Martin Schulze (journalist)

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Martin Schulze (born July 7, 1937 in Essen ; † March 22, 2014 ) was a German television journalist , reporter , presenter and commentator who worked primarily for political television magazines for public broadcasters .

Career

After studying physics and philosophy in Tübingen , Bonn and Berlin and completing a journalistic training, Schulze initially worked as a freelance journalist for daily newspapers , including the Neue Ruhr Zeitung in Essen. From 1963 to 1965 he was a reporter and editor of the television magazines Report (1966 separated into Report Munich and Report Baden-Baden ) and Weltspiegel , followed by six years for the political magazine Monitor des Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) . In 1971 he was sent to Brussels as an ARD television correspondent , where he soon became head of the ARD European studio.

In 1975 Schulze and Hans-Josef Dreckmann received honorable recognition as part of the Adolf Grimme Prize for the documentation of a hostage-taking protocol .

In 1983 he was called to the ARD switchboard in Munich as coordinator for politics, society and culture, where he had to balance the interests of nine editors-in-chief . In 1989 he became ARD editor-in-chief and four years later deputy studio manager and ARD special correspondent in the WDR studio in Bonn, to whose head he rose in September 1995. In addition, Schulze was the presenter of the political broadcast Report from Bonn until he retired on September 1, 1999.

He then moderated political television formats for the television channel PHOENIX . After a severe stroke on March 31, 2004, he had to withdraw from the public. He died in March 2014 at the age of 76 after a long illness.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former ARD studio manager: TV journalist Martin Schulze is dead ; Obituary to Spiegel Online from March 24, 2014.
    Bettina Gaus: Obituary to Martin Schulze: A quiet farewell ; taz.de, March 24, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Schulze, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television journalist, reporter, presenter and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 2014