JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES AND CODICES
JAKOB AUGSTEIN
Born 1967 / Studied political science at the Otto-Suhr-Institut of the FU Berlin and at the Institut d’études politiques in Paris / 1993 to 2003 journalist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) in Munich and Berlin / 1999 to 2002 Editor-In-Chief of the SZ Berlin section / 2004 bought a majority share in the Rogner & Bernhard publishing house in Berlin (sold in 2011) / 2005 to present: parliamentar y correspondent for Die Zeit weekly newspaper / Since 2008 owner and editor of the weekly der Freitag / Since 2011 writes the “Im Zweifel links” weekly column for Spiegel Online / Since 2011 counterpar t to Bildjournalist Nikolaus Blome on Augstein & Blome weekly TV debate show on German politics for the Phoenix channel / Jakob Augstein lives and works in Berlin.
CHRISTOPH BANGERT
Born 1978 / Studied photography at FH Dortmund and ICP, New York (2003) / A six-month road trip from Buenos Aires to New York in 2002 resulted in his first book Travel Notes (2007) / Freelance photographer and photojournalist, specializing in political events and reportages on war and conflict in different world regions / Regularly commissioned by The New York Times, Stern and Neue Zürcher Zeitung and published in other leading publications (Der Spiegel, Time, Newsweek) / 2005 to 2006 spent nine months in Iraq on assignment for The New York Times; documented in IRAQ: The Space Between (2007) / Recent book projects include Africa Overland (2013), War Porn (2014), hello camel (2016) / Winner of several awards, incl. World Press Photo, POYi / Participated in the Joop Swart Masterclass / Christoph Bangert lives and works in Cologne.
LUCY CONTICELLO
Born 1973 / Studied archaeology, art history and photography at La Sapienza University in Rome / Assistant photo editor with Italian magazine Liberal / Worked as an editor, critic and lecturer in New York, Rome and Paris / 2000 to 2011 photo editor and researcher for Business Week, New York Times, l’Espresso, Courrier International, IHT and photography agencies such as Sipa Press, Magnum Photos, and (briefly) the AFP / On judging panels for photography awards such as Festival della Fotografia Etica and FOAM Paul Huf Award; portfolio reviewer (Festival Cortona on the Move, PHotoEspaña) / Since 2011 Director of Photography at M - award-winning magazine of French newspaper Le Monde / Recipient of several prizes, including Magazine of the year 2011 (Prix du Club des directeurs artistiques) and two Magazine of the Year prizes in 2013 (Grand Prix des Médias de CB News prize and Prix du Syndicat des éditeurs de la presse magazine).
KATRIN SANDMANN
Born 1966 / Studied theatre, film and T V, art histor y and romance languages at LMU Munich, the Sorbonne and École de Louvre in Paris and Freie Universität in Berlin / 1994 joined SAT.1 News and worked in Hamburg, Berlin and Washington / 1999 reported on the war in Kosovo / 1999 to 2005 Middle East correspondent for Sat.1, reporting in Jerusalem, Amman, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq / 2004 to 2010 director of reporting at N24 in Berlin, focussing on Iran / Reported on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the war in Lebanon and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar / 2008 moved to Washington to report on the US election campaign and financial crisis / 2010 to present: Head of Documentaries at Kobalt Productions in Berlin / 2012 to 2013 produced 8-part T V series Kulturkrieger about art and culture in conflict zones including Haiti, Gaza, the Congo and Iraq / Katrin Sandmann lives and works in Berlin.