MICHAELOBERTREPORTAGEN
Current documentary film project SAMEDI: a father-son story set between rainforest and skyscrapers, a trip from the Congo Basin to New York City.
www.samedi-the-movie.com
03.13
Hansel-Mieth-Prize 2013: The jury honors Der Bürgermeister der Hölle (The Mayor of Hell) as one of the ten best stories of the year. (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich, 16/2012)
02.12
Research in Tangier, Morocco
01.13
Shortlisted for the News Reporting Award of the European Press Prize with Der Bürgermeister der Hölle (The Mayor of Hell), a story on the mayor of war-torn Mogadishu. (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich, 16/2012)
12.12
German Reporter Prize 2012, category Best Freelance Reporter, for Der Bürgermeister der Hölle (The Mayor of Hell), a story on the mayor of war-torn Mogadishu. (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich, 16/2012)
11.12
Reporters Without Borders, Yearbook 2012, Zurich: Mogadishu - The Mayor of Hell
10.12
Die Zeit (Hamburg): Naples - Sympathy for the Devil: Tracking down the murder-composer Don Carlo Gesualdo
09.12
Research in Turkey
07.12
Research in Naples and Tunis
05.12
GQ France, Paris (6/12): Mogadishu - The Mayor of Hell
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich: India - The Tiger Hunts At Night. By Truck from Calcutta to Mumbai
04.12
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich, cover story (16/12): Mogadishu - The Mayor of Hell
Das Magazin, Zurich (16/12): Mogadishu - The Mayor of Hell
Research in Sinai, Egypt
03.12
Hansel-Mieth-Prize 2012: The jury honors Das Blut der Revolution (The Blood of the Revolution) on the Egyptian revolution, as one of the ten best stories of the year. (Text: Michael Obert; Photos: Moises Saman; SZ Magazin 22/2011)
02.12
Research in Mogadishu, Somalia
12.11
Nominated for the German Reporter Prize with Die dunkle Seite der digitalen Welt (The Dark Side of the Digital World) on Coltan mining in war-torn East Congo (ZEIT Magazin, Hamburg, 2/2011)
11./12.11
Shooting of the documentary film SAMEDI in the Congo Basin and in New York City
08.11
Research in the Congo Basin
05.11
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich, cover story (22/11): Egypt - The Blood of the Revolution
Das Magazin, Zurich, cover story (22/11): Egypt - In the Slums of Cairo
04.11
Research in Egypt
03.11
Hansel-Mieth-Prize 2011: The jury honors Der weiße Pygmäe (The White Pygmee) as one of the ten best stories of the year. (Text: Michael Obert; Photos: Matthias Ziegler; ZEIT Magazin 3/11)
01/02.11
Revolution research in Egypt
01.11
ZEIT Magazin, Hamburg (cover story): Central African Republic - The White Pygmee
ZEIT Magazin, Hamburg: Eastern DR Congo - On the Dark Side of the Digital World
11.10
4Seasons Magazin, Munich: Modern Nomads - Interview with Michael Obert
Rumors that Obert has been shot in the back by rebels in Eastern Congo turn out to be false.
10.10
Wild Rag Magazine, New York: Afghanistan - Camping in Kabul
German VOGUE: Central African Republic - Gorilla Whisperer
09.10
Research in Eastern DR Congo
06.10
Portraits in New York
04.10
Public Postage: Responses to Art Against Empire, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), artworks by Sterling Bartlett, Daniel Ingroff, and Michael Obert
12.09 - 03.10
Traveling in India
02.10
Greenpeace Magazin, Hamburg: Republic of Congo, Central African Rebublic - A Light in the Heart of Darkness
01.10
Caravan Magazine, New Delhi: Afghanistan - Camping in Kabul
Himal Southasian, Katmandu: Bhutan - In the Land of the Thunder Dragon
11.09
DIE ZEIT, Hamburg: India, mon amour: Camembert with curry and a tropical beach
10.09
Greenpeace Magazin, Hamburg: A Broken Land - Will Peace Prevail in Sudan?
08.09
GEO Saison, Hamburg: Gorillas in the Fog, Uganda
07.09
Rotary Magazin, Germany: Between Sahara and Lake Malawi - On the road in Africa
04.09
Himal Southasian, Katmandu: Kabul - A Trip to Absurdistan
Greenpeace Magazin, Hamburg: Kinderschokolade - Forced Child Labor in Cocoa Farming, Côte d´Ivoire
03.09
Hansel-Mieth-Prize 2009: The jury honors Kinderschokolade on child labor in the cocoa plantations of Côte d´Ivoire as one of the ten best award-winning entries. (Text: Michael Obert; Photos: Daniel Rosenthal; Greenpeace Magazin)
The Journal, New York: Bhutan - In the Land of the Thunder Dragon
02.09
Greenpeace Magazin, Hamburg: Sierra Leone - Blood diamonds
Reading out of Camping in Kabul at New Taj Hotel, Chennai, India
01-02.09
Sangam House Writers´ Residency, Pondicherry (India)
12.08
reporterforum.de: interview about the Niger-book Regenzauber (The River of Gods)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung: Republic of Niger - The Rain Gods Must Be Crazy
11.08
Blick, Zurich: Am Ende der Welt (World´s End)
Sonntagszeitung, Zurich: Papua New Guinea - Visiting the crocodile men
10.08
The Journal, New York: Camping in Kabul – A trip to Absurdistan
10.08
Research in Ivory Coast and Ghana
09.08
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt: USA - Greyhounding from New York to San Francisco
GEO, Bulgaria: Sudan - In the Heart of Hospitality
Live-interview on the travelogue Die Ränder der Welt (The Edges of the World) in the German TV-show ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (24.09.08)
08.08
Research in Sierra Leone
05-06.08
Ledig House Writers´ Residency, New York
04.08
GEO, Turkey: Botswana - Fil okulu (The African Elephants´ School)
03.08
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt: Bhutan – Following the only road through the last Buddhist kingdom of the Himalayas
02.08
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt: Libya – On camel´s back across the Sahara
02.08
Die Zeit, Hamburg: Afghanistan – Xtreme golf in Afghanistan
01-02.08
Herbert Breiter Stipendium (a grant awarded for travel and work), Greece
01.08
GEO, Romania: Chile - O mie de kilometri de singurătate (One thousand kilometers of silence)