today's Journal
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| Original title | today's Journal |
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| Country of production |
 Germany
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| original language | German |
| Years) | since 1978 |
| Manufacturing company |
ZDF |
| length | 15 to 30 minutes |
| genre | Messages |
| Moderation |
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| First broadcast | January 2nd, 1978 on ZDF |
The heute-journal is a news magazine of ZDF .
concept
In contrast to today's news at 7 p.m., the heute-journal deals with individual topics of the day in more detail and illuminates the background, as well as interviews with politicians, business leaders, experts and other relevant people of the day. There is also a stock market report from Frankfurt. This is followed by the weather report. The former moderator and editor-in-chief, Wolf von Lojewski , once summed up the objective with the catchy formula: " Today at 7 p.m. it reports: Politician XY throws in the towel, we'll say where!" that is, not all of the day's topics are presented in a film. The show is similar to the daily news of the ARD .
Time slot
The heute-journal went on January 2, 1978 broadcast. To begin with, the heute-journal was broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 9 p.m. and Fridays at 10 p.m. with a broadcast length of 20 minutes. From January 1, 1984, the broadcast date was shifted to 9:45 p.m. (currently again inconsistent). The broadcast was expanded to 30 minutes in 1991. Since 1992 the magazine has also been broadcast on Saturdays; since January 16, 2000 also on Sundays. As of March 31, 2019, this issue is also 30 minutes long.
The magazine is usually broadcast at 9:45 p.m. with a length of around 27 minutes and a separate three-minute weather forecast. From Monday to Thursday, the heute-journal will also be shown on the Phoenix broadcaster with a sign language interpreter parallel to the ZDF broadcast.
Today's journal starts on Friday at 10 p.m., after the Friday crime thriller . On Saturday the program will be shortened to 15 minutes and will only start after the Saturday crime thriller (or other entertainment program) at around 10:45 p.m.
In the event of a crisis, either the regular program is extended (up to an hour) or an additional heute-journal special is included in the program, which, comparable to today's special programs, usually lasts no longer than ten to 15 minutes. At sporting events (mainly at international football matches in the half-time break), heute-journal is shown in a seven-minute short edition, which means that the second news block with stock market news and the cultural contribution at the end of the broadcast is omitted.
Since September 2011, heute-journal has also been broadcast live on the Internet (in the ZDF media library).
editorial staff
The editorial team is an independent editorial team in the “Main News” section of ZDF and has around 30 editors and reporters who work exclusively for this program. Until 2008, the editors also moderated:
- 1978 to 1981 and 1987 to 1988: Dieter Kronzucker
- 1981 to 1984: Klaus Bresser
- 1984 to 1986: Peter Voss
- 1988 to 1992: Ruprecht Eser
- 1992 to 2003: Wolf von Lojewski
- 2003 to 2008: Claus Kleber
- 2008 to 2009: Jan Metzger
- 2009 to 2017: Anne Reidt
- since April 2017: Wulf Schmiese
Moderators
Current moderators
| Moderator | Started | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Marietta Slomka | January 29, 2001 | Main presenter |
| Christian Sievers | January 15, 2013 | Main moderator , representation until January 9, 2022 |
| Bettina Schausten | July 13, 2020 | stand-in |
Former moderators
| Moderator | Started | Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Bresser | 1978 | 1983 |
| Dieter Kronzucker | 1978; 1986 | 1980; 1988 |
| Karlheinz Rudolph † | 1978 | 1983 |
| Jochen Schweizer | 1978 | 1982 |
| Gustav Trampe † | 1978 | 1979 |
| Ingeborg Wurster † | 1979 | 1984 |
| Hans W. Scheicher † | 1981 | 1985 |
| Peter Voss | 1981 | 1992 |
| Ernst Elitz | 1983 | 1985 |
| Gerd Helbig | 1985 | 1985 |
| Ruprecht Eser | 1985 | 1992 |
| Sigmund Gottlieb | 1988 | 1991 |
| Alexander Niemetz | 1991 | 2000 |
| Wolf von Lojewski | 1992 | 2003 |
| Eberhard Piltz † | 1993 | 1997 |
| Helmut Reitze | 1997 | 2002 |
| Klaus-Peter Siegloch | 2003 | 2006 |
| Claus Kleber | 2003 | 2021 |
| Steffen Seibert | 2007 | 2010 |
| Maybrit Illner | 2010 | 2012 |
Editors in the studio / co-moderators (since 1986)
The compact news in heute-journal has been presented by an editor in the studio since June 30, 1986 .
Current editors in the studio / co-moderators
| Editor in the studio | Started | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Gundula Gause | February 8, 1993 | usually with Christian Sievers |
| Heinz Wolf | January 11, 1999 | usually with Marietta Slomka |
| Kay-Sölve Richter | December 10, 2010 | usually with Bettina Schausten |
Former editors in the studio / co-moderators
| Editor in the studio | Started | Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Ekkehardt Gahntz | 1986 | 1989 |
| Susanne Gelhard | 1986 | 1989 |
| Marina Ruperti | 1987 | 1989 |
| Ulrike Grunewald | 1989 | 1992 |
| Peter Hahne | 1989 | 1991 |
| Nina Ruge | 1989 | 1994 |
| Bernhard Nellessen | 1992 | 1994 |
| Anja Charlet (until 1999; Wolf) | 1995 | 2001 |
| Alexander Stock | 1995 | 1997 |
| Michaela Kolster | 2000 | 2000 |
| Caroline Hamann | 2001 | 2002 |
| Barbara Hahlweg | 2003 | 2007 |
| Dunja Hayali | 2007 | 2010 |
| Carsten Rüger | 2015 | 2015 |
today journal up: date
Since September 7, 2020, ZDF has been broadcasting an extension to the main program on weekdays. Today's 15-minute journal up: date covers the day's topics between 11:45 p.m. and 1 a.m. with background reports, interviews and interviews. The show replaces heute + and is also the responsibility of the editorial staff of the heute journal .
Opening credits and studio background
In the 1970s and 1980s, the opening credits showed the presenters live immediately before the broadcast began. A clock was faded in and important headlines of the day ran as a ticker over the lower edge of the screen. The sound of the ticker corresponded to the word “today” in Morse code (four short, one short, two short and one long, one long, one short). In the 1990s, the Morse code was replaced by different acoustic backgrounds, but the view of the studios, which had been modernized several times over the years, was retained. The theme tune has also been changed several times over the years.
With the introduction of the new virtual studio (2009), the well-known opening credits were abandoned and you could now see a camera slowly zooming in on the moderators, while the topics were faded in and out in the background; there was no longer a real intro. As of February 19, 2011, heute-journal received a darker background that was different from the other heute-broadcasts, and the 2D world map used there was replaced by five globes . At the beginning the headlines were shown again in the foreground and there was again a "real" intro. From September 12, 2013, the background became a little lighter again and thus approximated the other broadcasts today, but the globes and the intro were retained.
In 2021 the studio was again technically modernized, the first broadcast was broadcast on July 19, 2021.
Awards
In October 2013, heute-journal was awarded the German television prize in the “Best News Show” category.
In 2016, a TV spot from heute-journal won 1st prize at the International Eyes & Ears Awards in the category Best On-Air Program Spot: News & Information .
Moderation Marietta Slomka received a Golden Camera in the category "Best Information" on behalf of heute-journal .
Others
Since June 25, 2007, the heute-journal has been broadcast in the 16: 9 aspect ratio , like the other heute broadcasts, and since August 2, 2015, it has been broadcast in native HD .
The programs can be obtained free of charge as video and audio podcasts. Since December 2011, there has been a dedicated website, heute-journal plus , in which additional background information on the program is compiled.
Web links
- Official website of heute-journal
- Today journal at Fernsehserien.de
- A day at the heute journal . In: ZDF.de (Video, 17:46 min, June 19, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ^ New ZDF news magazine: "heute journal up: date". Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
- ↑ ZDF expands its offering with “heute journal plus”