| Christian Lindner | |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany |
| Awards: | See Awards |
| Nationality: | German |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Christian Lindner (born 20 September 1959) is a German journalist. From 2004 to 2017, he was chief editor of the Rhein-Zeitung.
Lindner was born on 20 September 1959[1] in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. After his Abitur at the, he completed a at the Rhein-Zeitung. He then went through several positions in the local editions and in the central editorial office of this newspaper. From 1992 to 1998, Lindner was the local manager of the Rhein-Zeitungs edition . In 1997, he became deputy chief editor and since 2004, he has been chief editor of the Rhein-Zeitung. The alleged reason given was the orientation of the Rhein-Zeitung on the Internet. Lindner became deputy chief editor at Bild am Sonntag on 1 April 2018.[2] In a tweet from 18 July 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild am Sonntag, but remain true to journalism.[3]
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).[4]
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.[5]
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.