Charlotte Wiedemann
Charlotte Wiedemann (* 1954 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German journalist and specialist book author.
Life
After completing a master's -Studiums the social , sociology and political science at the University of Goettingen visited Wiedemann the Hamburg School of Journalism (now Henri Nannen School ). This was followed by a job as a local editor for the Buxtehuder Tageblatt . From 1983 to 1999 she was a political correspondent and reporter in Bonn, Hamburg and Berlin for Stern , Die Woche and the daily newspaper . From 1999 to 2003 she lived on the island of Penang (Malaysia) and delivered reports from all over Southeast Asia for German and Swiss media, including Die Zeit , Le Monde diplomatique , newspapers for German and international politics and Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
In 2010, 2016 and 2019, Wiedemann was a tour guide in Iran and Mali .
From 1993 to 2018 she worked as a lecturer in the training of journalists, especially at the Evangelical School of Journalism in Berlin, but also as part of teaching assignments at the University of Erfurt ("The journalistic perception of non-European cultures") and the TU Dortmund ("Reporting on Islamic worlds ").
Awards
- 1996 Emma Journalist Award
- 2007 World Population Journalism Prize
- 2008 Media Prize Development Policy (Main Prize in the Print Category)
- 2013 Recognition Prize from the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies
- 2017 Special Prize from the Otto Brenner Foundation
Fonts (selection)
- The long farewell to white dominance . dtv, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-28205-5 .
- The new Iran. A society emerges from the shadows . Updated paperback edition, dtv, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-34944-4 (first edition: dtv, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-423-28124-9 ; special edition for the Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2018, ISBN 978 -3-7425-0252-0 ).
- Trying not to write white. Or: how journalism shapes our worldview . 3rd, updated and expanded edition, PapyRossa Verlag, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-89438-494-4 (first edition: PapyRossa Verlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-89438-494-4 ).
- Mali or the struggle for dignity. My travels in a wounded land . Pantheon, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-55257-5 (licensed edition for the Federal Agency for Political Education, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3-8389-0495-5 ).
- “You don't know anything about us!” My travels through an unknown Islam . Updated and revised edition, Herder. Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2012 ISBN 978-3-451-06455-5 (first edition: Herder. Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-03012-3 ).
- The hut of small sentences. Political reports from Southeast Asia . Edition Friday, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-936252-04-0 .
Web links
- Charlotte Wiedemann, homepage
- Heinrich Böll Foundation : Charlotte Wiedemann
- Protestant journalism school, lecturers: Charlotte Wiedemann
- Charlotte Wiedemann: Western reporting. The white view of other cultures . In: Qantara.de, an Internet portal of Deutsche Welle , February 25, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, biographical information is based on: Homepage: Charlotte Wiedemann, Journalistin, Vita .
- ^ Protestant School of Journalism: Lecturers, Charlotte Wiedemann .
- ↑ JournalistenPreise.de, Winner: Media Prize 'World Population'
- ↑ Excellent . In: Die Zeit , 52/2008, December 17, 2008.
- ↑ Otto Brenner "Special" Prize endowed with 10,000 euros Charlotte Wiedemann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiedemann, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |