| Prize-winners |
CIVIS Online Prize 2010www.netz-gegen-nazis.de wins prize!
The web presentation "Network against Nazis – with help and advice against right-wing extremism" of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation has received the new European CIVIS Online Prize on Thursday, April 22, in Berlin. The prize-winner is the journalist responsible for the web presentation, Simone Rafael. The CIVIS Online Prize recognizes journalistic web offers on the theme of integration and cultural diversity, which have a web-oriented graphical and multi-medial approach. All design forms were permitted. The price is endowed with 5,000 Euros. www.netz-gegen–nazis.de offers a comprehensive overview of current manifestations of right-wing extremism and conveys basic knowledge on the theme. Network against Nazis disproves radically right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic ideological approaches as well as argumentations linked with them. The web offer is addressed to citizens who come into contact with neo-Nazis in their environment. A service section with practical everyday tips and links to social networks supplements the webpages. In the opinion of the jury, the web offer provides the user with "Networking and solidarity - they offer protection. An objective and serious approach". Two further web offers were nominated for the European CIVIS Online Prize 2010: www.metropolistv.nl – "50 reporters from all over the world on one theme" from the Dutch VPRO TV and www.qantara.de – "Dialogue with the Islamic World" – from Deutsche Welle und Partner. The CIVIS Online Prize has been awarded on April 22, 2010 at 17.00 hrs., in the European House in Berlin. The Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the CIVIS Media Foundation and Director-General of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Monika Piel, has opend the event. The Vice-President of the European Parliament, Dr. Silvana Koch-Mehrin, has given the laudatory address and present the prize. The prize-giving ceremony was held at the invitation of the CIVIS Media Foundation and the Information Office of the European Parliament for Germany in the European House. Nominations CIVIS Online Prize 2010 Website www.netz-gegen-nazis.de |
