RIAS Media Prize winners take part in weekly Zoom talks from April 14 to May 26
The RIAS Berlin Commission will be resuming its program of Zoom talks on April 14 with WNBC TV morning co-anchor Michael Gargiulo, who was the co-chair of the RIAS Berlin Commission Media Prize jury. Gargiulo, a veteran of the RIAS jury, will talk about the 2021 prize, some of the trends in this year’s competition and about the possibility of having an
awards ceremony in in Berlin in November. You can watch or listen to all the winning stories on the RIAS Berlin Commission website below in the March 26 story.
After that, there will be weekly talks with each of the winners of the RIAS Media Prize from the United States and Germany. Ingo Zamperoni (ARD), Janek Speight (Deutsche Welle), Aylin Dogan and Gregor Schmalzried (Bayerischer Rundfunk), Michael Groth (Deutschlandradio Kultur), Ryan Delaney (St. Louis Public Radio) and Anna Ellmann/Max Osenstätter (Bayerischer Rundfunk). All RIAS alumni and friends of RIAS are welcome to join. Please write to info@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com for log in details.
– On Wednesday, April 14 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Michael Gargiulo of WNBC will talk about the 2021 RIAS Media Prize from the point of view of the jury as well as about the trends of entries.
– On Wednesday, April 21 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Ingo Zamperoni of ARD TV will talk about his film “Trump, my family and me” that won the Grand Prize of the 2021 RIAS Media Prize.
– On Wednesday, April 28 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Janek Speight of Deutsche Welle will talk about his film made for YouTube called “Why US sports are more socialist than European football”, which won the RIAS Best Digital Award.
– On Thursday, May 6 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Aylin Dogan/Gregor Schmalzried of Bayerische Rundfunk will talk about “The Other Cancel Culture” that won Best Radio story award.
– On Tuesday, May 11 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Michael Groth of Deutschlandradio Kultur Bayerische Rundfunk will talk about his story on political protest songs and music in the USA that he has been reporting on for more than a decade. He won the Special Jury Prize.
– On Tuesday, May 18 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Ryan Delaney of St. Louis Public Radio will talk about his stories on the German education system vs. the US system during the pandemic in the fall of 2020, which won the RIAS Best Fellow Award.
– On Wednesday, May 26 at 1500 Berlin time/0900 EST, Anna Ellmann and Max Osenstätter of Bayerischer Rundfunk will be talking about their series of Instagram stories on political issues. They won the RIAS Next Generation Award.
