Friedrich Kraft (journalist)

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Friedrich Kraft (born April 27, 1944 in Uffenheim ) is a German journalist and university professor .

Life

After graduating from the Protestant Realgymnasium Uffenheim, Kraft studied Protestant theology as well as communication, theater and musicology.

In 1970 he became the cultural editor of the district newspaper Böblinger Bote . In 1973 he took up a position as vicar in Starnberg. After ordination as a pastor, he took leave of absence and worked as a freelancer for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others . In 1975 he became editor of the Südwestpresse in Ulm, from 1976 he headed the culture department of the Donaukurier in Ingolstadt . In 1980 he switched to the Bavarian Evangelical Sunday newspaper and was its editor-in-chief until 1993. In 1993 he returned to this position at Donaukurier, whose co-editor he became in 1999. In 2003 he left the Donaukurier.

In 1989 he became a lecturer for Christian journalism at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), where he teaches media studies, media law, language ethics and cultural criticism. In 1994 he was appointed honorary professor at FAU.

Fonts

  • (Ed.): Luther as a stage hero. 1971.
  • Churches. In: Project team local journalists (ed.): Handbook for local journalists. 1977.
  • (Ed.): Marieluise Fleißer. Notes, texts, documents. 1981.
  • Dull grief and a mute Christ. “Farmers Die” by Franz Xaver Kroetz. In: German literature. Reclam, 1985.
  • Full-stop full-stop comma line. German spelling and journalistic ethics. 1996.
  • (Ed.): Studies on Christian Journalism. 1998 ff.
  • Of good and bad words. Notes on journalistic language ethics. In: Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (Hrsg.): Reading book Christian journalism. 2004.
  • Dispute over spheres and hair. Introduction to press law. In: Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (Hrsg.): Reading book Christian journalism. 2004.
  • Cicero, children of whores and shoemakers. Introduction to newspaper studies. In: Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (Hrsg.): Reading book Christian journalism. 2004.
  • Marieluise Fleißer. Rooted in the home. In: Alfons Schweiggert, Hannes S. Macher (Hrsg.): Authors in Bavaria. 2004.
  • From the life of an impostor. On the biography of Fleißer fiancé Hellmut Draws-Tychsen. In: Series of publications by the Marieluise Fleißer Society. Issue 7. 2009.
  • A small line and the big consequences. Essay on the comma. In: Welt am Sonntag. No. 16, April 18, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Kraft, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Uffenheim