Hadija Haruna-Oelker is a German journalist, radio news presenter, and political scientist. Her journalism focuses mainly on German youth, immigration to Germany,

Afro-German Afro-Germans (german: Afrodeutsche) or Black Germans (german: schwarze Deutsche) are people of Sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or residents of Germany. Cities such as Hamburg and Frankfurt, which were formerly centres of occupatio ...

experiences and culture, and the city of

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. Much of her reporting studies what it means to be German, and who is a prototypical member of German society.

Education

Haruna-Oelker attended the Schillerschule in Frankfurt ( de), graduating in 2000. In 2006, she graduated from

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

with a degree in political science and minor concentrations in economics, African Studies and Sociology. In 2007 and 2008, Haruna-Oelker was a research assistant in the faculty of political sociology at the Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on the politics of development and

migration studies Migration studies is the academic study of human migration. Migration studies is an interdisciplinary field which draws on anthropology, prehistory, history, economics, law, sociology and postcolonial studies. Origin and development of migration s ...

. From 2008 to 2009, she trained to be a news editor at the Berlin School of Journalism ( de), and then in 2014 and 2015 she trained to be a television and radio presenter at the

Stuttgart Media University The Stuttgart Media University or Media University (german: ''Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart'' or ''Hochschule der Medien'', italic=unset) is a state university of media studies in Stuttgart, Germany. It was formed in 2001 by the union of the ...

Career

Positions

From 2003 to 2008, Haruna-Oelker was a staff journalist for ''Frizz'', a city news magazine in Frankfurt. In 2008, she became a staff writer at ''

Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...

'' where she remained until 2015. From 2010 to 2015 she was also a journalist at ''Fluter'' ( de), a youth magazine published by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education. From 2012 to 2015 she was a reporter for ''

Zeit Zeit is the German word meaning ''time'' or ''era''. Zeit may refer to: Publications * ''Die Zeit'', German national weekly newspaper of record ** ''Zeit Wissen'', bi-monthly popular science magazine published by ''Die Zeit'' * ''Theater der Zeit ...

''. Haruna-Oelker has held several positions in German news radio. In 2009 she was a planning editor for the radio broadcasts of the

Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting, public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, ...

, and in 2015 she worked as an editor for the Hessischer Rundfunk's ''Der Tag'' ( de) broadcasts. In 2019, she presented original content at ''

Deutschlandfunk Kultur Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station was ren ...

'', and was a monthly presenter at the Anne Frank Educational Centre.

Topics

Haruna-Oelker's journalism has largely focused on youth reporting, social affairs, migration, racism in Germany, and Afro-German culture and experiences. In addition to producing journalism about these topics, Haruna-Oelker has also delivered lectures, moderated panel discussions and workshops, and published reports including policy recommendations.

Awards

In 2012, Haruna-Oelker was awarded 2nd place in the audio category of the Kausa Media Award, which is granted by the

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (german: link=no, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, ), abbreviated BMBF, is a cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provi ...

to young journalists, particularly for coverage of education and migration in Germany. Haruna-Oelker won the award for her coverage of the 50th anniversary of the 1961 German-Turkish recruitment agreement. In 2015, she won First place in the

Kurt Magnus Prize Kurt Magnus (March 28, 1887 – June 20, 1962) was a German lawyer and politician, best known as a pioneer in establishing radio broadcasting in Germany.

( de), which is awarded annually to several young radio journalists.

References

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