Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner (born 20 September 1959) is a German journalist. From 2004 to 2017, he was chief editor of the Rhein-Zeitung.

Life Lindner was born on 20 September 1959 in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. After his Abitur at the , he completed a at the Rhein-Zeitung. In a tweet from 18 July 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild am Sonntag, but remain true to journalism.

Honorary offices In 2013, Lindner was appointed by the Theodor Wolff Prize Board of Trustees to the jury of the Journalistenpreises der deutschen Zeitungen (German Newspapers' Journalism Prize).

Awards In 1997, Deutscher Jagdverband (German hunting protection association) awarded Lindner the Journalistenpreis by Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJW) for its long-term series Das Jahr eines Jägers (The year of a hunter), which was published in the Westerwälder Zeitung.

In 2011 and 2013, Lindner was voted Chefredakteur des Jahres (chief editor of the year) in the category Regional/Lokal (Regional/Local) by a specialist jury from the trade journal Medium Magazin.