Wolfgang Böhm, member of the Austrian AEJ Section, won the Journalist Prize of the European Parliament in the category Print. See below the complete list of winners.
Wolfgang and co-author Otmar Lahodynsky (President of the Austrian AEJ Section) wrote the very successful book for young people : EU FOR YOU! Written in German but in the meantime translated in 4 more languages
Winners of the EP Journalist Prizes 2009:
Print: Wolfgang Böhm, Austria(Articles “Zwischen Schengen” and “Angst und Freiheit” in printed media) and Kirsten Warnle, Germany (Reportage “Im Babel der Neuzeit” in GEO-Wissen)
Radio: Mircea Radu Lipovan and Andreea Manzat, Romania
TV: Shirin Wheeler, UK (“The Record: Europe”, BBC) and Lars Feldballe Petersen, Denmark (TV-Production “Der Kampf gegen die Chemikalien”, Danish TV)
Internet: Pete Pakarinen, Finland (“Tausend Dollar fA?r eine lebensgefährliche Seereise – Europa vor der Einwandererwelle”, Online-Magazine “Vekkouutiset”).