Prize-winning environment journalism

FM4’s Chris Cummins has been awarded the Österreichischen Umweltjournalismus Preis in the category radio for his „Defenders of the Environment“ Saturday Reality Check Special, which was broadcast in December 2017.

The final nominees for the four categories TV, print, online and radio were selected from over 70 entries and the winners were announced on Tuesday at the Green Brands award gala in Vienna.

Fred Turnheim, the president of the Austrian Journalists club, who headed the jury, read out the reasoning for their choice at the ceremony:

„Chris Cummins bietet seinen Hörerinnen und Hörern in seinem FM4 Reality Check SpecialFeature ‚Defenders of the Environment‘ über die lebensgefährliche Arbeit von Menschen, die das Leben von Nashörnern zu schützen versuchen, anschauliches Radio, das die Thematik aus ungewöhnlichen Blickwinkeln aufbereitet und dabei aufrüttelt - kein beiläufiges Alltagsradio“.

Listen to the award-winning feature here:

You can read Chris’ story on the topic here: The Race to Rescue the Rhino