Episode Details

►(0:00:00) INTRO ►(0:00:59) Moderation Melissa Körner & Angela van Brakel

►(0:01:43) RIAS TV Award The TV Award went to Vanessa Schlesier, Evan Williams and Dan Edge, Hannah Congdon for the Documentary “The Rise of Germany’s New Right”, broadcast on the program Frontline PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), USA Vgl.: https://youtu.be/DkdMxqBXTW8?si=CqoPT_vRJcSYncGu

►(0:06:15) RIAS Radio Award Eberhard Schade of Deutschlandfunk Kultur was honored with the Radio Award for his feature “Germans in Texas – Bach, Beer, Business as Usual?” Vgl.: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/deutsche-in-texas-bach-bier-business-as-usual-100.html

►(0:13:52) RIAS Digital Award This award was presented to the podcast “Die Peter Thiel Story” by Deutschlandfunk. The authors are Klaus Uhrig, Christian Schiffer, Jasmin Körber, and Fritz Espenlaub. Vgl.: https://youtu.be/LmcQUEq3HGM?si=VM6zrlrS0Ogy7CQN

►(0:18:24) RIAS Fellow Award Ariel Plotnick and Emma Talkoff of The Washington Post were honored with the RIAS Fellow Award for their reportage, “Should Germany ban its far-right party?” Vgl.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/should-germany-ban-its-farright-party/

►(0:24:44) RIAS Grand Prize The RIAS Grand Prize was presented to the author team of Igor Plischke, Christopher Zwickler, Anika Mellin, and Hannes Beßler for the ARD/MDR co-production “Der talentierte Mr. F”. Vgl.: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/der-talentierte-mr-f/der-talentierte-mr-f/mdr/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9zZW5kdW5nLzI4MjA0MC81MzMxMzYtNTA3ODU5?

►(0:34:24) 80 Years of RIAS (Contains a video with technical issues.)

►(0:48:39) Panel Discussion Following the presentation of the RIAS Media Awards, Claus Kleber—longtime ZDF anchor and former editor-in-chief of RIAS—moderated a discussion on the importance of independent international media. His guests were: David Folkenflik, media correspondent at National Public Radio; Ines Pohl, Washington Bureau Chief for Deutsche Welle; and David Ensor, former Director of Voice of America.

►(1:33:47) Promise David Ensor, former Director of Voice of America: “I promise you, Voice of America will be back. I promise you.”

►(1:36:16) OUTRO (Don't forget to ground your antennas!)

Many thanks to the RIAS Berlin Commission for their kind permission to document parts of this event here.

Vielen Dank an die RIAS Berlin Kommission für die freundliche Genehmigung, Teile dieser Veranstaltung hier zu dokumentieren.

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