ARD foreign studio
The foreign studios of ARD form a global network of correspondent points. They supply the ARD stations with television, radio and online reports from abroad. The correspondents of Deutschlandradio are integrated into this network. The studios are jointly supported by all state broadcasting corporations (LRA), the locations are each managed by individual state broadcasting corporations. Sometimes several ARD stations cooperate in a foreign studio. The NDR and WDR were the first to set up studios in numerous capital cities in the 1960s and 1970s.
The ARD foreign studios are the backbone of the foreign policy reporting of the public broadcasters. The correspondents deliver news items, reports and live conversations on current affairs, as well as on social, political and cultural backgrounds of the respective reporting area. Long-term developments and trends in the individual regions are also discussed.
These contributions are broadcast in all television and radio programs as well as on the digital platforms of the ARD. The largest clients are ARD-aktuell ( Tagesschau , Tagesthemen ) for television , as well as the information programs of the radio waves of the individual LRA. The online offers of the studios abroad can be found on tagesschau.de and on the ARD social media accounts (e.g. Weltspiegel ).
ARD currently operates 31 studios (as of August 2019) on five continents. As a rule, the radio and television studios are located at one location. Exceptions are Los Angeles , Rabat , Shanghai . There are only radio studios there, in Tehran only one television studio. In Switzerland and South America , the studios are in different locations. A total of 45 television and 56 radio correspondents work for ARD (as of October 2017). The international network is one of the largest in the world.
history
In the early 1950s, the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation (NWDR) sent its first radio correspondents to London and Stockholm . Karl Gehnich was already working as a radio correspondent for the NWDR in Stockholm in 1948. At the same time, the NWDR appointed contacts in France , Italy and the USA (Peter von Zahn, from 1951 in Washington), later also in Turkey and Egypt . They worked as commentators and reported for the main news division of the NWDR in "permanent free" status. In addition to a monthly base salary of 30 to 50 US dollars, they were paid for the radio broadcasts delivered. Since there was no guarantee that their articles would be accepted, they often worked as newspaper correspondents at the same time. The correspondents were the first representatives of the young Federal Republic in some parts of the world , as there were no diplomatic missions of the FRG there.
The technical equipment was mostly quite modest, but became more and more complex due to the expansion of television reporting. In 1955, the ARD stations began to use their foreign correspondents together. Many correspondents worked for both television and radio coverage during this period. When Weltspiegel was broadcast for the first time on ARD in 1963 , international reporting was given its own platform. With the increasing conflicts in the region, coverage of the Middle East was expanded in 1966 and a studio was set up in Tel Aviv .
The Ostdeutsche Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) (now RBB ) and the Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR) were integrated into the correspondent network from 1990 onwards. As a result, the areas of competence were redistributed, which led to resistance from the West German state broadcasters. The result was a cooperation between MDR and Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) for the Prague studio. In addition, the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) left the television studio for South Asia to the MDR, but kept the radio coverage. In 2001 a new radio studio in Shanghai officially went into operation. As the second ARD location in the People's Republic of China after Beijing, the studio is jointly managed by MDR and SWR.
Structure and financing
The structure of the ARD studios abroad is changing. The historical separation between radio and television is outdated and should be adapted to the requirements of multimedia reporting. In future, content and technology will be planned across all media, and offers and projects will be produced for all media channels. There are increasing numbers of ARD foreign correspondents who no longer work exclusively for radio or television.
Depending on the geopolitical situation, the importance and staffing of individual studios abroad can change. If a reporting area comes more into focus, individual studios are increased in terms of personnel and production technology, while others are closed or reduced in size. Most recently, in July 2010, the ARD announced a restructuring of its radio correspondent network. The then ARD chairman Peter Boudgoust said: “We are shifting capacities to where they are more urgently needed in view of the changing world situation.” The studios in New Delhi (NDR) and Istanbul (SWR) were each expanded by a second fixed radio station. Correspondents reinforced. In the reporting area New Delhi, the ARD wanted to strengthen the reporting from Afghanistan. In the Istanbul studio, this increase was intended to take account of the increased demand for reporting from Iran .
From the ARD radio studios in Cairo (SWR) and Amman (WDR), a joint studio based in Cairo was created in 2010 under the joint management of SWR and WDR . The studio has locations in Amman and at times in Beirut or Dubai . Since then, only three correspondents have reported from Cairo. In order to do justice to the growing global political importance of China , the Beijing television studio (NDR leader) was increased by a correspondent position.
The radio network is financed as a community facility through a levy that charges each ARD station according to a fixed share. All costs are made transparent and negotiated internally at ARD. In the case of television, the lead company bears the total costs of the studio.
Work situation
The work of the employees in the ARD foreign studios is characterized by the round-the-clock reporting and the respective time difference. The foreign correspondents usually work in their adopted country for between three and five years. During this time, they travel to the different countries in their area of responsibility for background reports or on the occasion of a current event. For current events, such as the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa , the workforce is being increased by additional correspondents.
The production conditions for the employees of the foreign studios are difficult in some countries. The ARD foreign studio in the Chinese capital Beijing is only allowed to shoot with the approval of the state authorities. Despite approval, there are often discussions with representatives of state authorities. “Even when filming is harmless, we always feel like we have a contagious disease. As if we represented a threat to the government, to the country, ”said Jochen Grabert, studio manager in Beijing, in connection with the 2008 Olympic coverage.
With the expansion of the tagesschau.de portal as a separate news medium, the correspondents also provide photos, reports and interviews for the portal.
The ARD channels set great store by sending correspondents to the respective countries who are able to speak or learn the respective national language. For example, with the radio correspondent and studio manager Ralf Borchard, who supplies the editorial offices of the ARD stations from all over Southeast Europe with audio reports from Vienna. In an interview, he said that he and his two colleagues are each learning a language from Southeast Europe in order to be able to work better. In addition, the correspondents work with freelancers on site, so-called stringers . These stringers know the conditions in the respective country and provide the correspondents with information, sometimes also act as interpreters and occasionally do interviews on their own.
Conflicts
Sometimes it happens that the local rulers find the reporting of the foreign correspondents so unpopular that they are forced to leave the country. For example in 1986 in South Africa, where the government notoriously and passionately denied the HIV epidemic.
Equipment and technology
The ARD studios abroad are equipped with modern digital technology to produce radio and television reports and to transfer them to your home country. In the television sector, for the most part not yet in HD technology. Live reporting is part of our daily work.
The television teams usually consist of a cameraman , a sound engineer and a producer . They are usually supplemented by a so-called stringer , a local employee who establishes contact with the local population and authorities. Since the reporting areas are sometimes quite extensive and therefore associated with frequent trips, the teams have light, transportable editing units at their disposal.
The broadcasting of the contributions to the broadcasting stations in Germany takes place via the Internet, via satellite or via fiber optic connection. In some cases, the Eurovision lines of the national broadcasters are used. The Prague studio, for example, uses the capacities of the Czech television company Česká televize . Within Germany, the correspondent reports are exchanged between the broadcasters via the ARD-internal HYBNET .
Studios in Europe
| Studio | Institution | management | Area of responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | WDR |
Markus Preiß (television) Ralph Sina (radio, WDR / NDR) Stephan Ueberbach (radio, BR / SWR / MDR) Alexander Göbel (radio, hr / RBB / RB / SR) |
The largest ARD foreign studio and the only one with its own TV program ( Europamagazin (WDR / SWR)). Responsible for Benelux and the EU as well as NATO . The office was established in 1961. After almost two years of construction, a new studio was opened in the new media house in the EU City in 2008. DW employees and the head of the ARD liaison office also work there. The radio studio is divided into three groups with the respective leaders WDR, HR and SWR. There is also a radio studio from Deutschlandradio . |
| The hague | WDR | Ludger Kazmierczak | Radio Office Netherlands . |
| Geneva | SWR | Wolfgang Wanner (TV) | TV and radio studio. Responsible for Switzerland , UN organizations, WHO , FIFA , IOC , etc. The studio has existed since the mid-1950s. |
| Istanbul | BR / SWR | Oliver Mayer-Rüth (TV) Christian Buttkereit (radio) |
Turkey , Northern Cyprus , (→ Studio Tel Aviv), including a liaison office in Tehran . Natalie Amiri (BR) reports from there. Other correspondents in Istanbul are Katharina Willinger (BR, television) and Karin Senz (SWR, radio). |
| London | NDR |
Annette Dittert (television) Jens-Peter Marquardt (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for the UK and Ireland . Another television correspondent Julie Kurz. Imke Köhler (BR), Thomas Spickhofen (WDR) and Friedbert Meurer (DLR / DLF) work for radio. |
| Madrid | SWR / HR |
Natalia Bachmayer (TV) Marc Dugge (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for Spain , Portugal , Andorra , Gibraltar , since March 2004 also responsible for the Maghreb . Further correspondents are Stefan Schaaf (SWR, television) and Oliver Neuroth (HR, radio). |
| Moscow | WDR |
Ina Ruck (television) Christina Nagel (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for Russia and all CIS countries . |
| Paris | WDR |
Sabine Rau (television) Marcel Wagner (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for France and Monaco . Second television correspondent Mathias Werth . Other radio correspondents: Martin Bohne (MDR), Sabine Wachs (SR) and Jürgen König (DLR). |
| Prague | MDR | Danko Handrick (television) Peter Lange (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for the Czech Republic and Slovakia . |
| Rome | BR |
Michael Schramm (television) Tassilo Forchheimer (radio) |
Trimedial studio: TV, online and radio studio. Responsible for Italy , Malta , Greece (TV only), Vatican City .
Further correspondents: Ellen Trapp (television), Jörg Seisselberg (radio) |
| Stockholm | NDR | Christian Stichler (television) Carsten Schmiester (radio) | TV and radio studio. Responsible for Scandinavia , Finland and the Baltic States . The studio was relocated from Riga to Stockholm in 1997. |
| Strasbourg | formerly SWR | The radio studio was responsible for the European Parliament and was closed in July 2010. Reporting now takes place from Brussels and Paris . | |
| Warsaw | WDR / RBB | Olaf Bock (television) Jan Pallokat (radio) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for Poland . |
| Vienna | BR |
Michael Mandlik (TV) Clemens Verenkotte (radio) |
Austria , including two branches in Belgrade and Sarajevo , responsible for Southeast Europe Further correspondents: Christian Limpert (television), Srdjan Govedarica (radio), Andrea Beer (radio) |
| Zurich | MDR | Dietrich Karl Mäurer | Radio studio. Responsible for Switzerland , UN organizations, WHO , FIFA , IOC, etc. |
Studios in America
| Studio | Institution | management | Area of responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | BR | Ivo Marusczyk (radio) | Argentina , radio studio South America. |
| los Angeles | MR | Katharina Wilhelm (HR) Marcus Schuler (BR) |
USA , USA West Coast radio studio, reporting mainly on California and Hollywood. |
| Mexico city | SWR / RBB | Xenia Böttcher (television) Anne-Katrin Mellmann (radio, RBB) | The studio in Mexico has existed since 1982 and is responsible for Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America (except Colombia). |
| New York City | WDR | Christiane Meier (television) Antje Passenheim (radio WDR) |
UN / New York / Canada Further correspondents: Peter Mücke (radio, NDR) The studio started as a one-man operation in 1973, in 1980 the WDR expanded the office into a television studio. |
| Rio de Janeiro | SWR | Matthias Ebert | The main studio for South America has been in Rio since April 2005, before that it was in Buenos Aires. |
| Washington, DC | BR / HR / MDR / NDR / SWR / WDR | Stefan Niemann (television, NDR) Martin Ganslmeier (radio, NDR) |
USA overall / political focus Washington Other correspondents: TV: Jan Philipp Burgard (Second Studio Manager, WDR), Claudia Buckenmaier (NDR) Radio: Torsten Teichmann (BR), Arthur Landwehr (SWR), Martina Buttler (WDR), Julia Kastein (MDR ), Sebastian Hesse-Kastein (MDR) |
Studios in Africa and the Middle East
| Studio | Institution | management | Area of responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amman | formerly WDR | Middle East: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman Closed in 2013. |
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| Johannesburg | SWR | Thomas Denzel (TV)
Jana Genth (radio) |
In addition to South Africa, the reporting area also includes Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi. The radio also covers Madagascar, La Réunion, Mayotte, Mauritius and the Comoros. The ARD studio is located in a media complex and has had a radio correspondent since 1976 and a TV correspondent since 1977. Except for the correspondents and assistants, all employees are South Africans. |
| Cairo | WDR / SWR | Daniel Hechler (TV, SWR) Björn Blaschke (radio, WDR) |
Main studio for the Arab world, North Africa to Sudan. In 2010 the ARD radio studios in Cairo (SWR) and Amman (WDR) became a joint studio based in Cairo under the joint management of SWR and WDR . The studio has locations in Amman and temporarily in Beirut or Dubai . Other correspondents: Alexander Stenzel (television, SWR), Anne Allmeling (radio, SWR), Carsten Kühntopp (radio, SWR) |
| Nairobi | WDR | Norbert Hahn (television) Antje Diekhans (radio) |
With 11 employees, Nairobi is the largest studio on the continent and has existed since 1973. It includes a complete set of television reporting equipment. Further correspondent: Caroline Hoffmann (television) |
| Rabat | MR | Dunja Sadaqi | Pure radio office, responsible for 22 countries in West and North Africa. Reporting area: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tunisia. |
| Tel Aviv | BR | Susanne Glass (television), Mike Linkenfelser (television) Tim Aßmann (radio), Benjamin Hammer (radio) |
Israel, Palestine |
The studio for Turkey and Iran (radio) is located in Istanbul, see above .
Studios in Asia and Australia
| Studio | Institution | management | Area of responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | MDR / HR / NDR / WDR | Sibylle Licht (television, MDR) Bernd Musch-Borowska (radio, NDR) |
India. The studio was built by the NDR in 1963. The MDR took over the studio from HR in 1993, the radio studio is headed by the NDR. The radio studio's reporting area includes eight countries: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Further correspondents: Peter Gerhardt (television, HR), Silke Diettrich (radio, WDR) |
| Beijing | NDR / RBB (radio) |
Tamara Anthony (television, NDR) Axel Dorloff (radio, RBB) |
TV and radio studio. Responsible for the People's Republic of China including Hong Kong and Macau (responsibility for the two Chinese special administrative areas only applies to television) and Mongolia . Other correspondent: Daniel Satra (television, NDR) |
| Shanghai | SWR / MDR | Steffen Wurzel (SWR) | Pure radio studio for China, also responsible for the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative areas. The studio opened in 2001. Every five years the management changes between SWR and MDR. |
| Singapore | NDR | Sandra Ratzow (TV) Lena Bodewein , Holger Senzel (radio) | Main studio for television and radio in Southeast Asia. In 1981 the studio moved from Hong Kong to Singapore. The field of activity includes 11 countries: Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The radio studio is headed by NDR. |
| Tokyo | NDR | Uwe Schwering (television) Kathrin Erdmann (radio) | TV and radio studio. Responsible for Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan and Oceania. |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The world at a glance: ARD foreign correspondents - From politics and contemporary history (APuZ 20/2010)
- ↑ Foreign studios - station profile - company WDR ; Asia and Europe are two continents, as are North America and South America. For example, the Mexico City (North America) office is responsible for Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Australia and New Zealand are looked after from the studio in Singapore.
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- ^ ARD radio studio Mexico City | ndr4.de - NDR Info - About us - Correspondents ( 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.
- ↑ Arrest and Censorship - Everyday Correspondence in China. ZAPP August 9, 2006, archived from the original on August 11, 2006 ; Retrieved August 11, 2006 .
- ↑ ARD correspondent from South Africa shown , ARD June 30, 1986, accessed July 18, 2018
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- ^ Ludger Kazmierczak. (No longer available online.) WDR , archived from the original on February 18, 2015 ; Retrieved January 11, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Change of correspondent at Bayerischer Rundfunk . ( digitalfernsehen.de [accessed on January 6, 2017]).
- ↑ Foreign studios : Warsaw . WDR . Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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- ↑ Foreign studios : New Delhi ( Memento of the original from 7 July 2015 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.
- ↑ Chronicle of the MDR: 1992 The MDR is launched
- ↑ Kirsten Strasser: The Oppenheim TV journalist Peter Gerhardt is going to New Delhi as an ARD correspondent. January 21, 2017, accessed March 1, 2017 .
