Nadja Sarwat (* 10. August) is an Austrian journalist.
Life and work
BearbeitenNadja Sarwat is the daughter of a pharmacist and grew up in Cairo and Vienna . She studied theatre, film and media studies as well as journalism and communication studies at Universität Wien.
She started her career in 1988 as a freelance journalist with the daily newspaper Der Standard and subsequently wrote for media such as Kurier, Arbeiter-Zeitung, profil, Falter, Welt der Frau and TV-Media. In 1997 she was recruited by News as editor for their arts section, where she stayed until 2016, latterly as editor in chief for film, and specialized in interviewing stars and reporting on international film festivals. She also wrote a family column and a blog for the magazine.
In 2016 she switched to the arts section at orf.at, the news portal of ORF; since that time she has worked as a writer and provides video reports. In the field of culture, her areas of specialization are film reporting and star interviews. She also focuses on socio-political articles dealing with women, family and migration. Her report for the 2017 International Women’s Day on orf.at on “Single parents in the poverty trap” and activist Maria Stern informed society at large about the shortcomings of Austrian maintenance law and was partly responsible for extensive debate between Austrian parliamentary parties on legal reform.[1]
Nadja Sarwat lives in Vienna with her three sons.
Publications (selection)
Bearbeiten- 2017: “Islamic World: Icons in the struggle for women’s rights”, orf.at [2]
- 2017: “Single parents in the poverty trap”, orf.at [3]
- 2017: “The power of the female imam. Interview with Seyran Ates“, orf.at [4]
- 2017: “Dalida. The drama of a great diva”, orf.at [5]
- 2017: “Disney and exceptional feminism”, orf.at [6]
- 2017: “She is a feminist figure”: Interview with [Emma Watson], orf.at [7]
- 2016: “Isn’t Sherlock a superhero?”, orf.at [8]
- 2014: „Emma Stone: ‘More superheroines in films, please’”, news.at [9]
- 2013: „Natalie Portman: ‘Haneke is the best director in the world!’”, news.at [10]
- 2012: “Sound cloud from the past”, news.at [11]
- 2011: “Taking aim at Vienna“, news.at [12]
- 2010: “Star journalist Wallraff on Austria: A breeding ground for right-wing ideology”, news.at [13]
Awards
Bearbeiten- 2017: Journalism prize for integration in the online category, for “Islamic World: Icons in the struggle for women’s rights“ on orf.at, awarded by the (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs) (BMEIA) and the Austrian Integration Fund[14][15]
- 2017: “’Von unten’ journalism prize, main prize in the online category, for “Single parents in the poverty trap” on orf.at, awarded by the Austrian Anti Poverty Network [16][17]
- 2014: Selection of the best journalists in Austria, film category (3rd place) [18]
References
Bearbeiten- ↑ „Ausgezeichnete Beiträge – Journalismuspreis ‘von unten’ vergeben“( “Outstanding contributions – ‘von unten’ journalism prize awarded“), from website ots.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Ich habe ein Problem“ (“I have a problem”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Alleinerziehende in der Armutsfalle“ (“Single parents in the poverty trap”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Die Macht der Imaminnen“ (“The power of the female imam”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Dalida. Das Drama einer großen Diva“ (“Dalida. The drama of a great diva”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Disney und der Ausnahmefeminismus“ (“Disney and exceptional feminism”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Sie ist eine feministische Figur“ (“She is a feminist figure”), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Ist Sherlock nicht ein Superheld? (“Isn’t Sherlock a superhero?)”, from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Emma Stone: ‘Bitte mehr Superheldinnen im Kino’“ (“Emma Stone: ‘More superheroines in films, please’”), from website news.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Natalie Portman: ‘Haneke ist der beste Regisseur der Welt!’“ (“Natalie Portman: ‘Haneke is the best director in the world!’”), from website news.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Die Soundcloud von vorgestern“ (“Sound cloud from the past”), from website news.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Wien im Visier“ (“Taking aim at Vienna”), from website news.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Star-Journalist Wallraff über Österreich: Eine Brutstätte für rechtes Gedankengut“ (“Star journalist Wallraff on Austria: A breeding ground for right-wing ideology”), from website news.at called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Journalistenpreis Integration 2017“ (“2017 Journalism prize for integration “), from Website ots.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ Medienpreis für Integration an ORF.at-Autorin Sarwat (Media prize for integration at ORF.at writer Sarwat), from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ Journalistenpreis von unten an ORF.at-Autorin Sarwat, from website orf.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „Jounalismuspreis ‘von unten’ vergeben“ (“’von unten’ journalism prize awarded”), from website derstandard.at, called December 20, 2017
- ↑ „ExtraDienst kürte Österreichs beste Journalisten“ (“ExtraDienst selected Austria’s best journalists”), from website pressetext.com, called December 20, 2017