Oliver Schröm

Oliver Schröm (2018)

Oliver Schröm (* 1964 in Heidenheim an der Brenz ) is a German journalist and publicist .

Life

After graduating from high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium, Schröm began as a trainee at Heidenheimer Zeitung from 1988 to 1990 . In 1991 he spent a scholarship from the Michael-Jürgen-Leisler Kiep Foundation in the USA . He held positions at the Los Angeles Times , Commercial Appeal in Memphis and the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco . He then worked as a freelance journalist for Stern , Die Zeit and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, as well as political magazines for ARD and ZDF . In 2010 he founded the “Investigative Research” team at the weekly Stern magazine and, as head of the department, mainly deals with politics, betting fraud in sports, extremism and the secret services . From 2011 to 2015, he was Thomas Leif's successor and first chairman of the journalists' association Netzwerk Recherche . From July 2016 he worked at NDR for the program Panorama . On January 1, 2018, he moved to the Correctiv Research Center as editor-in-chief . In November 2019 he returned to NDR, where he works again for the Panorama program .

In 2018 he was a founding member of the citizens' movement Finanzwende .

Preliminary investigation

On the basis of a criminal complaint filed by the Basler Privatbank J. Safra Sarasin in Zurich in connection with the corrective reports on cum / ex and cum / cum transactions ( CumEx files ) since 2014, the Zurich public prosecutor's office has been investigating Schröm on the accusation of Industrial espionage and the violation of trade secrets . She filed an application for the Hamburg public prosecutor to take over the proceedings, which has therefore been investigating Schröm since the end of May 2018 on suspicion of inciting the disclosure of company and business secrets. The chairman of the German Association of Journalists (DJV), Frank Überall , described the procedure as an attack on the freedom of the press . Schröm spoke of an attempt to criminalize investigative journalism.

The Correctiv editorial team published an open letter on December 11, 2018, specifically to Justice Minister Katarina Barley and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz . "It is the first time that this paragraph [§ 17 UWG] is applied to a journalist," it said.

In mid-July 2019, the Hamburg public prosecutor announced that they had discontinued the investigation against Oliver Schröm: "There is no sufficient suspicion to justify further investigation or indictment."

Awards

Prices

• 1992: Axel Springer Prize for young journalists (2nd prize together with Stefan Scheytt)
• 2004: Negative award "Rotten Apple" from the Federal Association of German Press Spokesmen
• 2019: Helmut Schmidt Journalist Prize (1st prize together with Marta Orosz and Christian Salewski)

Nominations

• 2010: Nominated for the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize (categories: "Investigation" and "Documentation")
• 2011: Nominated for the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize (categories: "Investigation" and "Special Prize")
• 2012: Nominated for the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize (Category: "Investigation")
• 2013: Nominated for the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize (Category: "Investigation")
• 2014: Nominated for the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize (Category: "Investigation")

Fonts (selection)

• With Egmont R. Koch : The Secret of the Knights of the Holy Grave. The Fifth Column of the Vatican. Hoffmann and Campe , 1995, ISBN 3-455-11064-9 .
• Al Qaeda. Actors, structures, attacks . Christoph Links Verlag , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-86153-285-9 .
• In the shadow of the jackal. Carlos and the pioneers of international terrorism . Christoph Links Verlag , Berlin 2002, ISBN 978-3-86153-245-3 .
• Silent help for brown comrades. The secret network of old and neo-Nazis . Construction Verlag , Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7466-7054-3 .
• Dangerous mission. The story of the most successful German terrorist investigator . S. Fischer Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16370-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Oliver Schröm in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article by Oliver Schröm. In: The time.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best investigative achievement. The new face of terror ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . In: Stern. October 7, 2004. 
2. ↑ Christian Schertz , Thomas Schuler (ed.): Rufmord und Medienopfer. The violation of personal honor . Links, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86153-424-2 , p. 271.
3. ↑ Young Journalists , Michael-Jürgen-Leisler Kiep Foundation, accessed on January 15, 2014.
4. ↑ nr conference data, research, stories , network research, accessed on January 15, 2014.
5. ↑ Oliver Schröm , Reporter-Forum, accessed on January 5, 2014.
6. ↑ Schröm The Investigative Research Team ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Stern, accessed January 5, 2014. 
7. ↑ Oliver Schröm , Netzwerk Recherche, accessed on January 5, 2014.
8. ↑ He built up the investigative team at stern: Revelation reporter Schröm switched to “Panorama” meedia.de, May 31, 2016
9. ↑ After one and a half years at NDR: “Panorama” reporter Oliver Schröm becomes the new editor-in-chief of Correctiv meedia.de, November 22, 2017
10. ↑ Correctiv editor-in-chief Oliver Schröm returns to NDR and will work for political magazines meedia.de, September 16, 2019
11. ^ Founding members. Citizens' Movement Finanzwende, archived from the original on July 6, 2020 ; accessed on July 6, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Marcel Gy: Cum-ex affair: criminal proceedings against German journalists. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 11, 2018, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Kurt Sagatz: After CumEx revelations, investigations against the research organization Correctiv. In: Der Tagesspiegel . December 11, 2018, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
14. ^ The CORRECTIV editorial team: Journalism is not a crime. Open letter on investigations against CORRECTIV editor-in-chief. CORRECTIV , December 11, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Investigations against "Correctiv" editor-in-chief stopped. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . July 12, 2019, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
16. ↑ The previous winners ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Axel Springer Prize, accessed on January 5, 2014. 
17. ↑ Dear colleagues . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. November 21, 2004.
18. ↑ Prize winners 2019. In: helmutschmidtjournalistenpreis.de. Retrieved April 27, 2020 . 
19. ↑ The shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize 2010 ( memento of February 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Henri Nannen Prize, accessed on January 15, 2014.
20. ^ The shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize 2011 ( memento of February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Henri Nannen Prize, accessed on January 15, 2014.
21. ↑ The shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize 2012 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
22. ↑ The shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize 2013 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
23. ↑ The shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize 2014 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.