Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Dirk Kurbjuweit (born 3 November 1962 in Wiesbaden) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel , which is published in Hamburg.

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Career

Kurbjuweit studied economics at Cologne University and worked for the weekly paper Die Zeit from 1990 until 1999. [1] He then joined Der Spiegel as a reporter. [2] His later roles for the magazine included author, head of the parliamentary bureau in Berlin and deputy editor from 2015 until 2018. In May 2023 he was appointed editor-in-chief. [3]

Personal life

Kurbjuweit grew up with two sisters in Berlin and Essen.

Awards

Two of his reports were awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch prize (1998 and 2002). [4]

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References

  1. "Dirk Kurbjuweit". turi2 (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  2. Germany, DER SPIEGEL, Hamburg. "Dirk Kurbjuweit - DER SPIEGEL". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Dirk Kurbjuweit übernimmt SPIEGEL-Chefredaktion von Steffen Klusmann". gruppe.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  4. Gessler, Philipp (2011-05-12). "Spiegel-Autor Kurbjuweit über Kisch-Preis: "Man muss reden"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN   0931-9085 . Retrieved 2024-09-04.