Prizewinners announced yesterday.
Winners of the Finnish Grand Prize for Journalism 2014 were announced yesterday evening during a live-broadcast TV ceremony in Helsinki. For the first time, a Book of the Year was also awarded, a prize that went to Tommi Kinnunen (WSOY).
Article/Episode of the Year
Jari Lindholm, Suomen Kuvalehti
Sairaala/"Minulla ei ole ebolaa - pelkkä ajatuskin on naurettava." (Hospital/"I Don't Have Ebola - the Thought is Laughable")
Journalistic Achievement of the Year
Mikko Salo and working team Tuomas Muraja, Taru Taipale, Jukka Rautanen and Jussi Salmio, Faktabaari (The Fact Bar)
Book of the Year
Tommi Kinnunen
Neljäntienristeys, WSOY (Where Four Roads Meet)
Journalist of the Year
Minna Knus-Galán, Yle/MOT
Read more about the winners and what the jury had to say here (in Finnish).
The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism was inaugurated in 1966 by Bonnier to recognize achievement in journalism. In 2004, the Finnish Grand Prize for Journalism was established.