The Zürcher Journalistenpreis, the Zurich Award for outstanding Journalism, was rewarded for the 30th time, and presented to the winners at the occasion of a ceremony at Bernhard Theater, a Zurich downtown theatre. The jury had to chose out of 121 entries by journalists, and rewarded, among others, Mathias Ninck from the magazine Das Magazin. He is rewarded in the Magazine category for his article about Ernst Roduner, a former federal investigator. Ninck focussed on the Swiss judiciary system, which, according to the jury, does not like to be in the media focus at all. He reported about a man who does not correspond with the image of the independent, unprejudiced and impartial judge, as Fredy Gsteiger, president of the jury, said in his laudation.
Fredy Gsteiger, president, from the national Swiss radio network DRS, Andrea Masüger from the daily newspaper Südostschweiz, Susanne Mühlemann from the magazine Bilanz, Margrit Sprecher, independent journalist, und Marco Meier from the national Swiss Radio network DRS were members of the jury.
10 000 Swiss francs are rewarded in all categories.