Barbara Tóth

Barbara Tóth (born October 8, 1974 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist , historian and book author .

Author, journalist and historian Barbara Toth, 2017

Life and accomplishments

The daughter of a native Czech and a Hungarian began her journalistic career as a freelance writer for the news magazine Profil after studying history at the University of Vienna , which she completed with a dissertation on the "Reder-Frischenschlager affair". From 2000 to 2004 she worked as an editor for the weekly magazine Format . In between she did study visits to Prague and Berlin, where she worked for the Berlin pages of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Tóth then moved from April 2003 to July 2007 as a domestic affairs editor for the daily newspaper Der Standard . Since August 2007 she has been a senior editor in the left-liberal city newspaper Falter . In 2013 she took over the management of the politics department in the Falter, since October 2015 she has been in charge of the urban and rural life departments and the “Political Book” page and writes and comments for the politics department.

Tóth's areas of expertise are contemporary Austrian history, in particular past politics, party history, research on elites and scandals, new social movements and feminism, Austrian politics with a focus on election campaigns, political systems, media politics, research on hegemony and right-wing populism. In addition to political analyzes, interviews and comments, Tóth regularly publishes socio-political reports and portraits with a literary claim. She has made a name for herself on the book market with her political biographies. In 2006, together with political scientist Thomas Hofer, she founded a series of popular science books on the Austrian National Council elections and their election campaigns.

Tóth teaches journalism at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences and reports regularly for other German-language media on Austrian politics and contemporary history. Until 2016 she also wrote regularly for the Jewish magazine Nu . For the magazine of the Czech daily Lidové noviny she provided articles from Vienna as part of the column “Central European Window”.

Barbara Tóth lives in Vienna and is the mother of two sons.

Publications

Matriculation examination. Prague 1989 - 25 portraits. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7076-0174-9
Karl von Schwarzenberg . The biography. Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-7119-3
With Hubertus Czernin : 1986 - The year that changed Austria. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7076-0088-2
With Thomas Hofer (Ed.): Election 2006. Chancellor, campaigns, capers - analyzes of the election of the National Council . LIT , Vienna / Berlin / Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0147-2 .
With Thomas Hofer (Ed.): Election 2008. Strategies, Winners, Sensations . Molden , Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-85485-235-3 .
Franz Küberl My poor Austria. And how it could be richer. Ueberreuter Verlag , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-8000-7486-0
With Karel Schwarzenberg : Don't underestimate my wickedness Residenz Verlag , Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-7017-3249-4
With Thomas Hofer (Ed.): Election 2013. Power, Media, Billionaires - Analyzes of the National Council election . 2nd Edition. LIT , Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-643-50549-1 .
With Margit Fischer : What we pass on , Brandstätter-Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85033-925-4
The handshake. The Frischenschlager-Reder affair. With an afterword by Friedhelm Frischenschlager , Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7065-5105-2
Karl von Schwarzenberg . The biography, revised and updated edition. Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-8000-7672-7
With Nina Horaczek : Sebastian Kurz : Austria's new child prodigy? Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7017-3451-1 .
With Thomas Hofer (Ed.): Election 2017. Loser, Leaks & Leadership . ÄrzteVerlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503276-4-9 .
Stepmothers: Living with Bonus Children , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-3439-9
With Reinhold Mitterlehner : attitude. Flying the flag in life and politics, Ecowin 2019, ISBN 978-3-7110-0239-6
With Thomas Hofer (Ed.): Election 2019. Strategies, Schnitzel, Scandals . Ecowin, Salzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7110-0254-9 .

Monographs, editions, compilations

"In the Demography Debate Trap", In: Die Gerechtigkeitslücke. Intergenerational justice put to the test. Edited by Silvia Fuhrmann , Edition Atelier Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902498-19-9
"Contemporary history and journalism. Reflections on the relationship between two corresponding disciplines", In: Bananas, Cola, Contemporary history: Oliver Rathkolb and the long 20th century. Edited by: Lucile Dreidemy, Richard Hufschmied, Agnes Meisinger, Berthold Molden, Eugen Pfister, Katharina Prager, Elisabeth Röhrlich, Florian Wenninger and Maria Wirth, Böhlau Verlag Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20091-8
"What is missing. Why the new parliament needs a 50 percent quota for women and a company kindergarten." In: My Parliament. Journalists and photographers share their memories of the work in the House. Vienna - Saarbrücken: Edition Outlook 2017, ISBN 978-3-903798-60-1
"Most powerful in the opposition. The FPÖ in Austria." In: Ernst Hillebrand (Ed.): Right-wing populism in Europe. Danger to democracy? Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2015, updated and reissued 2017, ISBN 978-3-8012-0467-9
"Right along, please. How the right-wing populists in Austria have changed the entire political culture", JPG-Journal, Berlin 2017 (available at: http://www.ipg-journal.de/schwerpunkt-des-monats/umgang-mit- right-wing populism / article / detail / right-turn-please-2329 / )
"Short circuit in Austria. The strategy of ÖVP boss Sebastian Kurz to copy the right-wing populists has worked", JPG-Journal, Berlin 2017 (available at http://www.ipg-journal.de/regionen/europa/artikel/detail / short-circuit-in-Austria-2363 / )

Awards

In 2003 she was the recipient of the Milena Jesenská grant from the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM). In 2011 she was awarded the Prälat-Leopold-Ungar-Journalistinnenpreis in the print category. In 2016 she received the Kurt Vorhofer Prize . The jury justified the decision by saying that Tóth had "set journalistic highlights" on important political issues such as migration in recent months. “With clear positions, however, she always demonstrated a critical distance in the matter and a high level of differentiation. [...] Profound analysis, paired with linguistic brilliance, social responsibility always in focus, characterize the work. In an often hysterical debate, she was a beneficial voice of journalistic reason. "

Web links

Commons : Barbara Tóth - Collection of images, videos and audio files

"Barbara + Tóth" + site: derstandard.at The standard article by Barbara Tóth (Google)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Biography - Barbara Tóth. In: czernin-verlag.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2007 ; accessed on November 10, 2019 .
↑ Article by Barbara Tóth. In: nunu.at. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
↑ Kancléřovy paměti s vlastní svatozáří. In: lidovky.cz. Retrieved November 10, 2019 (Czech).
^ "Falter" journalist Tóth receives the Kurt Vorhofer Prize. In: DerStandard.at . April 26, 2016, accessed November 10, 2019 .
↑ orf.at - Vorhofer and Hochner Prize to Toth and Schnabl . Article dated May 30, 2016, accessed May 30, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Tóth, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[Czernin_2007-1] Biography - Barbara Tóth. In: czernin-verlag.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2007 ; accessed on November 10, 2019 .

[Nu-Autorin-2] Article by Barbara Tóth. In: nunu.at. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .

[lidovky.cz-3] Kancléřovy paměti s vlastní svatozáří. In: lidovky.cz. Retrieved November 10, 2019 (Czech).

[Standard_26042016-4] "Falter" journalist Tóth receives the Kurt Vorhofer Prize. In: DerStandard.at . April 26, 2016, accessed November 10, 2019 .

[5] orf.at - Vorhofer and Hochner Prize to Toth and Schnabl . Article dated May 30, 2016, accessed May 30, 2016.