Thomas Kerstan
Thomas Kerstan (born May 5, 1958 in Hamburg ) is a German journalist and author . He is the educational policy correspondent for the weekly newspaper “ Die Zeit ” , editor-in-chief of “Zeit Studienführer” and publisher of “ Zeit Campus ” .
Life
Kerstan initially trained as an industrial clerk . He then became editor-in-chief of the youth magazine “ elan ” in Dortmund and then completed a degree in computer science at the University of Hamburg , which he graduated with a diploma. At the same time he was managing partner of the "Society for Further Education" in Rostock .
Kerstan is an editor at the Hamburg weekly newspaper Die Zeit and until 2014 headed the education department "Opportunities", which he founded . He has been the journal’s education policy correspondent since 2015. He is also co-founder and editor-in-chief of the annual study guide for this weekly newspaper. In October 2006 he was the founder of the ZEIT student magazine Zeit Campus . Initially, he acted as editor-in-chief, and in July 2007 he became its editor .
On November 23, 2006, the Education Action Council awarded the "Education Media Prize 2006" to Die Zeit , with Dieter Lenzen , Chairman of the Education Action Council, in his laudatory speech in particular reporting the reports by the editors Thomas Kerstan (Head of Opportunities), Martin Spiewak (Knowledge) and Jan-Martin Wiarda (Opportunities Department) highlighted.
In April 2013 it was announced that the led by Kerstan time -Ressort chances contents had taken a blog without mentioning the source. After various media reports about the copyright infringement, Kerstan published an apology in the time .
He is married, has two children and lives in Cuxhaven.
Awards
- 2006: Education Media Prize
Works
- Knowledge to go: A Studium Generale in 100 Terms by Manuel J. Hartung and Thomas Kerstan, September 1, 2008
- What our children need to know. - Hamburg: Edition Körber, 2018, 1st edition
Web links
- Thomas Kerstan kress heads
- DKP Past: The Forced Laborers and Us , by Thomas Kerstan and Gero von Randow, Die Zeit , February 6, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Kerstan educational policy correspondent, editor-in-chief of Zeit Studienführer and publisher of Zeit Campus
- ↑ Sausage Journalism . taz.de. April 10, 2013. Accessed March 24, 2019.
- ↑ Time is said to have stolen blogger sayings . meedia.de. April 11, 2013. Accessed March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Die Zeit 17/2013, p. 87.
- ↑ https://www.zeit.de/autoren/K/Thomas_Kerstan/index.xml
- ↑ Awarded the 2006 Media Prize Education
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kerstan, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 5th 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |