The head of the Grimme Institute Frauke Gerlach quits – media

Frauke Gerlach will not serve a third term as director of the Grimme Institute in Marl, but will resign on May 1, 2024. A spokesman for the institute confirmed this when asked by the SZ. He announced that Frauke Gerlach was ill and was not prepared to comment. Who will succeed the doctor of law remains unclear for the time being. The institute in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia is best known for the prizes that are awarded every year by independent juries. In addition to the Grimme television awards in the categories of fiction, entertainment, information and culture as well as children and youth, these are the Grimme Online Award and the Grimme Radio Award.

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