Michael Dittrich (journalist)

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Michael Dittrich (born August 23, 1957 in Dortmund ) is a German sports journalist , filmmaker, author and presenter .

Life

Dittrich spent his childhood from 1962 in Ingolstadt and Abensberg . From 1967 to 1969 he attended the Johannes-Nepomuk-Gymnasium in Rohr.

After graduating from the Wilhelm Raabe School in Bremerhaven in 1976 , Michael Dittrich studied law in Munich , Lausanne and Freiburg im Breisgau . Parallel to his studies, Dittrich worked as a freelance journalist and speaker and, after completing his studies, completed an internship at the Badischer Tagblatt in Baden-Baden .

In 1987 Dittrich started in the sports department of Südwestfunk (SWF) in Baden-Baden, where he also completed a journalistic traineeship. During this time he worked primarily as a television journalist for the programs Sport under the magnifying glass and Sport in the Third , which he also presented as a presenter.

Since 1993 Michael Dittrich has suffered from chronic inflammation of the central nervous system , which causes severe paralysis and symptoms of multiple sclerosis . Dittrich has not been able to move arms or legs since 2007 and is completely dependent on a wheelchair . Due to the illness, Dittrich ended his career as a television presenter and reporter on site. Nevertheless, he continues to produce films and television features for SWR .

In 2015 Michael Dittrich caused a lot of media coverage with his autobiographical film “A Matter of Nerves - Living with an Incurable Disease”. In this film, Dittrich tells his own life story and gives a blunt insight into his everyday life and the course of his illness.

Dittrich is married and has one son.

Awards and honors (selection)

  • 1994: Fair Play Essay Prize for a "Sport under the magnifying glass" production about the pole vaulters Claus Schiprowski ( FRG ) and Wolfgang Nordwig ( GDR )
  • 2004: Culture Prize of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee for the Arte film "Pierre de Coubertin - Yesterday and Today"
  • 2015: AMSEL Prize for the autobiographical television feature "Reine Nervensache - Living with an incurable disease"
  • 2015: Journalist Award of the Diakonie for the autobiographical television feature "Reine Nervensache - Living with an incurable disease"
  • 2018: Journal of Olympic History Article Award for the article "A tragic story and a wonderful reconciliation" about the fencer Matthias Behr

Works (selection)

Movies

  • Pierre de Coubertin - Yesterday and Today (2004)
  • A Matter of Nerves - Living with an Incurable Disease (2015)
  • Boris Becker and the Miracle of Wimbledon (2015)
  • Matthias Behr - Dreams and Trauma of a Foil Fencer (2016)
  • The German World Cup Night - The Soccer World Cup from a German perspective (2018, with Pirmin Styrnol )

Books

  • With Daniel Merkel: The "White Lightning" - The Life of Heinz Fütterer. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89533-547-1 .
  • With Daniel Merkel: Bel ami of the ash track - The life of Carl Kaufmann. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-724-6 .
  • With Barbara Herbach, Gabi Saler: Mensch Thines: a life around the Betzenberg. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7307-0216-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Just a matter of nerves - AD. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
  2. ↑ SWR television: Video "Reine Nervensache" - Sport extra. In: ARD Mediathek. January 18, 2015, accessed November 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Michael Dittrich, SWR editor. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Multiple Sclerosis? Pure nerves documentary on SWR television . ( dmsg.de [accessed November 8, 2016]).
  5. ↑ A little hope . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on November 8, 2016]).
  6. ↑ Ex-competitive athletes and SWR filmmakers: Matthias Behr and Michael Dittrich | Program | SWR1 Baden-Württemberg. In: swr.online. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Dittrich, Michael (SWR editor, is paralyzed) | Program | SWR1 Baden-Württemberg . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on November 8, 2016]).
  8. ^ Badische Zeitung: Computer & Medien: Baden-Baden: Sports journalist Michael Dittrich works from the sickbed - badische-zeitung.de . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed on November 8, 2016]).
  9. ↑ SWR television: Video "Reine Nervensache" - Sport extra. In: ARD Mediathek. January 18, 2015, accessed November 8, 2016 .
  10. ^ The German Olympic Sports Confederation: Coubertin World Meeting in the Cologne Sports and Olympic Museum - Prof. Müller re-elected President. In: www.dosb.de. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
  11. ↑ AMSEL eV - Regional Association of the DMSG: AMSEL Foundation Awards 2015 awarded . ( amsel.de [accessed on November 8, 2016]).
  12. ^ Diakonie Baden: Winner of the Diakonie Journalistenpreis 2015. (No longer available online.) In: www.diakonie-baden.de. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016 ; accessed on November 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diakonie-baden.de
  13. ↑ Volker Kluge: 7th Suggestions and discussion of awards for 2017 - All . In: Volker Kluge (Ed.): Journal of Olympic History . 1st edition. tape 2017/2 , no. 26 . International Society of Olympic Historians, June 30, 2018, ISSN  1085-5165 , p. 5 .
  14. ↑ Spokesperson for ARD documentary - www.onchair-bros.de. In: www.onchair-bros.de. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Blog | Recording studio Lahr | punchline studio. Accessed May 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dittrich, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist, filmmaker, author and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund