Ernst Gelegs
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Ernst Gelegs (* 23. December 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist and since 1999 ORF - correspondent in Budapest.
education
He studied political science, journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna .
job
Gelegs came to ORF in 1980 and initially worked in the radio sports department as a reporter and presenter for the Ö3 program at the time, “Sport und Musik”. From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a reporter in the Lower Austria regional studio. In 1991, the then editor-in-chief Horst Friedrich Mayer brought him to the time in the Bild editorial team, where he devoted himself exclusively to domestic political issues.
At the beginning of 1996, the "job rotation" of the then General Director Gerhard Zeiler made the "domestic politician" the ORF foreign correspondent in London almost overnight. Great Britain was in the public eye in 1996/97 with issues such as BSE (Mad Cow Disease), general election with Tony Blair as the big winner or the accidental death of Princess Diana .
From 1998 Gelegs worked as a travel correspondent for “Zeit im Bild”. He designed reports and live reports from a total of 20 countries, including crisis areas such as Iraq, Syria and Northern Ireland. Gelegs also reported on the American aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during the Afghanistan mission in October 2001.
In 2000 he set up the Budapest office as a foreign correspondent, which today serves as the ORF's Eastern European office under his leadership. The “real Viennese” (with a Bohemian grandmother and Hungarian roots) looks after Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Moldova and Greece from Budapest.
Private
Ernst Gelegs is married and has one grown son.
Works
- Greetings from Orban-Land - The Right Revolution in Hungary , Verlag Styria Premium, Vienna 2013 (together with Roland Adrowitzer ), ISBN 978-3-222-13414-2
- Dear mom, I'm still alive! - The letters of front soldier Leonhard Wohlschläger , Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-218-01161-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Occasionally, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |