RIAS Media Prize “Next Generation Prize” in 2021

The RIAS Media Prize Jury created a special new category for the 2021 Media Prize Competition — The “Next Generation Prize”. It was awarded to Anna Ellmann and Maximilian Osenstätter of Bayerischer Rundfunk for their “News WG” – series of Instagram stories about political issues for BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk) https://www.instagram.com/news_wg/channel/?hl=de

The RIAS Media Prize ceremony will be held for the first time since in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the annual awards ceremony in 2020 and 2021. An independent jury of journalists continued to pick winners in the television, radio and digital categories for German-American exchange program.