Sebastian Berger

Sebastian Berger was selected as runner-up for the 2022 European Press Prize Innovation Award for ‘This is us.’ 

Sebastian Berger from Stuttgart works as a photographer and video journalist for national media such as Brand Eins, Financial Times, Les Echos Week-End, Süddeutsche Zeitung as well as for Die Zeit and Zeit Online. Thanks to his Rhenish roots, he finds it easy to make contacts. The protagonists of his portraits and stories are happy to give him insights into their lives. Since his training as a video journalist at the Academy of Journalism in Hamburg in 2012, Sebastian Berger’s view of exciting personalities and topics has also been available in moving images.

Michael Pfister

Michael Pfister was selected as runner-up for the 2022 European Press Prize Innovation Award for ‘This is us.’ 

Michael Pfister is the special project photo editor at ZEIT ONLINE in Berlin. As Director of Photography Pfister developed, implemented and redesigned the visual language of the news outlet ZEIT ONLINE in 2016. As a frequent lecturer, curator, teacher and coach he interacts with key decision-makers as well as upcoming talents in the field of visual journalism and beyond. He collaborated with investigative journalists, reporters, photographers and filmmakers across the globe including winners of the Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo Awards.