Peter Münch (journalist)

Peter Münch (born June 27, 1960 in Witten ) is a German journalist .

Life

Peter Münch grew up in Düsseldorf and studied history and German. After completing his master's degree in Munich, he received his doctorate in history. Münch did an internship at a newspaper from 1985 to 1987 and from 1987 worked for the newspaper for communal economy (ZfK) of the VKU . In 1990 he became editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) in the areas of region, news and foreign policy. As a reporter , he reported from war and crisis areas, including the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq . Münch was the SZ correspondent in Israel . He also published his reports in book form. In the editorial office of the SZ, he was promoted to section head of page three. He has been the SZ correspondent in Vienna since August 2017 .

Fonts (selection)

The scent of the linden tree . Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2008.
Last exit Khyberpass. Afghan-Pakistani views . Picus, Vienna 2008.
Favorite places - Tel Aviv & Jerusalem . Insel Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-458-36331-6 .

Awards (selection)

For research on the Ibiza affair in the Süddeutsche Zeitung team :

2019: German Reporter Award in the "Best Investigation" category - together with Bastian Obermayer , Leila Al-Serori , Oliver Das Gupta , Martin Knobbe, Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt , Alexandra Rojkov , Walter Mayr, Vera Deleja-Hotko, Maik Baumgärtner.
2020: Nannen Prize in the “Best Investigative Achievement” category - together with Bastian Obermayer , Leila Al-Serori , Oliver Das Gupta , Martin Knobbe, Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt , Alexandra Rojkov , Walter Mayr, Vera Deleja-Hotko, Maik Baumgärtner.

Web links

Literature by and about Peter Münch in the catalog of the German National Library
Short biography and reviews of works by Peter Münch at perlentaucher.de
Peter Münch , at Süddeutsche Zeitung
Dr. Peter Münch , at Kress

Individual evidence

↑ # 04 2018: An atypical journalist - with Peter Münch , at: Ganzoffengesagt, February 16, 2018
↑ dpa: Media: Reporter Prize for revelations on the Ibiza affair . In: The time . December 2, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 16, 2019]).
↑ Nannen Prize 2020: These are the winners. April 30, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Münch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Witten

[1] # 04 2018: An atypical journalist - with Peter Münch , at: Ganzoffengesagt, February 16, 2018

[2] : Media: Reporter Prize for revelations on the Ibiza affair . In: The time . December 2, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 16, 2019]).

[3] Nannen Prize 2020: These are the winners. April 30, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .