Christian Lindner (journalist)

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Christian Lindner, editor-in-chief of the Rhein-Zeitung in Koblenz .

Christian Lindner (born September 20, 1959 in Kaufbeuren ) is a German journalist . From 2004 to 2017 he was editor-in-chief of the Rhein-Zeitung .

Life and work

After graduating from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Betzdorf , Christian Lindner completed an internship at the Rhein-Zeitung from 1979 to 1981 . He then went through several positions in the local editions and in the central editorial office of this newspaper. From 1992 to 1998 Lindner was local manager of the Rhein newspaper edition Westerwälder Zeitung . In 1997 he became deputy editor-in-chief and since 2004 he has been editor-in-chief of the Rhein-Zeitung . On March 29, 2017, Lindner surprisingly left the Rhein-Zeitung. The alleged reason given was the orientation of the Rhein-Zeitung on the Internet. Lindner became Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Bild am Sonntag on April 1, 2018. In a tweet on July 18, 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild on Sunday, but remain true to journalism.

Honorary positions

In 2013, Lindner was appointed by the Theodor Wolff Prize Board of Trustees to the jury of the German Newspapers' Journalism Prize .

Awards

In 1997, the German Hunting Protection Association awarded Lindner the DJV Journalist Prize in the print category for its long-term series The Year of a Hunter , published in the Westerwälder Zeitung . In 2011 and 2013, Lindner was voted Editor-in-Chief of the Year in the Regional / Local category by a specialist jury from the trade journal Medium Magazin .

Left

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Brief portrait from Kressköpfe - accessed on July 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Meedia editors: After being kicked out of Rhein-Zeitung: Christian Lindner becomes deputy editor-in-chief at BamS. March 23, 2018, accessed July 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Christian Lindner: Tweet on Twitter. July 18, 2019, accessed July 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Four new members for Theodor Wolff Prize Jury. - BDZV press release from May 22, 2013; Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Deutsches-Jagd-Lexikon.de: "DJV-Journalistenpreis - previous winners"
  6. ↑ Medium-Magazin: The Journalists' Celebration of 2013
personal data
SURNAME Lindner, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, editor-in-chief of the Rhein-Zeitung
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaufbeuren