Journalist Prize 2024 to Magdalena Punz, Young Journalist Prize to Daniela Breščaković, Vienna Prize for Journalistic Innovation to Ines Holzmüller and Iris Strasser
With the Vienna Journalist Prize, the Young Journalist Prize and the Prize for Journalistic Innovation, the Media Women’s Network highlights outstanding achievements by female journalists. The award is under the patronage of Vice Mayor and Women’s City Councilor Kathrin Gaál.
“Whose story is heard, which perspectives do we experience and which realities of life are actually worth reporting on? Every day, decisions are made in editorial offices, for programs and articles that shape our view of the world. It makes a crucial difference who meets them and creates journalism – in very different forms and formats. That’s why it’s so important that we honor female journalists who make an enormously valuable contribution here with their commitment and standards,” emphasizes Vice Mayor and Women’s City Councilor Kathrin Gaál.
Vienna Journalist Prize 2024 goes to Magdalena Punz/PULS 24
The Women’s Network Media awarded the Vienna Journalist Prize 2024 at the ceremonial award ceremony in Vienna City Hall to Magdalena Punz, who is the chronicle’s chief reporter for the news channel PULS 24. The jury of the journalist prize recognized that Punz shows in her work that direct contact and conversations with People create the topic area in which political and social answers can be found. The Women’s Media Network would particularly like to highlight her persistent journalistic research on the subject of femicide.
The Vienna Journalist Prize is an initiative of the women’s media network to promote outstanding journalistic work with a focus on women’s politics. It is endowed with 5,000 euros. The Styria Media Group donated the prize money.
Jungjournalistinnenpreis an Daniela Breščaković/PROFILE
In cooperation with the private broadcaster PULS 4, the media women’s network awards the young journalist prize worth 1,000 euros. This year it goes to Daniela Breščaković from the news magazine PROFIL. The jury’s statement states: Daniela Breščaković not only has a clear, concise writing style in her articles, but also a remarkable ability to make complex topics accessible. She knows how to tell stories that not only inform, but also touch and make you think.
Prize for journalistic innovation to Ines Holzmüller and Iris Strasser/BAIT
BAIT editor-in-chief Ines Holzmüller and BAIT editor Iris Strasser are honored with the Vienna Prize for journalistic innovation. From the jury’s statement: Ines Holzmüller, who helped build the fact-checking platform “faktiv” at “profil”, and Iris Strasser have managed to use the fact-checking medium BAIT to build a constantly growing young community that promotes a fact-based, democratic discourse occurs.
The Vienna Prize for Journalistic Innovation is an initiative of the women’s media network. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros and is sponsored by Wien Holding. The Vienna Business Agency is providing three statuettes by the artist Dejana Kabiljo for the award winners. The Vienna Media Initiative of the Vienna Business Agency is a showcase project for targeted and contemporary promotion of quality journalism.
