in 2017, he became a staff journalist for "der spiegel", which has published almost 60 articles by relotius since 2011. for his detailed reporting, relotius received several awards, including the "deutscher reporterpreis" on four occasions and as recent as 2018. relotius' "reporterpreis" 2018 award was for "best reportage", delivered in berlin in early december, for a story of "of unprecedented lightness, density and relevance, which never leaves open the sources on which it is based." he was the german language cnn "journalist of the year" in 2014 for a story written for the swiss magazine "reportagen",