The first prize with an endowment of 7,500 euros went to Martin Schwarz for his article "The Kodak Moment", published in 4c Magazin für Druck, Design und digitale Medienproduktion (Industriemagazin Verlag). The second prize (5,000 euros) went to Jelena Juric for the article "Mein Laden" in the magazine Textilwirtschaft (dfv Mediengruppe). For her article "Gefahr aus der Pillendose" in Hightech & Innovation (Hüthig Verlag) Melanie Swiatloch was awarded the third prize (2,500 euros).
"The value of specialist journalistic quality is essential for specialist media in a knowledge society like ours. Full of expertise, excellent in all linguistic formats and close to the markets, this is how trade media will remain true to their function in the future," emphasizes Stefan Rühling, spokesman for the German Trade Press, Chairman of the Management Board of Vogel Business Media and member of the Board of the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation: "Our three award winners cultivate credible and competent journalism. On behalf of the foundation and the German trade press, I would like to congratulate them on these outstanding examples of trade journalistic skill and recommend the award-winning articles for reading!"
The three winning entries were selected from over 80 submissions by a nine-member jury chaired by Professor Dr. Lutz Frühbrodt, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt.
About the German Trade Press:
The German Trade Press Association 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 350 member publishers in an industry with a total of around 3,900 titles and a turnover of more than 3.35 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 can be found at: www.deutsche-fachpresse.de
