Thomas Fuhrmann (journalist)
Thomas Fuhrmann (born February 5, 1966 in Bielefeld ) is a German journalist and head of the ZDF sports department.
Life
From 1986 to 1991 Fuhrmann studied journalism at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with a DAAD scholarship for a one-year stay in the USA . He is also a graduate of the 25th teaching editorial team at the German School of Journalism in Munich . After completing his studies, he worked as a news editor at Tele 5 for a year . After working as a correspondent for n-tv in Bonn from 1993 to 1994, Fuhrmann switched to ZDF in 1995. There he worked as a reporter for the political magazine until 1998. Frontal worked before he moderator and deputy editorial director of registration D was. In 1999 he became a correspondent for one year in the ZDF capital studio in Berlin . From 2001 to 2005 he was in charge of the Frontal follow-up program Frontal 21 .
In 2005, Fuhrmann became editor-in-chief of the current sports studio and deputy to sports director Dieter Gruschwitz . He held this position until December 2010, when he became editor-in-chief of the ZDF morning magazine . When the AfD chairwoman at the time, Frauke Petry , described Dunja Hayali as an "obvious political activist" in March 2016 after a failed interview in the morning magazine , Fuhrmann defended her against this criticism.
In July 2016, ZDF announced that Thomas Fuhrmann will be the new head of the main sports department on February 1, 2017. On December 1, 2016, he ceded the management of the morning magazine to Andreas Wunn .
Thomas Fuhrmann has been married to the journalist Bettina Schausten since 2008 . The couple is childless.
Web links
- Thomas Fuhrmann's biography on presseportal.zdf.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Fuhrmann will be the new ZDF sports director in 2017 , press release on presseportal.zdf.de , July 1, 2016
- ↑ ZDF yearbook 2010 - staff members
- ↑ Frauke Petry: Morgenmagazin boss defends Dunya Hayali. stern.de, March 17, 2016, accessed on November 14, 2016 .
- ^ New line-up at ZDF "Morgenmagazin" , digitalfernsehen.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carter, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |