Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award

The Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award is a German award for excellence in journalism. It was first awarded in 1995.[1] The award is named for the German journalist Hanns Joachim Friedrichs, who died in the year before the awards had established.[1] The winners of the award are journalists who have achieved exceptional results in their work. The prize money is €5,000.[1]

2013 award ceremony. L–R: Georg Mascolo, Ilse Friedrich, Tom Buhrow, Jörg Armbruster, Eva Müller, Marcel Mettelsiefen, Anne Will

Winners

yearnamefunction
1995Thomas RothForeign correspondent for ARD in Moscow
1996Petra GersterHost of ZDF magazine ML mona lisa
Maria von WelserHost of ZDF magazine ML mona lisa
1997Christoph Maria FröhderCrisis reporter for ARD
1998Hans-Josef DreckmannAfrica correspondent for ARD (studio Nairobi)
Carla Kniestedt
1999Wolf von LojewskiHost of ZDF news magazine heute journal
Tina Hassel (Förderpreis)ARD correspondent in France (ARD studio Paris)
2000Gabi BauerHost of Tagesthemen on ARD
Maybrit IllnerHost of ZDF talk show MAYBRIT ILLNER
Sandra MaischbergerHost of talk show maischberger on n-tv
2001Gerd RugeLifetime achievement award
Alexander KlugeLifetime achievement award
Günter GausLifetime achievement award
2002Dirk SagerZDF correspondent Russia (studio Moscow)
2003Antonia RadosCorrespondent for RTL and n-tv, reporter from Bagdad
Ulrich TilgnerZDF correspondent Bagdad
Eric FriedlerFilm Konvoi in den Tod
2004Annette DittertARD correspondent Poland (studio Warsawa)
2005Frank Plasberg for Hart aber fairJournalist and host, together with team for Hart aber fair (WDR)
Horst Königstein [de]NDR, author and director (Die Manns, Speer und Er)
Britta HilpertZDF studio in Moscow
2006ZDF program Frontal21Claus Richter and host Theo Koll
2007Anne Will
2008Eric FriedlerNDR television reporter and documentary producer (for example "The Silence of the Quandts")
Christina PohlSpiegel TV reporter
2009Nikolaus BrenderZDF reporter
Astrid Randerath and Christian EsserWriters of ZDF television documentary Das Pharmakartell
2010Claus KleberHost of ZDF news program heute journal
Team of WDR documentary Die Story (special award)Team with signification of Gert Monheim
2011Johannes HanoZDF studio Peking
Ariane ReimersARD correspondent in Peking
Nasser Hadar (special award)Libyan reporter
2012Oliver Welke together with heute-show teamTV host for heute-show
Denis ScheckLiterature journalist for Deutschlandfunk and host of ARD program Druckfrisch
2013Jörg ArmbrusterARD correspondent in the Middle East
Marcel MettelsiefenPhotographer, camera, TV journalist, publisher and author
Eva MüllerReporter for WDR and author
2014Golineh AtaiARD correspondent in Arabia and Ukraine
Stephan LambyTV author and producer
2015Marietta SlomkaZDF host
Eliot Higgins and BellingcatInvestigative team
2016Hajo Seppelt[2]ARD sports journalist
Armin WolfORF journalist
2017Hans-Ulrich Gack, Luc Walpot, Frederik PleitgenMiddle East correspondents
Isabel SchayaniWDR journalist
2018Anja Reschke[3][4]ARD journalist
Kulturzeit3sat magazine
2019Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim[5]Quarks, WDR, and YouTube Kanal maiLab
2019Harald Lesch[6]ZDF
2020Emily MaitlisBBC journalist
2020Ulf-Jensen Röller [de][7][8]ZDF correspondent
2021Katrin Eigendorf[9]ZDF
2021Carl GierstorferDocumentary film director
2022Christoph ReuterReporter Der Spiegel
2022OstWest [de]Private television station
2023Ina Ruck [de]Correspondent for Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
Elmar TheveßenHead of ZDF's Washington, D.C. studio
Sevgil Musaieva (special award)Editor-in-Chief, Ukrainska Pravda
Nataliya Gumenyuk (special award)CEO, Public Interest Journalism Lab, and co-founder, Hromadske
Olga Rudenko (special award)Editor-in-Chief, The Kyiv Independent.

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