Colloquium – M100 SANSSOUCI COLLOQUIUM

Aslan, Ali

TV Host and Journalist, Germany Moderator

Athanasopoulos, Angelos

Senior Diplomatic, Defense & EU Affairs Editor “TO VIMA”, Greece

Ben-Ghiat, Ruth

Professor of History and Italian Studies, New York University, USA

Borchardt, Dr. Alexandra

Director Strategic Development, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, England

Brinkbäumer, Klaus

Editor-in-Chief, DER SPIEGEL, Germany

Casdorff, Stephan-Andreas

Editor-in-Chief, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany

Ditrych, Dr. Ondrej

Director, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czechia

Endler, Dr. Tobias

Americanist, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Freiling, Dr. Frank-Dieter

Director, International Affairs, ZDF German Television, Germany

Frohloff, Astrid

TV Presenter & Journalist, ARD/rbb, Germany

Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, Monika

General Director, Lithuanian National Broadcaster (LRT), Lithuania

Gösmann, Sven

Editor-in-Chief, dpa, Germany

Hemicker, Lorenz

Political Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

Jakobs, Jann

Lord Mayor, State Capital of Potsdam, Germany

Kohler, Berthold

Publisher, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

Kulow, Tina

Director Corporate Communications, Facebook, Germany

Lanz, Christoph

Journalist, Media Specialist, Strategic Advisor, Germany Moderator

Makeeva, Maria

Editor-in-Chief, European News Channel OstWest (Berlin), Germany

Mascolo, Georg

Head, Research Cooperation of NDR, WDR and SZ, Germany

Müller von Blumencron, Mathias

Editor-in-Chief Digital Media, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Nougayrède, Natalie

Editorial board member and columnist, The Guardian, England

Dr Leonard Novy

Novy, Dr. Leonard

Co-Director, Institute for Media and Communication Politics, Germany Conference Moderator

Özyurt, Ahu

Journalist and Anchor, Turkey

Pick, Hella

Senior Programme Associate, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, UK

Piras, Annalisa

Journalist, Filmmaker & Managing Director, The Wake Up Foundation, Italy

Christian Rainer

Rainer, Dr. Christian

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Profil, Austria

Rost, Dr. Klaus

Former Editor-in-Chief, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam Germany

Schicketanz, Sabine

Editor-in-Chief, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Germany

Schlesinger, Patricia

Director of the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Germany

Seibel, Andrea

Head of Meinung/Forum, Welt/N24, Germany

Shuster, Simon

Leiter Berlin Büro, TIME Magazine, Deutschland/USA

Siruk, Mykola

Redakteur, Ausland und Information DEN, Ukrainian Press Group, Ukraine

Smith, Julianne

Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program, USA

Spielkamp, Matthias

Founder & Managing Director, AlgorithmWatch, Germany

Suppa, Hannah

Editor-in-Chief, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ), Germany

Sweeney, Ken

Chief Editor & Co-Founder Europa United, Irleand

Weidenfeld, Ursula

Economic Journalist, Germany Moderator

Wolf, Armin

TV presenter, ORF, ZiB 2, Austria

I am very moved, especially because I was not expecting to hear these words, which are like an embrace for me. So I want to thank you for this award, for the incredibly moving words of Giovanni di Lorenzo, for this wonderful sky that has welcomed me to Potsdam, and also to thank the Federal Chancellor for her touching words, and for her encouraging presence. Because the awareness raised heartens me a lot more than words. Roberto Saviano, M100 Media Award laureate 2016
It is a great honour for me to be here and receive this great price. It's a very big day for me. I thank Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dr. Joachim Gauck for the kind and strong words, and for their appreciation. Thank you, I will never forget this day! Kurt Westergaard, danish cartoonist, M100 Media Award laureate 2010
At the same time, today’s prize is an appeal to all persons who hold positions of responsibility in governments, in culture and in the media: be steadfast, value-oriented and also COURAGEOUS when irresponsible persons and powers undermine or relativise our values of freedom. It is a virtue to yield to a convincing argument, but it is cowardice to yield to a threat from enemies of freedom. Joachim Gauck in his laudation to Kurt Westergaard, 2010
I receive [this award] with an immense joy, happiness and humility also, because I think by being with you today here, I am receiving this price in the name of those who are still suffering in the jungle of Colombia and of those in the world that are living in similar conditions and who cannot speak for themselves freely. Ingrid Betancourt, M100 Media Award laureate 2008
But I have to say that in our modern society the media has a very, very particular responsibility, also for the European idea. And I hope that the event today – and the events which will follow – will help us to communicate better, to explain better and to convince people that Europe – and acknowledging all the problems, the mistakes and the deficits – […] that at the end of the day the idea of European integration is the best idea that we have ever developed in our history. Günther Verheugen, former EU-Commissioner, in his keynote speech 2005

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