Richard Grasl

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Richard Grasl (2010)

Richard Grasl (born January 21, 1973 in St. Pölten ) is an Austrian journalist and media manager. Among other things, he was editor-in-chief of the ORF regional studio in Lower Austria (2002–2009) and commercial director of Austrian Broadcasting (2009–2016). He has been a member of the Kurier's editor-in-chief since November 2018 .

life and career

Grasl grew up in Krems an der Donau , where his parents ran an inn, and studied economics in Vienna. At the same time he worked as an editor and later also as a television presenter at ORF Lower Austria. In 2001 he switched to the editorial team of " Zeit im Bild 3 ". From 2002 he was editor-in-chief of ORF Lower Austria and responsible for all news broadcasts of the state studio.

Richard Grasl, who is considered to be close to the ÖVP, became commercial director of ORF in mid-December 2009. In his election he received 33 votes out of 35 with 2 abstentions, with representatives of all parties voting for Grasl. Christiane Teschl followed him as editor-in-chief of ORF Lower Austria .

On June 23, 2016, Grasl announced that he wanted to compete against the incumbent Alexander Wrabetz in the election of the ORF General Director by the ORF Board of Trustees, scheduled for August 9, 2016 . He received 15 of 35 votes from the members of the Board of Trustees.

At the end of October 2016, he left the ORF. Andreas Nadler succeeded him as commercial director on January 1, 2017. Grasl then worked as a self-employed person and, among other things, took on strategic advice for Mediaprint in the field of TV and moving images. Richard Grasl has been a member of the Kurier's editor-in-chief since November 2018 and is responsible for managing the digital editorial team.

On May 31, 2017, he was elected to represent the Province of Lower Austria on the Supervisory Board of Flughafen Wien AG .

Private life

Grasl is married and has two children from this marriage.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Richard Grasl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF press release on the occasion of Grasl's appointment as editor-in-chief
  2. ^ "Press" report on the staff discussion
  3. ^ "ORF" report on the current staff ruchade
  4. ↑ Astrid Ebenführer: Richard Grasl, co-pilot with an urge to get to the top. In: derStandard.at. June 23, 2016, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ orf.at - Wrabetz elected ORF boss for the third time . Article dated August 9, 2016, accessed August 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ diepresse.com: Finance Director Grasl leaves ORF prematurely . Article from October 18, 2016, accessed on January 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Diepresse.com: Ex-ORF director Grasl works for Mediaprint . Article from November 16, 2016, accessed on January 29, 2017.
  8. ↑ Ex-ORF director Richard Grasl heads the "Kurier" digital editorial team. In: derStandard.at . November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Richard Grasl is the new supervisory board. www.horizont.at
personal data
SURNAME Grasl, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian editor of ORF-NÖ
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten