The Prelate Leopold Ungar Journalism Prize is awarded annually by the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Raiffeisen Bank for socio-politically committed journalism. Thomas Grusch and Elizabeth Krimbacher received the recognition award for the category TV on November 5th for their film “Family the Other Way Around. Homosexuals with children” (original air date: November 13th, 2012, ORF) the Recognition Award in the TV category. The film already received the Television Award for Adult Education in May. tausend Rosen is pleased to have received this award and would like to thank the production team, the protagonists and the ORF religion department for their outstanding cooperation.
“In the spirit of the life's work of Prelate Leopold Ungar, journalists should be encouraged to venture beyond superficial research and sensationalist reporting and engage with their subjects in an empathetic, target group-oriented and competent manner. In the spirit of advocacy for the people and their dignity.”
(Quoted from the website, Caritas, Prelate Leopold Ungar Prize, announcement)
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