Submissions open for RIAS Media Prize – US and Germany

Prize awarded for exceptional radio, TV and digital stories that touch upon a transatlantic topic – including stories about Germany that appear in US media and stories about the United States that appear in German media.

There is also a category for best fellow prize to be awarded to journalists who did their reporting on a RIAS fellowship or were inspired to do their story or stories on RIAS fellowship in recent years.

The RIAS Media Prize is designed to strengthen the diversity of transatlantic dialogue and deepen interest in German-American relations.

Categories

• Clearly indicate the category for your entry:
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Digital (includes podcasts and online)
  • RIAS Fellow Prize (best TV, radio or digital entry by RIAS participant)

Prize Information

• There will be a total of $10,000 (10,000 EUR) in prize money.

Ideally the contributions submitted should

• go beyond daily and routine reportings
• promote dialogue on similarities and differences
• between the two countries
• stand out thematically and/or in their executionhematically and/or in their execution
• take on new questions in a creative way
• critically examine and make diversity of social
• reality clear
• contain interesting ideas for transatlantic debate
• encourage reflection on problems and solutions
• question clichés about Germans or Americans
• describe trends in everyday life of general interest
• contribute to mutual curiosity and understanding

Criteria

• Entries must include:
  • full name, address, phone, email,
  • posting date of the story,
  • a brief description of the story.

For more information, visit RIAS Berlin Commission.