Sonia Mikich

Sonia Mikich (born July 13 1951 in Oxford) is a German TV journalist. After studying political sciences, sociology, and philosophy from 1972-1979 at the RWTH Aachen Institute of Technology in Aachen she worked as research associate with the institute's Arnold-Gehlen Research Group. In 1985 she received a scholarship from the German Marshall Fund.

Career

* Since 1984 editor and reporter for the WDR's foreign TV broadcasting group
* From 1992-1998 correspondent in Moscow, since 1995 as head of the broadcasting studio
* From 1998-2001 head of the ARD studio in Paris
* Since 2002 chief editor and presenter of the ARD's "Monitor" newsmagazine
* Since 2004 head of the ARD/WDR documentation magazine "die story", WDR Cologne TV

Her work as chronicler of the first Chechen War in Moscow was awarded in 1998 with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

Filmography

* 1993, Mordsliebe Moskau, WDR 3
* 1993, Brudermord - Putsch 93, ARD
* 1993, Davonfliegen wie Ikarus - Aussteiger im neuen Rußland, WDR
* 1995, Mascha, 15, hat viele Kerle... Jugend in Rußland, WDR
* (mit Telestar 1996 ausgezeichnet)
* 1995, Der Gotteskrieger und die Kellerfrauen, ARD
* 1996, Das Duell - Jelzin gegen Sjuganow, ARD
* 1996, Mein Moskau, WDR
* 1996, Die Krönung - Portrait Boris Jelzin zur Wiederwahl, ARD
* 1996, Zar Boris und die Brandstifter - Tschetschenienkrieg und die Ursachen, ARD
* 1997, Brotlos, aber hochgerüstet - Armee in der Krise, NDR
* 1997, Polarkreis 3. Klasse, WDR
* 1997, Moskau Neon, Moskau Samt - Abschied, ARD
* 1998, Gralssucher und Troubadoure - Pyrenäenreise, ARD
* 1999, Die Sängerin - Korsikareise, ARD
* 2000, Sturm und Licht, Bretagnereise, ARD
* 2000, Spur des Kondor, Peru-Reise, ARD
* 2000, Bretagne-Reise, WDR
* 2000, Korsika-Reise, WDR
* 2000, Flug in den Tod - Concorde-Absturz, ARD
* 2001, Provence auf Nebenwegen, ARD
* 2001, Provence: blau-weiss-roter Traum, ARD

Books

"Der Wille zum Glück""Planet Moskau - Geschichten aus dem neuen Russland"

External links

* [http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/mikich_en.phtml Homepage] with the WDR
* [http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/02/06/a0132.1/text Was nun, ferner Bärtiger?] ("What's next, bearded one?") by Sonia Mikich, "die tageszeitung", February 6, 2006 de icon - [http://www.signandsight.com/features/597.html English translation] at signandsight.com
* [http://www.attac.de/finanzmaerkte/fundgrube/Interview_Stiglitz_Monitor.htm Interview] with Joseph E. Stiglitz, ARD/Monitor, May 14, 2002

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