Harro Hess

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Harro Hess (* 1935 ; † July 26, 2011 in Buckow ) was a German geologist , author and science journalist .

Life

Harro Hess, born in 1935, studied geology and received his doctorate in 1970. He worked at the Research Center for Soil Fertility Müncheberg in the field of pitting . As a science journalist, Hess worked for Radio DDR and was the first presenter of the environmental program “ OZON ” on East German television . After the political change in the GDR he became studio manager of the ORB in Frankfurt (Oder) .

Immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Harro Hess became a member of the IADM, later its general secretary . The IADM looked after German-language media (state and non-state) newspapers, radio stations and TV stations all over the world and supplied them with the latest news from Germany , and later from all of Germany. Since 1995, Harro Hess has been the coordinator of contributions from Germany for the Australian state radio in Melbourne (SBS-Radio - Special Broadcasting Service), which broadcasts several foreign language programs across the country. a. the german program.

Harro Hess did research in the field of volcanology and was a. a. significantly involved in the creation of an ice age trail .

Works (selection)

  • The history of the Urania Society in Berlin and the reflection of scientific and technical developments . Diss. Greifswald 1970
  • Titanic. Two faces of a disaster . Berlin 1989. ISBN 3-344-00396-8
  • Earth, volcanoes and earthquakes . Gotha 1991. ISBN 3-7301-0162-5
  • Haack Pocket Atlas Volcanoes and Earthquakes . Gotha 2003. ISBN 3-623-00020-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harro Hess died - Museum is looking for a specialist in rocks, by Uwe Stemmler, Märkische Oderzeitung, August 2nd, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.moz.de  
  2. ↑ Window to research: Harro Hess as a science journalist for the Tagesspiegel, March 3, 2008
  3. ↑ Harro Hess at IADM: About the column: The IADM (International Association of German-Speaking Media) was founded in Cologne around 1975. The founding father was Werner Bader, head of the German-language program of Deutsche Welle, Waldsieversdorf ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.waldsieversdorf-online.de
personal data
SURNAME Hess, Harro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist, author and science journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2011
Place of death Buckow (Märkische Schweiz)