A science journalist reached millions of clicks with her Corona reporting on Youtube in 2020 and has now been honored for her work.
Berlin – The science journalist Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (33) has been honored as “Journalist of the Year” for her reporting on the corona pandemic.
At the “Journalists of the Year 2020” award ceremony in Berlin, the doctor of chemistry said that at the beginning of the pandemic she was inspired by how much interest there had suddenly been in scientific topics. In the meantime, however, there is also a new “anti-science narrative” that has grown out of the pandemic.
The chemist and journalist has become known to many YouTube users since the outbreak of the pandemic through her science channel “maiLab”, which is part of the radio content network of ARD and ZDF.
The industry magazine “Medium Magazin” is the founder and organizer of the award ceremony. The undoped prize has existed since 2004, and an independent jury of experts determines the winners in several categories. The award is given to journalists who have taken up special topics and trends or who have distinguished themselves with research or editorial-strategic work.
Bascha Mika honored for her life’s work
Journalist Bascha Mika was honored for her life’s work. The 67-year-old was editor-in-chief for many years at the left-wing alternative daily newspaper “taz” and later at the “Frankfurter Rundschau”. In her acceptance speech she said on the subject of the advancement of women: The best way is to “encourage them”.
ZDF talk show host Markus Lanz received first prize in the entertainment category.
Birgit Wentzien (Deutschlandfunk) won the national editor-in-chief category. Daniel Drepper (“Buzzfeed News”) followed in second place and Giovanni di Lorenzo (“Die Zeit”) took third place.
Gregor Peter Schmitz (“Augsburger Allgemeine”) won the regional editor-in-chief category, followed by Sabine Schicketanz and Marion Kaufmann (“Potsdamer Latest News”). Third was Ralf Heimann (“Rums”; a multimedia project in Münster).
The NDR team Norbert Grundei, Korinna Hennig, Anja Martini, Katharina Mahrenholtz, who is behind the podcast “Coronavirus Update” with the virologist Christian Drosten, received first prize in the team category.
In the National Report section, Thilo Mischke received an award for his two-hour ProSieben report on right-wing radicalism in Germany. There were numerous other categories at the award ceremony. dpa
