Winners Swiss Press Award 2024

26.04.2024

This year’s Swiss media awards are shared amongst one female and four male German-speaking journalists, one male French-speaking journalist, and one team from German-speaking Switzerland. Matthias Niederberger and Fabian Duss are the Swiss Press Journalists of the Year and Dominic Nahr is the Swiss Press Photographer of the Year.

The Swiss Press Awards 2024 were held by the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation on Friday 26th April, at the University of Bern. Musician Mariana La Cruz premiered the Swiss Press Song 24 “Cinéma Vérité”, which she composed especially for the occasion.

In recognition of their outstanding work, each of the award winners was presented with a Diamond trophy and the sum of CHF 15,000. The 2nd and 3rd prize winners in all categories received CHF 3,000 and CHF 1,000 respectively. The category winners of the Swiss Press Photo each received CHF 3,000. The Journalist of the Year and the Photographer of the Year each left the stage with CHF 25,000.

The Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation was established as an independent organisation, with the aim of promoting Swiss journalism.

For the fourth year in a row, the Swiss Press Yearbook, which showcases the work of the award-winning journalists, along with Switzerland’s best press photos, in four languages, is published by Steidl Verlag.

The launch of the “Swiss Press Photo 24” exhibition’s national tour is on 9th May 2024 at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich (Mai 9 – June 30), before moving on to the Swiss National Library in Berne (17th July – 10th October), the Swiss National Museum Château de Prangins (1st November 2024 – 2nd February 2025), and finally the Castel Grande in Bellinzona (February 2nd – April 27, 2025).

The Swiss Press Song 2024 by the Brazilian-born Bernese musician Mariana La Cruz is titled “Cinéma Vérité”. The song is available for listening, here: Swiss Press Song 24

Overview Swiss Press Award 2024 (PDF)