OTO Award for TV Journalism

Last updated July 18, 2025

Currently held by
Patrik Herman

First awarded | Last awarded
2000 | Present

OTO Award for TV Journalism has been awarded since the first edition of the accolades, established by Art Production Agency (APA) in Slovakia in 2000. Each year, the award has been presented to the most recognized television journalists of the past year with the ceremony permitted live by the national television network STV.^[1]

Winners and nominees

2000s

Patrik Herman and Zlatica Švajdová (pictured) have been the most awarded journalists.

Though Daniel Krajcer has scored only win, he earlier scooped other two trophies within a joint OTO category.

Alena Heribanová, a triple nominee for TV Announcers, later one-time nominee amongst the TV Journalists.

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2000	★ Eva Černá	Patrik Herman Daniel Krajcer
2001	Held only within TV News and Journalism
2002
2003
2004	★ Daniel Krajcer	Patrik Herman Zlatica Švajdová
2005	★ Zlatica Švajdová ( née Puškárová) (5 consecutive wins)	Patrik Herman Daniel Krajcer
2006		Patrik Herman Daniel Krajcer
2007		Daniel Krajcer Pavol Fejér
2008		Patrik Herman Daniel Krajcer
2009		Patrik Herman Alena Heribanová

2010s

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2010	★ Patrik Herman (7 consecutive wins)	Roman Juraško Zlatica Švajdová
2011		Zlatica Švajdová Erika Barkolová
2012		Ján Mečiar Zlatica Švajdová
2013		Ján Mečiar Zlatica Švajdová
2014		Kveta Horváthová (née Kmotorková) Pavol Fejér
2015		Kveta Horváthová (née Kmotorková) Pavol Fejér
2016		Pavol Fejér Viktor Vincze

Superlatives

Multiple winners

7 awards

Patrik Herman

5 awards

Zlatica Švajdová
( née Puškárová)

Multiple nominees

12 nominations

Patrik Herman

10 nominations

Zlatica Švajdová

5 nominations

Daniel Krajcer^┼

4 nominations

Pavol Fejér

2 nominations

Ján Mečiar

Notes

^┼ Denotes also or a winner in two or more of the main categories.

References

↑ "Osobnosť televíznej obrazovky (OTO) → About". Art Production Agency (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. anketaoto.sk. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

External links

OTO Awards Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine (Official website)
OTO Awards - Winners and nominees Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (From 2000 onwards)
OTO Awards - Winners and nominees (From 2000 to 2009)

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[1] "Osobnosť televíznej obrazovky (OTO) → About". Art Production Agency (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. anketaoto.sk. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

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