Steffen Dobbert

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Steffen Dobbert (* 1982 in Wismar ) is a German journalist and author .

job

Dobbert worked for the Schweriner Volkszeitung as a freelance reporter in various local editorial offices. In Hamburg, he completed an internship at JDB Media and the monthly football magazine Rund . After the magazine was discontinued, he finished the one at the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. From there he moved to the online editorial team of the time , where he headed the newly founded sports department from 2008 to 2014.

In terms of content, Dobbert focused the department on social phenomena that are recognizable in football. The then national players Thomas Hitzlsperger , Philipp Lahm , Arne Friedrich and René Adler were alternate discussion partners in a column series that discussed the topics of homophobia, racism and the capitalization of sport. Dobbert researched right-wing extremism in sport for more than a year for Rund magazine. His research on the hooligan group " HooNaRa " led to the fact that the founder of the Nazi group, who also ran a security company, was no longer allowed to use the company's employees as security officers in the stadium of Chemnitzer FC .

Dobbert reported for Zeit Online and Zeit from the Soccer World Cup in South Africa, from the Winter Olympics in Russia, from Egypt , Georgia , Hungary , Vietnam and often from the Ukraine . After the soccer World Cup in 2014, he first moved to the Hamburg editorial team of Zeit and a little later to the politics department of Zeit Online . In terms of content, he dealt extensively with the Euromaidan revolution , the war in Ukraine and Russia's hybrid warfare as well as disinformation. When the revolution in Kiev escalated in the winter of 2014, Dobbert reported directly from the Maidan in Kiev . In 2016, he received an International Journalist Program (IJP) scholarship and worked in Odessa and Kiev.

Dobbert's research into the mysterious murders of journalists associated with the Georgian Vera Putina and Vladimir Putin was controversial . Putina claims to be the denied mother of Vladimir Putin.

Dobbert's interview with British politician Nigel Farage also sparked international attention . In the dispute, which was awarded the German Reporter Prize, Farage made contradicting statements about his connections to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the meaningfulness of the Brexit campaign. Farage broke off the interview with Dobbert at the behest of his press secretary.

education

Dobbert studied economics in Lübeck and Finland at the Schleswig-Holstein Business Academy and at the Vaasa Commercial College . After graduating with a degree in business administration , he worked as a journalist for ten years , but interrupted his work in 2015 to study European sciences at the Humboldt University , the Free University , the Technical University and Stanford University in Berlin. He completed this course as a Master of European Studies . Dobbert received further journalism training at the Academy for Journalism in Hamburg, where he completed several seminars for print and online journalists after completing his first degree.

Awards

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steffen Dobbert, Oliver Fritsch, Christian Spiller: Everything except football. In: Zeit Online. January 9, 2014, accessed December 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Steffen Dobbert: Only the swastika is missing . In: Jungle World . No. April 18 , 30, 2008 ( jungle-world.com ).
  3. ↑ Steffen Dobbert: Vera Putinas lost Son. In: Die Zeit. May 7, 2015, accessed December 12, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b Steffen Dobbert: You will hate me forever. In: Zeit Online. May 9, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
  5. ^ Steffen Dobbert: Generation Karstadt. In: HinzundKunzt. April 29, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Dobbert, Steffen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Wismar