Digital formats from BR, ZEIT ONLINE and Tagesspiegel shortlisted for PUNKT journalism prize

Munich, 01 September 2023

Many excellent submissions were made for this year’s PUNKT journalism prize. In the Digital category, the panel selected contributions from BR, ZEIT ONLINE and Tagesspiegel. In the Foto (photography) category, two series and one individual photograph were shortlisted. The winners of the categories Digital, Foto and Fotostipendium (a photography grant, the theme of which is “Build, Reside, Live”) will be announced on 25 October 2023 at the WISSENSWERTE science journalism fair in Freiburg.

The prestigious panel composed of representatives of journalism, science, media and photography deliberated on the submissions. The judges placed special emphasis on the original treatment of the subject of technology with content that is precise, aesthetic and can be understood by all.

The following submissions have been shortlisted for the PUNKT prize 2023 (in alphabetical order):

Digital category:

• “Hier könnten all die Windräder stehen” (ZEIT ONLINE, access restricted to subscribers)
  Paul Blickle, Christian Endt, Veronika Fritz, Dr. Maria Mast, Julius Tröger and Benja Zehr
  https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2023-04/energiewende-deutschland-windkraft-ausbau-windraeder-flaechen-karte (in German)
• “Längste beheizte Pipeline der Welt Ölbrunnen im Nationalpark” (Tagesspiegel)
  Eric Beltermann, Benedikt Brandhofer, Nina Breher, Cordula Eubel, Hendrik Lehmann, David Meidinger
  https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/laengste-beheizte-pipeline-der-welt-oelbrunnen-im-nationalpark/ (in German)
• “So bringen Biometrie-Geräte Afghanen in Gefahr” (BR)
  Sebastian Bayerl, Rebecca Ciesielski, Steffen Kühne, Robert Schöffel, Helga van Ooijen and Maximilian Zierer
  https://interaktiv.br.de/biometrie-afghanistan/index.html (in German)
• “Unser Müll im All” (ZEIT ONLINE)
  Paul Blickle, Robert Gast, Nicolás Pablo Grone, Andreas Loos, Axel Rudolph, Julius Tröger and Benja Zehr
  https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2022-10/weltraumschrott-satelliten-raumfahrt-gefahr-forschung (in German)

Foto category:

• “The Nature Of Plastics”, (photographic series) Carola Plöchinger

• “The Past is the Key to the Future”, (photographic series) Jan Richard Heinicke

• “Wärmebildaufnahme von einem Zementwerk”, (image taken from a series) Florian Manz, Julius Schrank and Lucas Wahl

 

The Digital category recognises online journalism formats whose treatment of their technology subjects is substantively precise, aesthetic and can be understood by all. Eligible entries in this category are formats that embrace new forms of digital journalism or combine different forms in exemplary fashion.

In the Foto category up to three single images and/or one series of photos could be submitted. acatech is also giving a grant for a photo reportage, the theme of which this year is “Build, Reside, Live”.

Further information on the PUNKT prize for journalism and photography in the field of technology as well as past winners can be found at www.journalistenpreis-punkt.de (in German) and on Instagram.