Christoph G. Grimmer

Christoph Gerrit Grimmer (born September 27, 1985 in Crailsheim ) is a German local politician and has been Lord Mayor of the large district town of Crailsheim since February 1, 2018 . Before moving into politics , he worked as a scientist , non-fiction author , lecturer and journalist .

Life

Grimmer studied sports science in Hamburg from 2005 to 2009, specializing in media and journalism. During this time he completed internships a. a. on Sky Germany , Sport1 , NDR television , kicker sports magazine , Sport Bild and the Hamburger Abendblatt . From 2007 to 2013 he also worked as a freelancer for the German Press Agency . In 2013 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Hamburg with a study on the employment relationship between press spokespersons in the Bundesliga and journalists. From 2007 to 2009 he received a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom , and from 2010 to 2012 from the Hamburg State Graduate Fund.

In parallel to his doctoral studies, Grimmer worked for three semesters as a freelance lecturer for the Macromedia University in Hamburg from the winter semester 2010 onwards . He started there in September 2012 as a research assistant in the journalism course . In March 2013, Grimmer moved to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and worked as a lecturer, author and editor in the field of sports communication. At the same time, he was a guest lecturer in the sports management course at the University of Molde ( Norway ) and in 2015 and 2016 in an advisory capacity for VfL Wolfsburg . Grimmer has given lectures in Germany, Denmark, Dublin and the USA and published around 50 book chapters, journal articles and books. Media such as B. Deutschlandfunk , Die Zeit , Focus , WDR 3 or Südwestpresse consult Grimmer as experts for his assessment of reports on the subject of sports communication.

In October 2016, after three and a half years in Tübingen, Grimmer switched to political communication . Here he worked as deputy press spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament and personal advisor to the then parliamentary group leader and now member of the Bundestag, Katja Suding . In November 2017 he prevailed in the election for mayor of Crailsheim in the first ballot with 56.9 percent of the vote against eleven competitors. He is chairman of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Crailsheim and Fränkische Wasser Service GmbH. He is also a deputy member of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse Schwäbisch Hall-Crailsheim . In the local elections in 2019 , he was also elected to the Schwäbisch Hall district council as the candidate with the most votes by far .

Fonts (selection)

Monographs and edited volumes

• Sports communication in digital media - diversity, staging, professionalization. Springer VS Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-658-22843-9 . ( limited preview )
• Cooperation or control? An empirical study of the tension between press officers in the Bundesliga and journalists. In: Sports Communication. Volume 11, Herbert von Halem Verlag , Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-86962-103-6 . ( limited preview )
• The use of social media in sport - design, marketing, monetization. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-13587-4 . ( limited preview )
• Sports journalism in international comparison. An empirical study on the European Football Championship in 2008. Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-2582-3 . ( limited preview )

Essays

• with Thomas Horky, Marianna Baranovskaa, Honorata Jakubowska and Barbara Stelzner: Television Sport Journalism at the UEFA Euro 2016 Championships: A Comparison of Live Commentary From Four Countries. In: International Journal of Sport Communication. 0 (0) 2019. doi: 10.1123 / ijsc.2018-0138 .

• with Cora Theobalt and Thomas Horky: Social personalities in sport. In: Christoph G. Grimmer (ed.): Sports communication in digital media. Springer VS , Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-658-22843-9 , pp. 79–119.

• with Verena Burk: Sports communication on Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and blogs. In: Thomas Horky, Hans-Jörg Stiehler, Thomas Schierl (eds.): The digitalization of sport in the media. Herbert von Halem Verlag , Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-86962-246-0 , pp. 68-92.

• with Thomas Horky: Sports communication on Facebook and Twitter. In: Thomas Horky, Hans-Jörg Stiehler, Thomas Schierl (eds.): The digitalization of sport in the media. Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-86962-246-0 , pp. 42-67.

• with Verena Burk: The 2014 World Cup in the focus of social media - information, participation, interaction. In: Holger Ihle, Michael Meyen , Jürgen Mittag , Jörg-Uwe Nieland (eds.): Global mega-event and national conflict. The Football World Cup 2014 in media and politics , Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-16196-5 , pp. 83-105.

• Pressure on Printed Press. How soccer clubs determine journalism in the German Bundesliga. In: Digital Journalism. 5 (5), May 2017, pp. 607-635. doi: 10.1080 / 21670811.2016.1263160 .
• with Daniel Nölleke and Thomas Horky: News Sources and Follow-Up Communication - Facets of Complementarity between Sports Journalism and Social Media. In: Journalism Practice. 11 (4) 2017, pp. 509-526. doi: 10.1080 / 17512786.2015.1125761 .
• with Verena Burk: I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family - On the role of social media in crisis communication at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In: Sport and Society. 13 (1), October 2016, pp. 5-39. doi: 10.1515 / sug-2016-0002 .
• with Verena Burk and Tim Pawlowski: "Same, Same - but Different!" On Consumers' Use of Corporate PR Media in Sports. In: Journal of Sport Management. 30 (4), July 2016, 353-368. doi: 10.1123 / jsm.2015-0180 .
• Social Media at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Empirical results on Twitter usage by German sports journalists. In: Andreas Hebbel-Seeger, Thomas Horky, Hans-Jürgen Schulke (Eds.): 15th International Hamburg Symposium Sport, Economy and Media : Sport as a Stage. Mediatization of sport and major sporting events. Meyer & Meyer , Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-89899-929-8 , pp. 198–223. ( limited preview )
• with Thomas Horky and Cora Theobalt: Multiple personalities in the social web . In: Politics & Communication . May 9, 2016.
• with Thomas Horky and Sabine Winkler: fed up with football! But what's going on there? An analysis of football broadcasts on television . In: Specialist journalist . February 11, 2016.
• Brand communication of professional football clubs and the integration of regional specifics in their branding. In: Andreas Hebbel-Seeger, Thomas Horky, Hans-Jürgen Schulke (Eds.): 14th International Hamburg Symposium Sport, Economy and Media : Sport and City Marketing. Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7392-5930-7 , pp. 160-188. ( limited preview )
• Athlete marketing and the role of social media . In: The Scorecard. August 1, 2014.
• Media work in the Bundesliga - dream job or suicide mission? . In: press spokesman . (6), September 19, 2014, pp. 52–53.
• with Thomas Horky: The FIFA World Cup 2010 in the German Media: Presentation and Construction of a Large Sports Event. In: Tendai Chari, Nhamo A. Mhiripiri (Eds.): African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives. The Legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke 2014, ISBN 978-1-137-39222-0 , pp. 207–230 ( limited preview )
• with Philipp Hasenbein: King of football - and what remains for the other sports. Marketing opportunities and factors for a successful exploitation of rights. In: Andreas Hebbel-Seeger, Thomas Horky (Hrsg.): 12th International Hamburg Symposium Sport, Economy and Media : Cross-media communication and exploitation of sporting events , Meyer & Meyer Aachen 2013, ISBN 978-3-89899-790-4 , p . 73–90 ( limited preview )
• with Edward M. Kian: Reflections of German Football Journalists on Their Relationships With Bundesliga Club Public Relations Practitioners. In: International Journal of Sport Communication. 6 (4), December 2013, pp. 446-463. doi: 10.1123 / ijsc.6.4.446 .
• Why are athletes so dear to us? Celebrate together, mourn together - Scientific explanations for the national participation in the death of Robert Enke . In: Specialist journalist . 10 (2), 2010, pp. 11-15.
• The media image of Jürgen Klinsmann. A qualitative study on reporting in German print media. In: Thomas Horky (Hrsg.): The soccer world championship 2006 - analyzes of media sports . Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9348-5 , pp. 189-208.

Literature overviews

• Publications on the academic literature search engine Google Scholar
• Publications at the Federal Institute for Sport Science
• Publications at ResearchGate

Private

Grimmer lives in Crailsheim and has a daughter.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Institute for Sports Science: Dr. Christoph G. Grimmer. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , accessed on April 27, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Thomas Horky and Cora Theobalt: Christoph G. Grimmer: Cooperation or Control? February 2, 2015, accessed on April 24, 2017 ( review of the book published by Herbert von Halem Verlag ). 
3. ↑ Julia Vogelmann: Switched from sport to politics. In: Südwestpresse . April 1, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Institute for Sports Science: Scientific advice in the field of social media. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, September 20, 2016, accessed on April 24, 2017 . 
5. ^ Institute for Sports Science: Publications. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, accessed on April 24, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Susanne Luerweg: Your own competence is passed on to experts . In: Deutschlandfunk June 10, 2016.
7. ↑ Tim Beyer: The journalist, the undesirable being . In: Die Zeit March 22, 2017.
8. ↑ Joscha Thieringer: Why football stars like Thomas Müller are silent . In: Focus March 14, 2016.
9. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Communication in football ) (Interview with Christoph Grimmer) In: WDR 3 . August 14, 2015.
10. ↑ Klaus Helmstetter: The bayern brand stands for sustainability . In: Südwestpresse November 19, 2014.
11. ↑ Klaus Helmstetter: Crailsheim sports scientist Dr. Grimmer on the relationship between press officers and journalists . In: Südwestpresse March 11, 2015.
12. ↑ Grimmer communicates for the FDP parliamentary group in Hamburg. In: Politics & Communication . October 27, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017 . 
13. ^ WORLD: Grimmer becomes the new mayor of Crailsheim . In: THE WORLD . November 12, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed December 3, 2018]).
14. ^ PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .