2006 Award Ceremony

The winners of the "Journalistenpreis Bürgerschaftliches Engagement 2006" were honored at a ceremony in Stuttgart on December 9.

The main prize, worth 5,000 euros, went to 34-year-old journalist Freia Peters for her article "Nesta und Podolski," published in Welt am Sonntag. The second prize (worth 3,000 euros) was presented to GEO editor Jens Schröder for "Gemeinsinn – Der Aufstieg des Guten." Gabriele Bärtels received the 3rd prize (worth 2,000 euros) for the article "Aufheben ohne viel Aufhebens" published in the Berliner Tagesspiegel newspaper.

The Robert Bosch Stiftung 5,000-euro series prize was awarded to Miriam Opresnik, Anne Klesse, and Diana Zinkler for a series of 24 articles published in the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper under the heading "Die Hamburg stark machen" between January and May 2006.
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Presentation of the Journalistenpreis Bürgerschaftliches Engagement 2006
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Dr. Heiner Gutberlet (Chairman of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Board of Trustees), Freia Peters (1st prize), Jürgen Leinemann (speaker)
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Carola Schaaf-Derichs (speaker), Jens Schröder (2nd prize), Dr. Heiner Gutberlet (Chairman of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Board of Trustees)
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Tim Schleider (jury member), Dr. Heiner Gutberlet (Chairman of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Board of Trustees), Gabriele Bärtels (3rd prize)
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Dr. Heiner Gutberlet (Chairman of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Board of Trustees), Diana Zinkler, Anne Klesse, Miriam Opresnik (series prize), Gerd Appenzeller (speaker)
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Presentation of the Journalistenpreis Bürgerschaftliches Engagement 2006 in the Kaminhalle of Robert Bosch Haus