Thomas Wiegold

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Thomas Wiegold (2011)

Thomas Wiegold (* 1960 ) is a German journalist specializing in international defense and security policy , the military and the armed forces . Since the German mission in the context of UNOSOM II , Wiegold has been reporting regularly on areas of operation of the Bundeswehr on his blog Augen straicht! .

Career and work

Wiegold began studying Protestant theology , which he never finished. He refused basic military service and did alternative civilian service .

From 1981 to 1986 Wiegold was a correspondent for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) in Kiel, Hamburg and Dortmund, then until 1999 for the Associated Press and from 1999 to 2010 he wrote for Focus .

He has been working as a freelance journalist since 2010 . Among other things, he wrote for the German edition of Wired magazine, for Zeit Online and for the news magazine Der Spiegel . Together with Holger Stark he covered in summer 2011 in the mirror the planned export of battle tanks of the type Leopard 2 by Saudi Arabia on what both 2012 for the Henri Nannen Prize in the category Investigation were nominated. In the web video format Jung & Naiv , Thomas Wiegold is a regular guest interviewer on the topics of the German armed forces, the military and security policy. He has been part of the Techniktagebuch authors' collective since 2014 .

Thomas Wiegold at the Munich Security Conference 2014

Blog eyes straight ahead!

Wiegold runs the security policy blog Augen Straight Ahead! , whose articles were also briefly published in Focus magazine until 2010. In 2011 it was awarded the LeadAward in silver and nominated for the Grimme Online Award , and in 2013 it was honored with the Golden Hedgehog of the Reservist Association .

Podcast to be on the safe side

Since July 2018 Wiegold discussed along with Carlo Masala and Frank Sauer (both University of the Bundeswehr Munich ) and Ulrike Franke ( European Council on Foreign Relations ) in the German podcast safe side on issues of security policy .

Awards and nominations

  • 2011: LeadAward Silver Online Weblog of the Year for eyes straight ahead!
  • 2011: Nomination for the Grimme Online Award for eyes straight ahead!
  • 2012: Nomination for the Henri Nannen Prize in the Investigation category for Leos for the Saudis / Merkel's secret , Der Spiegel
  • 2013: Golden hedgehog for eyes straight ahead!
  • 2013: Nomination for the Henri Nannen Prize in the Investigation category for Made in Germany , Der Spiegel
  • 2019: Golden Blogger in the category Best Topic and Niche Blog of the Year 2018 for Straight Eyes!
  • 2019: Grimme Online Award in the category culture and entertainment for the community blog Techniktagebuch , in which Wiegold is involved

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Thomas Wiegold at zeit.de
  2. ↑ Thomas Wiegold at The European
  3. ↑ Thomas Wiegold writes for WIRED Germany ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wired.de
  4. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article107752412/Henri-Nannen-Preis-2012-Die-Nominieren-haben-fest.html
  5. ↑ Hauke ​​Friederichs: Bundeswehrblog: Keep your eyes straight. In: Zeit Online . September 13, 2010, accessed April 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Winner of the LeadAwards 2011
  7. ↑ http://www.grimme-online-award.de/archiv/2011/nominierte/n/d/augen-geradeaus/
  8. ↑ http://www.journalistenpreise.de/?id=gewinner&pid=76
  9. ↑ Thomas Wiegold: To be on the safe side: Security policy for the ears - a podcast in German. In: augengeradeaus.net. July 19, 2018, accessed November 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ To be on the safe side. In: Soundcloud . Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
  11. ↑ The Golden Blogger. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Prize Winner - Grimme Online Award. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Via the technology diary. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiegold, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960