Alexandra Wurzbach

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Alexandra Würzbach (* 1968 ) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag .

Career

According to the Axel Springer publishing house , Würzbach began a traineeship at the Axel Springer School of Journalism in 1990 . However , her name is missing from the alumni listed on the journalism school's website . Würzbach later worked for the Dresden regional edition of Bild and as head of the entertainment department at BZ. Since 2007 Würzbach has been working as an author for Bild . From March 2013, Würzbach was the head of text at the Bild federal editorial team and also became a member of the editor-in-chief. From April 2015, Würzbach returned to work as an author at her own request, but remained a member of the editor-in-chief. In June 2019, Würzbach was appointed deputy to Bild editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt . In December 2019 it was as part of a summary of the previously independent editors of picture and picture on Sunday in place of Marion Horn editor of Bild am Sonntag . Der Spiegel described Würzbach as a “shrewd boulevard strategist” who “had a name and a certain reputation in the industry with her nose for hot stories under Franz Josef Wagner at the Berliner Postille“ BZ ”.

Borer affair

At the beginning of April 2002, Würzbach, as the then social columnist von Blick, reported in a cover report of the SonntagsBlick about an alleged, but in fact fictitious, liaison between Thomas Borer , then ambassador of Switzerland in Germany, with the make-up artist Djamila Rowe . Based on the reports, Borer resigned from the civil service at his own request - anticipating a transfer. His wife, Shawne Fielding , miscarried. A few months later it was discovered that Rowe had received $ 10,000 from Blick for making a false statement. Rowe spoke of "enormous psychological pressure" that had been exerted on her, "she was 'massively put under pressure' by [...] Würzbach and forced to make false statements." Blick publisher Michael Ringier publicly apologized to the Borer couple in July 2002 -Fielding, the Ringier publishing house had to go to an out-of-court settlement for pain and suffering paid by Swiss over one million francs. Ringier also had to pay compensation to the Superillu : Würzbach had penetrated the Superillu archive under the pretext of researching a report on East Germany and had secretly photographed Rowes' nude photos published by the Illustrierte in 1992. Blick editor-in-chief Mathias Nolte , his deputy Ralph Große-Bley (Würzbach's husband) and Alexandra Würzbach had to leave Blick . The Neue Zürcher Zeitung described Würzbach's report as a “smear piece” that it created “with perfidious 'text design' and unscrupulous interrogation methods”.

Private

Würzbach is married to Ralph Große-Bley, among other things, during Borer Deputy affair 2001-02 editor in chief of view and from 2009 to 2013 chief editor of view was. The couple have a daughter together, Nele, who also trained as a journalist and has been working in the video department of Bild since 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christian Senft: Personal details: Alexandra Würzbach takes over editor-in-chief of Bild am Sonntag from Marion Horn. In: Axel Springer SE . November 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Tobias Fröhlich: Doris Hart will be deputy editors-in-chief of BILD / Alexandra Würzbach will be text editor. In: Axel Springer SE . February 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Teams. In: Axel Springer Academy .
    According to the Axel Springer Verlag, Alexandra Würzbach began training at the Axel Springer School of Journalism in 1990. For the period from October '90 to September '92, this lists an Alexandra Oesinghaus who later worked as a freelance journalist with a focus on medicine and science under the name Alexandra Schulte Am Esch . In the period 1990 ± 3 years no other graduate with the first name Alexandra is listed there.
  4. ↑ Office manager Diekmann, Head of Video & Sport Strategy etc .: Back chairs at Bild. In: Meedia . 5th March 2015.
  5. ↑ Ulrike Zeitlinger-Haake is promoted to editor-in-chief and heads the new innovation lab at "Bild". In: Meedia . 3rd June 2019.
  6. ^ Frank Hornig, Holger Stark : Operation Cross Return. In: Der Spiegel . 29/2002, p. 70ff
  7. ↑ Matthias Gebauer: The ambassador and the annoying nude model. In: Spiegel Online . April 4, 2002.
  8. ↑ Victory all along the line. In: Manager Magazin . July 15, 2002.
  9. ↑ Djamila Rowe: I never had sex with Borer. ( Memento of November 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: BZ . July 8, 2002.
  10. ↑ Got around with the Bible. In: Focus . No. 10 (2003).
  11. ↑ Matthias Gebauer: The mud fight continues. In: Spiegel Online . July 16, 2002.
  12. ^ Departure of the editor-in-chief. In: SWI swissinfo.ch . July 11, 2002.
  13. ↑ a b “SonntagsBlick” boss draws conclusions. In: Spiegel Online . July 11, 2002.
  14. ↑ a b "Blick" boss Ralph Große-Bley leaves - Andrea Bleicher takes over. In: look . February 7, 2013.
  15. ^ Total write-off on Ringier Boulevard. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 11, 2002.
  16. ↑ Peer Teuwsen : The cowboys from the neighboring country. In: Tagesspiegel . July 15, 2012.
  17. ↑ Ralph Große-Bley, Nele Würzbach: That's what the daughter says, what the father says. In: image . May 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Wurzbach, Alexandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1968