Jochen Steinmayr

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Jochen Steinmayr (born December 1, 1926 in Dingolfing ; † November 6, 2006 ) was a German journalist .

Life

Steinmayr attended the Reich School of the NSDAP Feldafing (RSF) during the Nazi era .

He first began studying medicine , which he dropped out. As an editor he went to the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. From 1956 to 1961 he was a foreign correspondent in Warsaw and Moscow . He then became editor-in-chief of the Münchner Illustrierte within the Süddeutscher Verlag . In 1963 he took over the deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Stern in Hamburg. A little later he became editor-in-chief of the illustrated magazine Revue of the Bauer publishing group .

In 1971 the publisher Gerd Bucerius brought him into the same position at Gruner + Jahr in order to build up the newly founded Zeitmagazin . At the time, the editor-in-chief and later publisher of Die Zeit , Marion Gräfin Dönhoff , criticized the establishment , who saw the reputation of the weekly newspaper, which was geared towards educated citizens, at risk. At the end of the 1970s Steinmayr became editor-in-chief of this 'colorful' magazine. Under his management, it was considered the publishing house's “ cash cow ” and a role model for other publishers. During this time he was in close contact with the Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky , whom he accompanied twice on election campaigns. In 1986, he interviewed and then- time boss Theo Sommer to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi . From 1989 he was still active as a columnist for Die Zeit .

Steinmayr was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and a cousin of the SPD politician Hans-Jochen Vogel . Steinmayr was of interest to the GDR because he knew the Chancellor's personal advisor and was therefore "looked after" by the GDR's secret diplomat, Hermann von Berg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Leeb: Why this book? In: Johannes Leeb (ed.): "We were Hitler's elite students". Former pupils of the Nazi elite schools break their silence . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16504-7 , p. 12.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Journalists' round: Bruno Kreisky in the domestic and foreign media . In: Werner Gatty, Gerhard Schmid, Maria Steiner, Doris Wiesinger (eds.): Die Ära Kreisky. Austria in Transition 1970–1983 (= Bruno Kreisky international studies , Volume 1). Studienverlag, Innsbruck a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-7065-1195-9 , p. 146.
  3. ↑ Stephan Lebert : As colorful as the world and life . In: Die Zeit , August 24, 2008, No. 35.
  4. ↑ a b c Wolfram Siebeck : Optimist even in the rain. On the death of Jochen Steinmayr, head of ZEIT magazine . In: Die Zeit , November 16, 2006, No. 47.
  5. ↑ Simone Schellhammer: “Die Zeit” has a magazine again . In: Der Tagesspiegel, May 24, 2007, No. 19555, p. 35.
  6. ↑ Theo Sommer: The scraps often flew . In: Die Zeit , February 23, 2006, No. 9 (special supplement 60 years of DIE ZEIT, second part 1966 to 1983)
  7. ↑ Wolfgang R. Langenbucher , Irmgard Wetzstein: The real existing high culture journalism. About people, works and a canon . In: Tobias Eberwein, Daniel Müller (ed.): Journalism and the public. A profession and its social mission. Festschrift for Horst Pöttker . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-15759-7 , p. 396.
  8. ^ Theo Sommer : Libya. When we met Muammar al-Gadhafi . Zeit Online, March 4, 2011, No. 10.
  9. ↑ Hubertus Knabe : The Discrete Charm of the GDR. Stasi and western media . Propylaeen, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-549-07137-X , p. 38ff.
personal data
SURNAME Steinmayr, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Dingolfing
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2006