The 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 and honored the award recipients from America and Germany for their outstanding contributions to transatlantic journalism.
On 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 a particularly compelling manner in their articles and reports.
Highlights from the 2025 RIAS Media Awards in Berlin’s French Church at Gendarmenmarkt. Laureates Laura Nix, Christine Rütten, Cooper Seamer, Halle Parker, Melissa Körner, Rieke Smit and Emma Miesler were honored for their outstanding journalism. Listen to the first RIAS Fireside Talk podcast featuring the award winners
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