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Nhi Le

Nhi Le (born 1995 in Thuringia) is a German journalist, speaker, moderator, and author.

Nhi Le (2019)

Life

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After graduating from high school, Le studied Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies at University of Leipzig and a double master's degree in Global Mass Communication and Journalism at University of Leipzig and Ohio University. She was a scholarship holder of the DAAD for her master's degree.[1] Her parents come from Vietnam and emigrated to the former GDR. Le lives and works in Leipzig.

Poetry slam

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Le regularly participated in poetry slams from 2013 to 2017, mostly with prose texts. She won the Thuringian U20 state championship in 2013 and was the junior winner of the Karl Marx Poetry Prize in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, together with Leonie Warnke, she founded the Sprachaktiv U20 Poetry Slam in Leipzig and thus the first U20 poetry slam in eastern Germany.[2] In 2016, an offshoot of the event series followed in Dresden. There she also appeared regularly as a presenter.

Journalist

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Nhi Le (2017)

Le worked from 2017 to 2018 as a presenter for the funk format Jäger & Sammler.[3] The video "Hauptsache Sexy" based on her bachelor thesis was awarded the Juliane Bartel Prize. Le subsequently spoke in various youth media as well as in the NDR program Panorama – Die Show on the subject of sexism and also appeared there as a sidekick in a clip with Michel Abdollahi.[4] Together with Johannes Filous, she wrote and hosted "verrückt – den Videopodcast über Gesellschaft und Politik in Sachsen" of the Grimme Online Award winning project Straßengezwitscher.[5] She has also written columns and articles for Couragiert-Magazin, Blonde Magazine, taz, übermedien, Zeit Campus, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and has contributed to Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Deutschlandfunk Nova.

In the course of the Corona pandemic, Le pointed out the increasing racism against Asians.[6] A tweet on the subject led to her being blocked on Twitter and triggered a discussion about the misuse of the NetzDG.[7] In 2020/2021, Le published on jetzt. de, an online magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, for a year with a bi-weekly column entitled "The Female Gaze."[8][9] In it, she dealt "from a media-cultural and personal perspective with how series and films influence our perception of womanhood," according to Deutschlandfunk Nova.[10]

According to her own statements, she has been moderating the Instagram account of MDR Investigativ since October 2020.[11]

In summer 2021, she was voted one of the top 30 young talents in journalism by Medium Magazin and was on the cover of the magazine.[12]

She has volunteered at Norddeutscher Rundfunk.[13]

Speaker

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As a speaker, Le gives talks and discusses on Panels,[14] mostly on the topics of feminism, racism and media culture.[15] She gave speeches and lectures for, among others, the University of Leipzig, Re:publica,[16] TINCON, Disney, Filmkunstmesse Leipzig, Universität Rostock, Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, TEDx, Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung, Deutscher Journalistenverband and at Stanford University.

Moderator

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Le is active as a presenter for various journalistic formats or cultural events. She has already moderated at the Sarajevo Film Festival, for the Jugendpresse Deutschland, Amnesty International, at the Goldener Spatz children's media festival, Plan International and for the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.

Awards

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  • 2013: Thuringian U20 state champion in poetry slam
  • 2013: Junior prizewinner of the Karl Marx Poetry Prize
  • 2014: Junior winner of the Karl Marx Poetry Prize
  • 2017: Juliane Bartel Prize
  • 2021: Medium Magazine: Top 30 to 30[17]]
  • 2023: Alternative Media Prize: Life category[18]

In 2019, Zeit ranked her among the 100 most important young East Germans.[19] In 2020, the media service turi2 ranked her among the 20 young journalists who stood out in 2020.[20]

References

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  1. ^ luhze e.V. ""Man kommt jedes Mal in Erklärungsnot"" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. ^ "U20-Poetry Slam in Leipzig – Mit der Sprache zum Stadtmeister" (in German). 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ^ Leon sagt. "Live aus der "Dummchen-Schublade": YouTuberin Nhi Le zeigt, wie schlecht die Flirt-Tipps von Bravo Girl funktionieren › Meedia" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. ^ NDR. "Beautytipps für Frauen getestet an Männern" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. ^ "Straßengezwitscher hinterfragt per Podcast die politische Kultur" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. ^ Manon Priebe, "Vorurteile wegen Coronavirus: "Das ist Rassismus"", FAZ.NET, ISSN 0174-4909, retrieved 2020-05-17
  7. ^ Marie Bröckling (2020-02-05). "Coronavirus – Journalistin wehrt sich gegen Rassismus und wird auf Twitter gesperrt". netzpolitik.org (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  8. ^ "The Female Gaze" (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  9. ^ "Was ich aus "The Female Gaze" gelernt habe" (in German). 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  10. ^ "Journalistin Nhi Le: Das Klischee der hypersexualisierten ostasiatischen Frau zeigt sich im Alltag". Deutschlandfunk Nova (in German). 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  11. ^ "MDR Investigativ – Instagram-Host". Nhi Le (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  12. ^ "Medium Magazin Top 30". Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  13. ^ "NDR Posting über Nhi Le Top30 MM auf LinkedIn" (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  14. ^ Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. "MDR KULTUR – Nächste Generation: Nhi Le" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  15. ^ Helen Hahne·LIEBE, SEX, KÖRPER·11 April 2018·6 Minuten Lesedauer (2018-04-10). "Viele Medien für Mädchen und junge Frauen zerstören ein gesundes Selbstbild, statt es zu stärken". EDITION F (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Judith Horchert, DER SPIEGEL. "Sexuelle Aufklärung im Netz: Zwischen Wiki und Youporn – DER SPIEGEL – Netzwelt" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  17. ^ Redaktion (2021-09-22). "Top 30: Das sind die größten Talente 2021". medium magazin (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  18. ^ "Alternativer Medienpreis" (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  19. ^ Oliver Fritsch, Martin Machowecz, Daniel Böldt (2019-11-07). "Prominente Ostdeutsche: Wie ist die Lage des Ostens?". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "turi2 edition #13: 20 junge Journalist*innen, die uns 2020 aufgefallen sind" (in German). 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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