Georg Löwisch

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Georg Löwisch in September 2015

Georg Löwisch (* 1974 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German journalist . From September 2015 to April 2020 he was editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper (taz).

family

Georg Löwisch is the son of the former CDU member of the Bundestag Sigrun Löwisch and the legal scholar Manfred Löwisch . His sister Henriette Löwisch has headed the German School of Journalism since 2017 .

Career

Löwisch volunteered at the taz from 1998 . After studying at the University of Leipzig , he started working for the taz in 2001 as editor of the report page . In 2005 he became a domestic reporter and from 2009 head of department of the newly founded sonntaz. Since 2012 he has been working as head of text for the political magazine Cicero .

In January 2020 it was announced that Löwisch will leave the taz at the end of April 2020 and become editor-in-chief of Christ & Welt, the extra pages of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit für Glaube, Geist and Gesellschaft, as well as the author of the paper.

Awards

  • 2007: Media award from the German Red Cross for the taz portrait A female soldier does not want war
  • 2009: Hessian journalist award for the portrait The winner about the SPD politician Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
  • 2015: Nomination for the media prize of the German Bundestag for the report Der Abfracker on the dispute over fracking
  • 2019: LeadAward in silver in the category " Journalist of the Year: National Newspaper ".
  • 2019: Journalist of the Year of the media magazine in the category " editorship national ".

Web links

Commons : Georg Löwisch  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ taz, the daily newspaper. Verlagsgenossenschaft eG (Ed.): Imprint . No. 10817 . taz Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH, September 15, 2015, ISSN  0931-9085 , The Truth. (Georg Löwisch's first working day was September 15, 2015; Andreas Rüttenauer is also shown in the imprint of the September 14, 2015 issue.). See also nna-news.org ( Memento from September 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ): “BERLIN (NNA) - The board of taz has appointed Georg Löwisch (41) as the new editor-in-chief. He will take office in mid-September. This was announced by the taz editorial team in Berlin. "
  2. ↑ New taz boss Georg Löwisch comes from Freiburg
  3. ↑ Imprint. In: taz.de. May 2020, accessed May 8, 2020 .
  4. ^ Badische Zeitung: Interview: Löwisch from Freiburg takes over the management of the German School of Journalism - Computer & Media - Badische Zeitung . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed October 1, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Georg Löwisch becomes the new editor-in-chief of "taz" Spiegel Online, July 10, 2015
  6. ↑ taz house blog: taz.intern: Georg Löwisch is the new editor-in-chief. (No longer available online.) Blogs.taz.de, July 9, 2015, archived from the original on July 11, 2015 ; Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Georg Löwisch changes to ZEIT - Holger Stark becomes deputy editor-in-chief of ZEIT. January 30, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  8. ↑ January 30th, 2020: Georg Löwisch leaves the taz . In: The daily newspaper: taz . January 30, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 30, 2020]).
  9. ↑ boulevard of the best: GeorgLöwisch . In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 25, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 31 ( taz.de [accessed April 25, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Lukas Wallraff: With all love: At some point it will be over. February 1, 2020, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Media Prize - All previous winners. The 2007 award winners. (No longer available online.) DRK Kreisverband Bremen eV, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; Retrieved May 18, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Georg Löwisch: The winner. (PDF; 377 kB) Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel should achieve the impossible: save his Hessian SPD from disaster. In a few hours you will be billed. The candidate who comes from the very bottom can no longer lose. A portrait. January 17, 2009, accessed November 4, 2018 .
  13. ↑ das-parlament.de Parliament, March 2, 2015
  14. ↑ LeadAwards 2019: The winners. December 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  15. ↑ LeadAwards 2019: The award ceremony. December 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Medium magazine: Gisela Friedrichsen receives the jdj-Lebenswerk-Preis 2019. Editor-in-chief: National: Georg Löwisch, taz. December 19, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  17. ↑ taz house blog: “Elementary contribution to the democracy of our country”. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Löwisch, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau