Katrin Langhans

Katrin Langhans (* 1987 ) is a German investigative journalist . The u. a. Reporter , who was awarded the Nannen Prize and the German Reporter Prize, writes for the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Her specialty is international data research and stories that take a look behind the scenes of agricultural and development policy .

Career

Langhans passed her Abitur at the Rupert-Neudeck-Gymnasium of the municipality of Nottuln and traveled through Mexico, Australia and India before she enrolled in 2008 in the subjects of German and " Culture , Individual and Society" at the University of Bochum . After completing her bachelor's degree in 2011, she completed a twelve-month training course at the Zeitenspiegel reportage school in Reutlingen with a grant from the Fazit Foundation . She then wrote as a regular and freelance writer for Chrismon and Stiftung Warentest as well as Spiegel Online and Context: Wochenzeitung . From March 2014 to February 2016, she completed an internship at the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Since summer 2016 she has been a member of the “Investigative Research” editorial team at Süddeutsche .

As part of the team that unveiled the Panama Papers , Langhans was awarded the Nannen Prize and the German Reporter Prize. Langhans' research team was nominated for the Nannen Prize in the "Investigation" category for the report "Das Scheingeschäft" published in SZ-Magazin in July 2018 about dubious entrepreneurs posing as specialist publishers who would publish the greatest nonsense for money.

Langhans has been part of the management team at the Reutlingen Report School since 2019 .

Books

• Katrin Langhans, Frederik Obermaier , Vivien Timmler: Danger in the body: the risky business with health . Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-86497-503-5 .

Awards

• for research in the context of the Implant Files (2018)
  • Dr. Georg Schreiber Media Prize
  • Journalism Prize of the Health Foundation (3rd Prize)
• for the report “Das Scheingeschäft” in SZ-Magazin on July 20, 2018
  • Journalist Prize "Evidence-based Medicine in the Media"
  • Dr. Georg Schreiber Media Prize
  • Goethe Prize for journalism in science and university politics
• for the research and reports on the Panama Papers (2016):
  • Nannen Prize in the "Best Investigative Service" category
  • German Reporter Award in the "Investigation" category
  • Ernst Schneider Prize in the “Innovation” category.
• as a member of the Paradise Papers research team
  • Journalist of the year 2017 in the category "Team"
  • German Journalism Prize Economy | Stock exchange | Finance (djp) 2019 in the department "Bank & Insurance"
• for her report "The man who seeks danger" (2017)
  • Hermann Schulze Delitzsch Prize
• for the multimedia reconstruction of the right-wing radical attack in Munich 2016 based on tweets
  • German local journalist award in the social media category

Individual evidence

1. ^ Profile of Katrin Langhans . ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: 10reporter.de .
2. ^ Profile of Katrin Langhans . In: Chrismon .
3. ^ Profile of Katrin Langhans . In: djp.de . 1918.
4. ↑ Katrin Langhans: Yeah, nobody understands me . In: Spiegel Online . April 19, 2012.
5. ↑ Katrin Langhans: Explosive Job . In: Context: weekly newspaper . April 25, 2012.
6. ↑ Jurors, Short Lists and Nominees . In: Nannen price . May 9, 2019.
7. ↑ New start of the reporting school in Reutlingen: “Get out into the courtrooms, rabbit stalls, prefabricated buildings” . In: meedia . September 6, 2019.
8. ^ Prize for SZ authors . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 17th May 2019.
9. ↑ "Implant Files": 3rd place in the journalism award 2019 for the editorial team of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . In: Health Foundation . 20th May 2019.
10. ↑ The sham deal . In: SZ-Magazin . 20th July 2018.
11. ↑ Journalist Prize "EbM in the Media" for two contributions on the subject of "Fake Science" . In: Information Service Science . March 26, 2019.
12. ↑ Dr. Georg Schreiber Media Prize - Extraordinary Appreciation 2018 . In: aok-medienpreis.de .
13. ↑ The Science Prize Winners 2019 . In: University Association . April 9, 2019.
14. ↑ 2017 winners . In: Nannen price . April 27, 2017.
15. ↑ German Reporter Prize 2016 awarded in Berlin . In: reporter-forum.de . 5th December 2016.
16. ↑ Price for Panama Papers . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . October 11, 2017.
17. ↑ The journalists of 2017 . In: Medium magazine . December 21, 2017.
18. ↑ Katrin Langhans: The man who seeks danger . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . No. 194, August 24, 2017, p. 3.
19. ↑ The man who seeks danger . In: Bavarian Cooperative Association . 5th October 2018.
20. ↑ Thierry Backes, Wolfgang Jaschensky, Katrin Langhans, Hannes Munzinger, Benedict Witzenberger, Vanessa Wormer : Shrill Post . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . October 1, 2016.
21. ↑ Prize for “Schrille Post” . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 16, 2017.