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Speech by Gerd Schulte-Hillen
On the occasion of the awarding of the Gabriel Grüner Scholarship on Thursday, May 27, 2009, in Hamburg: Dear Ms. Gerstberger, Dear Ms. Krämer, Dear Ms. Grüner, Dear Mr. Grüner, Dear Guests, Dear Friends, Over time, I have repeatedly had occasion to think about the mandate of a publishing house that not only justifies our work but also makes it special. With…
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DRK Prize goes to Carsten Stormer
Honor for Zeitenspiegel in the North: On May 12, 2009, in Bremen, the German Red Cross awarded the Special Prize of the DRK Media Award 2008 to Carsten Stormer – in absentia. For Carsten, who is currently in the Philippines, Uli Reinhardt from the management accepted the award. Carsten received the honor for his reportage “Your Last Day,” published...
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Zeitenspiegel on Twitter
Zeitenspiegel Reportagen has been on Twitter for a few weeks now. You can follow the tweet from @zeitenspiegel at the following link: What is Twitter: Twitter is a social network and a micro-blogging service. Registered users can send text messages with a maximum of 140 characters and receive messages from other users. The messages are called “updates” or “tweets” (English for to tweet...
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Mieth Price Celebration in Fellbach
This year again, chairs were scarce: the large hall of the Fellbach town hall was packed as Zeitenspiegel presented its in-house Hansel-Mieth Prize for committed reportage on May 7. Jury chairman Erdmann Wingert congratulates author Stefan Scheytt. After the welcome by Mayor Christoph Palm and some readings from the award-winning reportages, Zeitenspiegel's Erdmann Wingert bid farewell from...
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Peace Counts School Exhibition
The Peace Counts tour is once again traveling through German schools. In the summer, “Peace Counts. The Successes of Peacemakers” will be held in Ludwigsburg. Dates: July 15 to September 30, 2009, Ludwigsburg University of Education. The opening is on July 15, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Studiengalerie, Reuteallee 46, 71634 Ludwigsburg. The exhibition and subsequent workshops are an event of the PH Ludwigsburg in...
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DRK Prize for Stormer
Carsten Stormer, a “Zeitenspiegler” (time mirror), has won the special prize of the German Red Cross. The jury awarded him the prize in the Print category for his reportage "Ihr letzter Tag" (Her Last Day), which appeared in the Frankfurter Rundschau. The text describes the final hours of a girl caught between the front lines in the contested south of the Philippines. The other prize winners: Prize,...
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Berlin Interview Marathon
“What is German?” 60 years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany was founded; 20 years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. Has our republic come of age – or is it more like “60 years old and not a bit wiser”? Good at coming to terms with the past, but weak when it comes to confidence? Are we now one fatherland, or do invisible walls still separate Ossies and...
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Culture Counts BW: Exhibition
Culture Counts Baden-Württemberg now has a traveling exhibition. The exhibition, realized by Zeitenspiegel, makes cultural diversity in business and society visible – and experienceable as a value in itself. The exhibition documents positive examples of intercultural coexistence in texts and large-format photographs; it is accompanied by learning and event programs for teachers and students. Exhibition duration: 04/24 – 05/22/2009 Exhibition opening:…
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Book by Ingrid Eißele
Time mirror Ingrid Eißele has been engaged with education, upbringing, and growing up in our society for years. Now she has written a book on this topic that we gladly highlight: “Kalte Kinder Sie kennen kein Mitgefühl. Sie entgleiten uns” (Cold Children They Have No Compassion. They Slip Away from Us) has been published by Herder-Verlag and costs 18.98 Euros. From the back cover: Being cool is in. In frightening…
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„World Population“ Award for Hauser
Bernd Hauser, a reporter for the agency Zeitenspiegel, has been awarded the “World Population” journalism prize. With the prize, the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) wants to “bring the close connection between rapid population development, poverty, reproductive health, and environmental protection in developing countries more strongly into public discussion,” explained Renate Bähr, managing director of the DSW. “We want to make clear that population growth in..."
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Hansel-Mieth Awards 2009
Hansel-Mieth Prize 2009 awarded to reporters from “Neon” and “Focus.” Tenth Gabriel Grüner Scholarship awarded. The Hansel-Mieth Prize for engaged reportage in word and image, endowed with 6,000 euros, will be split between two German reporter teams this year. Photo: Cira Moro From 145 submissions, the jury decided on a reportage by author Roland Schulz and photographer…
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Price for „Peace Counts on Tour“
He is considered the Kish Prize among peace researchers. The Tübingen Institute for Peace Education and the “Peace Counts Project” – which is significantly supported by Zeitenspiegel – have won the 2008/09 Peter Becker Prize for Peace and Conflict Research at Philipps University Marburg: for the project “Peace Counts on Tour.” With 10,000 Euros, the prize is one of the highest-endowed social science awards in...
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