Conspiracy Theories: How I Became Fake News | Richard Gutjahr | TEDxMarrakesh

This is a true story about love and hate. A story about trust and despair A story about the internet and how it can be turned into a weapon. Richard Gutjahr works as a freelance reporter and presenter for German Radio & Television (ARD). He also writes for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Rheinische Post and Tagesspiegel and has had his own weekly column in Münchner Abendzeitung.

Richard has been awarded the Ernst-Schneider-Preis for outstanding business journalism and in 2011 Zeit Online named him Net Journalist of the Year, and Medium Magazin named him Newcomer Journalist of the Year.

In 2013 he received a personal award from Grimme-Institut who stated that “… our democratic society has benefited from his analysis, as well as from the impulses coming from the projects he initiated.”

He has initiated projects like an open data platform called LobbyPlag aimed at uncovering lobbying influences in the legislative process. As a member of the Open Data City team Richard was also honored with the World Summit Award of the United Nations in 2013. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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