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born 1 July 1946 in Stade |
| © Stefan Aust |
| 1966 - 1969 | worked in the editorial office of the magazine konkret |
| 1970 - 1985 |
makes numerous documentaries for North Germany Television |
| 1972 - 1986 |
editor-in-chief for the news magazine Panorama |
| 1985 | first publication of his book "The Baader-Meinhof-Complex" |
| 1986 | top award at the Berlin Film Festival for his script for the film "Stammheim" |
| 1988 | founder of Spiegel TV |
| 1989 | Adolf Grimme-Award in silver |
| 1994 - 2008 | editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine "Der Spiegel" |
| 2005 | Golden Camera Award in TV-Journalism film prize by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology |
| 2007 | editor of Spiegel TV |
| 2008 |
Ernst-Schneider-Prize for "Wettlauf um die Welt" (with Claus Richter) |
| 2010 |
guest professor at NRW School of Governance at University Duisburg-Essen |
Last update June 2011
