Environmental Journalism Prize 2024: Award winner in the spotlight!

Environmental Journalism Prize 2024: Award winner in the spotlight!

Palais Niederösterreich, Wien, Österreich - Yesterday The Austrian Environmental Journalism Prize 2024 was awarded in Vienna, an important event that honors the valuable contributions to environmental and nature conservation in Austria. Over 120 submitted work was examined by a highly professional jury, chaired by Prof. Fred Turnheim. The prize was handed over to the festive “Green Brands Austria” gala in the Palais Lower Austria, and the patron, climate protection minister Leonore Gewessler, emphasized the essential role of environmental journalism in times of climate and ecological crises. Gewessler emphasized that journalism was not only a cornerstone of democracy, but also necessary to make complex topics understandable and to improve important discussions, such as ots.at reported.

The award winners at a glance

In four categories, these outstanding work was awarded. In the CrossMedia category, the prize went to the team around the contribution "Nature in distress - from the global species death and those who fight it" by Alicia Prager and other colleagues from the standard . This reporting -related examination of the biodiversity crisis impressively illuminates the challenges and solutions from various regions of the world, and is rated as very successful by the jury. In the text category, the article "Wenzel is angry" by Katharina Kropshofer from the Wiener weekly newspaper "Der Falter" was awarded. This gripping story deals with the perspectives of a forestry and the current political tensions.

Above this and in the Audio category was honored “Three days by the sea” by Michaela Pichler and her team for the atmospheric representation of the pollution of the sea. In the TV/video area, the eco contribution "Industry instead of green meadow" by Bettina Fink and Markus Preslmayr received recognition for the critical examination of industrial fallow land and their possible sustainable use. This award ceremony, which is supported by the Green Brands Organization, illustrates the importance and diversity of environmental journalism in Austria, as well as Environment