Sille Veilmark and Sofie Mathiassen received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize

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At the graduation ceremony today, Sille Veilmark and Sofie Mathiassen received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize for best Danish photojournalistic BA-project.

Sille Veilmark and Sofie Mathiassen when they received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize handed out by Søren Pagter. Photo: Soffi Chanchira Larsen
The cover of Sille Veilmark and Sofie Mathiassen’s book, for which they received the Ritzau Scanpix Prize for best BA-project.

The two photographers received the prize for their book 1°C, which tells about the various consequences of the global climate changes in Denmark.

Three projects were nominated for the prize. Apart from Sille Veilmark and Sofie Mathiassen’s 1°C, it was:

“The New Weapon Against Malaria” by journalist Bettina Illemann Larsen and photojournalist Benjamin Nørskov.

“At the Lake” by Kenneth Lysbjerg Koustrup.

It is the photojournalism teachers, who nominate the projects and the editorial staff at Ritzau Scanpix, who choose the winner.

Journalism student Sara Sabine Husted Meyer gave this year’s student speech.
Photo: Soffi Chanchira Larsen
Editor in Chief Rune Lykkeberg from Information gave this year’s graduation speech.
Photo: Soffi Chanchira Larsen
Each of the more than 100 students received a rose and applause at the graduation. Here it is photojournalist Benjamin Nørskov, who gets his rose from headmaster Trine Nielsen.
Photo: Soffi Chanchira Larsen