Jürgen Kellermeier
Jürgen Kellermeier (born April 13, 1939 in Bielefeld ; † October 3, 2009 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist .
Life
After graduating from the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Bielefeld , Kellermeier studied German , history and political science in Marburg, Munich, Münster and Vienna from 1959 to 1964 . After receiving his doctorate , he became a political editor for the Free Press in Bielefeld. In 1965 he joined the NDR - radio in Hamburg. From 1966 to 1976 he was radio correspondent for the station in the federal capital Bonn. In May 1974 he was the first to report the resignation of the then Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt in the course of the Guillaume affair .
After working as a correspondent in Bonn, he was first deputy editor-in-chief, then editor-in-chief at NDR radio in Hamburg, and in 1988 switched to radio program director . There he led a comprehensive program reform and created NDR 4, today's radio program NDR Info .
From 1990 until his retirement in 2004 he was TV program director for NDR. He expanded the third program of the North German Broadcasting Company into a successful regional full program. a. as the inventor of the daily eve magazine “ DAS! ". In addition, he has published numerous articles in magazines and books on political and broadcast policy issues. After leaving the NDR, Kellermeier worked as a freelance journalist. He also worked as a consultant for the ARD talk show Beckmann . In 2006/2007 Jürgen Kellermeier was President of the Rotary Club Hamburg Steintor for one year.
On the morning of October 3, 2009, Jürgen Kellermeier threw himself out of a window of his third-floor apartment in Winterhude with suicidal intent .
Works
- The end of the Weimar Republic in the mirror of the Viennese press . The attitude of the Viennese daily press to the political events in Germany from the fall of Brüning to the takeover of Adolf Hitler , Vienna 1964.
- Herbert Wehner . in: people of our time. Personalities of public life, the church, economy and politics, Bonn 1976.
- Germany 1976 . Two social democrats in conversation: Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt ; Interview conducted by: Jürgen Kellermeier, Hamburg 1976.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Kellermeier in the catalog of the German National Library
- NDR mourns Jürgen Kellermeier obituary of the North German Broadcasting Corporation from October 5, 2009
- Former program director Kellermeier is dead Berliner Morgenpost from October 6, 2009 on the death of Jürgen Kelleremeier
- Jürgen Kellermeier in conversation with Herbert Wehner (1980)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Kellermeier, Jürgen, p. 219 .
- ↑ Focus : Ex-NDR program director works for Beckmann September 5, 2005
- ↑ Rotary Club Hamburg Steintor: Jürgen Kellermeier was President 2006/2007 (PDF file; 9 kB)
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt : Jürgen Kellermeier was an outstanding employee October 6, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellermeier, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German television journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 2009 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |