Winners Swiss Press Award 2021
28.04.2021
The Covid crisis, intensive care beds, sexual harassment, a pollution scandal, and the life of a politician are the topics of this year’s winning contributions to the Swiss Press Award, the national media prize.
Célia Héron, Boris Busslinger and Sylvia Revello are the Swiss Press Journalists of the Year.
Sarah Carp is the Swiss Press Photographer of the Year.
On Wednesday, 28th April, the Swiss Press Awards 2021 were announced by the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation. The presentation of the diamond-shaped awards was live-streamed by the Studio House of Parliament. The seventh Swiss Press Song, “Neri o bianchi che siano”, commissioned in honour of Swiss journalists, was written and performed by the Ticino band The Vad Vuc and premiered on the web as a music video.
Each of the winners received a Diamond trophy for their exceptional work. The two main winners were also each awarded CHF 25,000, and the winners of the categories Online, Audio, Video, and Local each received CHF 15,000.
The prize money for 2nd place in Text, Online, Audio, Video, and Local was CHF 3,000 each, the 3rd prizes CHF 1,000, and the winners of the Swiss Press Photo categories each received CHF 3,000. In total, prize money amounting to CHF 145’000 was given out.
The Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation was founded to promote Swiss journalism and is not affiliated with any publishers.
The 7th edition of Swiss Press Award catalogue, containing the works of the winning journalists and the 21st edition of the Swiss Press Photo yearbook, will for the first time be published as one hardcover book, the SWISS PRESS YEARBOOK 21, by the distinguished Steidl Verlag. The national touring exhibition SWISS PRESS PHOTO 21 opens at the Kornhausforum in Berne on 8th September 2021 and will run until 10th October 2021. The exhibition will then move to the Château de Prangins from 12th November until 6th March 2022.