Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart (journalist)

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Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart (* 1958 in Hanover ) is a German journalist .

Life

Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart went to school in Amsterdam , Hanover, Schondorf am Ammersee and Kassel and was called up for military service in a Bundeswehr press office in Kiel . He then completed a traineeship at Kieler Nachrichten . Afterwards he studied modern history and political science in Kiel, Bonn and Cologne , whereby he obtained the master's degree .

During his studies and afterwards he worked as a freelance journalist for ZDF , NDR and WDR . In 1991 he started working as a reporter in the newly founded ZDF regional studio in Schwerin . In addition, he was deputy studio manager of NDR television there since 1995 and reported for Tagesschau and Tagesthemen .

In 1997 Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart switched to ZDF's main editorial office for “ Interior Policy ” in Mainz , where he became deputy head of the editorial department blickpunkt and moderator of the Länderspiegel program . In these functions he also worked as a reporter at elections, party conferences and special events. Two years later he moved to Berlin , where he deputy chief editor and presenter of the ZDF political magazine registration D was.

In 2001 he went with his wife, the former Tagesschau (ARD) presenter Ina Bergmann , after London . From there he reported as a correspondent for ZDF, u. a. also about the terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005 . In July 2007, joined Ralf Zimmermann Siefart as managing editor in the main editorial updates (u. A. Today and heute-journal ) to Mainz. On September 1, 2016, he took over the management of the ZDF regional studio in Hamburg .

Zimmermann von Siefart is also politically active. He worked in a development aid project in Andhra Pradesh in India , was a member of the board of the German-Polish student organization GFPS as well as in the state press conference Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and RIAS fellow. He is on the extended board of the Hamburg General Press Club (AHPC).

Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart is the father of three children. In addition, through his sister Auguste he is a brother-in-law of Oskar Prince of Prussia (Herrenmeister, 1959)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZDF biography at presseportal.zdf.de, accessed on February 20, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Zimmermann von Siefart, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover