The award winners: Matthias Schulze Steinmann (1st place), Ernst Hofacker (2nd place) and Dr. Clemens Doriat (3rd place)



Frankfurt am Main / Essen, June 5, 2013.



The "Karl Theodor Vogel Prize of the German Trade Press - Trade Journalist of the Year" was awarded on June 5 for outstanding trade journalistic work. The prize is awarded by the German Trade Press in cooperation with the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation (Würzburg) in recognition of trade journalistic articles that present current trade and industry topics in an excellently researched and exemplary linguistic, stylistic and visual manner. The journalism award, which is endowed with a total of 15,000 euros, is presented annually during the Congress of the German Trade Press.



Matthias Schulze Steinmann received the first prize of 7,500 euros for his article "Es herrscht Goldgräberstimmung", published in "top agrar". The second prize (5,000 euros) went to Ernst Hofacker for his article "Tropenholz-Report: der Wurm im edlen Holz" in the magazine "GuitarDreams". Dr. Clemens Doriat was awarded third prize (2,500 euros) for his article "A probing question" in "Kunststoffe".



"The three award-winning articles demonstrate the important function of the specialist media in not only picking up on topics, but also providing background information, classifying them, providing orientation and conveying interesting facts. All of this in a highly readable way," said Stefan Rühling, spokesman for the German trade press, Chairman of the Management Board of Vogel Business Media and Chairman of the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation, at the announcement of the best writers in the trade media landscape: "I congratulate the three winners and thank them on behalf of the trade press for these exemplary lighthouses!" The three winning articles were selected from around 80 entries by an eleven-member jury chaired by Professor Dr. Lutz Frühbrodt, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt.



About the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation

The foundation was established in 1984 by Karl Theodor Vogel (1914 to 2007), senior publisher and shareholder of the Würzburg-based specialist media company Vogel Business Media. Its aim is to promote the quality of specialist journalism. The annual award for outstanding specialist journalistic achievements significantly strengthens the image and interests of German specialist publishers.

Vogel Business Media is a leading German trade media company with around 100 trade journals and 100 websites as well as numerous international activities. Further information is available on the Internet at: www.karl-theodor-vogel-preis.de.



About Deutsche Fachpresse:

Deutsche Fachpresse is the modern marketing and service platform for all providers of specialist information in the professional environment. It is supported by the Fachverband Fachpresse im Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger (Berlin) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zeitschriftenverlage im Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (Frankfurt am Main). Deutsche Fachpresse represents 400 member publishers in an industry with a total of around 3,700 titles and a turnover of more than 3 billion euros. Deutsche Fachpresse makes its members even more successful on the market through a wide range of services. It promotes the common economic and political concerns of its member companies and provides up-to-date industry knowledge. With genre-specific contact platforms, it creates relationship networks and positions trade media as reliable sources of information and efficient advertising media. Further information is available on the Internet at: www.deutschefachpresse.de.





Press contacts:

For the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation:

Dr. Gunther Schunk

Phone: 0931-418-2590, e-mail: gunther.schunk@vogel.de



For the German trade press:

Karin Hartmeyer

Phone: 069 / 1306 378, e-mail: hartmeyer@deutsche-fachpresse.de