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News · 05/20/2026RIAS Media Awards 2026The award ceremony took place on May 07 at Berlin’s iconic Red City Hall. 300 guests, among them many RIAS alumni and other journalists, as well as representatives from politics and civil society followed the invitation Read more →
News · 04/22/2026Winners of the 2026 RIAS Media AwardsOn May 7, 2026, the RIAS Berlin Commission will present the RIAS Media Awards at Berlin’s City Hall Rotes Rathaus to journalists from Germany and the United States who have addressed topics of transatlantic relevance in 
News · 05/21/2025Impressions from RIAS Media Awards 2025RIAS Media Awards 2025: Impressions of the RIAS Media Awards 2025 ceremony in Berlin’s French Church at the Gendarmenmarkt. Congratulations to the laureates Laura Nix, Christine Rütten, Cooper Seamer, Halle Parker, Melis
Archive · 06/02/2023Wolf Blitzer recalls recent harrowing discovery in speech at RIAS awards ceremonyJune 2, 2023 Wolf Blitzer recalls recent harrowing discovery in speech at RIAS awards ceremony Wolf Blitzer said he was deeply honored that his documentary film about the Holocaust Memorial in Washington DC told masterfuArchive · 06/02/2023Images from the 2023 RIAS Media Awards Prize ceremony in BerlinMore than 200 journalists, politicians, board members, alumni and friends of the RIAS Berlin Commission joined US Ambassador Amy Gutmann and Grand Prize Winner Wolf Blitzer at the 2023 RIAS Berlin Commission awards cerem
Archive · 05/25/2023Interview with RIAS Berlin Commission Grand Prize winner Wolf BlitzerMay 25, 2023 Interview with RIAS Berlin Commission Grand Prize winner Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer, a CNN reporter and anchor, talked about his documentary film “Never Again” for CNN that won top honors in the 2023 RIAS MedArchive · 05/24/2023Images from RIAS Berlin Commission ERP student program to USAMay 24, 2023 Images from RIAS Berlin Commission ERP student program to USA Fifteen German students spent three weeks learning more about politics, media and life in the United States in March and April during a European 
Archive · 05/09/2023RIAS New York guest speaker Gordon Huie visits RIAS group in BerlinMay 9, 2023 RIAS New York guest speaker Gordon Huie visits RIAS group in Berlin Gordon Huie, who has told his moving personal story of survival on 9/11 in New York to RIAS groups for the last three years, had the chance Archive · 04/19/2023Images from German standard program in the USA March 2023April 19, 2023 Images from German standard program in the USA March 2023 Ten German journalists spent two weeks learning more about politics, media and life in the United States in March during a RIAS Berlin Commission f
Archive · 04/15/2023Impressions of German students from 3-week ERP exchange program to USAApril 15, 2023 Impressions of German students from 3-week ERP exchange program to USA Here are some impressions from 15 German journalism on a three-week European Recovery Program (ERP) Transatlantic fellowship with the 
Archive · 04/10/2023Two weeks in USA gives German students insights into heartland statesApril 10, 2023 Two weeks in USA gives German students insights into heartland states A group of German journalism students spent two weeks at U.S. universities in the Midwest, Southwest and Mountain states on a RIAS Berl
Archive · 02/27/2023Four American and German stories picked RIAS Media Prize winners in 2023The RIAS Berlin Commission announced four winners from this year’s annual RIAS Media Prize RIAS Media Prize trophies Awards on Monday. The 31st annual award is presented by the German-American exchange program and celebrArchive · 06/06/2022Impressions from the RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremonyJune 6 , 2022 Impressions from the RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony ****** ****** ****** ******
Archive · 06/05/2022Claudia Roth speech at the RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremonyJune 5 , 2022 Claudia Roth speech at the RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony Germany’s Culture Minister Claudia Roth, who is the honorary co-chairwoman of the RIAS Berlin Commission along with Ambassador Amy Gutmann of the 
Archive · 06/03/2022Successful restart for RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony in BerlinJune 3 , 2022 Successful restart for RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony in Berlin After a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony returned to the big stage in Berlin on Thursday 
Archive · 06/01/2022Gutmann, Roth to speak at RIAS Media Prize awards ceremonyAmbassador Amy Gutmann of the United States and State Secretary Claudia Roth of the German government will be the featured speakers at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Berlin RIAS Commission moderated by Petra GutArchive · 05/20/2022RIAS Media Prize Winners — Best Digital Video 2020 to NDR in GermanyDavid Diwiak and Han Park of youth-oriented NDR online-channel STRG_F won a RIAS Media Prize award in 2020 for the best Digital Video for their story that explored the growing market for and appeal of meat replacements, Archive · 05/19/2022RIAS Media Prize Winners 2020-2022 — links to honored storiesThe RIAS Media Prize Ceremony will be held in Berlin in early June for the first time since in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the annual awards ceremony in 2020 and 2021. Nevertheless, an independArchive · 05/19/2022RIAS Media Prize Winners: Whitaker and “60 Minutes” on prison reformCBS News’ “60 Minutes” and correspondent Bill Whitaker won the RIAS Media Prize once again in 2020 for their stirring report about prison reforms being enacted in Connecticut and how those reforms were inspired in part b
Archive · 03/08/2022Jury commendations for 2022 RIAS Media Prize winnersThe RIAS Berlin Commission’s independent jury has picked five winners from the United States and Germany for its 2022 RIAS Media Prize competition and came to the following conclusions below about the winning entries. ThArchive · 03/07/2022Five German, American stories picked as RIAS Media Prize winners in 2022The RIAS Berlin Commission announced the winners of this year’s RIAS Media Prize Awards on Monday, March 7, 2022. The 30th annual award is presented by the German-American exchange program and celebrates the best of tranArchive · 2022RIAS Media Prize Winners — Best Digital Video 2020 goes to NDR in Germany
Archive · 04/13/2021RIAS Media Prize winners take part in weekly Zoom talks from April 14 to May 26The 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 
Archive · 03/26/2021Jury commendations for RIAS Media Prize winnersAn independent panel of American and German journalists issued the following commendations for the six RIAS Berlin Commission 2021 prize winners. The jury for the 29th annual prize was made up of three Americans and thre