27.02.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2026 Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship has been awarded to Morgane Bona (text) and Johanna-Maria Fritz (photography). The Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Prize for South Tyrol will be presented to Annalena Gufler and Fabian Pircher for their reportage \u201eWhen Does Home End?\u201c (image above) about the oldest farmer in the municipality of Moos in Passeiertal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This year, the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship goes to Morgane Bona (text) and Johanna-Maria Fritz (photos). The two journalists will create a report on a race to the North Pole of a different kind. The team aims to shed light on how a new military front line is emerging in the Arctic between Russia and Western states \u2013 and what impact this has on the daily lives of the people there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The scholarship commemorates the native of Mals in South Tyrol\u00a0Stern<\/em>\u2013 Reporter Gabriel Gr\u00fcner, who was murdered on June 13, 1999, while researching in Kosovo, along with Volker Kr\u00e4mer and Senol Alit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship, which is being awarded for the 27th time this year, comes with a prize of 6,000 euros. Additionally, the winning team receives a two-month residency scholarship at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year, 33 applications were submitted for the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The jury of the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainer N\u00fcbel (Professor of Media and Communications Management, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg; Chairman of the Jury), Angela Butterstein (Press Officer of Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart), Uschi Entenmann (Zeitenspiegel Reportagen<\/em>\u00a0and Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg), Cornelia Fuchs (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the\u00a0Stern<\/em>), Peter Gr\u00fcner (Social Worker, Brother of Gabriel Gr\u00fcner), Anton Hunger (Journalist and Book Author), Georg Mair (Editor-in-Chief of\u00a0ff \u2013 The South Tyrolean Weekly Magazine<\/em>Stephanie Nannen (Publicist), Oda Sch\u00e4fer (Producer), Jonas Wresch (Freelance Photographer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Award 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Prize for South Tyrol, which Zeitenspiegel Reportagen is awarding in collaboration with the Pedagogical Department of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol, the Education Committee of the Municipality of Mals, and the South Tyrolean weekly magazine ff<\/em> The award goes this year to Annalena Gufler and Fabian Pircher from the State Vocational School for Commerce and Graphics for their reportage \u201eWhen does home stop?\u201c. In it, they portray the oldest farmer in the municipality of Moos in Passeiertal. His story tells of a life full of work. \u201eWhen he is no longer around, the Klotz farm could be one of the 130 farms that disappear every year in South Tyrol,\u201c say the two students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year, nine applications were submitted for the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Award. It is endowed with 1000 euros. The winning team also completes internships at the weekly magazine\u00a0ff<\/em>\u00a0in Bozen, South Tyrol, as well as at\u00a0Stern<\/em> in Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The jury of the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Prize 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainer N\u00fcbel (Professor of Media and Communications Management, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg; Chairman of the Jury), Angela Butterstein (Press Officer of Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart), Uschi Entenmann (Zeitenspiegel Reportagen<\/em>\u00a0and Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg), Cornelia Fuchs (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the\u00a0Stern<\/em>), Peter Gr\u00fcner (Social Worker, Brother of Gabriel Gr\u00fcner), Anton Hunger (Journalist and Book Author), Georg Mair (Editor-in-Chief of\u00a0ff \u2013 The South Tyrolean Weekly Magazine<\/em>Stephanie Nannen (Publicist), Oda Sch\u00e4fer (Producer), Jonas Wresch (Freelance Photographer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The awarding of the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship and the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Student Prize will take place on May 22, 2026, in Mals, South Tyrol.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Morgane Bona (text) and Johanna-Maria Fritz (photos) will receive the Gabriel Gr\u00fcner Scholarship 2026. 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