| Simone Augustin | |
| Birth Name: | Simone Roßkamp |
| Birth Date: | 1976 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Heinsberg, Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Yearsactive: | 1999–present |
| Occupation: | Journalist and author |
| Website: | Portrait of Simone Augustin |
Simone Augustin also Simone Roßkamp (born 23 November 1976 in Heinsberg) is a German journalist and author.[1]
After leaving the high school in 1996 she studied theater, film and television studies, German and History of Art at the University of Cologne with a final thesis on Quentin Tarantinos award-winning film Pulp Fiction. She went through various internships and volunteer positions, among others, the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger,[2] the Kulturzeit, the WDR, the Deutsche Welle or Scholz & Friends in Berlin.
In 1999 she took part in the Young Poetry Series Junge Lyrik[3] in the Martin Werhand Verlag with lyrical texts.[4] Published poems were recited as part of a reading series by various authors in various German cities, such as Bonn, Heinsberg,[5] Münster or Essen, among other things, in 2000 with a reading at the University of Cologne.[6]
After completing her master's degree in the cathedral city of the Rhine, she moved personally and professionally as a journalist for Berlin.
The article Armutsgürtel Berlin-Mitte (88acht for the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg – Das Stadtradio), written in 2004[7] was awarded the Axel-Springer-Preis in the category radio in May 2005 in the presence of Friede Springer and Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner.[8]
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,[9] the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, The taz[10] or the rbb in Berlin.[11]
Simone Augustin is now working as a journalist and freelance writer based in Berlin.