Clemens Verenkotte

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Clemens Verenkotte (* 3. August 1960 in Dinslaken ) is a German historian , journalist and radio - correspondent of ARD .

Life

After two years of military service and a two-year traineeship in the newspaper, Verenkotte studied modern and contemporary history, political science and medieval history at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . During his studies he became a member of the Catholic student associations KDSt.V. Arminia Freiburg im Breisgau and KDSt.V. Novesia Bonn in the CV . In 1987 he completed his studies with a Magister Artium .

1991 Verenkotte at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg with the work was The fragile alliance: American bonds and German industry from 1924 to 1934 PhD ; he was a PhD scholarship holder from Harvard University in Boston and the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC

In 1987 Verenkotte became a freelancer in the politics department of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (BR) . In 1990 he became an editor there. From 1991 to 1994 he was radio correspondent for Bayerischer Rundfunk in Berlin , and from 1995 he was studio manager of BR in Bonn and Berlin. From 1995 to 2001, Verenkotte was the correspondent for Bayerischer Rundfunk in Washington, DC. From 2001 to 2006, he was responsible for foreign policy at the BR. From 2006 to 2011 he was ARD radio correspondent in Tel Aviv , Israel , and from 2011 to 2017 foreign policy editor at BR in Munich. Since September 2017 he has been studio manager and radio correspondent at ARD Studio Vienna / Southeast Europe.

For Deutschlandfunk, he is the co-author of 25 specialist articles on the daily program " Background " .

In 2001 Verenkotte received the First Radio Prize from the Rias Berlin Commission for his report The American Millennium, which was broadcast at the turn of 1999/2000 .

Works

  • The Lords of the World: The American Empire ; Droemer / Knaur Munich 2003; ISBN 3426777266
  • The end of peaceful society: Germany's illusions in global war ; Droemer / Knaur Munich 2005; ISBN 3426273640

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Clemens Verenkotte | BR.de . December 19, 2012 ( br.de [accessed February 4, 2018]).
  2. ^ Clemens Verenkotte - ARD Studio Vienna: Clemens Verenkotte | Studio manager and chief radio correspondent . ( ard-wien.de [accessed on February 4, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Verenkotte, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken