AUDIO
CIVIS Media Prize 2025
Selection committee 1
The selection committee members from left to right
Ulf Köhler (Chair)
MDR | Head of Team Feature >Main Editorial Department Culture and Youth
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Jonas Seufert
Freelance Journalist
Nilofar Elhami
Deutschlandfunk Nova | Editor
Selection committee 2
The selection committee members from left to right
Carolina Schwarz
taz | Head of Department taz zwei, Society & Media
Dr. Iva Krtalic
Dr. Iva Krtalic WDR | Integration Officer
Sejnur Memisi
Freelance Journalist and Author
Melanie Lidsba (Chair)
NDR | Program Director N-Joy
Fabian Grieger
Author and Editor
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Imre Balzer
Freelance Journalist
Nilofar Elhami
Deutschlandfunk Nova | Editor
Jury
The jury members from left to right.
Friederike Schicht
Freelance journalist, developer and host of Kohl Kids (MDR/WDR)
Dr. Beat Soltermann
SRF | Editor-in-Chief Audio/Digital
Jona Teichmann (Chair)
Programme Director Deutschlandradio
Chiponda Chimbelu
Deutsche Welle | Editor-In-Chief
Prof. Dr. Katja Artsiomenka
University of Media, Communication and Business Cologne | Journalist and Professor of Journalism
Laura Cazés
The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany e. V. | Head of Communication and Digitalisation
Vanessa Vu
Editor Department X | DIE ZEIT | Podcast >Rice and Shine<
Elisabeth Stratka
ORF | Head of Department Ö1 Culture
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Header: bigstockphoto / Tupungato (Punkte Gegenlicht)
AK 1 AUDIO
Ulf Köhler: privat
Nilofar Elhami
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Jonas Seufert
AK2 AUDIO
Melanie Lidsba: : privat
Imre Balzer: CIVIS
Nilofar Elhami
Fabian Grieger
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Dr. Iva Krtalic: CIVIS
Sejnur Memisi
Carolina Schwarz: privat
Jury AUDIO
Jona Teichmann: kC
Prof. Dr. Katja Artsiomenka: Irina Ignatjuk
Laura Cazés: Ben Knabe
Chiponda Chimbelu: DW/Stephanie Englert
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Friederike Schicht
Dr. Beat Soltermann: SRF/Charles Benoit
Elisabeth Stratka: ORF/Ursula Hummel
Vanessa Vu: Eventpress/Stauffenberg