Münsterland Journalism Award 2020/21: The winners

Moving stories, tenaciously researched, originally prepared: Twelve journalists were awarded the Münsterland Journalism Prize 2020/21 (renamed Media Prize in 2022) for their contributions on 24 August 2021. All of them convinced the jury in their own way with their work and thus secured the prize of 2,000 euros each.

In five categories, supplemented by a special prize, the Münsterland e.V., the Pressverein Münster-Münsterland e.V. and the Sparkasse Münsterland Ost as sponsor awarded the prize to the winners. The event took place in a small circle at Gut Havichhorst in Münster, taking into account the currently valid Corona Protection Ordinance.

"The quality of the contributions to the Journalism Prize is shown above all in the fact that they make opinion-forming and networked thinking transparent and promote it, provide important knowledge about contexts, enable an independent classification in a larger context, engage with a topic with all senses and prepare it with the possibilities of modern journalism. This requires an overview, imagination and usually a lot of hard work," says Klaus Richter, deputy chairman of the board of Sparkasse Münsterland Ost.

Klaus Ehling, Chairman of Münsterland e.V., underlined the value of good and critical journalism for the region. "Good journalists inform, classify and uncover. In doing so, they drive Münsterland as a region to think outside the box, face up to critical facts and thus constantly develop further."

Wolfram Linke, Chairman of the Press Association Münster-Münsterland e.V. and at the same time member of the jury, emphasised: "For us as a press association it is important to put the focus on the so important work of regional journalists with this award. By awarding the special prize, we show that we are open to media developments and creative concepts, which have gained enormous importance, especially during the Corona pandemic."