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Winning with creativity: Rhön school newspaper Konturen” awarded!
On October 6, 2025, the “Die Raute” prize for school newspapers was awarded in Munich. 14 schools from Germany received awards, including the Rhön-Gymnasium Bad Neustadt. The Hanns Seidel Foundation honors creative journalistic achievements and emphasizes the relevance of journalism for democracy.
Winning with creativity: Rhön school newspaper Konturen” awarded!
On October 6, 2025, the prizes for school newspapers were awarded in Munich as part of the “Die Raute” event. Organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation e.V., the event offered a platform to honor the best school newspapers in the country. The foundation has been awarding this prize since 2010 and has experienced impressive development since then, with over 100 entries at the end of the 2024/2025 school year, such as the Main Post reported. This year, 14 schools from Lörrach to Passau and from Kempten to Würzburg received an award.
The award ceremony was a celebratory affair. Foundation chairman Markus Ferber emphasized the essential role of journalism for democracy. Keynote speaker Dr. In her speech, Ute Eiling-Hütig underlined the importance of diversity of opinions and critical journalism. The award-winning school newspapers, including the Rhön school newspaper “Konturen” from the Rhön-Gymnasium, impressed the jury with their well-researched topics and the use of their own images.
Prize winners and categories
The prizes were awarded in various categories: individual contribution, diversity of information, design and creativity. The list of award-winning schools is long and dazzling. The following table provides an overview of the 2025 award winners:
| Location | Title of the school newspaper | School |
|---|---|---|
| augsburg | Written off | Agnes Bernauer School |
| Bad Neustadt | contours | Rhön High School |
| Eltman | Wallburg Express | Georg Göpfert Middle School |
| Freising | Camera hunter | Camerloh High School |
| Freising | zoom | FOS BOS Freising |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | Cilli | Cecilia School |
| Kempten | blackout | Maria Ward School |
| Lörrach | Fresh! | Free Evangelical School |
| Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab | Lobko News | Lobkowitz secondary school |
| Nuremberg | Bumblebee News | Hummelsteiner Weg Middle School |
| Passau | Colorful treasure chest | Hans Bayerlein School |
| Pfaffendorf | Pfaffendorf school newspaper | Dominican Savio School |
| Schwandorf | WE. | Oskar von Miller vocational school center |
| Würzburg | own life | Klara Oppenheimer School (FOS BOS) |
There were also special awards for the areas of information diversity, creativity and online journalism. The digital development of school newspapers, which is being driven forward by the use of platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, was also observed by the Youth Press Germany. As on the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education As can be seen, over 90% of young people regularly use online media, which underlines the relevance of digital formats for school newspapers. These developments bring a breath of fresh air to the tradition of journalism and at the same time promote the democratic participation of young people.
Overall, the award ceremony shows how school newspapers not only promote creativity and journalistic skills, but also act as a platform for diversity of opinion and discussions within school communities. The certificates and the prize money of 300 euros, which were awarded alongside a nice diamond award, are an incentive for the students to continue to write with commitment and to raise their voices.