Jan Rübel

Author, CEO /
Berlin
Portraits, social programs, policy in Germany and the Middle East

Life

Born 1970, from Aurich/East Frisia. Studied Islamic Studies and Middle East History in Hamburg, Beirut, and Tel Aviv. Worked as a country specialist at the Near and Middle East Association in Hamburg, completed a traineeship at the Axel Springer School of Journalism, and subsequently worked for two years as a political editor at The world. Early 2005 switch to World on Sunday, two and a half years of parliamentary­correspondent for the CDU, CSU, and FDP. In May 2007, a member of a development­editor at Axel Springer AG, at Zeitenspiegel since January 2008, and part of the management team since the end of 2024.

Awards

  • Star2011 Theodor Wolff Prize
  • 2013 Journalist Award World Population
  • Star2014 ERM Media Prize, Third Prize
  • 2015 Karl Kübel Media Award
  • 2016 German Social Prize
  • 2017 BIGSAS Journalism Prize
  • 2020 Children's Aid Prize
  • 2021 Alternative Media Award
  • 2021 Friedrich and Isabel Vogel Prize for Business Journalism
  • 2022 Hamburg Children's Protection Prize
  • 2022 BlaueBoje – Journalism Prize of the Cooperative Banks, Third Prize
  • 2023 Constructive World Award
  • 2023 Rummelsberg Journalistic Prize
  • 2023 DGPPN Prize for Science Journalism
  • 2024 Constructive World Award
  • 2025 World Population Media Award

Projects

  • But you weren't there

    Author Jan Rübel
    Published in „Haaretz“, March 6, 2003

    Cafe Europa in Tel Aviv has a homogenous clientele. They are all Holocaust survivors.

  • The Void of Erfurt

    Author Jan Rübel
    Published in „Die Welt,“ April 26, 2003

    A year ago today, Robert Steinhäuser shot and killed 16 people: revenge for his expulsion from school. How does a city cope with that? Our reporter found that grief takes many different paths.

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