{{Short description|Iranian-German journalist, TV correspondent and author}} {{Infobox person |name = Golineh Atai |image = Golineh Atai by Joanna Vortmann.jpg |caption=Atai in 2021 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|12|08}} |birth_place = Tehran, Iran |death_date = |death_place = |education = Heidelberg University (M.A.) |awards = Marie Juchacz Women's Award (2023) |occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|writer|TV Correspondent }} |spouse = |children = |parents = |relatives = |credits = |employer = ZDF |website = }}
'''Golineh Atai''' ({{langx|fa|گلینه عطایی}} {{Audio|Fa-گلینه عطایی.ogg|Listen}}; born December 8, 1974, in Tehran) is a German journalist and TV-correspondent. She is known in particular as a Russia expert.
== Life == Atai was born in Iran in 1974, and in 1980 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=Atai, Golineh {{!}} DW {{!}} 24.04.2012 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/atai-golineh/a-15906745 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref> at the age of five, she moved with her parents to Germany, growing up in Hoffenheim. After Abitur at the Wilhelmi High school in Sinsheim, she completed her studies at the Heidelberg University (1993–2000) with a Master of Science in Romance Studies, Politology and Iranian Studies and then became a Journalist.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|author=Golineh Atai|date=2015-02-04|publisher=Twitter|title=Meine alte Schule, das Wilhelmi-Gymnasium Sinsheim, ist "Schule ohne Rassismus" geworden. Und ich Patin. Freue mich!|url=https://twitter.com/golinehatai/status/563012347284168704|website=twitter.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":0" />
Atai then completed a traineeship at Südwestrundfunk and was responsible for reporting from Rhineland-Palatinate as a TV reporter at the Mainz city. From 2006 to 2008, she worked for ARD (broadcaster) as a correspondent in Cairo. From 2010 to 2011, Atai was Contributing editorin at the ''ARD morning show''. From December 2011, she worked as an editor and reporter at the ''Review of the Day'' for WDR in Cologne. From 2013 to 2018, she worked for ARD as a correspondent in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|publisher=WDR|title=Golineh Atai ist seit 2013 Fernsehkorrespondentin im Studio Moskau|url=https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/der-wdr/moskau_Atai100.html|website=wdr.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> During the Euromaidan in Ukraine, Atai reported from Kyiv for ARD. In a contribution for the ''Weltspiegel'' she documented manipulative practices of Russian and Ukrainian television stations.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|date=2014-12-04|publisher=ARD Mediathek|title=Medienkrieg|url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/weltspiegel/medienkrieg/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlL1dlbHRzcGllZ2VsLzA3MTI0OTEzNDY|website=ardmediathek.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
On January 1, 2022, she moved to ZDF and took over as head of the studio in Cairo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golineh Atai |url=https://www.globalfemaleleaders.com/speaker/golineh-atai.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.globalfemaleleaders.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografie |url=https://presseportal.zdf.de/biografien/uebersicht/atai-golineh |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ZDF Presseportal |language=de-DE}}</ref> At the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, she worked as an on-site correspondent for the ''ZDF Sport studio''.
== Awards == * 2005: Research grant from the Otto Brenner Foundation for critical journalism for the project ''Foreign Adoptions in the Global Children's Market.'' * 2007: Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Award in the category ''Information and Culture'' * 2008: Nomination for the Reemtsma Liberty Award * 2010: Media Award "Children's Rights in One World" of Kindernothilfe for "Suche Kind, zahle bar – Die Adoptionslobby" (Search child, pay cash – The adoption lobby) by WDR<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Medienpreis 2010|title=kindernothilfe|url=https://www.kindernothilfe.de/%C3%9Cber%2Buns/Presse/Medienpreis/Archiv.html|website=kindernothilfe.de|access-date=2023-05-16|archive-date=2015-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325000000/https://www.kindernothilfe.de/%C3%9Cber%2Buns/Presse/Medienpreis/Archiv.html|url-status=dead}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2014: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Prize for Television Journalism<ref>{{cite web|title=Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis: Ehrung für Atai und Lamby|url=http://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/hanns-joachim-friedrichs-preis-101.html}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2014: Journalist of the Year by Medium Magazin for her "outstanding reporting in the debate on the Ukraine crisis, which has been going on for more than a year."<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|date=2014-12-19|publisher=WDR|title=Golineh Atai ist "Journalistin des Jahres" – Branchenzeitschrift "medium magazin" zeichnet ARD-Korrespondentin aus|url=https://presse.wdr.de/plounge/wdr/unternehmen/2014/12/20141219_golineh_atai.html|website=presse.wdr.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2015: Peter Scholl Latour Prize for her ''Weltspiegel'' feature ''Ukraine: Quo vadis?''<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|date=2015-09-24|publisher=WDR|title=WDR-Journalistin Golineh Atai ausgezeichnet|url=https://presse.wdr.de/plounge/wdr/unternehmen/2015/09/20150924_peter_scholl_latour_preis.html|website=wdr.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2023: Marie Juchacz Women's Award for gender equality through credible, balanced foreign journalism from Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and the Arab world.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|date=2023-01-27|publisher=DLF Kultur|title=Frauenpreis für Journalistin Golineh Atai|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/frauenpreis-fuer-journalistin-golineh-atai-100.html|website=deutschlandfunkkultur.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2023: Nomination for the Grimme-Preis for reporting from the Arab region.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|date=2023-01-19|publisher=Grimme-Institut|title=Die Nominierungen des 59. Grimme-Preises 2023|url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/presse/pressemeldungen/d/die-nominierungen-des-59-grimme-preises-2023|website=grimme-preis.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Works == * ''The truth is the enemy – Why Russia is so different'' (In German: ''Die Wahrheit ist der Feind – Warum Russland so anders ist''), Rowohlt Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-7371-0061-8.<ref name="buch">{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|publisher=Rowohlt Verlag|title="Russland sucht die Konfrontation mit dem Westen"|url=https://www.rowohlt.de/magazin/im-gespraech/golineh-atai-ueber-die-neuformierung-einer-grossmacht|website=rowohlt.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-27|title=Leseprobe – Die Wahrheit ist der Feind – Warum Russland so anders ist|url=https://www.book2look.com/book/9783737100618|website=book2look.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * ''Iran – Freedom is Female'' (In German: ''Iran – Die Freiheit ist weiblich''. Rowohlt, Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3-7371-0118-9 <ref name="buch2">{{cite web|title="Iran – die Freiheit ist weiblich"|url=https://www.rowohlt.de/buch/golineh-atai-iran-die-freiheit-ist-weiblich-9783737101189|website=rowohlt.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{IMDb name|4295084}}
{{Perlentaucher|golineh-atai}} * [https://presseportal.zdf.de/biografien/uebersicht/atai-golineh Mitarbeiterin-Profil] des ZDF * [https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/der-wdr/moskau_Atai100.html Mitarbeiterin-Profil] des WDR * [https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Golineh+Atai/0/30331.html ''Golineh Atai''] im Munzinger-Archiv * [https://www.dw.com/de/mutig-in-moskau-tv-reporterin-golineh-atai/a-18274046 ''Mutig in Moskau: TV-Reporterin Golineh Atai'']. in Deutsche Welle, Anastassia Boutsko, 23 February 2015
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atai, Golineh}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:German women television journalists Category:21st-century German journalists Category:Iranian journalists Category:Iranian emigrants to Germany Category:Foreign correspondents Category:German television reporters and correspondents Category:ARD (broadcaster) people Category:ZDF people