Gernot Sittner

Gernot Sittner (born June 27, 1938 ) is a German journalist who worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) for a long time . From 1993 to 2005 he was editor-in-chief of the SZ.

Life

Sittner grew up in Sulzbach-Rosenberg in the Upper Palatinate. According to Sittner, his parents wanted him to become a teacher. Accordingly, he studied German, English, philosophy and history in Munich and passed the state examination for higher education. He also received his doctorate in 1966 with a thesis on the reaction of German literature to the war of 1870/71. In the meantime, however, he had turned to journalism and in 1964 joined the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich.

He first wrote about local issues and was also responsible for education policy, then became editor of the television site and then, for 17 years, as department head, responsible editor for SZ, which, according to Hans Werner Kilz, “became the most widely read under his leadership Report page in German daily newspaper journalism “. In addition to page three, he was also in charge of the SZ weekend supplement.

In 1989 Sittner became deputy editor-in-chief and head of the service at the SZ, in 1993 he finally became editor-in-chief alongside Dieter Schröder and Hans Werner Kilz , which he remained until his retirement in 2005. Even after that, he continued to head the traffic parliament and the health forum of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Stephan Lebert called him “something like Mister SZ” in an article about his retirement in ZEIT.

Publications (selection)

• (Ed.): Page three: Reports from five decades , 2nd revised edition, Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, Munich 2007 (Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition), ISBN 978-3-86615-484-1 .

literature

• Hans Werner Kilz: calmly in the front line: editor-in-chief Gernot Sittner is retiring after 41 years at SZ , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 29, 2005, page 5
• Stephan Lebert: Silence is gold: SZ editor Gernot Sittner is retiring - as inconspicuous as it always was , in: ZEIT August 25, 2005 Online
• Article for the 70th birthday of Hans Werner Kilz

Web links

• Lecture by Sittner: Journalism: Always up to date (PDF; 89 kB)