Paul Ronzheimer, 2023

Paul Ronzheimer (born 26 July 1985 in Aurich) is a German journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of Bild.[1]

Life

Ronzheimer lived in his childhood in East Frisia. He went to Gymnasium Ulricianum in Aurich. After school he worked as journalist for newspaper Emder Zeitung. Since 2008 Ronzheimer works as journalist for the German tabloid Bild.[2] In 2015 he covered the Syrian refugee crisis, live-steaming interviews as he traveled with refugees across Europe.[3] As war correspondent he was in Ukraine, Libya, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan and in Iraq.[4]

Ronzheimer, who is openly gay, evoked attention in 2019 when he asked Iranian politician Mohammad Javad Zarif at a press conference during a trip abroad by former German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas why homosexuals were being executed in Iran.[5]

As of February/March 2022. Ronzheimer is as war correspondent in Kyiv during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6][7] In March 2022 Ronzheimer interviewed in exclusive talks Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy[8][9] and also Klitschko brothers in Kyiv.[10]

Awards

Works

References

  1. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Limbourg: 'Diversity is one of the strengths of DW's Global Media Forum' | DW | 21 June 2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ Kom.de: "Häme und Spott kann ich gut ausblenden" (German)
  3. ^ "How live video on Periscope helped 'get inside' the Syrian refugees story". the Guardian. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ Scherrer, Benedict Neff, Lucien. "Journalism or crisis tourism? How a war reporter became the news". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Queer.de: Grenell kritisiert iranische Minister-Äußerung zu Homosexuellen (german)
  6. ^ Zeit.de: Ich arbeite auf der dunklen Seite, interview with Ronzheimer
  7. ^ "With the help of his boyfriend, a German reporter asked Iran's foreign minister why the country executes people for being gay". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ Zitser, Joshua. "Zelenskyy warns of war in Donbas like 'the world has not seen in hundreds of years' as Russia masses troops for a new offensive on the eastern front". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ BILD.de: "Man kann Kompromisse eingehen, aber …" (german)
  10. ^ Oe24.at: Ronzheimer spricht mit Klitschko, March 2022 (german)
  11. ^ a b "2016". Axel-Springer-Preis (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "In eigener Sache: Ukraine ehrt deutsche Journalisten mit Verdienstorden". Die Welt (in German). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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