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Newspaper PublishingBavaria, Germany501-1000 Employees
Süddeutsche Zeitung is Germany's largest nationwide quality daily newspaper, delivering in-depth coverage of German and international affairs. Its newsroom combines a substantial core of full-time editors with a large pool of freelancers, including about 40 correspondents and several dozen locally based authors. The paper's investigative journalism has earned prestigious prizes, including the Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize, the Theodor-Wolff Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for the Panama Papers investigation conducted with the ICIJ. SZ is known for independent journalism and a commitment to liberal values, tolerance, and editorial independence, grounded in its local and regional roots. Its long history in Bavaria dates to October 1945 when the US military government granted it license no. 1 to publish, with the first issue appearing the same evening. Today the newspaper is based in Munich, Bavaria, continuing a tradition of critical engagement from editors and readers alike.