Theodor Wolff award; Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis
Fichtner’s work has been awarded with all major German prizes for excellence in journalism. In 2000, 2001 and 2004 he won the „Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis“ for the „Best Reportage of the Year“. In 2005, he and a team of colleagues were awarded a “Henri-Nannen-Preis” for their investigation about the terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, Russia. In May 2009 he and a team of colleagues added another Nannen-Preis for a 35-pages-report about the roots and reasons of the financial crisis. Fichtner's third Nannen-Preis came in 2011 for an in-depth story about a German-led military strike against civilians near the Afghan city of Kunduz. In 2012, he and a team of SPIEGEL writers won another Nannen-Preis for a report-at-large about the Euro currency turning into 'the most dangerous currency of the world'.
Theodor Wolff award; Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis
Fichtner’s work has been awarded with all major German prizes for excellence in journalism. In 2000, 2001 and 2004 he won the „Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis“ for the „Best Reportage of the Year“. In 2005, he and a team of colleagues were awarded a “Henri-Nannen-Preis” for their investigation about the terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, Russia. In May 2009 he and a team of colleagues added another Nannen-Preis for a 35-pages-report about the roots and reasons of the financial crisis. Fichtner's third Nannen-Preis came in 2011 for an in-depth story about a German-led military strike against civilians near the Afghan city of Kunduz. In 2012, he and a team of SPIEGEL writers won another Nannen-Preis for a report-at-large about the Euro currency turning into 'the most dangerous currency of the world'.