Wooling

Wooling is a multilingual German youth magazine, which is produced and published in the Saxon Seifhennersdorf of students in the Upper Country High School. After the book was awarded by the news magazine Der Spiegel in 2001 as the best German -language student newspaper, the newspaper gained a nationwide reputation. In 2007, the editors of Wooling temporarily their activities in the print media in order to devote himself intensively to the promotion of young talent and then parallel published online edition of the same name. With a new editorial printed Wooling experienced a comeback in 2009 and has since been one the magazine, in turn, to the best student publications at the national level, which was underlined by numerous awards at Germany -wide competition competitions.

Wooling is not just a youth magazine, but also the initiator of aid projects. For example, since January 2005 Wooling involved actively in the reconstruction of a destroyed by the tsunami in Thailand's Khao Lak school. Between 2005 and 2008 Wooling editors worked there as volunteers. With fundraising earthquake victims in Java / Indonesia, children in Ghana or the floods in Poland families were supported. Since 2011, the editorial puts focus on one for the starving children of Africa and has taken an SOS Children's Village in Kenya sponsorship.

History

The Oberland -Gymnasium fought in 2000 with the threat of school closure. To make publicity on the excellent potential in terms of talent promotion at this institution attentive, a new concept for the existing school newspaper has been developed and it was renamed Wooling. The former editorial was under enormous pressure to succeed, because they wanted to save their school. Through much dedication of the students, supported by the teacher Andrea Thomas, they could make the impossible possible, by 2001 overall winner was the world's advertised school newspaper competition in the news magazine Der Spiegel. The school had thus become known throughout Germany by Wooling. This popularity and other activities significantly contributed to prevent the school closure.

In April 2005, the online magazine of the same name ( WOOLING.net ) was founded, which was initially intended as a supplement to the print edition, but evolved into a stand-alone interactive project. At times, there was also a Turkish edition of the online magazine, which was produced in the Turkish Ünye, but was discontinued due to low demand for about a year. On 13 October 2008, the online magazine was discontinued.

2011 was introduced as a special publication of Wooling the "cat sheet". In this journal, school-related issues as well as the current regional events are processed before all things. The paper was very well received, which is why the editors decided to expand this and produce twice a year in addition to the magazine.

In contrast, the Wooling magazine treats socially relevant themes of culture and politics, but also offers a variety of critical, satirical or loose texts, as columns or glosses. People and their stories are increasingly being taken up and processed in journalism. " Look out far outside the box" is the motto of Seifhennersdorfer editors.

2012 started Wooling a project in cooperation with the Saxon newspaper. The editorial staff at the youth magazine was allowed to design the local edition of the SZ and fill with your own texts.

Target group

Wooling targeted with a wide range of topics superficially mainly at young people aged 14 to 19 years. But many adults keep the magazine many years of loyalty.

Financing

As a non-profit project to Wooling funded through the advertisement placed in the magazine advertisements. By advertisers and alone by selling the magazine can not finance, however. The editor in chief has to continually find major problems, advertisers in the border region to Seifhennersdorf. Without the prizes and sponsors the existence of Wooling would be endangered.

Awards

Wooling has won many awards. Here the greatest honors:

• March 2001 Wooling wins was announced by news magazine Der Spiegel SZ Competition and is the world's best German-language student newspaper. In addition Wooling receives as best student newspaper in Saxony the " student newspaper Oscar" and Antje Thomas is awarded the Youth Journalist Award.
• June 2005: Wooling awarded the 1st place in the Youth Journalists Award in the category " high school ".
• March 2006: Wooling is awarded by the German school newspaper price of the countries with a special award for " civic engagement ".
• June 2006: Wooling gets once again the youth journalists Prize and receives first place in the categories of " high school " and " online presence / student newspaper website ." In addition, the Wooling editor Marco Frömter is honored with a second place in the category of "author".
• June 2007 Wooling will be awarded in the Federal Council as the best cross-media published student newspaper. The award was sponsored by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers (BDZV ).
• June 2007 Also in June 2007 Wooling was awarded the student newspaper competition of the mirror. In the overall ranking, the magazine reached a second place in the magazine content a third, online it was enough for fifth place. In addition, the editors Florian Zinner and Marco Frömter belonged to the 3rd and 4th place in the category of reportage of the prize winners of Germany 's largest student newspaper competition. Even the youth journalists price of Saxony was 2007 Wooling and Florian Zinner was awarded the second place in the category reportage. Florian Zinner was invited by SOS Children's Villages worldwide to a research trip to South America.
• June 2008 Wooling has won the category the student's high school newspaper competition of the Youth Press Germany and the Bundesrat as the second best student newspaper in Germany. Just two months after the start of a test and one month after the official launch was Wooling.net from the news magazine Der Spiegel the student newspaper competition for second best, made ​​by students, elected youth online magazine in Germany. It was also Thomas Linke, former editor, invited to a research trip to an SOS Children's Village in Romania.
• July 2008 second place among the excellent online resources of the Saxon youth journalists Prize - Reason: The magazine is not relevant school.
• July 2009 Wooling receives the student newspaper competition of youth press Saxony took first place in the category of high school. Fourteen- year-old Alexander Great is honored for his reportage on Moscow with a second prize.
• June 2010 Wooling is again among the top 3 in the school newspaper competition of the Youth Press Germany and the Bundesrat. In the category of high school, the magazine took second place.
• July 2010 Wooling also wins the national competition of the Youth Press Saxony in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture. In addition, the Wooling editors Immanuel York and Rico were in honor of the prize winners, each with a 1st place and 2nd place in the category of individual contributions. For the constant performance of recent years the youth magazine became a research trip in the center of Europe - Brussels - invited.
• July 2011 Wooling wins overall at the student newspaper competition of the magazine Der Spiegel, the 3rd prize in the category. Immanuel York was also the winner in the category of special contributions. Julia Kluttig was awarded for the cover of the magazine with the 3rd prize.
• July 2011 Laura Sikora and jasmine Hennig, both editors of Wooling could interview with her the first prize in the individual contributions in the national competition of the Youth Press Saxony win.
• July 2012 Immanuel York was able to repeat special contributions the student newspaper competition of the magazine Der Spiegel his success in the category. He secured the # 1 spot. Were also among the winners jasmine Hennig and Laura Sikora with a very special interview about transsexuality. They rejoiced over the first place in the category interview.
• July 2012 The magazine obtained the third place in the category at the high school youth journalists price of the youth press Saxony. In addition, the editors Immanuel York, jasmine Hennig and Laura Sikora included with the 1st and a 2nd place in the category of individual contributions to the winners of the national competition.