Tailwind (school newspaper)
Tailwind (own notation: tailwind ) is the student newspaper of the Adalbert Stifter Gymnasium in Passau . It has been published since 2000 and has received several awards.
A large issue appears every March, and a newsletter is published in December. The newspaper is designed by twelve editors and freelancers. In 2008, the edition was just under 700 copies, one copy was sold for two euros.
About tailwind
structure
With a current volume of 104 pages in 34 × 24 cm format, tailwind is divided into six sections: Laut: Schulhof, Quer: Politics & Society, Wide: Culture & Other Countries, Reich: Future & Careers as well as a title and a special topic.
history
The newspaper was founded in 2000 by the teacher Christine Putschky and the student Vroni Luther. Initially still a school newspaper with 20 pages, the newspaper developed and achieved its first successes in competitions at regional level in Bavaria.
In 2002 Maximilian Popp took over the editor-in-chief and Lukas Musilek took over the layout. At the end of 2002, tailwind was presented on high-gloss paper with a four-color cover with a volume expanded to 80 pages. With this issue, we first reached rankings in the top ten at the prestigious school newspaper competition of the mirror 2003 .
In 2004, the editorial team became the overall winner of this competition as well as that of the Federal President and the Junge Presse with an editorially and graphically improved edition. In the following year, the second place in Der Spiegel again achieved a top ranking. Maximilian Popp received the newcomer prize of the Otto Brenner Prize for his contribution to the Jahrhundertflop .
Popp and Musilek graduated from high school in 2005 and handed over responsibility to Raphael Geiger (editor-in-chief) and Lena Carl, later Jonas Eden and Alexander Eckmeier joined them, who have been responsible for the layout ever since. The 2006 edition was named the second best in Bavaria by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the third best school newspaper in Germany by Der Spiegel .
In June 2007, tailwind won the first prize in the nationwide school newspaper competition of the federal states (formerly of the Federal President) and overall victory in the Spiegel competition (1st place for magazine content and layout as well as 3rd place in the category ) with an edition that was much better than in 2006 Interview ). Tailwind is the second school newspaper to repeat the overall victory at Spiegel .
Raphael Geiger won first place in the Duden Open competition in 2008 for his portrait of a Chinese dissident , which annually seeks out Germany's best young journalists under 21. Geiger's argument with Michel Friedman and Matthias Matussek about religion and freedom of expression was recognized by Der Spiegel as the best interview. The school newspaper itself was also able to achieve another great success with third place in the overall ranking. It was therefore among the top three for the fifth time in a row.
Topics of the excellent issues
- 2004:
- Title: How far to the right can a society stand?
- Special: A trip across the Czech Republic
- also for example: youth unemployment in Passau
- 2005:
- Title: Africa - the forgotten continent
- Special: Che Guevara
- also for example: flop of the century : Passauer Neue Mitte
- 2006:
- Title: Germany in search of ideals
- Special: 200 years of Adalbert Stifter
- also for example: a trip through China
- 2007:
- Title: Escape to Europe - Dying on the Mediterranean
- Special: Young careerists
- also for example: The lust of people ...
Quotes
Selected reviews
- "A magazine you can lose yourself in" (Der Spiegel, 2004)
- "Fortunately, there are also three or four less well-designed articles in the 136-page magazine - otherwise the professionalism would be uncanny." (Der Spiegel, 2005)
- "A school newspaper that one can only dream of" (Junge Presse, 2005)
- "It is remarkable how professional and serious work is being done on the appearance of this school newspaper." (Der Spiegel, 2006)
- "Number one by far" (Der Spiegel, 2007)