Axel Buchholz (journalist)

Axel Buchholz (* 1939 in Berlin ) is a German journalist and media scientist .

job

First he worked for the Spandauer Volksblatt and the Sender Free Berlin (SFB). He then went to the Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) and worked there as a reporter, presenter, editor and wave chief of SR 1 Europawelle on radio . Until 2002 he was chief radio editor and deputy radio director.

As a lecturer in practical journalism , he has been teaching at universities, journalism schools and as an editorial trainer since 1972. Axel Buchholz has been honorary professor at the Journalism Seminar at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 2002 and also teaches at Trier University , the German School of Journalism and the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists .

As an expert in practical journalism, he has authored numerous publications, including the standard works on journalism training “Radio Journalism” (together with Walther von La Roche ) and “Television Journalism”.

Buchholz was or is a juror at well-known award ceremonies in the media industry, such as the Axel Springer Prize for young journalists , the Journalist of the Year from Medium Magazin , the Pater Wolfgang Seibel Prize for young journalists from the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists and in the jury for the youth reporter competition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung .

Awards

• 2002: Appointment as honorary professor at the University of Mainz
• February 1, 2012: Saarland Order of Merit

Publications (selection)

• Hans Bünte ea: History and stories of the station on the Saar - 50 years of Saarländischer Rundfunk ; Axel Buchholz, Fritz Raff (ed.), Herder publishing house; Freiburg im Breisgau, 2007; ISBN 978-3451298189
• Television Journalism: A Guide to Training and Practice ; Axel Buchholz, Gerhard Schult (eds.), Springer VS publishing house; Hamburg 2011; ISBN 978-3658017606
• Axel Buchholz / Walther von La Roche (eds.): Radio journalism: A manual for training and practice in radio ; Verlag Springer VS; Wiesbaden 2016; ISBN 978-3658026837 .
• Axel Buchholz / Alexander Kulpok: Revolution on the Screen - The New Media Teletext and Screen Text, Goldmann-Verlag; Munich 1977, ISBN 3-442-11265-6

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website for the textbook on radio journalism , accessed on October 11, 2012.
2. ^ Website for the textbook on television journalism , accessed on October 11, 2012.
3. ^ Prof. Axel Buchholz at the journalistic seminar at the University of Mainz
4. ↑ Six personalities awarded the Saarland Order of Merit. In: www.saarland.de. State Chancellery of Saarland, February 1, 2012, archived from the original on July 6, 2017 ; Retrieved July 6, 2017 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about Axel Buchholz in the catalog of the German National Library
• How should journalists report? Contribution to the Federal Agency for Civic Education on the subject of journalists and right-wing extremism