Top journalists recognized in Sweden's most prestigious journalism award.
This year, Sweden's top prize for journalists celebrates its 50th year. Winners for 2016 were announced at an awards ceremony earlier this evening before some 300 of the country's leading media personalities. The ceremony was live broadcast on leading media sites.
Winner of Voice of the Year
Niklas Orrenius
The jury wrote:A tireless journalist who in his flawless style researches and documents the most difficult problems of our time.
Winner of Storyteller of the Year
Negra Efendić
I Was Exactly Like You
The jury wrote: In her reportage, she returns to her own escape, and with an unsentimental gaze portrays the lasting impression war leaves on a child while giving life to the people behind the news.
Winner of Innovator of the Year
Helena Bengtsson
The jury wrote: An international star of data journalism, she hits scoops where others see only ones and zeroes.
Winner of Scoop of the Year
Bosse Lindquist, SVT
The Experiment
The jury wrote: With masterful storytelling, he has gotten to the bottom of fraudelent research and revealed life-threatening ambition in the academic world.
Winner of Lukas Bonnier's Grand Prize for Journalism
Karin Thunberg
The jury wrote: The master of the profile, who with perfect stylistic pitch and almost magical craftsmanship, unveils the deeply human - within each of us.
The award ceremony was officiated by Jonas Bonnier, chairman of the jury. Program host for the evening was Anna Hedenmo, journalist and program presenter at Swedish Television. This year's international guest of honor at the ceremony was the legendary Scottish journalist and presenter Kirsty Wark of BBC Newsnight, discussing the terms of news reporting in a new political climate. Abdullah Bozkurt, who for twenty years working as a journalist, foreign correspondent and bureau chief of the leading Turkish daily newspaper Zaman, spoke of the alarming situation of media freedom in Turkey.