Sigmund Gottlieb

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Sigmund Gottlieb (born October 21, 1951 in Nuremberg ) is a German journalist and was editor-in-chief of Bavarian television from 1995 to 2017 .

Origin and education

Sigmund Gottlieb grew up as the child of a teacher in Nuremberg. He attended high school there and graduated from high school in 1971. He studied political science , modern history and German at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and passed the state examination in 1977 . Gottlieb wrote newspaper articles as a schoolboy and during his studies he became a freelance commentator for the Nürnberger Zeitung .

Professional background

From Münchner Merkur to ZDF

After an internship at the Münchner Merkur , Gottlieb became the newspaper's editor for domestic politics in 1978. He later worked as a spokesman for the news program Rundschau on Bavarian television and switched to ZDF in 1981 , initially as a correspondent in the Munich regional studio and in 1986 in the Bonn capital studio. In 1988, Gottlieb was promoted to deputy editor-in-chief and moderator of the ZDF- heute-journal in Mainz .

Bavarian television

From 1991 Gottlieb worked again for Bavarian TV in Munich , until 1995 as deputy editor-in-chief and head of the "Politics and Current Affairs" program area. From 1995 to 2017 he was editor-in-chief and from 2001 to 2014 he was also deputy television director of the BR.

Gottlieb was often a commentator on the ARD - Tagesthemen and moderator of current focus programs in the first . He also presented interviews and discussions with top politicians before and after elections, both on Bavarian television and in the ARD election rounds. From the end of the 1990s to 2003 he moderated the studio part of the pub discussion Jetzt red i from Unterföhring and until 2000, together with Marion von Haaren, the ARD interview series Show color . From 2003 to 2017 he presented the political talk show Münchner Runde twice a month, alternating with Ursula Heller .

On December 4, 2014, the BR Broadcasting Council reappointed Sigmund Gottlieb as Editor-in-Chief of Bavarian Television and Head of the Politics Program Department until he retired on March 31, 2017. At the same time, he was deputy to the BR information director since 2014.

Teaching

From 1989 to 1991 Gottlieb taught as a lecturer at the Institute for Journalism at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . In May 2005 it the Bavarian Science Minister appointed Thomas Goppel the honorary professor of the Department of Journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden . Gottlieb had a teaching position at the University of Passau on the subject of "Quality in the Media" for several years . He has been a member of the University Council of the University of Passau since February 2017, and his term of office runs until the end of January 2021.

Awards

In 1998 Sigmund Gottlieb received the Hans-Klein-Medienpreis of the TV Academy Central Germany together with Wolfgang Wissensemich.On October 17, 1999 he was honored with the Bavarian TV Award on behalf of the entire editorial team for the Kosovo reporting of the Bavarian TV and in 2001 with the Savings Lion of the Association of Taxpayers in Bavaria. In December 2000 he was also awarded the Bavarian Constitutional Medal in silver and in 2001 the Golden Raisin from the association “Citizens Ask Journalists” . On July 14, 2005, Edmund Stoiber presented him with the Bavarian Order of Merit in the Antiquarium of the Munich Residence . On May 7, 2008 he received the Bavarian Europe Medal .

criticism

Gottlieb's closeness to the CSU was repeatedly a topic in the press. Gottlieb received a great response in the media when he abruptly interrupted a statement by Sigmar Gabriel on the evening of the Bavarian state elections in 2013 . Gabriel's remarks, according to Gottlieb, were "all very expected". On the grounds that he wanted to provide “a bit of variety”, Gottlieb then presented a portrait of Horst Seehofer with the note that Seehofer was the man who “was able to give the CSU their pride back”. A video with the title “Sigmundwillabwechsellung” became a hit on the net.

Of Helmut Schleich Gottlieb regularly as an interviewer and journalist Traugott victory Lieb parodied in its programs.

Private

Gottlieb is married to Nagia El-Sayed.

Sigmund Gottlieb has an adopted daughter, the journalist Natascha Gottlieb, and a son from his first marriage.

Publications

  • Tell me where the values ​​are. The new German longing. Coll. Rolf Heyne, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89910-283-5 , 238 pp.
  • The “Munich Round” - or: the squaring of the circle. In: Sascha Michel, Heiko Girnth (Hrsg.): Polit-Talkshows - Bühnen der Macht. A look behind the scenes. Bouvier, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-416-03280-3 , pp. 94-104.
  • Test of courage. Civil courage can be learned. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-475-54046-2 .

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ^ A b Sigmund Gottlieb: Farewell to the BR. Bayerischer Rundfunk, March 14, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2017 .
  2. ^ BR-Rundfunkrat decides on personal details . Bavarian radio. December 4, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ Honorary professor at the FH . Oberpfälzer Wochenzeitung. May 25, 2005. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  4. ^ University Council - University of Passau. University of Passau, March 7, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2017 .
  5. ↑ When two editors-in-chief “give away” fifty thousand marks… . Chemnitz University of Technology. January 21, 2000. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sigmund Gottlieb confirmed as editor-in-chief . Bavarian radio. March 25, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ European Minister Dr. Markus Söder honors deserving personalities with the Bavarian Europe Medal . Bavarian State Government. May 7, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Sebastian Christ: That is Sigmund Gottlieb. 'The Huffington Post, July 2, 2015, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Bernward Loheide: Sigmund Gottlieb becomes 65th Augsburger Allgemeine, October 16, 2016, accessed on February 17, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Katharina Riehl: Last words. Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 16, 2017, accessed on February 17, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Tumblr: Sigmund Gottlieb provides variety. focus.de, September 17, 2013, accessed on February 17, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Sigmund provides variety. tumblr.com, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Helmut Schleich's “SchleichFernsehen”: The pleasure of disguise . merkur.de. June 2, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ Helmut Schleich - A Kini at the BR guest . Mediathek br.de. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Gottlieb, Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, editor-in-chief of Bavarian television
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg