Economic Journalism Award

The Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics recognizes outstanding economic journalism in Switzerland with an award. This award can honour a journalist’s overall work, a particular media format or an individual piece of reporting. The key criteria are a focus on the Swiss economy and a grounding in economic theory and/or rigorous empirics. At the beginning of every year, the entire membership of the Society is invited to make nominations. The members of the Society’s Board then review the nominations and decide on the winner. The awardee receives a framed document and an invite as a special guest to the Society’s annual congress.

2026

Mischa Aebi (Tamedie) is presented the Economic Journalism Award 2026
Mischa Aebi (Tamedia) for his report on the taxation of retirement savings published in the newspaper SonntagsZeitung on 12 January 2025. Mischa Aebi independently collected and analysed detailed data from cantonal tax administrations to estimate the fiscal effect of tax incentives for second-pillar pension savings in Switzerland. This award recognises Mischa Aebi’s effort to obtain administrative data that had hitherto not been publicly accessible, and that allowed him to contribute to the national policy discussion in rigorous, quantitative fashion.

2025

Mathilde Farine (RTS) for her extensive coverage of economics, finance and monetary policy matters in Switzerland. Her articles are topical and precise. They are also well-balanced from an economics standpoint, and make use of academic developments.

2024

Fabio Canetg and his podcast series «Geldcast». At the heart of this innovative format are well-structured interviews with leading economists from academia as well as from the private sector and from policy making. Fabio Canetg thereby makes rigorous economic thinking accessible to a Swiss audience beyond the established outlets for economic news.

2023

Mark Dittli for his analytical and fact-based coverage of economics and finance topics of relevance for Switzerland. In addition to providing in-depth analysis, Mark Dittli experiments with new media platforms and channels to foster dissemination and discussion

2022

Hansueli Schöchli for his analytical and fact-based writing about economic policy issues in Switzerland. Schöchli consistently emphasizes incentives and constraints; he summarizes relevant empirical research; and he offers back of the envelope calculations that provide helpful perspectives on the issues at hand.