Christa Zöchling
Christa Zöchling (born February 28, 1959 in Graz ) is an Austrian journalist and publicist . She has been working for the news magazine profil since 1992 . In 1999 she published a biography about Jörg Haider .
life and work
Zöchling studied history and German in Graz and Vienna . She gave German courses for foreigners at the University of Vienna and worked on projects on contemporary history . In 1989 she came to AZ as a trainee shortly after it was sold by the SPÖ and taken over by Hans Schmid . After the AZ was discontinued at the end of October 1991, Zöchling worked briefly for the courier and was finally hired as the domestic affairs editor of profil in 1992 .
Zöchling focuses on Austrian domestic politics and repeatedly deals with the topic of right-wing populism . She has presented two standard works on Jörg Haider in book form and occasionally also writes for anthologies and other publications, such as Emma . After Zöchling in the profile issue of September 7, 2015, FPÖ sympathizers as “the ugliest people in Vienna, shapeless, misshapen bodies, straw-like, blunt hair, without a cut, unkempt, glittering T-shirts that stretch, training pants, leggings. Pimple skin. Bad teeth, worn out shoes ”, profil.at was reprimanded by the Austrian press council, as it was a violation of point 7 of the code of ethics for the Austrian press (protection against general denigration and discrimination).
She also gives regular lectures, for example in the gender studies department at the University of Innsbruck .
Awards
- 2007: Willy and Helgaverkauf-Verlon Prize for Austrian anti-fascist journalism (together with Doron Rabinovici ), documentation archive of the Austrian resistance
- 2015: Vienna Journalist Prize , Women's Media Network
- 2018: Ferdinand Berger Prize
Book publications
- Haider. Light and shadow of a career . Molden, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85485-025-5 .
- Haider. A career (= Econ . 26747). Econ-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-612-26747-7 .
- Jörg Haider. The message of seduction and its inheritance . Czernin, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7076-0299-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Christa Zöchling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christa Zöchling at profil
proof
- ↑ Christa Zöchling: Gertraud Knoll: Nightmare of the Right , Emma, January / February 2009, accessed on February 16, 2014
- ↑ Austrian Press Council - Independent procedure based on communications from several readers (PDF file)
- ^ University of Innsbruck , tabloidization and scandalization logic, accessed on February 16, 2014
- ↑ orf.at: Axel Corti Prize for Karim El Gawhary . Article dated April 10, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zöchling, Christa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |