Karl Weber (journalist)

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Karl Weber (born February 23, 1880 in Liestal ; † October 22, 1961 there ; entitled to live in Menziken and Liestal) was a Swiss journalist , newspaper scholar and politician ( FDP ).

Life

Family and education

Karl Weber, son of the teacher Hans Wilhelm Weber and his spouse Anna Barbara born Holinger, devoted to school visits in Liestal and Basel to the study of history , philology and pedagogy at the University of Basel , where he obtained in 1906 the degree of Dr. phil. During his studies in Basel, Weber became a member of the Academic Gymnastics Association Alemannia in Basel , to which he remained loyal.

Karl Weber married Marie Helena, née Zehntner, in 1908. He died in the autumn of 1961 four months before he would have turned 82 in his hometown of Liestal.

Professional background

Karl Weber held secondary teaching positions in Binningen and Basel from 1902 , in 1909 he switched to the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung as an editor , and in 1920 in the same position for the Basler Nachrichten . In 1930 he took over the office of Bundeshaus editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , which he held until 1952. Karl Weber completed his habilitation in 1927 for scientific newspaper studies and practical journalism at the University of Zurich , in the following year he received a teaching position , in 1938 he was appointed adjunct professor and head of the journalistic seminar, and in 1952 he resigned. In addition, from 1942 to 1952 he held the extraordinary professorship for newspaper studies at the University of Bern . The party who joined the Liberal Democratic Party also belonged to the Basel district administrator from 1917 to 1920 .

Karl Weber, who presided over the Swiss Press Association from 1921 to 1923 and was promoted to honorary member in 1933, stood out in particular as the author of publications on his home canton and on press history.

Publications

  • The Revolution in the Canton of Basel, 1830–1833, Lüdin, Liestal 1907.
  • A putsch in the Basel area in 1840: Gelterkinder community jogging coup; According to the files, Lüdin, Liestal 1913.
  • Liestal, an old Swiss town in words and pictures, Lüdin, Liestal 1914.
  • The Swiss press in 1848, Frobenius, Basel 1927.
  • The newspaper as an object of criticism: Inaugural lecture at the University of Zurich, Schulthess Polygraphischer Verlag, Zurich 1928.
  • The magazine in the intellectual life of Switzerland, Büchler, Bern 1943.
  • Switzerland in a war of nerves: The task and attitude of the Swiss press in times of crisis and war 1933 - 1945, Lang, Bern 1948.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist, newspaper scientist and politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Liestal
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1961
Place of death Liestal

Academic gymnastics association Alemannia Basel