Wilfried Hark

Wilfried Hark (born June 5, 1960 in Anklam ) is a German sports reporter.

Career

Hark studied journalism in Leipzig. He then worked in the sports department of the German TV broadcaster . In 1991 he came to Norddeutscher Rundfunk . He moderates the sports club on NDR television . As a reporter, he reports on athletics events and biathlon, among other things, and was deployed at the Winter Olympic Games , World and European Championships.

In 2012, he and six other sports journalists were nominated for the German Television Award for reporting on the Summer Olympics .

The German Language Association, which has been fighting bitterly against Anglicisms in German for years , awarded the reporter Hark the newly created Jammeeka Prize in 2012 . "From now on we will award reporters who most consistently avoid the German pronunciation of place, country and personal names at major sporting events".

Web links

Short biography of W. Hark

Individual evidence

↑ olympia.ard.de. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
↑ ARD reporter gets "Dschammeeka" ban. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
↑ Language purists want German pronunciation - also at the Olympics. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hark, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports reporter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anklam , German Democratic Republic

[1] olympia.ard.de. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .

[2] ARD reporter gets "Dschammeeka" ban. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .

[3] Language purists want German pronunciation - also at the Olympics. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .