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Life
Tilman Wörtz studied economics and political science in Erlangen, Paris, and Mexico City. He joined Zeitenspiegel in 1999 as an intern, worked as a correspondent in Shanghai from 2004 to 2008, and returned as managing director. Since then, he has organized reporter teams at Zeitenspiegel, developed magazines, and independent journalistic projects with various partners. He also co-founded the non-profit Culture Counts Foundation with Michael Gleich.
Peace Counts (www.peace-counts.orgHow to Make Peace: Portraits of Peacebuilders from Conflict Regions for Magazines, Newspapers, Book Publications, Storytellers, Online, and Radio. The contributions resulted in a photo exhibition with workshop circles, „Peace Counts on Tour,“ awarded the Peter Becker Prize by the University of Marburg. Partner: Berghof Foundation Tübingen
Mozaik Studio-School (www.studiomozaik.orgA journalism school in Ivory Coast, in cooperation with the Dr. Peter Graze Foundation and fifty neighborhood radio stations in the country.
Mut – Magazine for Solutions (www.mutmagazin.deIndependent supplement magazine for daily newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (circulation: 800,000 copies).
From 2017 to 2019, Tilman Wörtz led the Zeitenspiegel Reportage School in Reutlingen.
Projects
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Essay, Tilman Wörtz
We need to get good at being human.
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Mut – Magazine for Solutions“ #6, October 2021In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), it is more important than ever to focus on creativity, empathy, and a sense of community. We are superior to robots in these areas.
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Dossier, Tilman Wörtz
Oberüber wants out
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published on July 8, 2021, in „Die Zeit“A German moves to Paraguay, away from the „corrupt“ Federal Republic. But then his new partner's daughter disappears – and he ends up in prison. Is Reiner Oberüber guilty?
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Reportage, Tilman Wörtz
The combined strength of cities
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Mut - Magazine for Solutions“ #5, October 2020Mayors worldwide are fighting for more influence on issues such as integration, environmental protection, and transportation. Will solutions increasingly come from city administrations rather than national governments in the future?
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Essay, Tilman Wörtz
The gifted time
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Mut – Magazine for Solutions“ #4, October 2019Young parents suffer from the double burden of career and family. They lack time. At the end of life, however, we have more and more of it: our life expectancy is continuously increasing. We should distribute work and leisure time better over our lifetime.
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Reportage, Tilman Wörtz
Charity at the front
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Mut - Magazine for Solutions“ #2, October 2017The monks and nuns of the Syrian monastery Mar Musa live the dialogue between Muslims and Christians, in the midst of the civil war. Even though their founder was kidnapped by the „Islamic State”.
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Essay, Tilman Wörtz
Participation instead of just money
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Nature“ 08/17The idea of a universal basic income is gaining unexpected support from industry. But does a democracy need more than just basic provisions? Does it need the broadest possible participation of everyone in value creation – and with it, shorter working hours and more flexible working time models?
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Reportage, Tilman Wörtz
Ah, Yugoslavia!
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Mut – Magazin für Lösungen“ #1, October 2016The multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia disintegrated during the Yugoslav Wars. The region still suffers from the consequences today. Reporter Tilman Wörtz and photographer Uli Reinhardt traveled through the Balkans, seeking out people committed to reconciliation and a better life. Their efforts are reducing the desire, especially among young people, to flee to EU countries.
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Portrait, Tilman Wörtz
A game with... Sahra Wagenknecht
Authors Tilman Wörtz and Jan Rübel
Published in „Nature“ 06/15Monopoly is considered a symbolic game of predatory capitalism. Showing its dynamics was indeed the intention of its inventor. But rules can be changed. This also applies to the rules of our economic order.
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Interview, Tilman Wörtz
A walk with... Nico Paech
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in „Nature“ 02/14„Green growth“ doesn't exist, claims economist and author Niko Paech. We can only live sustainably if we forgo economic growth and superfluous consumption. But is that realistic?
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Reportage, Tilman Wörtz
Until we are a real family
Author Tilman Wörtz
Released in „The Collection“ on May 31, 2012For years, a US couple tried to have children. After numerous treatments failed, the two Americans traveled to India, bought an egg there, and hired a surrogate mother.
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Reportage, Tilman Wörtz
The Power of Words
Author Tilman Wörtz
Published in the exhibition catalog „Peace Counts in Cote d'Ivoire,“ October 2010A storyteller travels through Ivory Coast as a medium for all those who have neither newspaper nor television. He speaks of peacemakers in their own country, of the brave and patient ones, for whom even small steps are worth taking. However, his presentation turned out quite differently than I, as the project leader, had imagined.