Free Media Awards Explained

Free Media Awards
Awarded For:	Independent journalistic works
Former Name:	Gerd Bucerius Prize Free Press of Eastern Europe
Country:	Presenters: Germany, Norway Recipients: Eastern Europe
Sponsor:	ZEIT-Stiftung and Fritt Ord (organization)
Reward:	15,000 EUR per recipient
Presenter:	ZEIT-Stiftung and Fritt Ord (organization)
Year:	2000

Free Media Awards (formerly: Gerd Bucerius Prize for Free Press in Eastern Europe,) is the press prizes awarded by the two foundations The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung.

History and prize consideration

The prize was launched in 2000 by the ZEIT Foundation and was called the Gerd Bucerius Press Prizes for Eastern Europe . The prize is named after the German politician and journalist Gerd Bucerius.^[1] In 2004, after the ZEIT Foundation began cooperation with the organisation Freedom of Expression Foundation (Fritt Ord), the prize was presented jointly.^[2]

The prize is awarded to journalists and media in Eastern Europe, who are distinguished by their quality, professionalism and civil courage. Organisations consider nominations after consultation with external experts.^[3] Each year, an independent jury selects the winners based on these nominations. Three to five awards are awarded per year.^[4]

Jury

• Alice Bota — Polish-German journalist and writer
• Ane Tusvik Bonde — Norwegian senior advisor at the Human Rights House Foundation
• Juri Durkot — Ukrainian journalist and translator
• — Norwegian journalist, NRK correspondent
• Martin Paulsen — Eastern Europe expert from the University of Bergen
• Silvia Stöber — German journalist specialising on Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia

Laureates

2000

• Brestskiy Kurier — Belarusian newspaper^[5]
• — Russian newspaper in the German language
• Veidas — Lithuanian news magazine^[6]
• — Russian journalist based in Moscow^[7]

2001

• Zerkalo Nedeli — Ukrainian newspaper^[8]
• Asya Tretyuk — Belarusian journalist
• Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta — Belarusian newspaper^[9]
• — Russian newspaper^[10]

2002

• Novaya Gazeta — Russian newspaper^[11]
• Vysoky Zamok — Ukrainian newspaper
• Narodnaja Volya — Belarusian newspaper
• — Bulgarian newspaper^[12]
• Cristian Tudor Popescu — Romanian journalist^[13]

2003

• — Russian newspaper^[14]
• Ekspres — Ukrainian newspaper^[15]
• Belorusy i rynok (back in 2003 called "Belorusskiy Rynok") — Belarusian newspaper
• Mikola Markevich — Belarusian journalist^[16]

2004

• — Russian newspaper^[17]
• — Russian newspaper^[18]
• — Ukrainian newspaper
• Intex-Press — Belarusian newspaper
• 24 saati — Georgian newspaper
• Yulia Latynina — Russian journalist and writer
• Svetlana Kalinkina — Belarusian journalist^[19]

2005

• The New Times — Russian magazine
• Chechenskoye obshchestvo — Russian newspaper
• BelaPAN — Belarusian news agency
• Vitebskiy Kurier — Belarusian newspaper
• Resonansi — Georgian newspaper^[20]
• Semyon Novoprudsky — Russian journalist^[21]

2006

• — Belarusian newspaper
• Russian-Chechen news agency — Russian news agency (now Finland-based)
• Sovetskaya Kalmykiya segodnya — Russian newspaper
• Vyborgskie Vedomosti — Russian newspaper^[22]
• Fatima Tlisova — Russian journalist of Circassian origin^[23]
• Veronika Shahova — Russian journalist^[24]
• Ukrayinska Pravda — Ukrainian newspaper^{[25] [26]}

2007

• Natalia Novozhilova — Russian journalist^[27]
• Inform Polis — Russian newspaper
• Caucasian Knot — Russian news portal^[28]
• TURAN — Azerbaijani news agency
• Nasha Niva — Belarusian newspaper^[29]
• CDMAG or CDMag — Belarusian media project^{[30] [31] [32]}

2008

• The New Times — Russian magazine
• Moy gorod bez tsenzury — Russian weekly newspaper
• Victoria Ivleva — Russian photojournalist and correspondent
• Elena Larionova — Russian journalist
• Hazeta Slonimskaya — Belarusian newspaper
• Yezhednevnik — Belarusian online portal
• Rauf Mirgadirov — Azerbaijani journalist^{[33] [34]}

2009

• Roman Shleinov — Russian journalist of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta
• Zoya Svetova — Russian journalist based in Moscow
• Novy Chas — newspaper of the city of Minsk, Belarus
• Batumelebi — Georgian weekly newspaper
• Marianna Grigoryan — freelance Armenian journalist
• Azadliq — Azerbaijani daily newspaper
• Natik Javadli — journalist of the newspaper ^{[35] [36]}

2010

• Mikhail Beketov — journalist of the newspaper Khimkinskaya Pravda
• Arsenyevskiye Vesti — the newspaper of the city of Vladivostok, Russia
• Borisovskie novosti — newspaper of the city of Barysaw, Belarus
• Liberali — Georgian magazine
• — Azerbaijani journalist
• — Azerbaijani network television
• Edik Baghdasaryan — Armenian journalist^[37]

2011

• Chernovik — Dagestan weekly newspaper
• Natalya Ivanishina — journalist of the newspaper Ust-Ilimskaya Pravda
• Marina Koktysh — journalist of the newspaper Narodnaya Volya
• — journalist of the Internet media
• — Azerbaijani journalist
• A1plus — Armenian news portal^[38]

2012

• Olga Romanova — blogger on Echo of Moscow and columnist for The New Times
• magazine — Caucasian independent magazine
• — editor-in-chief of the Gramadzyanskaya Alternative magazine and leading columnist for the Svobodnye novosti plus newspaper
• The Ukrainian Week magazine^[39]
• Khadija Ismayilova — Azerbaijani journalist^[40]

2013

• Elena Kostyuchenko — special correspondent of the information department of Novaya Gazeta^[41]
• — chief editor of the online portal
• — socio-political weekly newspaper^[42]
• Serhiy Leshchenko — Ukrainian political journalist
• — Azerbaijani journalist
• Mehman Huseynov — Azerbaijani journalist^[43]

2014

• — Russian journalist
• TV Rain — Russian independent channel^[44]
• Tetiana Chornovol — Ukrainian journalist
• — Ukrainian journalist
• Mustafa Nayyem — Ukrainian journalist
• Alexander Klaskovsky — Belarusian journalist
• Objective TV — Azerbaijani internet channel
• Epress.am — Armenian news portal^{[45] [46]}

2015

• Netgazeti — Georgian news portal^[47]
• — Ukrainian journalist and editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Ostro V
• — Ukrainian news agency
• — Ukrainian journalist
• — Russian regional socio-political newspaper
• Galina Timchenko — Russian journalist, editor-in-chief and the founder of the Meduza newspaper^{[48] [49]}

2016

• (Our Money) — Ukrainian website
• Elena Milashina — Russian journalist
• Seymur Hazi — Azerbaijani editor and commentator

2017

• — Russian caricature artist^[50]
• — Russian journalist^[51]
• Zaruhi Mejlumyan — Armenian journalist^[52]
• Meydan TV — Azerbaijani media organisation^[53]

2018

• Belarusian Partisan — Belarusian newspaper^[54]
• — Russian newspaper^[55]
• Chai Khana — Georgian media platform^[56]

2019

• The Insider — Russian online newspaper^[57]
• — Ukrainian magazine^[58]
• Hafiz Babali — Azerbaijani journalist^[59]
• CivilNet — Armenian media platform^[60]
• 7x7 — Russian regional online newspaper and blog^[61]

2020

• MediaZona — Russian media outlet
• Proekt — Russian media outlet
• Aziz Karimov — Azerbaijani journalist
• Stanislav Aseyev — Ukrainian journalist
• Schemes — broadcast on Ukrainian television^{[62] [63]}

2021

• Katsiaryna Barysevich – Belarusian journalist of TUT.BY
• Katsyaryna Andreeva – Belarusian journalist of Belsat TV
• Darya Chultsova – Belarusian journalist of Belsat TV
• Natallia Lubneuskaya – Belarusian journalist of Nasha Niva
• TUT.BY – Belarusian media outlet
• Belarusian Association of Journalists^[64]

2022

• Mstyslav Chernov - Ukrainian photographer
• Yevgeniy Maloletka - Ukrainian photographer
• Nataliya Gumenyuk - Ukrainian journalist and author
• Andriy Dubchak - Ukrainian photo and video reporter
• Vladyslav Yesypenko - Ukrainian journalist and political prisoner on Russian-occupied Crimea
• Zaborona - Ukrainian online newspaper^[65]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Konstantinov. Gennady. 2005-10-07. Белорусские журналисты номинированы на получение премии немецкого фонда "Zeit". Belarusian journalists are nominated for the prize of the German fund "Zeit". 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
2. Web site: Gerd Bucerius Press Prizes: Nominations invited from Journalists and Newspapers. 2021-04-06. youthpress.org.
3. Web site: Ausschreibung 2015. Announcement 2015. 2021-04-08. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
4. Web site: Free Media Awards. 2021-04-07. Fritt Ord (organization).
5. Web site: 2001-05-31. Freedom of the Media in Belarus. 2021-04-08. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 75. Vienna.
6. Web site: Oertel. von Barbara. 2000-05-05. Gerd-Bucerius-Preis für den „Brester Kurier“. Gerd Bucerius Prize for the "Brest Kurier". 2021-04-08. mmm.verdi.de. de.
7. Web site: Preisträger 2000. Award winners 2000. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
8. Web site: Dserkalo Tyschnja. 2021-04-08. Eurotopics.
9. Web site: 2001-05-31. Freedom of the Media in Belarus. 2021-04-08. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 7. Vienna.
10. Web site: Preisträger 2001. Award winners 2001. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
11. Web site: Kapustina. Olga. 2012-05-10. Benzow. Gregg. Novaya Gazeta receives Charlemagne Medal. 2021-04-08. Deutsche Welle.
12. Web site: 2002-02-25. За фондация "Цайт" и наградата "Буцериус". About Zeit Foundation and The Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-08. segabg.com. bg.
13. Web site: Preisträger 2002. Award winners 2002. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
14. Web site: 2003-03-13. Премия Герда Буцериуса для газет из Барнаула, Львова и Минска. Gerd Bucerius Prize for newspapers from Barnaul, Lviv and Minsk. 2021-04-08. Deutsche Welle. ru.
15. Web site: Dvoretsky. Evgeny. 2003-06-02. Русская Германия 2003 22 Й-Кратко. Russian Germany 2003 22 Th-Briefly. 2021-04-08. rg-rb.de. ru.
16. Web site: Preisträger 2003. Award winners 2003. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
17. Web site: Ilchenko. Sergey. 2004-05-21. По Гамбургскому Счету Невское время. Hamburg Account Nevskoe vremya. 2021-04-08. nvspb.ru. ru.
18. Web site: Koryakin. Dmitry. 2016-12-07. «Звезда» в Усолье!. «Zvezda» in Usolye!. 2021-04-08. усольская-газета.рф. stroganovland.ru. ru.
19. Web site: Preisträger 2004. Award winners 2004. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
20. Web site: 2005-03-08. Журналисты из Белоруссии, России и Грузии получили премию Герда Буцериуса. Journalists from Belarus, Russia and Georgia received the Gerd Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-09. Lenta.ru. ru.
21. Web site: Preisträger 2005. Award winners 2005. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
22. Web site: Kesner. Gennady. 2006-05-19. Журналисты России, Белоруссии и Украины получили престижную немецкую премию. Journalists from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine received the prestigious German award. 2021-04-08. Deutsche Welle. ru.
23. Web site: 2010-11-12. Förderpreis Freie Presse Osteuropa 2008 ausgeschrieben. Free Press Eastern Europe Award 2008 announced. 2021-04-07. die-stiftung.de. de.
24. Web site: 2006-05-23. Шеф-редактор ИА REGNUM награждена премией. Editor-in-chief of IA REGNUM was awarded the prize. 2021-04-08. REGNUM News Agency. ru.
25. Web site: Preisträger 2006. Award winners 2006. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
26. Web site: 2006-05-19. “Украинской правде” вручили награду. "Ukrainian Pravda" was presented with an award. 2021-04-08. Ukrayinska Pravda. ru.
27. Web site: Kapustina. Olga. 2007-06-21. Журналистка Наталья Новожилова – лауреат премии имени Буцериуса. Journalist Natalya Novozhilova – laureate of the Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
28. Web site: 2007-03-01. Владимирская журналистка получила премию имени Герда Буцериуса. Journalist from Vladimir received the Gerd Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-09. REGNUM News Agency. ru.
29. Web site: Melnik. Olga. 2007-06-21. «Наша Ніва» получила международное признание. «Nasha Niva» received international recognition. 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
30. Web site: Preisträger 2007. Award winners 2007. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
31. Web site: Wilhelm. Sergey. 2007-02-28. Российские журналисты награждены премией имени Буцериуса. Russian Journalists Awarded with the Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
32. Book: von Feilitzen, Cecilia. New questions, new insights, new approaches : contributions to the research forum at the world summit on media for children and youth 2010. 2011. Nordicom. 978-91-86523-21-3. 230. 742557406.
33. Web site: 2008-05-19. Присуждены премии "Свободная пресса Восточной Европы". Awarded the Free Press of Eastern Europe Awards. 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
34. Web site: Preisträger 2008. Award winners 2008. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
35. Web site: Preisträger 2009. Award winner 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217133547/http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=545. 2022-02-17. 2013-06-09. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
36. Web site: Komaritskaya. Olga. 2009-03-11. Russian journalists awarded with "Free Press of Eastern Europe" prize. 2021-04-06. Human Rights House Foundation.
37. Web site: Preisträger 2010. Award winner 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928020901/http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=595. 2020-09-28. 2013-06-09. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
38. Web site: Preisträger 2011. Award winner 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20130701043628/http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=654. 2013-07-01. 2013-06-09. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
39. Web site: Evdokimova. Oksana. 2012-05-24. Журналистам из СНГ вручена немецкая премия "Свободная пресса Восточной Европы". CIS Journalists Awarded the German Free Press of Eastern Europe Award. 2021-04-08. Deutsche Welle. ru.
40. Web site: Preisträger 2012. Award winner 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120707045345/http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=834. 2012-07-07. 2013-06-09. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
41. Web site: 2013-06-20. Специальный корреспондент «Новой газеты» Елена Костюченко получила международную премию «Свободная пресса». Elena Kostyuchenko, special correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, received the Free Press International Prize. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904033700/https://novayagazeta.ru/news/66334.html. 2014-09-04. 2021-04-09. Novaya Gazeta. ru.
42. Web site: Romashenko. Sergey. 2013-03-06. Лауреатами премии имени Буцериуса стали пять журналистов из Восточной Европы. Five journalists from Eastern Europe become the laureates of the Bucerius Prize. 2021-04-08. Deutsche Welle. ru.
43. Web site: Preisträger 2013. Award winner 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307130027/http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=876. 2014-03-07. 2013-06-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
44. Web site: Preisträger 2014. Award winner 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115211429/https://www.zeit-stiftung.de/projekte/politikundgesellschaft/journalistenprogramme/gerdbucerius-foerderpreisfreiepresseosteuropas/preistraeger2014/. 2021-01-15. 2021-01-15. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
45. Web site: Preisträger 2014. Award winners 2014. 2021-04-07. ZEIT-Stiftung. de.
46. Web site: Mishchenko. Olga. 2014-06-12. Журналисты из России, Украины, Беларуси награждены немецкой премией. Journalists from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus were awarded the German prize. 2021-04-07. Deutsche Welle. ru.
47. Web site: 2015-03-10. Netgazeti among winners of Fritt Ord/ZEIT Press Prizes – MDIF. 2021-04-07. Media Development Investment Fund.
48. Web site: Preisträger 2015. Award winner 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306032622/https://www.zeit-stiftung.de/projekte/politikundgesellschaft/journalistenprogramme/gerdbucerius-foerderpreisfreiepresseosteuropas/preistraeger2015/. 2016-03-06. 2015-06-08. de.
49. Web site: Arosev. Grigory. 2015-03-09. Главред "Медузы" - среди лауреатов немецкой премии за развитие свободы слова. Meduza's editor-in-chief is among the laureates of the German prize for the development of freedom of speech. 2021-04-06. Deutsche Welle. ru.
50. Web site: Sergei Jolkin - Russia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
51. Web site: Anton Naumlyuk - Russia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
52. Web site: Zaruhi Mejlumyan - Armenia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
53. Web site: Meydan TV - Azerbaijan. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
54. Web site: Belarus Partisan - Belarus. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
55. Web site: Fontanka - Russia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
56. Web site: Chai Khana - South Caucasus. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
57. Web site: The Insider - Russia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
58. Web site: Novoye Vremya - Ukraine. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
59. Web site: Hafiz Babali - Azerbaijan. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
60. Web site: CivilNet - Armenia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
61. Web site: 7x7 - Russia. 2021-04-08. Fritt Ord (organization).
62. Web site: Staschen. Jessica. ZEIT-Stiftung Free Media Awards. 2021-04-06. ZEIT-Stiftung.
63. Web site: 2020-08-18. «Схеми» та Станіслав Асєєв стали лауреатами премії «Вільна преса Східної Європи 2020». «Schemes» and Stanislav Aseyev became laureates of the «Free Press of Eastern Europe 2020». 2021-04-06. detector.media. uk.
64. Web site: Кепински. Ольга. 2021-08-12. Все награды Free Media Awards присуждены белорусским журналистам. live. https://archive.today/20210812204758/https://ru.euronews.com/2021/08/12/free-media-awards-belarus-journalists. 2021-08-12. 2021-08-12. euronews. ru.
65. https://zaborona.com/en/zaborona-becomes-a-laureate-of-the-free-media-awards-2022/ "Zaborona Becomes a Laureate of the Free Media Awards 2022