Society of Catholic Publicists in Germany

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The Society of Catholic Publicists in Germany e. V. (GKP) is an association founded in 1948 as a free association of Catholic publicists .

In 2019, it comprised around 550 publicists and journalists . The seat of the GKP is in the Thomas-More-Akademie in Bensberg ( Bergisch Gladbach ). Chairwoman since March 16, 2013 was Michaela Pilters , head of the Church and Life / Cath. at ZDF in Mainz. Her successor was Joachim Frank , chief correspondent of the DuMont media group , in March 2015 . Until March 2015, the deputy chairmen were Carolin Kronenburg , press spokeswoman for the episcopal campaign " Adveniat " in Essen , and Bernhard Rude , head of studies at the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (ifp) in Munich.

The GKP is a member of the Catholic World Association for Communication SIGNIS .

history

The GKP was founded by Karl Bringmann , Heinrich Jansen Cron , Emil Dovifat , Gunthar Lehner , Otto B. Roegele , Heinrich Basilius Streithofen and Ivo Zeiger , among others .

Chronicle of the board members

The GKP chairmen have been:

structure

Board member 2012 to 2015

Source: GKP website

  • Chair Michaela Pilters, editor-in-chief, ZDF, editorial office "Church and Life / Catholic", Mainz (since March 16, 2013)
  • Deputy Chairwoman Carolin Kronenburg, Press Officer, Bischöfliche Aktion Adveniat, Essen (since March 16, 2013),
  • Bernhard Rude, Head of Studies, Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (ifp), Munich

Board members

  • Martin Fuchs, Head of Marketing / Public Relations, Press Spokesman for the BBT Group, Trier (since March 16, 2013)
  • Matthias Montag, Program Director, BCS Broadcast Sachsen, Dresden
  • Bernhard Remmers, Journalistic Director, ifp Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists eV, Munich
  • Ernst Schlögel, freelance journalist, Mainz
  • Nicole Stroth, radio editor, Archdiocese of Freiburg, communications department, Freiburg im Breisgau

Co-opted members (without voting rights)

  • Karl Grüner, freelance journalist, Schliersee. Co-opted as webmaster of the GKP website and member of the editorial board of "GKP-Informations"
  • Christian Klenk, Science. Employee at the journalism course at the Catholic University of Eichstätt, editor of "Communicatio Socialis"
  • Beate Schneiderwind, PR consultant (DAPR) / editor (freelance) / copywriter, Vettweiß. Co-opted as ZdK spokeswoman for subject area 7
  • Georg Stingl, freelance television journalist, Wörthsee. Co-opted as editor of the members' magazine "GKP-Informations"

Spiritual Advisory Board

  • P. Christof Wolf SJ, Munich

GKP branch of the Thomas-More-Akademie Bensberg

  • Monika Kolec, managing director
  • Barbara Miebach, secretary

Representative of the GKP in the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK)

  • Hildegard Mathies, ZdK member
  • Beate Schneiderwind, ZdK member, ZdK spokeswoman for department 7 journalism and media policy (journalistic tasks)

Representative of the GKP in the Quality in Journalism Initiative (IQ)

  • Bernhard Rude, Head of Studies, Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (ifp), Munich

publication

The members' magazine GKP-Informations appears monthly .

Award

Since 1984 the board of the GKP has awarded the Franz-von-Sales-Tafel to personalities who have achieved special services as Catholic publicists. It was donated as a reminder of the Franco-German journalists' meeting in 1983 that took place in Annecy, where Franz von Sales , the patron saint of journalists and writers, is buried. Have been awarded so far

  • the Limburg auxiliary bishop Walther Kampe (1909 to 1998) as a clerical adviser to the GKP and as "media bishop ",
  • Karl Bringmann as a founding member and longstanding member of the board (1951 to 1969),
  • Konrad Simons for his commitment as GKP chairman and for his commitment to the Franco-German journalists' meetings,
  • the long-time editor of the Bonn weekly newspaper " Rheinischer Merkur " Otto B. Roegele (1920 to 2005) as long-time GKP chairman (1957 to 1963 and 1969 to 1972) and for his work in Catholic journalism,
  • Hans Deckers for his 20 years of work as GKP managing director,
  • Bernhard Gervink for his services to the Franco-German public meeting,
  • Paul Dahm in recognition of his 17 years of work as GKP regional representative in Aachen,
  • Gunthar Lehner (1918-2014) for many years of GKP membership,
  • Karl Heinz Treiß for many years of GKP membership,
  • ZDF founding director Karl Holzamer (1906–2007) for many years of GKP membership,
  • Günter Graf (1928 to 2007) as a long-time member of the board and as editor of the members' magazine "GKP-Informations" since 1987,
  • Albert Keller (1932 to 2010) for his many years of activity as a clerical adviser to the GKP.
  • Christian Frevel (* 1960) for the design of the members 'magazine "GKP-Informations" as well as for his work in the UCIP and at the Franco-German journalists' meetings and
  • Karl Grüner (* 1943) for looking after the GKP website.
  • Michaela Pilters (* 1952) for her commitment as long-time GKP chairwoman and
  • Bernhard Rude (* 1966) for special services to the public relations work of the GKP.

Publications

  • Society of Catholic Publicists Germany (Ed.): Locations. Catholic journalists take a stand. 50 years of the Society of Catholic Publicists (GKP). Cologne 1998. (Editing of the Festschrift: Christian Frevel, Günter Graf, Michaela Pilters)
  • Society of Catholic Publicists (Ed.): Announcement. 40 years of the Society of Catholic Publicists in Germany. Berlin 1988
  • Gerhard Eberts, Christian Frevel: Solidarity, further training, exchange among each other and international contacts. Two German journalists' associations have existed for 50 years. In: Communicatio Socialis, Volume 31, Issue 3/1998, pp. 296-312
  • Nicole Stroth: Missionary or informing? The self-image of Catholic journalists in Germany. In: Communicatio Socialis, Volume 40, Issue 4/2007, pp. 335–349
  • Nicole Stroth: Neutral mediator, counselor, missionary? Self-image of Catholic journalists in Germany. Eichstätt 2007 (unpublished diploma thesis)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.signis.net/
  3. ↑ http://www.signisworldcongress.net/
  4. ↑ World Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS)
  5. ^ Journalists' Associations , by Hildegard Mathies , January 6, 2015 Katholisch.de
  6. ↑ Catholic intellectual milieu in Germany, his press and his networks (1871-1963) , page 498 ff by Michel Grunewald and Uwe Puschner, Peter Lang Verlag, 2006 - 558 pages
  7. ^ Chronicle of the board of GKP
  8. ↑ http://www.gkp.de/ueber-uns/vorstand