Rudolf H. Riener

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Rudolf Hans Riener (born April 7, 1942 in Linz ; † May 20, 2012 in Lebach ) was an Austrian journalist and former editor-in-chief of the Tyrolean daily newspaper .

Life

After graduating from the Seitenstetten Abbey in 1960, Riener studied history, German studies and classical philology as a scholarship holder from the Institute for Austrian Historical Research at the University of Vienna until 1964 . Between 1964 and 1966 he completed a traineeship at the Catholic weekly newspaper Der Volksbote in Innsbruck. At the beginning of 1967 he turned his back on Austria and was hired by the Schongauer Nachrichten until 1969 . In 1969 Riener moved to the Schwäbische Zeitung in Leutkirch in the politics department. From July 1990, Riener was responsible for the weekly supplements Tirol aktuell and Innsbruck aktuell for the Tyrolean daily newspaper . With effect from April 1, 1992, he and Bernhard Platzer were appointed editor-in-chief of the Tiroler Tageszeitung. In this role, he took care of the first major paper relaunch. From April 1995 Riener worked as a freelance journalist. Riener died on May 20, 2012 as a result of a long illness.

Awards

After Juan Carlos I ascended the Spanish throne in 1975 , almost a year after the inauguration of the king, Riener was able to talk in detail with the young monarch about his visions for the new Spain. Riener processed the impressions of this lengthy conversation in an article, which was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize , the journalist prize of the German newspapers, in 1977 .

literature

  • Rudolf H. Riener: A young king wants to refute two old theses of historians, in Schwäbische Zeitung No. 289, December 14, 1976 page 3.
  • Gerald Freihofner: TT editor-in-chief Rudolf Riener - A conservative Quergeis , in Der Österreichische Journalist No. 5 1993, pages 34-38.
  • Ralph Hübner (Ed.): Who is Who in Austria and South Tyrol XI , 1993.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerald Freihofner: The unknown homecomer . In: Der Österreichische Journalist No. 5, 1993. P. 36
  2. ↑ 70 years old Tyrolean daily newspaper . In: issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed October 28, 2017]).
  3. ^ Editor-in-chief Rudolf Riener died at the age of 71 , Tiroler Tageszeitung, July 26, 2012
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from July 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Riener, Rudolf H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riener, Rudolf Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2012
Place of death Lebach