Christian Lindner (journalist)
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{{short description|German journalist (born 1959)}}
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Christian Lindner (born 20 September 1959) is a German journalist. From 2004 to 2017, he was chief editor of the Rhein-Zeitung.
Life
Lindner was born on 20 September 1959{{Cite web|title=Christian Lindner kressköpfe – Detail: kress.de|url=https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/34974-christian-lindner.html|access-date=18 August 2020|website=kress.de}} in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. After his Abitur at the {{interlanguage link|Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium (Betzdorf/Kirchen)|de}}, he completed a {{interlanguage link|Volontariat|de|Volontariat}} 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-Zeitung's edition {{interlanguage link|Westerwälder Zeitung|de|Westerwälder Zeitung}}. 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 Bild am Sonntag on 1 April 2018.{{Cite web|date=23 March 2018|title=Nach Rauswurf bei der Rhein-Zeitung: Christian Lindner wird stellvertretender Chefredakteur bei BamS {{!}} MEEDIA|url=https://meedia.de/2018/03/23/nach-abgang-bei-der-rhein-zeitung-christian-lindner-wird-stellvertretender-chefredakteur-bei-bams/|access-date=18 August 2020|language=de-DE}} In a tweet from 18 July 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild am Sonntag, but remain true to journalism.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 July 2019|title=Twitter|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/Lindnereien/status/1151789689214554112|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 August 2020|website=mobile.twitter.com}}
Honorary offices
In 2013, Lindner was appointed by the Theodor Wolff Prize Board of Trustees to the jury of the Journalistenpreises der deutschen Zeitungen (German Newspapers' Journalism Prize).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdzv.de/nachrichten-und-service/presse/pressemitteilungen/artikel/detail/vier_neue_mitglieder_fuer_theodor_wolff_preis_jury/|title=Pressemitteilungen|website=BDZV}}
Awards
In 1997, Deutscher Jagdverband (German hunting protection association) awarded Lindner the Journalistenpreis by Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJW) for its long-term series Das Jahr eines Jägers (The year of a hunter), which was published in the Westerwälder Zeitung.{{Cite web|title=DJV-Journalistenpreis – Deutsches Jagd Lexikon – Wissen über Jagd, Natur, Naturschutz, Hunde und Outdoor|url=http://www.deutsches-jagd-lexikon.de/index.php?title=DJV-Journalistenpreis|access-date=18 August 2020|website=www.deutsches-jagd-lexikon.de}}
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.