Hans-Joachim Deckert

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Hans-Joachim Deckert (born February 28, 1932 in Mannheim ; † March 8, 2010 in Vienna ) was a German journalist , foreign correspondent and editor-in-chief . Not to be confused with the major general of the armed forces of the same name.

Life

Deckert grew up in the Palatinate. He attended grammar school in Landau and, after graduating from high school, studied economics at the University of Mannheim . During his studies he worked as a freelancer for Mannheimer Morgen . Internship in 1956, after which the now qualified economist began working as an editor in the politics department. In 1962 he became head of the economy department and in 1974 editor-in-chief.

Correspondent in Moscow

Together with other comparable but not competing newspapers, the Mannheimer Morgen maintains a joint network of correspondents in order to maintain independence from news agencies such as dpa . The association includes the Konstanzer Südkurier , the Koblenzer Rhein-Zeitung and the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . In 1985 the position of Moscow correspondent became vacant in this network , Deckert applied and moved to the Soviet capital in 1985. It was the exciting glasnost and perestroika era of the new party leader Mikhail Gorbachev .

Move to Vienna

After four years in Moscow, Deckert returned to Germany and in 1989 took over the editor-in-chief of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. He had been editor-in-chief for too long, he once said, foreign correspondent too short. So he gave up the editor-in-chief in Cologne in 1993, wrote for Wirtschaftswoche and Die Zeit , and moved to Vienna in 2003 with his wife Ljudmilla, whom he had married in Moscow. From there he reported for 17 years - well beyond retirement age - as a Southeast Europe correspondent for the newspaper association, for various national papers such as Wirtschaftswoche, Die Zeit and occasionally for Deutschlandfunk . Deckert died on March 8, 2010 in Vienna as a result of a serious fall.

Awards

literature

  • Udo Leuschner : Newspaper history using the example of Mannheimer Morgen , Verlag Die Arbeitswelt, Berlin 1981

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Mannheimer Morgen on March 9, 2010
  2. ↑ List of foreign correspondents registered in Vienna ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.laenderkontakte.de
personal data
SURNAME Deckert, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, foreign correspondent and editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2010
Place of death Vienna