Christian Lindner (journalist)

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Christian Lindner
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Lindner in 2013
Born (1959-09-20) 20 September 1959 (age 61)
Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist
AwardsSee Awards

Christian Lindner (born September 20, 1959) is a German journalist. From 2004 to 2017, he was chief editor of the .

Life[]

Lindner was born on September 20, 1959[1] in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. After his Abitur at the , he completed a at the Rhein-Zeitung.[1] He then went through several positions in the local editions and in the central editorial office of this newspaper. From 1992 to 1998, Lindner was the local manager of the Rhein-Zeitungs edition . In 1997, he became deputy chief editor and since 2004, he has been chief editor of the Rhein-Zeitung. The alleged reason given was the orientation of the Rhein-Zeitung on the Internet.[1] Lindner became deputy chief editor at Bild am Sonntag on April 1, 2018.[2] In a tweet from July 18, 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild am Sonntag, but remain true to journalism.[3]

Honorary offices[]

In 2013, Lindner was appointed by the Theodor Wolff Prize Board of Trustees to the jury of the Journalistenpreises der deutschen Zeitungen (German Newspapers' Journalism Prize).[4]

Awards[]

In 1997, (German hunting protection association) awarded Lindner the Journalistenpreis by Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJW) for its long-term series Das Jahr eines Jägers (The year of a hunter), which was published in the Westerwälder Zeitung.[5]

In 2011 and 2013, Lindner was voted Chefredakteur des Jahres (chief editor of the year) in the category Regional/Lokal (Regional/Local) by a specialist jury from the trade journal .

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Christian Lindner kressköpfe - Detail: kress.de". kress.de. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. ^ "Nach Rauswurf bei der Rhein-Zeitung: Christian Lindner wird stellvertretender Chefredakteur bei BamS | MEEDIA" (in German). 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  3. ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. ^ "Pressemitteilungen". BDZV.
  5. ^ "DJV-Journalistenpreis – Deutsches Jagd Lexikon - Wissen über Jagd, Natur, Naturschutz, Hunde und Outdoor". www.deutsches-jagd-lexikon.de. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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