Stefan Buchen

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Stefan Buchen (* 1969 ) is a German television author and investigative journalist . His journalistic work focuses on politics and society of the Middle / Middle East (s) and the Maghreb regions.

Life

Buchen studied the Arabic language in Mainz , Arabic literature in Tel Aviv and the French language.

He began his journalistic career with the French news agency Agence France-Presse and 1996 as ARD - foreign correspondent in Israel on. Buchen spent his traineeship between 2000 and 2001 at Norddeutscher Rundfunk ( NDR ). After this time he worked as a television writer for the NDR and from 2005 worked on the political television magazine Panorama .

He became known through his television documentary "The Lies from the Service - the BND and the Iraq War", which shows the relationship between the BND and the informant "Curveball" , where the informant had helped trigger the Iraq war with his invented "information" . Buchen also works for the ARD television programs Weltspiegel , Monitor (TV magazine) , Tagesschau and Tagesthemen .

In 2011 he received two awards for his reporting activities for his journalistic achievements on the events of the Arab Spring .

In September 2013 it was announced that he was wanted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2010 as part of the secret Operation Project 6 , because of his investigative research into terrorism and reporting on it in the regions of the Arab Spring.

In 2017, Buchen helped as a television author with his films about the G20 summit in Hamburg 2017 that the editors of the NDR television magazine “Panorama” received the 54th Grimme Prize in the category “Information and Culture” in 2018 .

He is fluent in Arabic , Persian , Hebrew and French .

Movie

Works

Honors and nominations

  • 2008
    • DRK media award
      • 1st prize - category: television
  • 2012
  • 2016
    • 52nd Grimme Prize
      • Nomination in the category: Information & Culture - Journalistic Achievement

criticism

“… [Stefan Buchen] set an example in 2011 with his Middle East reports: Against the background of his special competence and knowledge of the Arab region and its languages, he explained the upheavals in the Middle East in an emphatic and profound manner - with political acuteness and greatness Respect for people and cultures ... "

- Medium magazine jury for the 2011 awards ceremony

“... Stefan Buchen is known for his gripping reports from crisis regions in the Near and Middle East and North Africa ... [he] does not shy away from any dangers to show the world what is really happening. It delivers authentic reports, whether from Taliban fighters in Afghanistan or from combat zones in Libya. His excellent language skills give him direct access to the local people. Your feelings and wishes flow into his reports, which makes them unique testimonies. Stefan Buchen also gives a voice to people who don't have any. That is a criterion that was particularly important to the jury when awarding the prize. In addition, according to the jury, Stefan Buchen is characterized by great personal commitment, high journalistic care and cliché-free reports ... "

- Medienstiftung-der-Sparkasse-Leipzig-Jury of the award ceremony 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Journalistenpreise.de: JOURNALIST PRIZE NEWS - ... also nominated for Liberty Award 2012 ...
  2. ^ A b Institut français : Kamel Daoud: The case of Meursault. A reply - moderation: Stefan Buchen
  3. ↑ a b Die Tageszeitung : Documentation "Die Lügen vom Dienst" - The man who started the Iraq war
  4. ↑ The daily newspaper : CIA shadowing NDR journalists - alongside the jihadists
  5. ↑ ARD Mediathek : CIA: Panorama journalist explored (Stefan Buchen)
  6. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung : CIA inquiry from 2010 - journalist in sight
  7. ↑ NDR : Panorama wins Grimme Prize (2018)
  8. ^ The first : Stefan Buchen
  9. ^ Vocer : Stefan Buchen
  10. ^ German Red Cross : DRK Media Prize, PRIZE WINNER SINCE 2005
  11. ↑ a b Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig : Prize winner 2011: Stefan Buchen
  12. ↑ markenartikel-magazin.de: Reemtsma presents the Liberty Award 2012
  13. ↑ 52nd Grimme Prize 2016 - The reporter teams from "Panorama" with persistent investigative research (NDR) - nomination
  14. ↑ 52nd GRIMME PRIZE 2016
  15. ↑ Medium Magazin : THE JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR 2011 from  Feb. 2012
personal data
SURNAME Book, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German investigative journalist and television author
DATE OF BIRTH 1969