Werner Kessel (journalist)
Werner Kessel (born July 19, 1931 in Zwickau ; † September 22, 1992 ) was a German journalist . He was editor-in-chief of the newspapers Volksstimme and Freie Presse .
Life
Kessel, son of a working-class family, attended elementary and high school. 1950/1951 he was an employee and secretary of the FDJ district leadership in Zwickau . Between 1951 and 1954 he studied journalism at the University of Leipzig . He completed his studies with a degree in journalism. In 1965 he received his doctorate in collaboration with Sander Drobela to Dr. rer. pole. with the dissertation The role of conception in profiling the district newspapers of the SED .
In 1952 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1954 to 1956 he was editor and department head, from 1956 to 1958 a member of the editorial board, from 1958 to 1960 deputy editor-in-chief and from 1960 to 1962 finally editor-in-chief of the newspaper Freie Presse, which appears in Zwickau . From 1962 to 1976 he was editor-in-chief of the Volksstimme and - since the merger of the Free Press with the Volksstimme from January 1963 as an organ of the SED district leadership in Karl-Marx-Stadt - the Free Press .
From 1960 to 1976 Kessel was a member of the SED district leadership in Karl-Marx-Stadt. From 1963 to 1977 he was chairman of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district board of the Association of the German Press and the Association of Journalists of the GDR (VDJ), from 1967 to 1977 he was also a member of the VDJ central board. From 1976 to 1990 he was a lecturer in general journalism at the journalism section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. He also worked as a research director at the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Zwickau Engineering School.
Kessel was best known for his publications on press history and press theory as well as on the history of the SED district party organization Karl-Marx-Stadt.
In 1975 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.
Works (selection)
- (with Sander Drobela): The role of conception in profiling the district newspapers of the SED . Leipzig, Faculty of Journalism, dissertation dated July 30, 1965.
- (with Sander Drobela): Concept and profile. A contribution to the scientific leadership in the editorial office of the socialist press . Association of German Journalists, Berlin 1967 (series, issue 36).
- Models in the journalistic creative process . Association of German Journalists, Berlin 1968 (series, issue 41).
- On the struggle of the working class of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district for the economic strengthening of the GDR in the key year 1955. In: Regional historical contributions from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district . Issue 6, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984, pp. 7-18.
literature
- Kessel, Werner . In: Regional historical contributions from the district of Karl-Marx-Stadt , volume 6, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984, p. 97.
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 153.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 387.
- Andreas Herbst : Kessel, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 1, 1975, p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kessel, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1992 |