Armin Wolf (journalist)

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Armin Wolf (2011)
Armin Wolf (center) at the Grimme Prize 2018

Armin Wolf (born August 19, 1966 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian journalist and television presenter . Since 2002 he has been the moderator of the news journal Zeit im Bild 2 (ZiB 2) and since 2010 also deputy editor-in-chief of ORF television information .

Life

Education and career

The son of a caretaker, works council and Christian trade unionist and a food seller completed a commercial training at a commercial academy in Innsbruck . As a co-founder of a school newspaper , he made his first attempts at journalistic writing there. He was on the board of the student union and a member of the JVP , from which he left at the age of 18. According to his own statements, this youthful engagement was important for the development of his understanding of politics. With the student council, he took part in rhetoric training and writing workshops and was able to make comments on the curriculum at the commercial schools, which were also implemented. Through the JVP he was able to participate in the meetings of the Tyrolean ÖVP and learned how politics works at the grassroots level and the thinking of party officials.

Immediately after graduating from high school in 1985, Wolf began working as a freelancer in the radio editorial team in the Tyrolean regional studio of ORF . In 1988 he moved to Vienna for the radio station Ö1 , where he worked as a foreign policy journalist for seven years (including 1991/92 as a USA correspondent in Washington, DC ). In 1995 he switched to television as the editor of Zeit im Bild 2 and was editor-in-chief at ZiB 3 from 1998 to 2001 , which he also helped develop.

Wolf finished his part-time studies in political science (with a combination of sociology , pedagogy , contemporary history and media studies as a minor) at the University of Vienna in December 1999 with a master’s thesis on “The victory is the image”. The staging of politics in the media society. In 2005 he received his doctorate at the University of Innsbruck with a dissertation on prominent career changers in politics , which was published in 2007 under the title Image-Politik. Prominent career changers as testimonials of politics was published.

In 2010, during a nine-month educational leave with a grant, Wolf completed an Executive MBA course at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership with a thesis on young audiences and political information (“News kind of comes to me…” Young Audiences, Mass Media, and Political) Information). In the past he was a lecturer at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, where he gave lectures on political communication and journalism.

Wolf has been presenting the ZiB 2 since summer 2002 (first alternating with Ingrid Thurnher , later with Marie-Claire Zimmermann and since 2010 with Lou Lorenz-Dittlbacher ). From 2002 to 2005, he also moderated the discussion program Frankly Said, in 2005 and 2012 he led the traditional summer talks with the chairmen of the parliamentary parties. In particular, one scene of the conversation with Heinz-Christian Strache not only became a classic on the video platform Youtube , but was also brought up again by Strache in the 2012 issue: Strache claimed in advance in his Facebook presence that Wolf had confronted him with an untruth in 2005. Wolf, for his part, provided counter-evidence in his weblog, which prompted Strache to make a half-hearted apology the next day, again in his Facebook account.

In 2017, the English-language political magazine Politico voted Armin Wolf at number 11 of a list of 28 personalities "who will move Europe the most in 2018".

Journalistic style and criticism

Armin Wolf is best known for its live - interviews known politicians in the meantime worldwide. He is respected and has received numerous awards for his interview style, but he is also feared and widely criticized for it.

Michael Frank characterized Wolf in a report about the Vienna Opera Ball 2008 in the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a "TV presenter with a biting wit and inquisitorial questioning technique taps into the hollowness of politics." Hans-Peter Siebenhaar put it in the German Handelsblatt in 2017 : "Armin Wolf is the journalistic icon of the ORF. In ZIB 2, the news flagship of public broadcasting in Austria, the popular journalist probes the politicians of the Alpine republic until it hurts. The winner of the Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis does not allow himself to be fobbed off with the null statements, empty phrases and excuses of his studio guests in his dreaded interviews. He asks. He also asks the same question three times if he has to. Not everyone in Austria likes that, especially traditionally not the members of the government. "According to the English-language political magazine Politico , Wolf has established himself as" one of the most capable (and most feared) political journalists in Europe, who understands everyone from prime ministers to local politicians makes the lights of his TV studio sweat. "

Wolf has been active on Twitter since 2009 and has a large number of followers there. In a panel discussion on the occasion of the publication of a study at the University of Vienna on the subject of “Twitter politics” in 2012, Wolf, who has been tweeting since February 2009 and how “[all] discussants […] is firmly anchored in the 'Twitteria'”, said: “A An editor who does not have a Twitter account and does not at least use it as a research source is like a journalist without a cell phone. ”Journalist Christian Ortner ironically dubbed Wolf in the daily Die Presse as“ the spiritual head of Vienna's Twitteria ”.

After Susanne Winter, member of the National Council , was excluded from the FPÖ in November 2015 because of her express consent to an anti-Semitic posting on Facebook that " Zionist money Jews" were to blame for the refugee crisis , she was then a guest at Wolf in the ZIB 2 studio, who confronted you with this and other “numerous conspiracy theories” on your Facebook page to ask you to resign your mandate in parliament with the provocative question “What has someone like you lost in parliament [?]”. Wolf received a lot of approval for the style of this interview, but there was also criticism. The SPÖ member of the National Council, Daniela Holzinger, described Winters Posting as “unacceptable, racist and shameful”, but criticized the interview as “low-level” and “neutral journalism” was out of the question. The former Green MEP Johannes Voggenhuber described the interview as “ lynch justice ” and “lustfully staged media execution”. Wolf protested against Voggenhuber's allegations and accused him of spreading "his own facts" through the interview. Wolf by no means, as Voggenhuber claims, dubbed Winter a “parasite”. Wolf received support from the ZiB editor's representative Dieter Bornemann : Journalists are not supposed to be just giving keywords during interviews, and critical and tough questions are of course allowed.

The media entrepreneur Christian W. Mucha and publisher of the monthly magazine ExtraDienst (ED) accused Wolf 2017 of “arrogant journalism” and “partiality”. The latter also arises from the fact that he has been deciding himself for years who to look good or bad. Wolf reports tendentiously and pretends to be independent. Mucha asked whether you have to “step really hard on everyone you get on the show?” The majority of ZIB consumers, “in front of whom he spreads out and celebrates his importance three times a week, are disgusted by the spectacle that he delivers."

The media psychologist Peter Vitouch , who is a deputy chairman of the ORF Public Council for the SPÖ , accused Wolf, with whom he was a guest on the discussion program Punkt one (Radio Ö1 ) on May 19, 2017, of “destructive journalism "" And to convey with body language and tone of voice that politicians are under "general suspicion" and bad people. The reason for this discussion was a ZIB-2 interview on May 9, 2017 with the then Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner . In the introduction, Wolf had the film title Django - The Gravedigger are already fading in for "only eleven seconds counted" . Mitterlehner, who made his couleur and nickname " Django " public when he took office, announced the next day that he would step down from all offices on May 10 and made Wolf jointly responsible for the interview with the moderation.

The former head of the ORF regional studio in Salzburg (until the end of 2016) Roland Brunhofer , a "staunch social democrat", was harshly criticized in his acceptance speech at a farewell event that he organized with his employer and what he believed to be the prevailing political situation there. Regarding Wolf, without naming him, he accused the ORF of conducting “political interrogation” late in the evening. Thomas Prantner , deputy director of the ORF for technology, online and new media, criticized in 2017 told the magazine profile , that it [was] "unreasonable for a public radio when the TV studio like an interrogation room or dock works. Politicians have to put up with critical questions, but it always depends on the tone and style of the question. "

Cathrin Kahlweit, on the other hand, found in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (April 2017) that Wolf was a “figurehead” for ORF, whose “tightly conducted interviews” at “journalism schools” are considered exemplary. She attributed the criticism of him to the fact that he was "persistently unpopular with the parties that have a decisive influence on the ORF". Wolf asked them "too critical - and too persistent". Brunhofer is an SPÖ man, while Prantner owes his position to the FPÖ. The ORF editors 'council opposed Prantner and was surprised that “the technical editors feel responsible for journalistic content:' Do you seriously want to go back to the times when journalists first had to submit their questions to politicians or were even required to do so, What had to be asked? '” Meret Baumann in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung also sees Wolf as the“ figurehead ”of his station and the background to the criticism of him from the SPÖ , FPÖ and ÖVP is that these parties want to bring the ORF under their control.

Falter editor-in-chief Armin Thurnher defended Wolf in a comment in May 2017: “Wolf's style can indeed be argued, and also about the role he plays as Austro-Titan in social media, certainly to the annoyance of the deputy online director . With all this, there should be no dispute that Wolf saves the ORF by doing what a democratic audience needs: He asks questions that are not pleasant to the powerful. And he does something that is essentially not a 'product'. He makes good journalism. ”On the occasion of the awarding of the renowned Axel Corti Prize in June 2017, Wolf explained the criticism of his style with the efforts of the parties represented on the ORF Foundation Board to redesign the ORF in their own way, and said:“ Politicians and parties don't have to be satisfied with ORF, our audience has to be satisfied ”.

Niki Lauda , who had been asked by him in May 2017 before a ZiB interview with Wolf to take off his cap with the sponsor's logo of the Novomatic gaming company , attacked Wolf sharply, called him a "dork" and accused him of a lack of fairness in dealing with guests. Wolf justified his request by saying that he does not like gambling. Wolf denied Lauda's portrayal and explained that he, like every guest who appears in the ZiB2 studio with large sponsor logos, “politely asked whether it might be possible for him to take off his cap for the interview because it was for the ZiB has a strict ban on advertising and we can have problems with sponsor logos. ”It doesn't matter which company logo it is. “Lauda said no, that was the end of the issue. 'We had a completely problem-free, interesting interview […]. Lauda looked satisfied, so was I. ' Wolf justifies himself: 'By the way, I would not have asked him if he had not appeared several times in public without Kapperl in the months before, including at the Golden Globes.' ... "

The then Vice Chancellor and FPÖ Federal Party Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache shared a picture of Wolf in the ZiB studio on Facebook on February 13, 2018 and wrote: "There is a place where lies and fake news become news". The ORF under its general director Alexander Wrabetz took the split posting as defamation and discrediting of its 800 journalists. The broadcaster sued Strache and also reserved the right to claim damages. ORF also sued Facebook because the company refused to delete the post shared by Strache. Wolf, who also sued Strache, reached an out-of-court settlement with him on March 13, 2018. According to the court settlement, Strache had undertaken to "refrain from making these or similar allegations", in addition to paying the procedural costs and donating 10,000 euros in compensation to a charitable organization via an advertisement in the Kronen Zeitung and a Facebook entry apologize "to Armin Wolf and the ORF staff for this incorrect statement". It continues: “I expressly state that I am Dr. Armin Wolf has always experienced a highly correct and professional journalist. ”In addition,“ I [Strache] therefore withdraw as untrue ”.

In April 2019, Wolf conducted an interview with Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ). Against the background of numerous right-wing extremist statements by some high-ranking FPÖ functionaries and in particular a xenophobic poem in the party sheet of the FPÖ Braunau in Upper Austria, Wolf confronted his guest with a cartoon by the Styrian FPÖ youth association. Headed with the slogan Tradition beats Migration , it showed "in cheerful colors a young, white-skinned couple, who are surrounded by gray, ugly grinning figures with long noses, which clearly ridicule Muslim people". The poster was juxtaposed with a caricature from the Nazi propaganda paper Der Stürmer . Vilimsky defended the portrayal and said of the comparison with the striker caricature during the live broadcast: "This is something that cannot go without consequences". In an interview with a tabloid, he suggested Wolf's resignation. His statements were viewed by the media and journalists' associations as a threat to the free press and an attempt to exert influence. The chairwoman of the GPA-djp union , Barbara Teiber , announced that it was "devastating and highly questionable in terms of democratic politics ," how individual FPÖ politicians had been attacking ORF journalists for some time. In the opinion of Rainer Stadler in the NZZ , the case is “a further example of how Nazi comparisons are all too carelessly drawn in the political and media debate.” Stephan Löwenstein commented in the FAZ : “The FPÖ acts like a populist opposition, but she is government. Such behavior is incompatible with this responsibility. [...] The objectionable poster is actually bad, even worse than the Braunau 'rat poem', from which the FPÖ leadership distanced themselves in unison. "

Private life

Armin Wolf lives in Vienna with his wife Euke Frank , the editor-in-chief of Woman magazine , and his two stepchildren. From 2001 to 2004 he was married to the ORF presenter Birgit Fenderl .

Wolf's great-grandfather was the mountaineer and canon lawyer Viktor Wolf von Glanvell .

Awards

Publications

Books and book contributions

Others

  • Speech for the award of the Robert Hochner Prize on May 17, 2006.
  • Not everything is perfect on ORF yet. In the series comment of the others. In: Der Standard , print edition 19./20. May 2007 ( Article online , accessed July 27, 2019).
  • Making politicians happy is not our job. Acceptance speech on the occasion of the awarding of the Corti Prize, June 2017.

literature

  • Michael Schmid: ZIB 2 presenter Wolf in an interview: “I paid my salary from the savings account”. In: trend. , June 18, 2010.
  • Thomas Hanifle: Interview with Armin Wolf: “I don't do anything special”. His live interviews are legendary. ORF star Armin Wolf on political staging on television, his relationship with South Tyrol and why Twitter is so important to him. In: barefoot. The South Tyrolean online magazine, August 19, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Armin Wolf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Weissenberger : Aim high. In: Falter , Edition 11/2003 of March 12, 2003. Article online ( Memento of June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Armin Wolf , in the version supplemented by news from MA-Journal until week 26/2019, in the Munzinger archive , accessed on July 27, 2019 ( beginning of article freely available).
  3. ↑ On sins of youth and the power of Wikipedia. In: Armin Wolf's blog, July 8, 2019, accessed July 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Armin Wolf: "The victory is the picture". The staging of politics in the media society. (PDF) Diploma thesis at the University of Vienna. In: arminwolf.at (blog). December 1999, accessed July 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Image Policy. Prominent career changers as testimonials in politics. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2007, doi: 10.5771 / 9783845204130 :
  6. ↑ a b Michael Schmid: ZIB 2 moderator Wolf in an interview: “I paid my salary from the savings account”. In: trend. , June 18, 2010, accessed July 27, 2019.
  7. ^ A b Armin Wolf: “News kind of comes to me…” Young Audiences, Mass Media, and Political Information. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Master's thesis at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership . In: berlin-school.com. Steinbeis University Berlin , March 24, 2010, accessed on July 27, 2019 (English).
  8. ↑ Armin Wolf takes over the Theodor Herzl Lecturer in Journalism in 2012 at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna. (PDF) Martina Winkler for the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna (publisher), undated (before May 2012), accessed on July 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Heinz-Christian Strache and his favorite book. (Including video of the scene on Youtube, Depp, Lügen and video. ) In: Armin Wolf's blog, August 27, 2012, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  10. ↑ Mr. Strache's "forest walk" apology. FPÖ boss Strache has just published this on his Facebook page: ... In: Armin Wolf's blog, August 28, 2012, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  11. ↑ a b POLITICO 28 - Class of 2018 - The 28 people who are shaping, shaking and stirring Europe. As well as: Armin Wolf - The Interrogator. (“ With meticulous preparation and stubborn perseverance, Wolf has established himself as one of Europe's most skilled (and feared) political journalists, making everyone from prime ministers to local politicos sweat under the lights in his television studio. ”) Both in: Politico ( English), December 7, 2017, accessed July 27, 2019.
  12. ^ Michael Frank : Vienna Opera Ball 2008: Zuckersüßes Österreich. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 31, 2008 ( Article online in the version May 17, 2010, accessed on July 27, 2019).
  13. ↑ Hans-Peter Siebenhaar : Right-wing populists target the ORF. In the series The Media Commissioner. In: Handelsblatt , December 18, 2017 ( beginning of the article freely available , accessed on July 27, 2019).
  14. ↑ “Armin Wolf's first tweet” ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: “My First Tweet” (myfirsttweet.com): “ arminwolf: Hi everybody! I'm happy about everyone who has already found it. It really doesn't start until Monday. Have a nice weekend ... 2009-02-13 13:37:26 ”.
  15. ^ Günter Felbermayer: Armin Wolf on "Twitteria": "I greet my people". Panel discussion as part of the study on "Twitter politics". About trolls, political car accidents, rankings and the rude treatment on the micro-blogging service. In: Die Presse , March 30, 2012, accessed July 27, 2019.
  16. ↑ Christian Ortner : What, please, do the left have against Donald Trump? The next President of the United States comes up with an agenda just as it is represented by left-wing parties and movements in Europe. Column cross-written. In: The press . Print edition November 11, 2016 ( beginning of article online , November 10, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2019). As well as: What is it that bothers the left about Donald T.? In: Ortner Online. The central organ of neoliberalism. Christian Ortner's blog, November 13, 2016 ( full text online , accessed on July 27, 2019): “A certain Armin W., spiritual head of the Vienna Twitteria, commented first night with a very objective, publicly required 'Oje' Indications that Trump could be the next resident of the White House. "
  17. ↑ a b mtp / hell: Voggenhuber criticizes Armin Wolf's “ lynch justice ”. On Facebook, the Green politician criticized the Wolf interview with the MP Susanne Winter and called it a "lustfully staged media execution". The ORF anchorman has already responded. In: Die Presse , November 6, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2019. (“Causa Winter: The National Councilor Susanne Winter posted an article on her Facebook page at the weekend in which the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promoted the financial industry for the refugees responsible, especially the financial investor George Soros . This article was commented by a user as follows: 'The Zionist money - Jews worldwide are the problem. Europe and Germany in particular now get from the Zionist Jews and especially from the rich Zionist Jews in the USA the receipt for centuries of persecution of Jews in Europe. According to the will of the Zionist Jews, Europe and Germany in particular should be eliminated once and for all as economic competition to the USA. ”To this, Winter replied:“ …… nice that you got the word out take in your mouth ;-). There are a lot of things I am not allowed to write, so I am all the more happy about courageous, independent people! ' ... ")
  18. ↑ Transcript of the interview by Armin Wolf with ex-FPÖ and now “Wilde MPs” Susanne Winter in ZIB2 on (Tuesday,) November 3rd, 2015 in ORF 2 . _ neuwal , transcript status : Wednesday, November 4, 2015 ( full text online , accessed on July 27, 2019).
  19. ^ After exclusion from the FPÖ: Winter had a battle of words with Armin Wolf. In: Salzburg24 / APA , November 4, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  20. ↑ Interview: Winter in the “ZiB 2”: Voggenhuber and Holzinger criticize Wolf. Voggenhuber: "Lynchjustiz" of the moderator "journalistically unjustifiable" - Holzinger: "Levelless" - Wolf counters. In: Der Standard / APA , November 6, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  21. ↑ Agencies, kurier.at, aho / tem: “Lynchjustiz”: ZiB editors defend Wolf. ZiB2 conversation with Susanne Winter caused bitter criticism - for example from Green politician Voggenhuber. ORF editor representatives: “Are not key words”. In: Kurier , November 6, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  22. ↑ Christian W. Mucha (Ed.): In the media business, tricksters are always in season. ( Memento from August 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: ExtraDienst , issue ED 5/2017.
  23. ↑ Ralf Hillebrand: ORF audience advice on Armin Wolf: "A brutal mimosa". An SN interview triggered an emotional discussion on Ö1. The focus: ORF audience councilor Peter Vitouch and “ZiB 2” anchorman Armin Wolf. In: Salzburger Nachrichten , May 19, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  24. ↑ Ralf Hillebrand: When the ORF pushes its limits. Politicians from all camps have been criticizing "ZiB 2" presenter Armin Wolf for weeks. Now he defends himself against allegations of the ORF public council. In: Salzburger Nachrichten, May 17, 2017 ( beginning of the article freely readable , accessed on July 27, 2019).
  25. ↑ Brunhofer farewell: ORF regional chief accuses journalists of "fooling around politicians". Salzburg's Roland Brunhofer criticizes politics and journalists - so far he does not know where he will be deployed on ORF from January. In: Der Standard / APA , November 23, 2016, retrieved on July 27, 2019: “… It cannot be that we start ripping off politicians early in the morning and end in political interrogation late in the evening. In the meantime, one gets the impression that there is only corruption, idiots and criminals in politics. ... "
  26. ↑ Gernot Bauer : ORF online boss Prantner: “TV studio is not a dock”. ORF online boss Thomas Prantner on the difference between interviews and interrogations, Twitter activities by moderators and the digital future of broadcasting in the age of Google and Facebook. In: profil , No. 17 from April 24, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  27. ^ Cathrin Kahlweit (Vienna): Austrian Broadcasting: He asks - too critical, too persistent. What is considered good journalistic work elsewhere brings ORF presenter Armin Wolf into trouble at his station. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 24, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  28. ↑ Meret Baumann (Vienna): Stubborn interviews not wanted. Armin Wolf, ORF's journalistic figurehead, interviews politicians critically. Now an attempt is being made to put him and the entire information department on a shorter leash. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 29, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  29. ^ Armin Thurnher : Armin Wolf and the cynical reason. Who or what really saves ORF. In: Falter , No. 18/17, May 3, 2017 ( beginning of the article freely readable , accessed on July 27, 2019).
  30. ↑ a b c Armin Wolf: Making politicians happy is not our job. “What does journalism have to do? And in particular: What does journalism have to achieve on ORF? Thoughts on the nature and influence of the institution on Vienna's Küniglberg. The (slightly abbreviated) acceptance speech on the occasion of the awarding of the Corti Prize. ”In the comment series from the others. In: Der Standard , June 21, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  31. ↑ Niki Lauda attacks Armin Wolf head-on. Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda settles accounts in oe24.Tv.Talk with the government and ORF. In: oe24.at , May 31, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  32. ↑ “That's completely grotesque” - that's what Armin Wolf says about Niki Lauda's anger interview! Niki Lauda accounted for in an interview with ORF anchorman Armin Wolf, describing him as a "dork". Now Wolf is defending himself via FB Post - with clear words. In: Vorarlberg Online , June 1, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  33. ↑ ORF: Austrian broadcaster sues FPÖ politician Strache. In: Zeit Online (under sources dpa, hgö ), February 27, 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  34. ↑ lies accusation: Facebook Posting: ORF complains Strache and Facebook. In: derStandard.at , February 26, 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  35. ↑ lies accusation false: FPÖ leader Strache apologizes to TV presenter. In: FAZ.net / dpa, March 14, 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  36. ↑ Lawsuit for defamation: Strache apologizes to the ORF moderator. In: tagesschau.de , March 14, 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  37. ↑ Chronology: only individual cases? The long list of right slip. Since the government took office, DER STANDARD has been documenting right-wing extremist lapses in all parties. In: Der Standard , April 23, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  38. ^ "Ratten-Gedicht" of the FPÖ Braunau makes waves. An FPÖ party sheet rhymed against migrants. ÖVP Chancellor Kurz then immediately called for distancing himself from the poem. With his text he wanted to provoke, but not insult, says the author himself. In: Die Presse / APA , April 22, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  39. ^ Rainer Stadler : Nazi comparison: No great hour for Armin Wolf. The ORF presenter Armin Wolf confronted the General Secretary of the FPÖ with a Nazi comparison. In doing so, he involuntarily did the politician a favor. Column. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 27, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  40. ↑ Markus Ehrenberg, Joachim Huber: The unthinkable becomes conceivable: In Austria a dispute over freedom of the press has broken out. In the dispute with the ORF presenter Armin Wolf, the FPÖ is following up. The journalist could take a sabbatical. Journalists and experts respond with concern. In: Der Tagesspiegel , April 29, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  41. ↑ Leila Al-Serori : Freedom of the press in Austria: For the FPÖ there are hardly any limits. The attacks by the FPÖ on ORF presenter Armin Wolf show how far the political discourse in Austria has shifted to the right. Freedom of the press must rightly be feared. Comment. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ.de/jok/cat), April 29, 2019, accessed July 27, 2019.
  42. ^ Theresa Hein: FPÖ vs. ORF: "The personal attacks are getting more and more violent". Dieter Bornemann, chairman of the editorial board of the ORF, speaks about Armin Wolf's "Striker" comparison, political influence in Austria's media and freedom of the press. Interview. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ.de/cag), April 30, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  43. ^ Daniel Tautz: FPÖ calls for the dismissal of ORF presenter Armin Wolf. After a TV interview, the Austrian FPÖ sees itself defamed and wants to take action against the moderator. Journalists and associations see the freedom of the press in danger. In: Zeit Online , April 29, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  44. ^ Rainer Stadler : Nazi comparison: No great hour for Armin Wolf. The ORF presenter Armin Wolf confronted the General Secretary of the FPÖ with a Nazi comparison. In doing so, he involuntarily did the politician a favor. Comment. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 27, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  45. ^ Stephan Löwenstein (Vienna): Populist election campaign: The FPÖ's hunt for Armin Wolf continues. The FPÖ has the news presenter Armin Wolf in its sights. She calls for him to be kicked out and shoots at ORF from all cylinders. What is the reaction of Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz? In: FAZ.net , April 24, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  46. ↑ Armin Wolf and Euke Frank: "First Twitter Couple" in the press on August 12, 2012, accessed on October 13, 2019.
  47. ↑ Carina Kerschbaumer: “You snot boy, don't always interrupt” . In: New Vorarlberger daily newspaper . July 8, 2012, p. 50, 51 : "Married, two stepchildren."
  48. ↑ a b Thomas Hanifle: Interview with Armin Wolf: “I don't do anything special”. In: barefoot. The South Tyrolean online magazine, August 19, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  49. ↑ a b Armin Wolf: Speech on the award of the Robert Hochner Prize on May 17, 2006 in full text on the website of the SOS-ORF initiative. Alfred J. Noll (Ed.), Accessed July 27, 2019.
  50. ↑ Big Honors Day 2008. ("The honored ones at a glance: honorary citizens [...] Dr. Armin Wolf, ORF ...") In: iPoint: News archive of the University of Innsbruck until 2015. University of Innsbruck (publisher), June 23, 2008, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  51. ↑ Award: Hajo Seppelt receives Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Prize 2016 - special prize for ORF news presenter Armin Wolf. In: press lounge. WDR (Ed.), April 25, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  52. ↑ Lighthouse 2017 for Armin Wolf. netzwerk recherche recognizes the clear stance of the ORF journalist. In: nr - network research. Netzwerk Recherche eV (Ed.), June 20, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  53. ↑ Armin Wolf receives the Axel Corti Prize 2017. In: APA-OTS -Aissendung des Verband Österreichischer Volkshochschulen, April 4, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  54. ↑ Grimme Prize: “Special honor” for Armin Wolf. In: APA-OTS - dispatch from press. ORF.at . Österreichischer Rundfunk, Marketing und Kommunikation, April 13, 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  55. ^ ZiB-2-Anchor Armin Wolf is Journalist of the Year in Austria. In: newsroom.at - The portal for journalists. Johann Oberauer GmbH, December 19, 2018, accessed on July 26, 2019 .
  56. ↑ Award: “ZiB 2” anchor Armin Wolf is journalist of the year. December 19, 2018, accessed July 27, 2019 .
  57. ^ The political week-end commentary by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günther Burkert-Dottolo. Title: A picture is worth a thousand words. In: APA-OTS broadcast by Günther Burkert-Dottolo, Director and Scientific Director of the Political Academy of the ÖVP , April 27, 2006, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  58. ^ Curriculum vitae of the new director of the Political Academy, Dr. Dietmar Halper. In: APA-OTS broadcast of the ÖVP press service. ÖVP Federal Party, Press and Media Department, January 17, 2008, accessed on July 27, 2019.
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personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist, television presenter and author
DATE OF BIRTH 19th August 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck