Dirk Asendorpf

Dirk Asendorpf (* 1959 in Essen ) is a German freelance journalist . He works for Die Zeit , broadcaster of the ARD (mostly for SWR2 and Deutschlandradio Kultur ), formerly for the taz .

Life

Asendorpf grew up in Schleswig-Holstein and studied social sciences in Oldenburg, Madrid and Bremen. From 1985 to 1996 he was an editor in the domestic news department of the taz . In addition, he worked as a freelancer for the radio and stayed longer in Latin America. At the end of 1996 he became a freelance journalist in Mthatha . In 1999 he did his doctorate at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Leipzig on the subject of political culture in the new South Africa . He then worked as a freelance journalist in Bremen.

His newspaper articles and radio broadcasts deal with topics related to space travel, the Rosetta space probe , smart meters , special features in thermal insulation , upheaval in the media landscape, the future of newspapers, IT security, the energy transition , climate change , development, environmental , energy and climate policy , including the Prosumer in Wildpoldsried , aquaculture , the rebound effect , environmental protection at sea and topics related to Africa and South America . He is the author of entire programs for SWR2 knowledge and the Deutschlandfunk “ background ” .

Awards

2015: Journalism Award for Computer Science
2010: Hansgrohe Prize
2009: Robert Mayer Prize
2009: Journalist Award in the radio category

Works

Taxi war: the rape of public transport in South Africa, the example of Umtata. Institute for African Studies, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-932632-34-6 .
South Africa's political culture in transition - nine case studies on the relationship between political culture and decision-making in Umtata . Institute for Africa Customers in the Association of the German Overseas Institute, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-928049-80-1 .

Web links

Homepage: http://www.asendorpf.de/
Article by Dirk Asendorpf in taz and Die Zeit

Individual evidence

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Broadcasts on Deutschlandfunk background by Dirk Asendorpf:
- The new African public - Internet and satellite broadcasting bring the continent closer together , January 12, 2005
- Where Africa is successful - Mauritius and Botswana give hope for the future of the continent , March 15, 2005
- The disaster came after - Mozambique, five years after the great flood , June 14, 2005
- A partner, not a donor - Brazil's role in Africa , February 4, 2006.
^ Journalists' Prize for Computer Science in Saarland - SWR2 author Dirk Asendorpf awarded , SWR2, December 8, 2015.
↑ Hansgrohe Prize for Journalists 2010 ( Memento from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Journalist Prize 2009 "infinite energy" ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Asendorpf, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	freelance journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	eat

[1] Broadcasts on Deutschlandfunk background by Dirk Asendorpf:

The new African public - Internet and satellite broadcasting bring the continent closer together , January 12, 2005

Where Africa is successful - Mauritius and Botswana give hope for the future of the continent , March 15, 2005

The disaster came after - Mozambique, five years after the great flood , June 14, 2005

A partner, not a donor - Brazil's role in Africa , February 4, 2006.

[2] The new African public - Internet and satellite broadcasting bring the continent closer together , January 12, 2005

[3] Where Africa is successful - Mauritius and Botswana give hope for the future of the continent , March 15, 2005

[4] The disaster came after - Mozambique, five years after the great flood , June 14, 2005

[5] A partner, not a donor - Brazil's role in Africa , February 4, 2006.

[2] Journalists' Prize for Computer Science in Saarland - SWR2 author Dirk Asendorpf awarded , SWR2, December 8, 2015.

[3] Hansgrohe Prize for Journalists 2010 ( Memento from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Journalist Prize 2009 "infinite energy" ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )