TV4 Reporters Win Reporting Prize

Sweden's biggest prize for financial reporting, Årets Ekonomijournalist 2009, was announced today. The prize will be shared between reporters Niklas Svensson and Johan Stambro of TV4. The jury awarded the two for their investigation into public utility Vattenfall's controversial business plans in which they revealed a crisis in political confidence with dramatic consequences for Sweden's biggest government-owned company and for the country's energy politics. Speaking at the ceremony was Cristina Stenbeck, CEO of Kinnivik, which includes subsidiaries Tele2, MTG och Millicom, among others. The prize, which was first given out in 2001, is sponsored by Bonnier AB and is worth approximately USD 10,000.