First podcast awards awarded at Podcast Festival Ostend

It was the first time that the Flemish podcast prizes were awarded. An independent jury chaired by Wouter Deprez listened to numerous podcasts and selected five winners. In the culture category, the podcast ‘Mercury Mysteries’ by Salini van den Langenbergh won. In the News category, ‘The Conspiracy against the Truth’ by Lise Bonduelle, Fien Dillen and Wouter Woussen went home with a prize.

The Award for the talk category went to ‘Silence is not an option’ by Anthony Bosschem and Tom Mahy. ‘Patient Pedro’ by Pedro Elias, Ann Dieudonné and Wouter Van Driessche went home for the Certificate in the Story category. In the Insight category, the prize went to ‘Fichebak’ by Matthijs Van Mierlo, Pedro Detailleur, Joris Van Damme and Thomas Gillis. The audience award was for the podcast ‘De Volksjury’ by Laura Scheerlinck and Silke Vandenbroeck. Xander De Rycke was awarded a career prize for his pioneering work as a podcast maker in Flanders. With “Musselen om half past one”, Xander De Rycke was one of the first Flemish podcast makers in 2011.