Gabriele Krone-Schmalz
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Gabriele Krone-Schmalz is a German broadcast journalist and author.
history, political science, and Slavic studies, Krone-Schmalz holds a doctorate in history and political science. Since 1976, she has worked primarily for various radio and television broadcasts of the West German broadcasting company Westdeutscher Rundfunk
.
Krone-Schmalz worked at the Moscow studio of ARD
broadcasting from 1987 to 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, she moderated the world culture programming of the ARD. Since then, she has been self-employed as a freelance journalist.
Krone-Schmalz is also known for her involvement with the philanthropic work on behalf of orphans in Saint Petersburg
. She is the author of several books on Russia
.
In 2008 she was awarded with the prestigious Pushkin Medal of the Russian Federation.
Biography
With an academic background in Eastern EuropeanEastern Europe
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history, political science, and Slavic studies, Krone-Schmalz holds a doctorate in history and political science. Since 1976, she has worked primarily for various radio and television broadcasts of the West German broadcasting company Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
.
Krone-Schmalz worked at the Moscow studio of ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
broadcasting from 1987 to 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, she moderated the world culture programming of the ARD. Since then, she has been self-employed as a freelance journalist.
Krone-Schmalz is also known for her involvement with the philanthropic work on behalf of orphans in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. She is the author of several books on Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
In 2008 she was awarded with the prestigious Pushkin Medal of the Russian Federation.
Books
- 1993: Rußland wird nicht untergehen..., ECON Verlag, ISBN 3-430-15697-1
- 2000: An Rußland muß man einfach glauben. Meine Moskauer Jahre., ECON-Verlag, ISBN 3-61226012-X
- 2007: Was passiert in Russland, Herbig-Verlag, 1. Auflage, 29. September 2007, ISBN 3-77662525-2
Career recognition
- 1987 Adolf-Grimme-Preis (Live Sonderpreis in Silber für Drei vor Mitternacht)
- 1989 German Critics' Prize for Kraftakte – Frauenalltag in der Sowjetunion (ARD film)
- 1990 Golden Gong for KGB-Verbrechen und Glasnost (ARD film)
- 1997 Hildegard von Bingen Prize for Journalism
- 1997 Waldschmidt Prize of the Bavarian Forest Association
- 1997 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st class
- 2008 Pushkin Medal