Margrit spokesman

Margrit Sprecher (* 1936 in Chur ) is a Swiss journalist , reporter and author .

Life

Margrit Sprecher was born in Chur in 1936 and grew up there. After graduating from school, she trained as an interpreter . Her first journalistic position was the women's magazine Elle , where she stayed for 15 years. After a stopover at what was then Jean Frey-Verlag, for which she wrote at Züri Leu (later Züri-Woche ), she switched to Weltwoche in 1983 .

The spokesperson became Weltwoche editor with the task of building up a women's department, which is now the society department . She was best known for her court and social reports and stayed with Weltwoche until she retired in 2003.

Since then, Margrit Sprecher has been working as a freelance journalist for NZZ , Das Magazin , Weltwoche, Reportagen and GEO . She is co- editor of the journal Schweizer Journalist , works in journalism training and is a member of the jury for journalistic prizes . She is widowed and lives in Zurich .

Documentation

Marina Rumjanzewa : The reporter - Margrit spokesman turns 80. In: SRF 1 from May 22, 2016.

Works

Ireland. Reports , Dörlemann Verlag, Zurich 2020. ISBN 978-3-038200-76-5 .
Our combat pilots . With photographs by Fabian Biasio. Realtime Verlag, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-905800-89-0
The other radio DRS 2 , together with photographer Lucia Degonda. Verlag NZZ Libro, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-454-8 .
The middle of the people - expeditions inside the SVP, together with photographer Fabian Biasio. Verlag Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-905509-65-2 .
Standing out from the flood of the ordinary - the art of great reportage, together with Kai Hermann , Picus-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85452-753-5 .
Uninvited visits - portraits and reports. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-39523-8 .
Living and dying on death row . Haffmans-Sachbuch-Verlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-453-18847-0 .
Bündner - people and moments. Terra Grischuna publishing house, Chur 1987, ISBN 3-908133-36-X .
Court reports from Switzerland . Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-250-10019-6 .
Far East together with Charlotte Peter (series Richtig Reisen). Dumont Verlag, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7701-0736-5 .

editor

Margrit Sprecher, Daniel Puntas Bernet (Ed.): Making waves: the story afterwards - reporters tell , Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 2019, ISBN 978-3-7272-6037-7 .

Awards

1985: Zurich Journalism Prize
1985: Joseph Roth Prize
1992: Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for the report Like a fighting pig, black in the face , published in Weltwoche
2003: Prize from the Zurich Press Association for her complete works
2004: Recognition award from the Canton of Graubünden
2008: Bündner Literature Prize
2016: Graffenried Lifetime Achievement Award for her life's work

Web links

Literature by and about Margrit Sprecher in the catalog of the German National Library
Portrait of Margrit Spokesman by Barbara Lukesch, SonntagsZeitung No. 14/1998 (PDF file).
The grande dame of the Swiss report Margrit Sprecher (84) about the disappointing things about successful people , interview in blick.ch on May 4, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ Zurich Journalist Prize: All winners , online under Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Egon Erwin Kisch Prize: An overview of all winners , online at http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/buecher/509895.html
↑ Canton of Graubünden: In 2004 the government awards ten recognition and seven promotion prizes . According to the Culture Promotion Act, the government can award the Graubünden Culture Prize for outstanding cultural and scientific achievements. [...] With ten recognition prizes of CHF 10,000 each, the government honors the work of: [...] Margrit Sprecher, Zurich, in recognition of her work as a journalist and as the author of texts, which through her literary and linguistic quality impress and testify to precise observation, commitment and the courage to express your own opinion.

personal data
SURNAME	Speaker, Margrit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss journalist, reporter and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chur

[1] Zurich Journalist Prize: All winners , online under Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Egon Erwin Kisch Prize: An overview of all winners , online at http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/buecher/509895.html

[3] Canton of Graubünden: In 2004 the government awards ten recognition and seven promotion prizes . According to the Culture Promotion Act, the government can award the Graubünden Culture Prize for outstanding cultural and scientific achievements. [...] With ten recognition prizes of CHF 10,000 each, the government honors the work of: [...] Margrit Sprecher, Zurich, in recognition of her work as a journalist and as the author of texts, which through her literary and linguistic quality impress and testify to precise observation, commitment and the courage to express your own opinion.