco-German Cultural Council for her article “Much praised, little watched”. Occasioned by the 10^th anniversary of ARTE, she affords the reader an insight into the workings of the Franco-German culture channel and different cultures of the two countries that is as well-meaningly critical as it is knowledgeable.

“Go or Stay” is the first film created by Pascale Hugues, German correspondent of French news magazine “Le Point”. This production for ARTE gives a voice to young East Germans trying to establish lives in the realities of east and west as a generation of doubt and hope. The jury is awarding the Prize of the Franco-German Youth Office to her and Michael Hammon.

The South African-born director and cameraman Michael Hammon splits his life between South Africa and Germany. He has directed a number of movies already and won many prizes. He shares the Special Prize of the Franco-German Youth Office with Pascale Hugues for the ARTE production “Go or Stay”, a reportage about young East Germans trying to make a life for themselves in the realities between east and west.

The film from the series “Envoyé Spéciale” (France 2) delivers a well-researched inside view of right-wing extremist violence. It shows the perpetrators and victims as well as those who contribute to the fight against right-wing violence as breakaways from the right-wing scene.
With equal fairness, Romedenne shows the public condemnations of the extremism by the population and state.
The jury commends that a problem which has meanwhile taken on European dimensions can be overcome – if it is fought with concrete actions and not with hysteria and overreactions.

The Algerian “Omar Ben Noui” leaves his home country for fear of Islamic terrorism and hopes to find work and safety in the eastern German town of Guben. A group of far-right youths hound him through the city, causing his deadly fall.
Based on a single person and with simple cinematic methods, Jörg Krause has exemplarily highlighted the menace and repercussions of political extremism.

The main prize in the Radio category was unanimously awarded to Lisa Huth for her feature “Mir gehen nur niwwer kaafe” (“Just popping out to the shops”) – What the people of the Saarland and Lorraine really know about one another”. The author vividly describes the everyday life of the Franco-German neighbourship.
She shows in her humorous manner that the depth of a shared past is clearly evident despite the constant stereotyping.

A well-researched reportage with administrative and juridical backgrounds that are also hard to fathom for German readers and show France from a very specific side.
Actually a negative example, but all the more important for it. The author has pointed out the danger of keeping a lid on scandals and dramas in closed societies. As a correspondent in Paris, it was a great achievement for her to have carried out intensive research in the province.

The German author Dirk Heinemann has taken a critical look for ARTE at how France handled the oil spill ravaging the Breton coast after the sinking of the tanker “Erika”.
The report makes clear that the pursuit of economic gain without regard for the environment triggers an ecological disaster which the coastal dwellers and state face helplessly for a long time.

The ASKO Special Prize goes to Ruth Jung for her report “Peasant Leader José Bové”. The author explains the backgrounds of the “José Bové” movement against globalization.
By way of varied and lively testimonies, Ruth Jung shows the regional coherence in southern France and the new forms of opposition by farmers’ unions. This broadcast contributes to understanding a French phenomenon of social mobilization.

The author has brought up a painful subject for the French economy and society. He relates that the agricultural policy in France is experiencing a rethink the Germans have little idea of. He reiterates that the French see themselves as a country people who are attached to their soil.
He also highlights the personal drama of ruined smallholders while the myth of an internationally successful agricultural sector is maintained.

The film by Pierre-Olivier François (ARTE) takes up one of the oldest and simultaneously burning problems in the relations between Germany and France: The fact that the neighbour’s language is taught and learnt less and less in both countries.
The author shows without sugar-coating why this is especially so in the computer age, but also illustrates how this “speechlessness” can be overcome.

Daniel Vernet served “Le Monde” as a foreign correspondent in Bonn from 1973 to 1977, but the stations of his journalistic career also include the world cities Moscow (1977-81) and London (1981-83). Today, the 55-year-old supervises the foreign department of France’s leading daily, for which he also authors comments on international politics and coordinates the cooperation with papers abroad.

Vernet was honoured for his continuous dedication to improving and deepening Franco-German relations.

Mitja Rietbrock is only 28, but already able to look back on an eventful career: After his studies in Paris and Tours, he attended the French journalism school in Lille and has been working as an editor and cameraman since 1997.
Living in Marseille since 1998, he almost exclusively works for French channels. In cooperation with his colleague Michel Anglade, he produced this year’s winning entry “A Wall in the Heads” whose “vivid and realistic portrayal” was commended by the jury. With a great deal of personal engagement, the Franco-German team of journalists describe winners and losers of reunification – the wall in the heads – for a French audience.
Straight from the operating theatre to the viewfinder: Michel Anglade had worked as a doctor for several years before attending the French school of journalism in Strasbourg in 1991. The 43-year-old TV journalist has been working for France’s major channels as a freelance author, cameraman and photojournalist ever since. He often has his finger on the pulse of the times in doing so, reporting political tensions and military conflicts from on the ground.