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ORF Center celebrates Raffaela Schaidreiter as Journalist of the Year 2024
Raffaela Schaidreiter will be named ORF Journalist of the Year 2024. Honors in the ORF Center on June 5, 2025.
ORF Center celebrates Raffaela Schaidreiter as Journalist of the Year 2024
Raffaela Schaidreiter, ORF correspondent, was named “Journalist of the Year” 2024. This honor took place as part of a festive award ceremony in the ORF center, after which it was announced in December 2024. Schaidreiter received recognition for her “humility, combined with journalistic courage” and is appreciated by laudator Tobias Pötzelsberger for her hard work and analytical skills. He emphasized that she explains complex topics in an understandable way and thus creates significant added value for the audience. In her own words, Schaidreiter emphasized the importance of the added value that journalism should provide to the public.
Overall, the evening was accompanied by many other awards, including the honoring of Michael Kuhn, one of the best-known sports journalists, for his life's work. Annemarie Moser-Pröll praised Kuhn’s “dignity and attitude” as well as his humanity. Kuhn said that it is a challenge for journalists to get real information these days.
Awards and titles
Another prominent winner was Roland Weißmann, who was named “Media Manager of the Year”. He recalled that he was often underestimated at the beginning of his career, but was successful with a clear goal and a committed team. The ORF also received the title of “Editorial Team of the Year,” underlining its continued excellence in journalism. The challenges in domestic politics were commented on by Martin Thür and Eva Linsinger, while humorous anecdotes were shared during the celebration.
The best ranked in various categories have been published:
| category | winner |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-Chief of the Year | Maria Scholl, APA |
| Domestic Policy Journalist of the Year | Armin Wolf, ORF |
| Columnist of the Year | Anneliese Rohrer, “Press” |
| Investigative Journalist of the Year | Martin Thür, ORF |
| Cultural Journalist of the Year | Ute Baumhackl, “Little Newspaper” |
| Foreign Policy Journalist of the Year | Raffaela Schaidreiter, ORF |
| Business Journalist of the Year | Renate Graber, “Standard” |
| Photojournalist of the Year | Barbara Gindl, APA |
| Media Journalist of the Year | Harald Fidler, “Standard” |
| Science Journalist of the Year | Köksal Baltaci, “Press” |
| Sports Journalist of the Year | Alina Zellhofer, ORF |
| Entertainment Journalist of the Year | Peter Klien, ORF |
| Chronicle Journalist of the Year | Lisa Gadenstätter, ORF |
| Podcaster of the Year | Michael Nikbakhsh, “Darkroom” |
Local honors and recognition
Other awards included the “Local Heroes” 2024, which were recognized for exceptional journalistic work in the federal states. The winners in each region are:
- Vorarlberg: Angelika Simma-Wallinger, ORF
- Tirol: Benedikt Kapferer, ORF
- Kärnten: Jennifer Kapellari, „Kronen Zeitung“
- Steiermark: Günter Pilch, „Kleine Zeitung“
- Burgenland: Thomas Orovits, „Kurier“
- Wien: Michael Ortner, Matthias Winterer, „Wiener Zeitung“
- Niederösterreich: Lisa Röhrer, NÖN
- Oberösterreich: Peter Grubmüller, OÖN
- Salzburg: Sabine Salzmann, „Kronen Zeitung“
In summary, numerous media representatives praised members of the journalism community while emphasizing the importance of factual and independent quality journalism. This award shows not only individual successes, but also the strength of the entire industry, which is under pressure from the current challenges facing the media. As the industry magazine “Österreichs Journalist:in” summarizes, the ORF has been honored with several awards, which underlines its continued leadership position in journalism [medianet] reports that ..., [orf] emphasizes that ..., [drehscheibe] points out that ...