Speechwriter
Speechwriters are ghostwriters who specialize in creating speech manuscripts . Like them, they do not appear as authors of their texts themselves , but appear invisible, like a ghost to their clients. Salaried speechwriters usually only work for their employer; freelancers write for multiple clients.
Speechwriters have been proven to have been around for more than two millennia. In ancient Greece , the so-called logographers had an important function as the author of court speeches . Today, a business speech costs between 1500 euros (simple and short lecture ) and 50,000 euros (main or celebratory speech by a group ).
Speech writers ideally provide their client with a manuscript that is ready for presentation in terms of content, style and form, and that is tailored to the speaker personality and the speaking situation. Managers in various areas use the services of speechwriters. Addressees of your speeches are z. B. employees, supervisors, customers or the public. Tasks are z. B. Statements, suggestions or demands on operational, economic, social and political issues, presentations of ideas and work results, as well as various solemn occasions.
In addition to mastering the language and the rhetorical tools of the trade, speech writing requires a sound general knowledge, judgment and specialist knowledge. Since there are currently no regulated academic training courses for the job description of speechwriting in the German-speaking area, there are providers with different educational backgrounds in this branch. Most speechwriters are graduated political scientists , lawyers , journalists or economists .
The professional association of German-speaking speechwriters has been the Association of Speechwriters in the German Language (VRdS), whose first president was Thilo von Trotha .
Speechwriter known speaker
- Joseph Merrick Jones , speechwriter for Harry S. Truman
- Ted Sorensen , speechwriter for John F. Kennedy
- Jon Favreau , speechwriter for Barack Obama
- Stephen Miller , speechwriter for Donald Trump
- Klaus Harpprecht , head of the “office” of the Federal Chancellery under Willy Brandt
- Armin Halle , head of the “office” of the Federal Chancellery under Helmut Schmidt
- Michael Mertes and Rolf Braun , speechwriters for Helmut Kohl
- Dieter Mahncke , speechwriter for Karl Carstens
- Reinhard Hesse , speechwriter for Gerhard Schröder
- Caren Lay , speechwriter for Renate Künast
- David Gill and Wolfram Stierle , speechwriters for Joachim Gauck
- Eva Christiansen , head of Angela Merkel's speechwriting department
- Thilo Sarrazin , speechwriter for Hans Apel
- Wolfgang Silbermann, speechwriter for Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Cody Keenan , Barack Obama's last White House editor-in-chief
Web links
- Internet presence of the Association of Speechwriters in the German Language (VRdS)
- Career prospects for speechwriters for humanities scholars ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Contribution “ Against the big yawn: Profession speechwriter ” from the Federal Agency for Civic Education
- Speechwriter - "One wrong word leads to a crash" . Der Spiegel, September 12, 2013
- How do I become a speechwriter? Focus Online (dpa), June 11, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.vrds.de ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Benno Müchler: It depends on the speech. In: CICERO ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed June 7, 2014
- ↑ The art of making a chancellor shine. In: tagesspiegel.de. November 8, 2001, accessed December 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Günter Bannas, Berlin: The continuation of life with other means. In: FAZ.net . June 20, 2012, accessed December 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Eva Christiansen - The woman who should judge it for Merkel. In: sueddeutsche.de. March 8, 2010, accessed December 14, 2014 .
- ^ Peter Dausend, Michael Thumann: Frank-Walter Steinmeier: The team changes to Bellevue Palace . In: The time . February 11, 2017, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed August 22, 2017]).
- ↑ ZEIT ONLINE | Read zeit.de with advertising or with a PUR subscription. You have the choice. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
