[1] The Award is given to young journalists in the categories print, TV, radio, and online journalism due to the decisions of the Axel-Springer-Akademie.
Contributions should be devoted to "current political, economical, cultural, sporting and social issues."
Jury members were among others Gabor Steingart and Nina Grunenberg (press), Axel Buchholz, Rainer Cabanis and Carmen Thomas (radio), as well as Heinz Klaus Mertes, Gerd Ruge, Steffen Seibert and Maria von Welser (TV).
Claus Strunz, Hans-Dieter Degler, Carola Ferstl, Jan-Eric Peters (also printed), Rowan Barnett and Sebastian Turner belonged to the Internet jury.
The Board of Trustees includes, among others, former award winner Mathias Döpfner and Friede Springer.