Winners Swiss Press Award 2025
25.04.2025
The Swiss Press Awards 2025 were presented on Friday, 25 April at the University of Bern by the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation in the presence of Federal Councillor Albert Rösti, our Media Minister. The musician SINA from the Upper Valais premiered the Swiss Press Song 25 ‘In är Ziitig gsi’, which was composed especially for the event.
The winners are Thomas Knellwolf and Markus Häfliger (Swiss Press Text), Mikael Krogerus, Christof Gertsch and Sebastian Broschinski (Swiss Press Online), Roland Schnetz and Jeannine Borer (Swiss Press Audio), Béatrice Guelpa and Stéphane Saporito (Swiss Press Video), Francesca Torrani (Swiss Press Local and Swiss Press Journalist of the Year) and Anne Morgenstern (Swiss Press Photographer of the Year).
For 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 prizes 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 left the stage with CHF 25,000 each.
The Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation was established as an independent organisation with the aim of promoting Swiss journalism.
The Swiss Press Yearbook in four languages, showcasing the work of the award-winning journalists along with Switzerland’s best press photos, is being published by Steidl Verlag for the fifth time.
The national touring exhibition “Swiss Press Photo 25” starts on May 9, 2025 at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich(9.5. – 30.6.), before moving on to the Swiss National Library in Berne (17.7. – 11.10.), then to the Château de Prangins (21.11.2025 – 2.2.2026).