Barbara Dickmann (born 21 June 1942 in Kattowitz,

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) is a German journalist.

Career

Barbara Dickmann began studying sports, but broke it off in 1964 in favour of a

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at the ''Neue Presse'' in

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, where she rose to become a local editor. From 1967 she worked for ''

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'', in 1971 she presented the ''

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''. In 1977 she moved to ARD

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as editor and first woman presenter (from 1979), in 1983 she became head of the

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office. In 1983, she was commissioned by ''

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'' to shoot the film ''Der Fund'', which was to document the sensational discovery of the Hitler diaries. In 1985, Dickmann took up her work as editor-in-chief at UFA and became programme officer for

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. In 1988/1989 she worked for ''

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'', since 1989 in the editorial department of the

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programme '' ML Mona Lisa'', whose editorial director she was from 2003 to 2008.

Works

* Barbara Dickmann, Angelica Fell: ''Und niemand weiß, warum ... Das rätselhafte Kindersterben''; ein ML-Mona-Lisa-Buch; München: mvg Verlag, 2008; ISBN 978-3-636-06403-5. The book is about the hushed-up investigations surrounding the Leukaemia Cluster Elbmarsch. * ''Lieber heute aktiv als morgen radioaktiv''; LAIKA Verlag, 2012; ISBN 978-3-942281-02-7, authors: Barbara Dickmann, Angelica Fell * ''Der Spielemacher:

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, the biography; narrated by Barbara Dickmann'', Econ, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-430-20246-6

Awards

* 1972 – Regional Film Award for the best investigative documentary "Kredithaie" * 1981 – Bambi as best presenter of a polit, current affairs programme * 1982 – 3rd place in the

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for best news presenter (viewer award) * 1987 – Computer manufacturer award for ''Wer hat Angst vor dem kleinen Chip?'' ( BR) * 1991 – Journalistenpreis der Deutschen Aids-Stiftung for ''Ugandas sterbende Mütter'' (

) * 1997 – Umweltpreis für Journalisten der Deutschen Umweltstiftung für die ML Mona Lisa Editorial team (

) * 2006 –

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Ranking 9th place of the best European documentaries in the category TV Current Affairs Programme * 2007 – Audience Award of the Öko-Filmtour 2007 for the documentary "Und keiner weiss warum..." * 2007 – Third prize 'Pro Ehrenamt' of the district

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, North Rhine-Westphalia * 2009 – Nomination Öko-Filmtour-Festival for reports on the KiKK-Study * 2011 – Honourable mention for special merits of the Nuclear-Free Future Award * 2012 – International Environmental Award

References

External links

* * Christoph Gunkel
First "Tagesthemen" presenter: "Sometimes these fights were even fun"
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