Earlier this evening at a gala ceremony and dinner, the winners of the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism2015 were revealed in front of 200 of the country\u2019s leading media personalities as well as via live broadcast on Sweden\u2019s biggest media sites.<\/p>\n
The evening was hosted by Peter Wolodarski, editor-in-chief for Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. Legendary French TV journalist and program host Christine Ockrent was the guest speaker, talking on stage with Wolodarski about the roiling situation in France and Europe with terrorist attacks, the refugee crisis and threats against journalism and freedom of speech.<\/p>\n
Winners for 2015:<\/p>\n
Storyteller of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Johanna B\u00e4ckstr\u00f6m Lerneby, Filter The jury wrote: “For unsparing journalism that with an ingenious dramaturgy refines and adds depth to the genre of crime reporting.”<\/p>\n Innovator of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Kristoffer \u00d6rstadius, Dagens Nyheter The jury wrote: “For, in a new and, for journalism, inspiring way, using programming and hacking to reveal vulnerabilities in our digital society.”<\/p>\n Scoop of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Andreas Cervenka and Torbj\u00f6rn Isacson, Svenska Dagbladet The jury wrote: “For catching in a hunt the biggest game, resulting in a major rearranging of chairs in Sweden’s board rooms.”<\/p>\n Lukas Bonnier\u2019s Grand Prize for Journalism, for lifetime achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n Kerstin Weigl, Aftonbladet The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism was established by Bonnier in 1966 to recognize top efforts in journalism. The awards are worth SEK 100,000 each.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this evening at a gala ceremony and dinner, the winners of the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism2015 were revealed in front of 200 of the country\u2019s leading media personalities as well as via live broadcast on Sweden\u2019s biggest media sites. The evening was hosted by Peter Wolodarski, editor-in-chief for Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. Legendary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3167,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[351,153,349,353,350,16,235,822,352],"class_list":["post-3166","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-andreas-cervenka","tag-dagens-nyheter","tag-johanna-backstrom-lerneby","tag-kerstin-weigl","tag-kristoffer-orstadius","tag-lukas-bonniers-stora-journalistpris","tag-sweden","tag-swedish-grand-journalism-prize","tag-torbjorn-isacson"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Att skapa ett monster (creating a monster)<\/p>\n
Hackerjournalisten (the hacker journalist)<\/p>\n
SCA-aff\u00e4ren (the SCA affair)<\/p>\n
For, as the jury wrote: \u201cher tireless investigation, uncovering one of society\u2019s hidden disaster areas.\u201d<\/p>\n