Prix des médias

The Bern Foundation for Radio and Television promotes the range and quality of electronic media in the cantons of Bern, Fribourg and Valais. The foundation also works to promote understanding between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Since 1982, the foundation has awarded prizes for outstanding journalistic work that lives up to this goal.

The prizes are financed mainly from the income from the foundation’s capital. The total prize money is a maximum of 16,000 Swiss francs . The jury consists of members of the foundation’s board of directors and other people.

Broadcast contributions whose subject matter concerns the cantons of Bern, Fribourg and Valais are eligible for the Radio Prize and the Television Prize .

The Prix Passerelle is awarded to a journalistic work that focuses on lived multilingualism, or rather the exchange between the language regions in the bilingual cantons of Bern, Fribourg and Valais.

For the second time, the Bern Foundation is awarding a prize for digital and multimedia formats . Journalistic productions for social media, multimedia narrative pieces, original podcasts (not radio broadcasts) or similar can be submitted. For this prize, too, the submitted contributions must have a content-related connection to the cantons of Bern, Fribourg or Valais. (suite…)

The Bernese Radio and Television Foundation works for quality journalism in electronic media in the cantons of Bern, Fribourg and Valais. It is also committed to good understanding between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Since 1982, it has awarded prizes for high-quality journalistic work that is in line with its aims.

The prizes are mainly financed by the proceeds of the foundation’s capital. Their total amount is a maximum of 16,000 francs. The jury is composed of the members of the foundation board and other persons.

For both the Radio Prize and the Television Prize, the subjects submitted must deal with themes concerning the cantons of Bern, Fribourg or Valais. The Passerelle Prize rewards journalistic work that has as its theme the multilingualism experienced on a daily basis, respectively the exchange between the linguistic regions in the bilingual cantons of Bern, Fribourg or Valais.

For the second time, the Bernese Foundation is awarding a prize for digital and multimedia formats . Journalistic productions for social media, multimedia narrative subjects, original podcasts (not radio broadcasts) or others may be submitted. For this prize, too, the contributions submitted must have a link to the cantons of Bern, Fribourg or Valais.

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