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BSW Business Journalism Awards

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We are convinced that well-founded reporting and media coverage of business issues make a significant contribution to financial and economic literacy. With the BSW Business Journalism Awards, we recognise excellent journalism that deals with topics from the world of business and finance.
Together with Börse Frankfurt, Boerse Stuttgart Group and gettex exchange the BSW presents the BSW Business Journalism Awards every year – for the 18th time in 2025.

Categories

General Economic and Financial Policy
Financial Investments
Structured Securities
Sustainable Finance
Female Finance
Special Jury Award for Financial Literacy
Finfluencer of the Year
Editorial Team of the Year
Journalist of the Year

The Jury

Annette Abel
Annette Abel

Communication & Digital Media
Bundesverband für strukturierte Wertpapiere e.V.

Marile Glöcklhofer
Marile Glöcklhofer

Business Development
gettex exchange

Ulric Papendick
Ulric Papendick

Director
Kölner Journalistenschule für Politik und Wirtschaft e.V.

Sven Schumann
Sven Schumann

Director Stakeholder Management & Berlin HUB at Gruppe Deutsche Börse,
Vice-Chair at Bündnis Ökonomische Bildung Deutschland (BÖB)

Bernd Stockmann
Bernd Stockmann

Head of Group Communications
Boerse Stuttgart Group

Overview of winners since 2008

General Economic and Financial Policy
Jan Schmidbauer
Financial Investments
Philipp Frohn
Structured Securities
Jürgen Röder
Sustainable Finance
Christian Schütte
Female Finance
Daniela Meyer
Special Jury Award for Financial Literacy
Philipp Frohn and Felix Petruschke
Finfluencer of the Year
Margarethe Honisch
Editorial Team of the Year
ARD-Finanzredaktion
Journalist of the Year
Christian Kirchner

General Economic and Financial Policy
Martin Greive, Moritz Koch, Catiana Krapp, Mareike Müller, Julian Olk and Klaus Stratman
Financial Investments
André Dér-Hörmeyer, Benedikt Dietsch, Mitsuo Iwamoto, Janne Knödler and Lea Utz
Structured Securities
Frank Doll, Julia Groth, Anton Riedl and Jan-Lukas Schmitt
Sustainable Finance
Heinz-Peter Arndt and Birgit Wetjen
Female Finance
Christiane von Hardenberg
Finfluencer of the Year
Thomas Kehl
Special Jury Award for Financial Literacy
Andrea Lueg
Journalist of the Year
Meike Schreiber

General Economic and Financial Policy
Astrid Dörner and Felix Holtermann, Handelsblatt
Financial Investments
Brigitte Scholtes, Deutschlandfunk
Retirement Planning
Matthias Fischer and Redaktion €uro, €uro
Structured Securities
Emmeran Eder, €uro am Sonntag
Sustainable Finance
Daniela Helemann, Der Zertifikateberater
Special Jury Award for multiplatform storytelling
Leonie Thim, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Journalist of the Year
Carsten Korfmacher, Nordkurier

Journalist of the Year
Melanie Bergermann
Financial Investments
Birgit Wetjen
General Economic and Financial Policy
Carsten Korfmacher
Structured Securities
Anton Riedl
Special Jury Award
Handelsblatt Today podcast Editorial Team / Reporter ohne Grenzen e.V.

Journalist of the Year
Claus Döring
Financial Investments
Caspar Tobias Schlenk
Retirement Planning
Johannes Lenz
General Economic and Financial Policy
Alexandra Baude & Stefan Reccius
Structured Securities
Matthias von Arnim
Special Jury Award
Anja Ciechowski & Anika Kohl Carsten Korfmacher

Journalist of the Year
Robert Landgraf
Financial Investments
Christoph Platt
Retirement Planning
Friedhelm Tilgen
General Economic and Financial Policy
Niklas Wirminghaus
Structured Securities
Gian Hessami
Special Jury Award
Ralf Andreß

Journalist of the Year
Markus Koch
Financial Investments
Lukas Zdrzalek/Christian Kirchner/Thomas Steinmann/Marina Zapf
Retirement Planning
Bernhard Bomke/Stephan Haberer/Martin Reim
General Economic and Financial Policy
Simon Book/Sven Prange
Structured Securities
Sascha Rose
Special Jury Award
Online-Redaktion www.boerse.ARD.de

Financial Investments
Lukas Zdrzalek
Retirement Planning
Stephan Haberer / Markus Hinterberger / Andreas Höss / Martin Reim / Stefan Rullkötter
General Economic and Financial Policy
Dyrk Scherff
Structured Securities
Daniela Helemann
Special Jury Award
Anne E. Connelly / Birgit Wetjen

Online Media
Christoph A. Scherbaum / Marc Schmidt
Audio / Video / TV
Friedhelm Tilgen
Print (daily newspaper)
Daniel Mohr
Special Jury Award
Antje Erhard
Print (magazine)
Jörg Lang
Journalist of the Year
Daniela Helemann, Ralf Andreß

Print (daily newspaper)
Frank Stocker
Print (magazine)
Dr. Ingo Malcher
Overall Online Concept
finanzen.net
Online Media
Gerd Hübner
Audio / Video
Thomas Becker, Michael Houben, Peter Koppe, Cornelia Uebel
Journalist of the Year
Benjamin Feingold, Daniel Saurenz

Print (daily newspaper)
Michael H. Schulz
Print (magazine)
Lorenz Wagner, Alexander Hagelüken
Online Media
Ralf Andreß, Tobias Kramer
Audio / Video
Nicole Kohnert, Michael Houben
Journalist of the Year
Joachim Spiering

Print (daily newspaper)
Massimo Bognanni
Print (magazine)
Joint contribution from WirtschaftsWoche
Online Media
Christian Kirchner
Audio / Video
Marco Kreuter
Journalist of the Year
Angela Wefers

Print (daily newspaper)
Daniel Mohr
Print (magazine)
Thomas Bergmann
Online Media
Wolfgang Raum
Audio / Video
Melanie Kösser
Journalist of the Year
Editorial Team at WirtschaftsWoche

Print (daily newspaper)
Dr. Martin Ahlers
Print (magazine)
Petra Maier
Online Media
Matthias von Arnim
Audio / Video
Jochen Dietrich
Journalist of the Year
Dr. Bernhard Jünemann

Print (daily newspaper)
Matthias Schmitt
Print (magazine)
Petra Maier
Online Media
Georgios Kokologiannis
Audio / Video
Melanie Kösser
Journalist of the Year
Antonie Klotz

Print (daily newspaper)
Georg Meck
Print (magazine)
Joachim Spiering
Online Media
Wolfgang Raum
Regional Media
José Macias
Radio & TV
Andreas Kock
Special Jury Award (Podcast)
Jürgen Röder
Journalist of the Year
Dr. Armin Schmitz

Print (daily newspaper)
Ralf Andreß
Print (magazine)
Antonie Klotz
Online Media
Matthias von Arnim
Regional Media
Dr. Martin Ahlers
Radio & TV
Andreas Kock
Journalist of the Year
Richard Weiss

Print (daily newspaper)
Thomas Koch
Print (magazine)
Richard Pfadenhauer
Online Media
Jürgen Röder
Regional Media
Eberhard Abelein
Radio & TV
Birgit Wetjen, Richard Weiss
Journalist of the Year
Ralf Andreß