Peter Staisch

Peter Staisch (born August 1, 1943 in Breslau ) is a German journalist.

Career

Staisch grew up in Stuttgart , where he graduated from high school in 1964. His subsequent studies in political science, contemporary history and constitutional law at the University of Tübingen he graduated in 1973 with the graduation to the Dr. phil. from.

In the same year he began his work as a journalist as a radio employee at Südwestfunk , where he worked his way up to become radio director of the SWF studio in Ravensburg. Staisch switched to television in 1978 when he went to the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Stuttgart and reported there for the regional show . Further stations were the management of the editorial team of the Weltspiegel in 1980 and assignments as a correspondent in the Middle East.

From 1984 to 1987 he was editor-in-chief and head of the main politics and current affairs department at NDR in Hamburg , from 1987 to 1991 ARD correspondent in Washington, DC During this time he also wrote the book “Mein Amerika. Interior views from the land of contradictions ”. After a short time in 1991 as TV director of the Landesfunkhaus Hannover, he was the first editor-in-chief of the newly founded news channel n-tv from 1992 to 1994 . After retiring as a journalist, he directed advanced training programs for television journalists in Asia and later taught media in connection with tourism as a lecturer at the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences .

In the 1980s, Staisch, as a Christian Democrat and captain of the reserve, was a staunch supporter of a tough stance against the Soviet Union and a proponent of the American anti- missile defense program SDI , which earned him the nickname "Rocket Peter" among colleagues from the NDR. His trademark, at least in winter, is the scarf, which he often kept on in the television studio.

literature

• Peter Staisch , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 03/1996 of January 8, 1996, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely accessible).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Staisch in Der Spiegel 41/1985
2. ↑ "Rocket Peter" lands on the chair ( memento of the original from January 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.