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

Rhein-Zeitung The Rhein-Zeitung (''RZ'') is a regional German daily broadsheet newspaper published in Koblenz by Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH and distributed across Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rhe ...

''.

Life

Lindner was born on 20 September 1959 in

Kaufbeuren Kaufbeuren (; Bavarian: ''Kaufbeiren'') is an independent town in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia, Bavaria. The town is an enclave within the district of Ostallgäu. Districts Kaufbeuren consists of nine districts: * Kaufbeuren (town core ...

, Bavaria, Germany. After his ''

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

'' at the , he completed a ' at the ''Rhein-Zeitung''. 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. Lindner became deputy chief editor at ''

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'' on 1 April 2018. In a tweet from 18 July 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave ''Bild am Sonntag'', but remain true to journalism.

Honorary offices

In 2013, Lindner was appointed by the

Theodor Wolff Prize The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the . In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life ...

Board of Trustees to the jury of the Journalistenpreises der deutschen Zeitungen (German Newspapers' Journalism Prize).

Awards

In 1997, Deutscher Jagdverband (German hunting protection association) awarded Lindner the Journalistenpreis by

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband The Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV) or German Journalists Association is among the largest journalists' organizations in Europe. The DJV has its headquarters in Berlin and has about 38,000 members. The chairman since 2003 has been the jour ...

(DJW) for its long-term series ''Das Jahr eines Jägers'' (''The year of a hunter''), which was published in the Westerwälder Zeitung. 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 Medium Magazin.

References

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