Marcus Bornheim

Marcus Bornheim (* 1974 in Bad Honnef ) is a German journalist and, since October 2019, Kai Gniffke's successor, first editor-in-chief of ARD-aktuell , the ARD joint editorial office for Tagesschau and Tagesthemen in Hamburg . Before that, he had been the second editor-in-chief since 2017 and from 2011 to 2017 head of the economy department at Bayerischer Rundfunk and moderator of the business magazine plusminus .

Life

Training and career beginnings

After graduating from high school in Nonnenwerth , Marcus Bornheim attended the Berlin School of Journalism and studied politics, economic history and sociology at the University of Bonn . He completed his studies with a master's degree (MA) . In the following years he worked as a freelancer for radio, newspapers and television, including the Bonner Generalanzeiger , WDR and BR . At the age of just 22, Bornheim also went to Washington, DC to work for the ZDF foreign studio there.

ARD television correspondent and leukemia disease

In 1994 he switched to BR, for which he worked as a reporter in Berlin from 1999 and as a seconded correspondent in the ARD capital studio from 2004, developing articles for the Tagesschau and Tagesthemen . His main focus was on the specialist areas CDU / CSU , finance , home affairs and economics .

Bornheim made his last appearance as a correspondent for the Tagesschau at the beginning of May 2008. During a medical examination, he had previously been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia . In the case of extensive blood stem cell donations , more than 10,000 people were also typed for the German bone marrow donor database. No donation was possible within the family. After accessing a website that his sister had set up especially for him, no suitable donor could be found by December 2008. He decided on a form of therapy classified as risky and successfully combated leukemia.

Head of business editorial at BR (2011 to 2017)

After a complete recovery, Bornheim became head of the economy editorial team at Bayerischer Rundfunk in August 2011 and moderated the business magazine plusminus for BR, alternating with journalists from other broadcasters . "Presenting complex issues in such a way that ordinary people are interested in them and can ultimately form their own opinion," said Bornheim as his greatest challenge.

Editor-in-chief of ARD-aktuell (since 2017)

In April 2017 Bornheim first moved to ARD-aktuell , the ARD joint editorial team for Tagesschau and Tagesthemen in Hamburg , as the second editor- in - chief . Since then, he has also acted as a moderator and commentator in the daily topics. In October 2019 Bornheim took over as the successor to Kai Gniffke as the first editor-in-chief of ARD-aktuell. His successor as deputy was Helge Fuhst .

Private

Marcus Bornheim is married and has two children with his wife who were born in 1997 and 2003.

Web links

• Profile at the Tagesschau
• Articles by Marcus Bornheim in the Tagesschau blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marcus Bornheim , accessed on October 10, 2019 at tagesschau.de
2. ^ Dogan Michael Ulusoy: Anne Will Steinmeier quarreled with God , Kölner Stadtanzeiger from November 1, 2016
3. ↑ Organ donors are the better people ( memento of the original from November 4, 2016 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. , news.de from November 1, 2010 
4. ^ Anne Will broadcast on November 1, 2010
5. ↑ The moderation - plusminus , DasErste, accessed on November 2, 2016
6. ↑ Donors wanted: Marcus Bornheim urgently needs help , Bonner Generalanzeiger, May 30, 2008
7. ↑ Marcus Bornheim from April second editor-in-chief of ARD-aktuell. ard.de, February 7, 2017, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Alexander Krei: Bornheim goes north. dwdl.de, February 7, 2017, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
9. ↑ tagesschau.de: On our own behalf: New editor-in-chief at ARD-aktuell. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .