Unsolicited
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| description | Student newspaper of the Humboldt University in Berlin |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| First edition | November 17, 1989 |
| Frequency of publication | 5 times a year (every two months in the semester) |
| Sold edition | 4000 copies |
| editor | Circle of Friends of the Unrequested e. V. |
| Web link | www.unauf.de |
| Article archive | www2.hu-berlin.de |
| ISSN (print) | 1865-1119 |
The "UnAufgefrage" (UnAuf) is one of the oldest student newspapers in Germany. It has been published continuously since November 17, 1989 at the Humboldt University Berlin (HU) and is one of the first free newspapers in the GDR . Your printed editions were previously between 6 and 64 A4 pages. The magazine is currently published every two months during the lecture period, i.e. with a total of five issues per year - three issues appear in the winter semester and two in the summer semester. There is also a news blog in which particularly current topics such as the work of the student parliament (StuPa) are discussed. The publisher is the Freundeskreis der UnAufgeidden e. V. The journal is independent of the Humboldt University.
history
Origins
On November 17, 1989, the UnAufgeballer was launched as "Noch namlos". It should be the press organ of an independent student council, which should replace the FDJ as a lobby group. In order to print in the former GDR and to get copy paper for the printers at the HU, the editorial team had to organize a state license. That is why the first edition was printed in West Berlin at the TU Berlin and smuggled to the east. The name "UnAufgeruf" was created before the second edition was published. At that time, the Humboldt University was protected by a high fence, and the following inscription could be read on signs at the entrance: “Please show your Humboldt University IDs without being asked!” This is how the name of the new newspaper came about: Unrequested, or UnAuf for short. Only after the fourth edition was there an official printing permit: (36a) 5077 B from the Berlin magistrate . It was the key to our own paper quota. To this day, the license hangs in the editorial offices. One year after the first edition was published, the first freely elected HU rector Heinrich Fink assigned the Unrequested to a small room in the main building.
Split from the student body
Discussions about gender-neutral language , funding gaps, the filling of editorial posts and editorial independence led to a break between the student representatives and the newspaper, which had been run as a student initiative for many years and financed with student funds. In autumn 2008 - on the 19th anniversary of the first edition - the student parliament decided not to make any more funds available to the unsolicited.
On September 26th, 2009, the voluntary “Freundeskreis der UnAuffrage e. V. ”was founded by former and active editors who has published the newspaper ever since. The association has set itself a statute that guarantees independence in terms of content.
present
250 issues have appeared since 1989, all of which can be viewed in the online archive. In the fall of 2017, the editorial team of the Unaufrebel landed a scoop by uncovering non- transparent processes in the student parliament of the HU with the research in the context of the article As long as no one looks and ensured a nationwide discourse. The article was printed in the Tagesspiegel and the problem was discussed in the press across Germany.
Content and organization
Print edition
The UnAufberford reports on university policy issues, student life and culture in Berlin and throughout Germany - with a special focus on the Humboldt University. The editorial team consists of around twenty editors. Every editor is involved in the entire production process: From the first idea to an article , through the final editing to the distribution of the magazine and advertising acquisition , the editors do everything themselves. At the beginning of the year, the three - person editor- in- chief is elected, which then takes care of the organization independently takes care of and coordinates the work processes. Since 2007, the Unsolicited has also been available as a free subscription . In addition to everyday editorial work, she has been carrying out projects for several years. The editors traveled to Hungary, France, Israel and Turkey. Once or twice a year there are conferences, workshops or panel discussions, which are often organized in cooperation with the partners. In addition, the editorial staff of UnAufbel regularly visits editorial offices and media houses in Berlin and the surrounding area to gain insight into the journalistic work process.
Unon ONLINE
The majority of the articles from the print edition have been posted on a news blog for over 10 years . In addition, up-to-the-minute content is uploaded, for example on university policy or university events. News and content will be posted in the following main sections :
- Campus news (studies, Erasmus, university events, studying in Berlin)
- Life (leisure time, traveling, living, living in Berlin)
- Politics (parliamentary reporting from the StuPa , university politics, politics)
- Culture (reviews and reports from the fields of music, literature, film, stage)
Since a redesign in May 2019, the online edition of UnAufasked UnAuf ONLINE .
Awards
In the years 2005 and 2008, the Unbuilt -up was awarded the MLP Campus-Press Award as the best German-language student newspaper by the Pro Campus-Presse initiative. For the research on the article As long as nobody is looking , the UnAufgebilder received the special prize of the 13th Pro Campus Press Awards 2017.
Well-known former editors
- Wolf-Christian Ulrich , journalist and television presenter (since 2013 presenter of the Morgenmagazin program )
- Margarete Stokowski , author and columnist
- Ann-Kathrin Nezik , journalist at SPIEGEL
- Benjamin Reuter , journalist (Head of Newsroom at Tagesspiegel )
- Sara Schurmann , journalist (head of department at VICE )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The archive. In: hu-berlin.de, accessed on November 23, 2019 (in it: Die UnAufgebford in numbers ).
- ↑ Freundeskreis der UnAufgeball e. V. In: unsolicited.wordpress.com, accessed on August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Un Auf No. 228: Freedom. November 17, 2014, p. 10 ( issuu.com [accessed June 8, 2019]).
- ↑ Web presence of the Freundeskreis der UnAufberford on WordPress , accessed on November 23, 2019.
- ↑ Bylaws of the Friends of the "UnAufgebob" e. V. of September 21, 2009 (PDF; 582 kB) In: wordpress.com, accessed on November 23, 2019.
- ↑ Philip Kuhn: Berlin Humboldt University is suing its own students. In: The world . August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Double leadership at the 13th Pro Campus Press Award. The best German-language student newspapers come from Zurich and Flensburg. In: presseportal.de. February 1, 2018, accessed August 21, 2018.