Simone Augustin also Simone Roßkamp (born 23 November 1976 in Heinsberg) is a German journalist and author.

Biography

After leaving the high school in 1996 she studied theater, film and television studies, German and History of Art at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

with a final thesis on

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s award-winning film ''

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''. She went through various internships and volunteer positions, among others, the

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger The ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (KStA) is a German daily newspaper published in Cologne, and has the largest circulation in the Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide ...

, the Kulturzeit, the

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, the Deutsche Welle or

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in Berlin. In 1999 she took part in the Young Poetry Series ''Junge Lyrik'' in the

Martin Werhand Verlag The Martin Werhand Verlag is a German publishing house with a focus on contemporary literature and poetry. More than 25% of the 150 published authors have an immigrant background with parents who were born outside of Germany and have their roots ...

with lyrical texts. Published poems were recited as part of a reading series by various authors in various German cities, such as

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

Heinsberg Heinsberg (; li, Hinsberg ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the district Heinsberg. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 20 km north-east of Sittard and 30 km ...

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and ...

, among other things, in 2000 with a reading at the University of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. After completing her master's degree in the cathedral city of the Rhine, she moved personally and professionally as a journalist for

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

. The article ''Armutsgürtel Berlin-Mitte'' (88acht for the

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (; "Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting"; abbreviated: RBB , stylized as rbb) is an institution under public law (national broadcaster) for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam. RBB ...

– Das Stadtradio), written in 2004 was awarded the

Axel-Springer-Preis The Axel-Springer-Preis is an annually awarded prize. The Award is given to young journalists in the categories print, TV, radio, and online journalism due to the decisions of the ''Axel-Springer-Akademie''. History The prize was awarded for ...

in the category radio in May 2005 in the presence of

Friede Springer Friede Springer (born Friede Riewerts on 15 August 1942 in Oldsum on the island of Föhr) is a German publisher and widow of Axel Springer. She is the main owner of the Axel Springer SE media conglomerate, and thus of Europe's largest newspaper '' ...

and Springer CEO

Mathias Döpfner Mathias Döpfner (born 15 January 1963) is a German businessman and journalist. He is the CEO and 22% owner of media group Axel Springer SE, and president of the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV). Early l ...

. In 2005 Simone Augustin belonged to the 2nd year of the graduates of the ''EMS Electronic Media School'' in Berlin. Her contributions as a freelance journalist were published since 2001 in numerous press organs such as the ''Film-Dienst'', the ''

'', The ''

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'' or the '' rbb'' in Berlin. Simone Augustin is now working as a journalist and freelance writer based in Berlin.

Awards

* 2005:

in the category Radio * 2018: Deutscher Preis für Denkmalschutz, in the category ''Journalistenpreis'' * 2018: Medienpreis der Bundesarchitektenkammer "Architektur bleibt"Sonderpreis für Simone Augustin
in

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External links

*
Electronic Media School

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Augustin, Simone 1976 births Living people People from Heinsberg German poets Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia German journalists Magazine writers University of Cologne alumni