Stephan Strothe

Stephan Strothe is America - correspondent for the German news channel N24 and for the message formats of the ProSiebenSat.1 broadcasting group.

Journalistic career

In addition to studying law and political science at the University of Hamburg , Strothe reported as a freelancer for the Hamburger Abendblatt and Norddeutscher Rundfunk. He graduated with a diploma and then flew to New York . Here he served almost all of the ARD radio stations as well as various German-language daily newspapers and specialist magazines.

Television career

Strothe began his television career with Tagesthemen in 1980. From 1982 to 1984 he reported again from New York from the ARD studio there, u. a. for the Tagesschau , the Tagesthemen and the Weltspiegel . In 1984 Strothe changed to Sat.1 as editor . In 1985 Strothe was appointed head of the news department. In 1987 he became deputy editor-in-chief.

In 1988 Strothe opened the first US office of a German private broadcaster , initially in New York City . In 1991 he moved to Washington, DC Here the studio is only a few hundred meters from the White House, from which he still works today.

Technically, the N24 studio is connected to Germany via fiber optic cables . Strothe's team in Washington also includes a producer , an editor and a cameraman .

Reports

Strothe not only reports on daily events in the American capital, he also produced around 40 reports and news specials. Several reports have received awards in the USA. Thematically, Strothes films deal with subjects as diverse as the civil war in Haiti and the Elvis cult in Memphis, the potential terrorist threat posed by bio-weapons and the first 48 hours of basic training for US marines.

Teaching

In addition to his work as a correspondent, Stephan Strothe regularly teaches at German and American universities, so far mainly at the School of Communication at the American University and at the University of Potsdam .