Daniel Lange

Daniel Lange (* 1974 in West Berlin ) is a German television journalist , reporter and filmmaker . He became known as a live reporter for the Sat.1 broadcast Akt - Reporter Kampf für Sie and as the presenter of the Sat.1 broadcast Lange Undercover .

life and career

Daniel Lange grew up in Berlin-Neukölln and spent his entire youth in Gropiusstadt, which is often referred to as a problem area . In interviews and talk shows, Lange often emphasized that the socialization that took place there had had a significant impact on his journalistic access to marginalized groups and parallel worlds. For many years he worked as a police reporter and freelance journalist in print and photo journalism for the major daily newspapers such as Bild and Berliner Morgenpost . It provided readers with up-to-date information, photos and videos on socially relevant events or crimes.

In 2004 he moved to Meta productions GmbH as an editor and live reporter. a. for the television station Sat.1 produced the reporter magazine Akt - Reporter Kampf für Sie . For the show fight for you he appeared as a reporter in front of the camera from 2004-2014 and shot over 400 television reports, almost exclusively in the field of crime and investigative journalism, for Sat.1 magazine. Some of his reports also received attention beyond the broadcast.

For the special file offshoot , he tracked down pedophiles in chat rooms for children and young people and confronted them in front of the camera. For a long time, she was often a talk guest on various television programs. a. on Sat.1 breakfast television , where he talks about his reports and experiences as a reporter a. a. reported on his operations with a hidden camera or his experiences in crisis areas.

Sat.1 used him from 2013 as the presenter of the show Lange Undercover .

Since June 2014 Daniel Lange has been working as a freelance journalist and commissioned producer for various broadcasters and production companies, including a. for Al Jazeera , Vice , Endemol and BBC .

Daniel Lange lives in Berlin, is married and has one son.

Long undercover

Lange Undercover was an investigative reporter program on the station Sat.1, which mainly dealt with grievances in Germany whose origins can be found abroad. Long was the eponym and presenter of the program, which Sat.1 broadcasted on Tuesdays until June 2014, following acts - reporters fight for you .

Despite the relatively late broadcasting time from 11:15 p.m., the show achieved above-average audience ratings and mostly positive reviews. Thematically, the format dealt with u. a. with forced prostitution , smuggling and smuggling crime and the Nigeria connection . The shooting took place u. a. in Lagos ( Nigeria ) and the so-called Roma Slum Shutka in Macedonia .

In June 2014, however, the program was canceled by Sat.1 after it was accused of violating journalistic due diligence .

Criticism, allegations and clarification

As a reporter for the program “ Fils - Reporters Fight for You” and as a presenter for Lange Undercover, Lange polarized. He was z. B. by the magazine Der Spiegel accused that he "sometimes cleaned up the shown grievances in his beefy, offensive manner in front of the camera", while other critics said "how effectively Lange strung them together, fed them with marginal information and also emotionally tangible makes “, this is nonetheless well-done reveal television.

In June 2014, the program was canceled by Sat.1 without notice because anonymous reports of violations of journalistic due diligence had been received. It was accused that some parts were staged and re-enacted in Lange Undercover. A later final investigation of the allegations by Sat.1 showed, however, that only a moderator, a so-called "Aufsager", was re-shot in the episode Long Undercover Chasing the Smuggler Mafia and refuted all further allegations.

Der Spiegel later reported that "apart from the allegation of falsifying moderation ... all allegations have since been refuted by an investigation by the station". The resulting events in the media industry were later referred to as the "Lange scandal".

The "Lange scandal" led to a restructuring of the editorial team and management of the producing company Meta productions GmbH, as well as to the dismissal of the responsible executive and managing television producers . Lange left Meta productions GmbH at his own request and justified this step with the statement that he did not feel sufficiently supported in relation to the allegations against the format and himself.

In several interviews he later criticized the production conditions of the format and the lack of support within the editorial team. He publicly criticized the fact that he was only used as an authoritative moderator, namesake and face, while the entire editorial work was taken over by producers and researchers who had not previously worked in the special field of investigative journalism, which led to serious communication problems.

The "Akt" moderator and founder of the production company Meta productions GmbH, Ulrich Meyer , who has also been its managing director for many years, described Lange in an interview with Bild am Sonntag as an extraordinarily courageous and persevering reporter, with whom he had been with for over 10 years worked together.

Others

Daniel Lange produced a report on the subject of "animal rape", which, however, was not broadcast by Sat.1, although it was commissioned. The research into this caused great excitement in the German sodomy scene and sparked discussions among zoophiles and animal rights activists. During the research on this topic, Lange openly appeared as an opponent of sodomy , who labeled the theses and attitudes of the zoophiles as sick and perverse . He countered allegations that Lange did not take a sufficiently objective journalistic approach to this topic on the grounds that he did not see it as his task to bring the perpetrators closer to viewers on topics such as violent crimes or even animal rape. Since then, parts of the proponents of sexual acts between humans and animals have long viewed them as their self-declared enemy image , which they publicly amuse themselves and make victims of satirical publications.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.sat-1-blas-lange-undercover-tuersteher-mit-sensiblem-gemuet.6d940998-678d-434b-b4b7-6b9fcd33ebf2.html
2. ↑ http://www.klamm.de/news/jetzt-sprech-daniel-lange-6N71295.html
3. ↑ http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/kind-familie/kindesmissusen/paedophilie-im-netz-akte-undercover-sat-1-29531322.bild.html
4. ↑ http://www.sat1.de/tv/fruehstuecksfernsehen/vorschau/sat-1-fruehstuecksfernsehen1232 http://www.sat1.de/tv/fruehstuecksfernsehen/vorschau/sat-1-fruehstuecksfernsehen948 https: // de-de .facebook.com / akte / posts / 585015661531559
5. ↑ http://meedia.de/2014/05/06/lange-undercover-sat-1-reporter-jagt-abzocker-dealer-zuhaelter/
6. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/80776/waere-ich-noch-bei-der-akte-waere-ich-schon-mit-einem-fluechtlingsboot-ueber-das-mittelmeer-geschippert
7. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/70568/lange-undercover-ausbaufaehiger-einstand
8. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/70715/solide-zweite-woche-fuer-lange-undercover
9. ↑ http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/46176/unsa seine_arbeit_sat1_distanziert_sich_von_meta_productions /
10. ↑ ^{a b} Sat.1 program "Lange Undercover": Reporter is said to have cheated. In: Spiegel Online . June 6, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
11. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/70561/von-akte-in-die-unterwelt
12. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/71529/auch-swr-trennt-sich-von-meta-produktion
13. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/71377/nach-lange-skandal-meta-chef-weiberg-muss-iegen
14. ↑ http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/46300/aktereporter_daniel_lange_kritisiert_meta_productions/
15. ↑ http://www.klamm.de/news/jetzt-sprech-daniel-lange-6N71295.html
16. ↑ http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/tv/id_69763154/-akte-ulrich-meyer-wehrt-sich-gegen-generalverdacht-.html
17. ↑ http://www.doggennetz.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1865:aua1424-daniel-lange-vormals-sat1-meta-productions-lange-undercover-6-presseantwort-nach-drei-montaten -und-distancing-from-carsten-thierfelder & catid = 35: aua & Itemid = 53