Werner Sonne
Werner Sonne (born May 4, 1947 in Morscheid-Riedenburg ) is a German journalist and writer .
Professional career
Sonne began his journalistic training at Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , where he completed his internship . Sonne gained further professional experience at the UPI news agency in Bonn . In 1968 he switched to the radio division of West German Broadcasting and became a reporter for the "Current Department" and reported as a correspondent from the studios in Bonn and Washington .
In 1981 he came to the television division of WDR. There he performed several tasks. Among other things, he was special correspondent for “ARD aktuell” in Hamburg, and deputy editor-in-chief of the state programs on WDR television. As a foreign correspondent and studio manager, he reported from Bonn, Washington and Warsaw . In addition, Werner Sonne was the host of the program “Focus” on the ARD / ZDF information channel Phoenix .
In 1999 he became a TV correspondent for the ARD capital studio in Berlin.
In July 2004, Sonne became a correspondent for the ARD morning magazine . On June 8, 2012, Sonne retired in the ARD morning magazine. Christiane Meier was the successor in this position .
Werner Sonne has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the European Society for Young Academics since August 2009 .
In addition to his journalistic activities, Werner Sonne played in Wolfgang Menges Das Millionenspiel in 1970 , a small role in Wolfgang Menges and Wolfgang Petersen's film Smog in 1973 , and in Petersen's Air Force One in 1997 .
Personal
Werner Sonne is Catholic , married and has one son. He attended the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Leverkusen . On March 19, 2010, he gave the keynote address for the school's 50th birthday.
Works
- with Mort Ehudin : Allah's vengeance. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-550-08275-4 .
- with Chris Unterstenhöfer : Quota game. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-24660-5 .
- with Mort Ehudin: Once upon a time in Germany. Novel. Ullstein, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-548-24798-9 .
- with Mort Ehudin: Deadly Honor. Novel. Ullstein, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-25412-8 .
- If I forget you, Jerusalem. Bloomsbury, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8270-0753-7 .
- And facing the future. Bloomsbury, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-0908-1 .
- Reason of state? How Germany is responsible for Israel's security. Propylaea, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-549-07439-8 .
- Who sows the storm. Thriller. Edition M, Luxembourg 2017, ISBN 978-1-542-04595-7 .
- Living with the bomb - nuclear weapons in Germany. Springer, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-17616-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ ARD morning magazine: Christiane Meier succeeds Werner Sonne in Berlin. (PDF; 3.2 MB) In: WDR Print. WDR , May 2012, p. 2 , archived from the original on July 18, 2013 ; Retrieved May 18, 2012 .
Web links
- Werner Sonne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sun, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riedenburg |