Jenni Roth

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Jenni Roth (* 1979 ) is a German journalist .

Career

Roth grew up as the daughter of a Finnish mother and a German father in a small town in Baden-Württemberg and studied communication and political science as well as Romance philology in Münster and Barcelona . She then completed a journalistic training at the Axel Springer Academy from July 2007 to June 2009, combined with a traineeship in the editorial department of the world . With journalism scholarships, she traveled to the USA, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh as well as Cuba.

Roth lives as a freelance journalist in Berlin and mainly writes reports on social issues for Die Zeit , SZ-Magazin , Brand eins and scripts for radio features at Deutschlandradio .

Reviews

For Eduard Kopp, senior editor for theology at Chrismon , Roth's report “Death brings business” was characterized by “careful descriptions and cleverly selected quotations”. Roth arouse “interest in the deceased without being indiscreet” and “look over the shoulders of the people who take care of the estate, without arousing or allowing voyeurism”.

In her report “A city seeks a murderer” about a murder case in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl in November 2016 , Roth managed, according to the journalists ' union, “masterfully, the complex web of investigations, the relationships within the local community, the role of the various networks, the driving force The power of the chief investigator and the fears of the family to weave into a narrative ”. Roth managed to “maintain the tension surrounding the disappearance of the 27-year-old jogger, the finding of her body four days later, the eight months of desperate and meticulous search for the perpetrator until the man was arrested and sentenced. Her persistent research and her sensitive portrayal ”would prove Roth's“ high level of commitment to a story ”. According to the jury of the German Reporter Prize , Roth delivered a social study with “A city seeks a murderer”. Your precise reconstruction of the investigation is "more gripping than any crime scene ".

Awards

  • 2012: Andere Zeiten - Journalist Award (1st place) for the contribution "Death brings business"
  • 2018: German Reporter Award in the "Free Reporter" category for "A city is looking for a murderer"
  • 2018: Courage Prize for "A city is looking for a murderer"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heide Oestreich: Laudation for Jenni Roth . In: Association of female journalists . 7th June 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Jenni Roth: A city is looking for a murderer . In: ZEITMagazin . No. 12/2018, March 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Fall 2004 graduates of the Institute for Communication Studies at the University of Münster .
  4. ↑ Team 2: July 2007 - June 2009 . with Jenni Roth. Axel Springer Academy .
  5. ↑ a b Courage Prize 2018 for Jenni Roth . In: Association of female journalists . 7th June 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Jenni Roth: Death brings business . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ Another Times awards journalist prize “Death, Mourning, Consolation” . ( Memento from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Other times . 21st May 2013.
  8. ↑ Gianna Niewel: report from the jury of the German Reporter Award 2018 . In: reporter-forum.de .
  9. ↑ Reporter Prize 2018 - Jury statements . In: reporter-forum.de .
  10. ↑ ZEITmagazin and DIE ZEIT win three awards . In: ZEIT ONLINE . 4th December 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Jenni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979