Tagesthemen
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Tagesthemen is Germany's prime daily television news magazine, presented by journalists Anne Will and Ulrich Wickert. Second only to the 20:00 Tagesschau ("Daily View") Tagesthemen ("Daily Issues") is the most important newscast of the ARD. It is clearly different in style and content from Tagesschau and is broadcast Monday through Thursday at 22:30 and Saturday and Sunday at varying times. The Tagesthemen broadcasts are led by a host; for some time Anne Will and Ulrich Wickert have alternated in this role.
In January of 1978, Tagesthemen replaced the late edition of Tagesschau, which had prevailed until then. The broadcast lasts a half hour on weekdays; it is shorter on Saturday and Sunday. On Fridays Bericht aus Berlin ("Report from Berlin", German language article de:Bericht aus Berlin) (before 1999 Bericht aus Bonn ("Report from Bonn")) replaces Tagesthemen. Since September 3, 2004, this Friday broadcast has been called Tagesthemen mit Bericht aus Berlin ("Daily Issues with Report from Berlin") (with a lightly-revised format).
In contrast to Tagesschau, which provides only a simple news overview, Tagesthemen is designed to also provide the viewer with supplementary information, context and background. The usual four to five editorial contributions concern - in content and theme – the events of the day.
A daily news summary is undertaken by the Tagesschau editorial staff. Since 2002, the weather report is no longer in the scope of the news summary, but rather is presented on Tagesthemen in affiliation with the private weather service Meteomedia AG (Proprietor: Jörg Kachelmann - German language article de:Jörg Kachelmann)
Tagesthemen's market share sank with the opening of media competition in Germany; nevertheless, it still lies today at about 12% - this amounts to about 2.5 million viewers per broadcast. Tagesthemen is one of the largest opinion builders in Germany.
Hosts
Since October 1 1985, Tagesthemen, like Tagesschau, has been presented by various hosts. Ever since, the first and the second host alternate the presentation weekly.
The hosts write the text themselves. Also, these are not read exclusively from paper, which gives the presentation a much looser style than Tagesschau. Since the Tagesthemen hosts are not restricted to simply reading the daily dispatches, they can develop a vital, personal style compared to their colleagues at Tagesschau. Nevertheless they are obligated to neutrality and objectivity.
- Klaus Stephan
- Barbara Dickmann
- Klaus-Peter Siegloch
- Ulrike Wolf
- Ulrich Deppendorf
- Edmund Gruber
- Wolf von Lojewski
- Günther von Lojewski
- Günther Müggenburg
- Ernst-Dieter Lueg
- Sabine Christiansen
- Hanns Joachim Friedrichs
- Gabi Bauer
- Ulrich Wickert, since Juli 1991
- Anne Will, since April 2001
External links
- Official site (http://www.tagesthemen.de/) (in German)
- Wikipedia.de: Alle bilden alle (http://www.tagesthemen.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID2958354_TYP6_THE_NAVSPM1_REF1_BAB,00.html) - Report by Tagesthemen on the German-language Wikipedia (in German)
- Interview: "Kontrollinstanz sind die Nutzer selbst" (http://www.tagesthemen.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID2958276_TYP1_NAVSPM2~2958354_REF1,00.html) - Interview by Tagesthemen with Kurt Jansson (in German)
- Interview with Ulrich Wickert: "Bunt und locker flockig reicht nicht" (http://www.sbznet.de/?rubrik=kultur&thema=03-10-21-01) (in German, by sbznet.de (http://www.sbznet.de))
References
This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia.de:Tagesthemen