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CIVIS Media Prize 2025
Selection committee Social Media
The selection committee members from left to right
Anna-Sophia Richard (Chair)
Author and Director
Marspet Movsisyan
Freelance journalist (WDR et al.)
Diara Sow
Cinematographer
Jascha Hannover
Director & Creative Producer
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept and Coordination
Can Külahcigil
SRF Swiss Radio and Television | Editor and producer for the morning primetime programme on SRF 4 News
Selection committee 1 VIDEO Information and Fiction
The selection committee members from left to right
Henri Höbel
Theatre Academy August Everding Munich | dramaturgy student
Najima El Moussaoui
Freelance Journalist and Presenter, filmmaker (for ARD and ntv, among others)
Alejandro Mathé
Director and screenwriter
Miodrag Soric (Chair)
Deutsche Welle | Chief Correspondent
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Selection committee 2 Information und Fiction
The selection committee members from left to right
Burrhus Njanjo
a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne | M. A., PhD Student
Maja Ellmenreich
Deutschlandfunk | Cultural Editor
Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz
Professor at Journalism Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
Najima El Moussaoui
Freelance Journalist and Presenter, filmmaker (for ARD and ntv, among others)
Miodrag Soric (Chair)
Deutsche Welle | Chief Correspondent
Aurelie von Blazekovic
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Cultural Editor
Lena Crohmal
WDR | Trainee
Artur Althen
Bardamu Film GmbH | Managing Director, Producer
Ferdos Forudastan
CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director
JURY SOCIAL MEDIA
The jury members from left to right.
Michael Loeb
WDR mediagroup GmbH | Chief Executive Officer
Nele Dehnenkamp
Director & Documentary Filmmaker
Nabila Abdel Aziz
Freelance journalist (e.g. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk)
Jonathan Brunner
Author and director
Schiwa Schlei (Chair)
WDR | Programme Director 1LIVE & COSMO
Julius Feldmeier
Actor
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Jury Information
The selection committee members from left to right
Igor Evgen Bergant
RTV Slovenia | TV Anchorman >ODMEVI<
Buket Alakus (Chair)
Film director, screenwriter
Tom Zwiessler
Autentic GmbH | Head of Autentic Studios
Esther Saoub
SWR | Head of Documentation Department
Murad Bayraktar
WDR PB Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad | Head of ARD Coordination, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Christina Killius
CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination
Konstanze Beyer
RTL2 Fernsehen | Editor-in-Chief and Programme Director Factual & Doku
Alexander Kühn
Spiegel | Editor Economy and Media
Ferdos Forudastan
CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director
Jury Fiction
The selection committee members from left to right
Melika Foroutan
Actress
Buket Alakus (Chair)
Film director, screenwriter
Claire Isambert
ARTE | Head of Culture Department
Martina Zöllner
Journalist and author
Samira El Ouassil
Author and actress
Dr. Paul Ingendaay
FAZ | Europe correspondent in the feature section of the FAZ
Ferdos Forudastan
CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director
Header: bigstockphoto / Tupungato
AK Social Media
Anna-Sophia Richard
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Jascha Hannover
Can Külahcigil
Marspet Movsisyan: Annika Fußwinkel
Diara Sow
AK1 Video
Miodrag Soric
Najima El Moussaoui: Annette Etges
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Henri Höbel: Christian Hartmann
Alejandro Mathé: Kevin Biele
Ak2 VIDEO
Miodrag Soric
Artur Althen: Felix Länge
Lena Crohmal: WDR/Jan Philipp Behr
Maja Ellmenreich: Deutschlandradio/Bettina Fuerst Fastré
Najima El Moussaoui: Annette Etges
Ferdos Forudastan: Paulus Ponizak
Burrhus Njanjo
Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz: JS/Mainz
Aurelie von Blazekovic: Friedrich Bungert
JURY Social Media
Schiwa Schlei:Annika Fußwinkel
Nabila Abdel Aziz: BR
Jonathan Brunner: Anjuna Hartmann
Nele Dehnenkamp: Nils Stelte
Julius Feldmeier: Gerald Matzka
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Michael Loeb: Hans Leitner
Jury Information
Buket Alakus: WDR/Thomas Kost
Murad Bayraktar: Eleazar Veledo Pérez
Igor Evgen Bergant: RTV Slovenija
Konstanze Beyer: CIVIS
Ferdos Forudastan: Paulus Ponizak
Dr. Christina Killius: CIVIS
Alexander Kühn: BernhardRiedmann_DER SPIEGEL
Esther Saoub: Patricia Nelligan/SWR
Tom Zwiessler: privat
Jury Fiktion
Buket Alakus: WDR/Thomas Kost
Samira El Ouassil: ChristophHardt_GeislerFotopress
Melika Foroutan: Jakob Fliedner
Ferdos Forudastan: Paulus Ponizak
Dr. Paul Ingendaay: FrankRöth
Claire Isambert: Frédéric Maigrot
Martina Zöllner: rbb Gundula Krause