Alexander Goebel

This article deals with the radio journalist Alexander Göbel (* 1974). For the actor (* 1953) see Alexander Goebel .

Alexander Göbel (* 1974 in Mainz ) is a German journalist. He mainly works for the Hessischer Rundfunk HR .

Career

From 1995 to 2000 Göbel studied American studies, politics, history and economics in Bonn , Cologne and in the USA. In addition to his studies, he worked as a freelancer for the television station Phoenix , the WDR, for the Tagesschau (ARD-Aktuell) and television production company in Washington, DC From 2002 to 2004 he completed a tri-media editorial traineeship (television, radio and online) at Deutsche Welle in Cologne, Bonn, Berlin and Brussels - u. a. During this time he also worked for the South African broadcaster Bush Radio 89.5 FM in Cape Town.

Göbel then worked as a freelance journalist for ARD radio and as editor, author, presenter and journalistic trainer for the radio programs of Deutsche Welle and DW Akademie . The focus of his work was on Africa, politics, contemporary history, culture and development issues. Since 2003 he has concentrated on projects in Africa, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda, South Africa, Liberia, Nigeria and Ethiopia. In addition to his work as an editor in the politics department of hr-iNFO and as a freelance author, Alexander Göbel has taken on longer representations in the ARD studios on the African continent. a. in Rabat and Nairobi. Alexander Göbel is u. a. Winner of the Kurt Magnus Prize of the ARD and was nominated on the shortlist for the German Radio Prize in the category "Best Reportage" in 2012 .

From 2009 he was a junior radio correspondent and then until autumn 2015 head of the ARD studio for North and West Africa in Rabat , which HR is in charge of .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hr.de, Frankfurt, Germany: All award winners from recent years . In: hr.de . March 28, 2017 ( hr.de [accessed July 25, 2018]).
2. ^ NDR: Nominated in the "Best Report" category. Retrieved July 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Sarah Bomkapre Kamara, Ina Krauss, Alexander Göbel: "Finally living ahead!": Sierra Leone after blood diamonds and civil war . BoD - Books on Demand, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-2190-7 ( google.de [accessed July 25, 2018]).