Dieter Schröder (journalist)

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Dieter Schröder (born February 23, 1931 in Berlin ) is a German journalist , publicist and author . For many years he was editor -in- chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and publisher of the Berliner Zeitung .

Life

After graduating from high school in East Berlin , Schröder moved to Munich , where he attended the first school for journalistic practice in the Federal Republic of Germany , the Werner Friedmann Institute . He then worked as a local editor for the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) . But Schröder, who was only 21 years old, soon left Munich to continue his journalistic career in what was then the provisional capital of Bonn . In 1953 he became a Bonn correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and held this position until 1963. With his reports he became a chronicler of the founding years of the Federal Republic of Germany under Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer .

In 1964 Schröder switched to the Hamburg news magazine Der Spiegel for two years as a reporter , for which he mainly wrote international reports . The founder of the mirror , Rudolf Augstein , who was very much admired by Schröder and about whom he wrote a biography in 2004, was partly his teacher from 1964–1965. In 1966 Schröder returned to the Süddeutsche Zeitung and reported from London as SZ correspondent until 1972 .

In 1973 Schröder took over the management of the foreign policy department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. In 1976 he became a member of the SZ editorial team. As a proponent of Helmut Schmidt's policy and subsequently of Helmut Kohl with regard to retrofitting , he came under considerable pressure from the German public. From 1985 to 1995, Schröder was the sole editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

Although he was now 65 years old, in 1996 he accepted Gruner + Jahr's offer to become editor of the Berliner Zeitung . Even after his departure as editor in 2001, he stayed with the newspaper as an editorial and permanent author.

Quotes

Martin E. Süskind on the 70th birthday of Dieter Schröder: As an observer and spontaneous commentator on politics - the political, that is: the public affairs are his profession - he reacts extremely emotionally, in the writing analysis and evaluation of politics, however, he moves with it great rationality and self-control. That's what made him a great journalist.

Zeit editor-in-chief Josef Joffe on the occasion of Schröder's retirement: There are only a few journalists who can be said without exaggeration that they played a key role in shaping the German press landscape after the war. Dieter Schröder is one of them.

Books

  • Augstein , Siedler Verlag, Munich 2004, 400 pages, ISBN 3-88680-782-7
  • Dream trips through Ireland , Publisher: Eltville am Rhein, Bechtermünz 1991, 190 pp.
  • Dream streets of Ireland , Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1988, 190 pp.
  • Great Britain's dream streets , Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1980, 194 pp.
  • Great Britain , Fackelträger-Verlag, Hannover 1979, 206 pp.
  • Ireland, God's divided country , Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1972, 154 pp.
  • Democracies , Hess. Landeszentrale f. Polit. Education, Wiesbaden 1969, 204 pp.
  • Erich Ollenhauer , Graeber & Olzog, 1957

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Schröder in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  2. ↑ The journalist Dieter Schröder draws an anecdotal picture of the “Spiegel” founder Rudolf Augstein . In: Die Zeit , No. 42/2004
  3. ↑ As a guest in the Alpha-Forum of Bayerischer Rundfunk, broadcast from February 23, 2001
  4. ↑ Journalist with publishing impulses . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 23, 2001
  5. ↑ Dieter Schröder turns 70 . bdzv.de
  6. ↑ A man with "IQ" . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 31, 2001; Farewell as editor of the Berliner Zeitung
personal data
SURNAME Schröder, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, publicist and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin