Who will be European Journalist of the Year 2017?

For the first time media makers all over the continent are asked to nominate colleagues who have made an outstanding contribution to the credibility and indispensability of journalism.

PRIX EUROPA is not necessarily looking for journalists with continent-wide fame, but rather for a person who has shown extraordinary courage, creativity and on-going impact on his/her specific society or audience. Let’s raise awareness for the achievements of our trade.
Proposals from all genres and formats of journalism are welcome.

Please send your proposals accompanied by a short explanatory statement and the contact details of the nominee by 15 September 2017 to
hoffmann@prixeuropa.eu.

By doing so you will automatically qualify for a PRIX EUROPA travel grant that will be raffled among all of you who have proposed a candidate.

The European Journalist of the Year will be awarded with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the PRIX EUROPA Prizegiving Ceremony on 20 October 2017 in Berlin.

PRIX EUROPA TRAVEL GRANT WINNER

This year, for the first time, we have asked media makers all over the continent to nominate colleagues who have made an outstanding contribution to the credibility and indispensability of journalism.

Everyone who proposed a candidate has automatically qualified for the PRIX EUROPA travel grant raffle, and we are now happy to announce the winner - Anna Dudzińska!
This photo shows how she looked like when she received the news, and here is what she wrote:

‘…what an incredible news! I have never been raffled for my entire life! … I have been working as Polish Radio correspondent in Dubai for last two years. Unfortunately I have to go to Iran for event organised in October by Polish Embassy there. Give me some time till the end of weekend if I can move up my Iranian trip. It won’t be easy but at least I have to try.’

In case she won’t be able to join us this year, we will keep her grant for next year!

Jury Coordinators 2017

The PRIX EUROPA organisers appoint one or two Coordinators for each Jury Group to lead the discussions and oversee the voting procedures.

All Coordinators understand a lot about programmes, are good communicators and − have a warm heart. They are supported by a Jury Assistant, appointed by the organisers. Each Coordinator also has full voting rights.
Meet the 16 Jury Coordinators and read what they have to say about this year’s PRIX EUROPA focus: Whom do we trust - and why?

PROGRAMMES NOMINATED FOR THE PRIX EUROPA 2017 COMPETITION

677 productions from 34 countries went into the first round for the distinction as Best European Television-, Radio- and Online Programmes of the Year 2017,

205 of them have taken the hurdle of pre-selection.

The winners of PRIX EUROPA 2017 will be awarded a bronze Taurus Trophy on 20 October at rbb in Berlin. In addition, the distinction European Journalist of the Year will be accorded for the first time. Candidates can still be proposed until 15 September. There will also be a special focus in the festival programme on the state of journalism in Turkey.

To see the list of nominated programmes in each category click here. To see nominations sorted per country, go to Press page.