Cologne (OTE) – The competition for the European CIVIS Media Prize
2026 is open.
Until 31 December 2025, media professionals from all EU countries and
Switzerland can submit entries online on the topics of migration,
integration, cultural diversity and – related to this – social
cohesion.
The CIVIS Media Prize honours outstanding journalistic
achievements in television, radio, the internet and social media that
promote the peaceful coexistence of people from different
geographical and cultural backgrounds. The prize is endowed with a
total of 27,000 euros. Nine CIVIS AWARDS are awarded in different
categories .
Further information on the CIVIS Media Prize 2026 can be found
here .
Click here to register.
The CIVIS Media Prize is sponsored by ARD, represented by WDR,
together with the Freudenberg Foundation. ORF, SRG SSR, ARTE, 3sat,
Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandradio and the EBU are media partners. WDR
mediagroup, Produktionsallianz, VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film-
und Fernsehproduzenten, the European Union Agency for Fundamental
Rights (FRA), Deutsche Postcode Lotterie and the Harald Christ
Foundation for Democracy and Diversity are co-operation partners.
The competition, the jury meetings and the award ceremony are
organised by the non-profit CIVIS Media Foundation in Cologne.
The European CIVIS Media Prize is intended to encourage media
professionals to address the topics of migration, integration,
cultural diversity and social cohesion in a creative, constructive
and – where necessary – (self-)critical manner.
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Click here for the conditions of participation for the CIVIS
Media Prize 2026.
Digital press kit: http://www.ots.at/pressemappe/DE29876/aom
