Kb Mosaik is the winner of the New Journalist Prize

Kb Mosaik is the winner of the prize for the best non-Swedish language journalism. The newspaper “has facilitated the integration of immigrants in Skåne through informative journalism on the web, in print and through gatherings", according to the reasoning.

The prize was presented at the Wetterling Gallery at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon.

– It's so great that this work gets noticed. To emphasise the importance of reaching out to people you don't reach normally, says Maria Nilson, who edits the newspaper.

She and journalist Mohamad Kanina were at the awards ceremony.

– Now we are becoming more well-known in Sweden. It feels very good that our job means something to integration, says Mohamad Kanina.

This is the second year that the prize has been awarded by the newsmagazine Fokus and the training company Lernia.

The first issue of Kb Mosaik was published in April 2016.

– It's unbelievably great. The project has grown during the journey and become something much bigger than we initially planned. Those working on it are doing a great job, says Jörgen Svensson, Editor-in-Chief of Kristianstadsbladet and Kb Mosaik.

Sparbanksstiftelsen 1826 has always been a co-funder. Östra Göinge Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality and ABK also contribute.

Lennart Ohlstenius was Chairman of the Sparbanksstiftelsen when the newspaper started. He is impressed with Kb Mosaik.

– What a thing we started, it's fantastic! It was a gamble. But we had a situation in Kristianstad where you felt that you needed to have a newspaper in more languages than just Swedish. Inga-Lill Bengtsson and the editorial staff have done a great job. They deserve great credit, he says.