Pia Heinemann

Pia Heinemann (* 1975 in Duisburg-Rheinhausen ) is a German science journalist . Since 2018 she has directed the department "knowledge" of the weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag and the daily newspaper Die Welt .

Career

After graduating from the Krupp-Gymnasium in Duisburg-Rheinhausen in 1994, Heinemann completed a biology degree with a focus on neurophysiology and neurophysiology at the University of Tübingen ; For her diploma thesis in 1999 she examined sudden infant death syndrome with the help of radioactive markers in certain brain regions of rats . From 1999 to 2001 she completed a postgraduate course in journalism at the University of Mainz . She then worked at the journalism seminar of the Institute for Journalism as a research assistant and doctoral candidate in the field of print journalism at Volker Wolff . At the same time she wrote as a freelance journalist, for example for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , the Süddeutsche Zeitung , brand eins , dpa-AFX and McK Wissen . With a dissertation on "Publishing strategies for knowledge magazines", Heinemann was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD.

In 2007, Heinemann became editor in the "Knowledge" section, which until 2014 was responsible for the editorial departments of the daily newspapers Die Welt , Berliner Morgenpost and the weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag . In 2010 she was appointed deputy head of the department, and in 2018 she took over the management of the department.

In 2017 and 2018, Heinemann was nominated for the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism .

Heinemann is married and lives in Berlin.

Awards

• 2017: Journalist of the Year , 3rd place in the category "Science Journalist"
• 2016: Wächterpreis of the German daily press (1st prize) for their article “General Failure” on the impact of the flat rate per case in the German hospital system
• 2016: Cancer World Journalism Award for an article on genetic testing to avoid unnecessary chemotherapy in cancer patients
• 2016: Expopharm Media Prize for the contribution "Unprotected Claims" about opponents of vaccinations
• 2011: Journalism Prize from the Health Foundation for the contribution " Aspirin - one against everything?"
• 2009: Heureka Prize for Science Journalism from Sanofi-Aventis for the contribution "A little story of great uncertainty" on swine influenza
• 2009: “The wild raven” of the German Wildlife Foundation and the GEO magazine for Heinemann's weekly children's supplement in the Berliner Morgenpost

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pia Heinemann. ( Memento from June 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Journalistic Seminar of the University of Mainz .
2. ↑ Dr. Pia Heinemann - Between patient abuse and unnecessary operations. In: anstageslicht.de April 20, 2016.
3. ^ Pia Heinemann. ( Memento of May 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) In: Institute for Journalism .
4. ↑ pia-heinemann.de ( Memento from January 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Pia Heinemann: Publishing strategies for knowledge journals: the significance of external media data in the analysis of magazine markets using the example of the knowledge journals bild der Wissenschaft, GEO, National Geographic Germany, PM and Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Dissertation , University of Mainz 2006 OCLC 612678553
6. ^ Author profile Pia Heinemann. In: The world .
7. ↑ Shortlist 2017. ( Memento from December 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism .
8. ↑ Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group : On the #Shortlist of the Georg von #Holtzbrinck Prize for #Science Journalism for the TEXT category, among others, Pia Heinemann with her articles for #WeltamSonntag @WELT_Wissen and @svensonst for his articles at @zeitonline #wisskomm In: Twitter . September 10, 2018.
   Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group : We are pleased to announce the 2018 shortlist for the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism. Uuuuand ACTION! In: Facebook . September 10, 2018.
9. ↑ Ranga Yogeshwar, Tanja Krämer and Pia Heinemann are honored as "Science Journalists of the Year 2017". ( Memento from January 24, 2020 in the web archive archive.today )
10. ↑ Science Journalist of the Year 2017. In: Medium Magazin . 19th February 2018.
11. ↑ Wächterpreis for research on undesirable hospital developments. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse . April 6, 2016.
12. ↑ Pia Heinemann: Clinics are rehabilitating with pointless operations. In: The world . 4th December 2014.
13. ^ Kudos to the recipients of the Cancer World Journalism Awards 2016. In: CancerWorld. 15th December 2016.
14. ↑ Exorbitant prices and chance discoveries. In: Deutsche Apothekerzeitung . October 13, 2016.
15. ^ Pia Heinemann: Unprotected claim. In: Welt am Sonntag . March 20, 2016.
16. ↑ "Aspirin - One Against Everything?" - Journalism Prize for Dr. Pia Heinemann. In: Health Foundation . May 10, 2011.
17. ^ Pia Heinemann: Aspirin - one against everything? In: Welt am Sonntag . December 12, 2010.
18. ↑ Sanofi-Aventis : About swine flu, waiting for a new heart and the dog who knows Tchibo. In: presseportal.de November 11, 2009.
19. ↑ Pia Heinemann: Small story of the great uncertainty. In: Welt am Sonntag . May 3, 2009.
20. ↑ German Wildlife Foundation : "German Prize for Nature Journalism" and "The Wild Raven" - The winners have been found! In: presseportal.de October 20, 2009.