Revenue €1,7 million (2008) Headquarters Weinstadt, Germany Founded 1976 | Website www.zeitenspiegel.de Founder Uli Reinhardt | |
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Zeitenspiegel Reportagen is a co-operative of writers and photographers based in Weinstadt, near Stuttgart. The agency works for all the major German magazines such as Stern, Focus, GEO and Die Zeit as well as for international newspapers and magazines.
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The agency’s signature style is reportage.
There is that split second in which a gesture, a disarming look, the play of colours in an iris coalesce into a moment that creates a full-length story
In 2008, Zeitenspiegel members received some awards, including the Ernst Schneider Award of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce and a first place of the European Parliament Prize for Journalism. In addition to classic photo reportage, the Zeitenspiegel group also takes on short assignments. Zeitenspiegel Reportagen is active in the field of advertising (Daimler, Pfizer) or corporate publishing through their subsidiary, agentur.zs.
Journalism Academy
The Zeitenspiegel-Reportageschule Günter Dahl trains the next generation of feature journalists. Zeitenspiegel members and renowned reporters and photographers share their skills and knowledge with young people in a one-year course. The Zeitenspiegel-Reportageschule Günter Dahl got voted 2. best Journalism Academy in Germany on journalismus.com.
Hansel Mieth Prize
Since 1998, Zeitenspiegel has presented an award for reporting on socially relevant themes in memory of its honorary member Johanna “Hansel” Mieth. The Hansel Mieth Prize is presented to a reporter-photographer team for a completed feature in German, published or unpublished. Up-and-coming journalists may also compete for the annual Gabriel Grüner Grant that funds research on an especially promising story. Zeitenspiegel dedicates this award to its member and friend Johanna Hansel Mieth of Santa Rosa, California (1909-1998).