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Life
Rike Uhlenkamp studied Journalism, Politics, and Spanish in Berlin, Hamburg, and Valencia. After stints at Zeit Wissen, Spiegel Online and Geo Season she worked as a freelance journalist and graduated from the Zeitenspiegel Reportage School. Since 2017, she has been a reporter, editor, and project manager at Zeitenspiegel Reportagen, and has been part of the management team since 2021. She writes and produces features for Star, Spiegel Knowledge, Geo, NZZ, Atmosphere, Frankfurter Rundschau. In addition, she reports from Ethiopia for the aid organization „Menschen für Menschen“ (People for People). Previous research has taken her across Germany as well as to Italy, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Austria, Peru, Senegal, and Spain, among other places.
She has received several scholarships and awards for her work:
2017: Nominated for „Best Team“ by Medium Magazine for their 12th graduating class of the Zeitenspiegel School of Reportage.
2020: „From Below“ Journalism Prize“
2024: Research Grant from the European Journalism Fund (EJC)
2024: Memento Media Award
2025: European Publishing Award for „Magazine Story of the Year“
2025: Constructive World Award
2025: Several research grants within the „SoJo Europe“ program“
Projects
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampBallet of Dreams
Author Rike Uhlenkamp, photographer Rainer Kwiotek
Appeared in „Marie Claire“ Fall 2025In Peru, ballet is out of reach for many children. However, former dancer Maricarmen Silva teaches everyone—regardless of whether they are poor, physically disabled, or talented. Her ballet school offers community, hope, and sometimes even medals.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampSolidary Potatoes
Author Rike Uhlenkamp, photographer Rainer Kwiotek
Published in „Atmo“ No. 3 in September 2025Fresh, fair organic vegetables without intermediaries. With this goal, a solidarity farm was founded 13 years ago, which has since grown to become Germany's largest.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampOn your marks, get set, go!
Photographer Rainer Kwiotek, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in „Nature“ 12/2023Ski touring is considered a sustainable alternative to the alpine circus. Instead of groomed slopes, lift facilities, or snow cannons, all that's needed is your own muscle power and some skiing skills. And yet, athletes should follow a few rules so that the fun of ski touring doesn't become a threat to nature and animals.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampSow knowledge
Photographer Rainer Kwiotek, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in the magazine section of the „Frankfurter Rundschau“ on June 4, 2022Malnutrition, import dependency, and scarce resources: In Malawi, women are taking matters into their own hands to solve these problems – with astonishingly simple methods.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampNot to be seen and yet to be seen
Photographer Rainer Kwiotek, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in the „Frankfurter Rundschau“ on May 29, 2021Sign language and braille books should not be a luxury. Says José Diquinssone, who fights for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Mozambique.
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Portrait, Rainer Kwiotek, Rike UhlenkampBirds in Focus
Author Rike Uhlenkamp, Photographer Tormod Amundsen and Rainer Kwiotek
Published in „Nature“ 02/20The Arctic coastal region in northeastern Norway is a paradise for seabird watching. In Tormod Amundsen's observation huts, the spectacle can be enjoyed even in the iciest wind. With his designs, the architect also wants to contribute to nature conservation.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampIn the Land of the Rhön
Author Rike Uhlenkamp, photographer Rainer Kwiotek
Published in „Nature“ 11/19Where Thuringia, Bavaria, and Hesse meet, a sea of gentle mountains rises: the Rhön. Once separated by the Iron Curtain, the region today invites nature lovers, adventurers, and animal enthusiasts alike. A visit to an underestimated low mountain range.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampWild Coast
Photographer Rainer Kwiotek, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in „Nature“ 07/19Where soldiers once patrolled, today the great grey shrike, water buffalo, and white-tailed eagle report for duty. They inhabit the wildly beautiful nature paradises along the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern coast—best visited by carriage or kayak.
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Reportage, Rike Uhlenkamp, Sascha MontagNobody stayed longer than nine months
Photographer Sascha Montag, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in „Wienerin,“ 12/2019Many homeless people die as they lived: alone and without a roof over their heads. Fearing rigid rules and prejudices, they shy away from going to hospitals and nursing homes. In Graz, Europe's only hospice specifically for the homeless, they can live as they wish until the very end.
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Rainer Kwiotek, Reportage, Rike UhlenkampFriesian Herb
Photographer Rainer Kwiotek, Author Rike Uhlenkamp
Published in „Nature“ 02/19
When it storms and rains, it becomes quiet on the North Frisian Islands. A winter visit to a world full of mud snails, whalers, and true sea yarns. -
Reportage, Rike UhlenkampThe Boubou Business
Author Rike Uhlenkamp, Photographer Chantal Seitz
Published in „Go Magazin“ 09/17In West Africa, people wear noble garments made of damask. The fabric is produced in the Ore Mountains. How does a piece of fabric “Made in Aue” become the African boubou?