Theodor Wolff Prize

The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers. In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life's work.

The award is dedicated to the memory of Theodor Wolff, who was forced into exile by the Nazis from Germany in February 1933 because of his Jewish origin and on account of ferocious opposition to the Nazi Party seizure of power the previous month. Until 1933, he was the liberal democratic chief editor of the Berliner Tageblatt.

Jury

The jury in 2016 consisted of nine people:[1]

Notable recipients

Source:[2]

1962:

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1972/73:

1973/74:

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2018:

  • Anne Lena Mösken, Lorenz Wagner, Malte Henk, Vanessa Vu, Hannes Koch, Günter Bannas

2019:

  • Daniel Schulz, Gregor Peter Schmitz, Marius Buhl, Maris Hubschmid, Andrian Kreye, Michael Jürgs

2020:

  • Katja Füchsel, Tina Kaiser,Hans-Georg Gottfried Dittmann, Julia Schaaf, Katrin Langhans

2021:

  • Hatice Akyün, Wolfgang Bauer, Anna Petersen, Jeanne Jacobs, Sophie Anfang, Emily Engels, Felix Müller, Paul Nöllke und Lukas Schauer, Elisa Schwarz

2022:

  • Judith von Plato, Christine Badke, Veit Ellerbrock, Marco Führer, Ulla Jürgensonn, Horst Komuth, Elena Pintus, Jennifer Seidel, Tom Steinicke, Sarah Uerlichs, Moritz Wüst, Ingo Meyer, Johannes Böhme, Caterina Lobenstein und Stephan Lebert

2023:

  • Julia Ruhnau, Jan Georg Plavec und Simon Koenigsdorff, Dunja Ramadan, Moritz Aisslinger, Daniel Brössler

2024:

  • Issio Ehrich, Fabian Huber, Agnes Polewka, Helene Bubrowski, Thilo Adam

2025:

  • Thorsten Schmitz und Peter Münch, Sophie Sommer, Helmut Frangenberg und Laura Ostenda, Martin Spiewak, Bastian Berbner

References

  1. ^ Mitglieder des Kuratoriums und der Jury
  2. ^ "Preisträger & Preisverleihung Theodor-Wolff-Preis". BDZV (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Die Autorin Irena Brežná wird mit dem Basler Kulturpreis geehrt, der Kulturförderpreis geht an den Performancekünstler Steven Schoch". www.regierungsrat.bs.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  4. ^ Weiß, Hermann (4 September 2013). ""Welt"-Autor Robin Alexander ausgezeichnet". Die Welt (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ^ Rose, Marco (10 September 2014). "Theodor-Wolff-Preis setzt Ausrufezeichen". Aachener Zeitung (in German). Aachen. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Deniz Yücel erhält Theodor-Wolff-Preis". Der Spiegel (in German). Hamburg. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.