"The Corona Virus Update" has received two Grimme Online Awards. The audience award also went to the Christian Drosten podcast.
The "NDR Info" podcast "The Corona Virus Update" with Prof. Christian Drosten (48) received a Grimme Online Award in the Information category. In addition, the audience award went to the show.
"The corona virus update" has "quickly become an authority for listeners in the north and far beyond", NDR director-general Joachim Knuth (61) is pleased about the award: "The moderators Korinna Hennig and Anja succeed Martini in each episode in conversation with the virologist Christian Drosten to inform calmly, understandably and scientifically sound about the developments of the corona pandemic. "
The podcast "The Coronavirus Update" started on February 26 and deals with questions and evaluations related to the pandemic and the current state of research. With the 50th episode, the podcast went into the summer break.
Another award winner is YouTube star Rezo (27). He received the Grimme Online Award Special for his video "The Destruction of the CDU".