Tagesthemen

Next to ZDF's "heute journal", Tagesthemen is Germany's prime daily television news magazine, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow. Second only to the 8:00 PM "Tagesschau" ("Daily View") Tagesthemen ("Daily Issues") is the most important newscast of the ARD. It is clearly different in style and content from "Tagesschau" and is broadcast Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 10:15 PM and Wednesday at 11 PM and Friday at 11:15 PM and Saturday at varying times and Sunday at 10:45 PM. The "Tagesthemen" broadcasts are led by a host; for some time Anne Will and Ulrich Wickert have alternated in this role. On September 1, 2006, Tom Buhrow replaced Wickert and on July 16, 2007, Caren Miosga replaced Anne Will.

In January of 1978, "Tagesthemen" replaced the late edition of "Tagesschau", which had prevailed until then. The broadcast lasts a half hour on weekdays; it is shorter on Friday (15 minutes) Saturday (20 minutes) and Sunday (15 minutes).

In contrast to "Tagesschau", which provides only a simple news overview, "Tagesthemen" is designed to also provide the viewer with supplementary information, context and background. The usual four to five editorial contributions concern - in content and theme – the events of the day.

A daily news summary is undertaken by the "Tagesschau" editorial staff. Since 2002, the weather report is no longer in the scope of the news summary, but rather is presented on "Tagesthemen" in affiliation with the private weather service Meteomedia AG (Proprietor: Jörg Kachelmann - German language article ).

"Tagesthemen"'s market share sank with the opening of media competition in Germany; nevertheless, it still lies today at about 12% - this amounts to about 2.5 million viewers per broadcast. "Tagesthemen" is one of the most influential opinion builders in Germany.

Hosts

Since October 1 1985, "Tagesthemen", like "Tagesschau", has been presented by various hosts. Ever since, the first and the second host alternate the presentation weekly.

The hosts write their scripts themselves. Also, these are not read exclusively from paper, which gives the presentation a much looser style than "Tagesschau". Since the "Tagesthemen" hosts are not restricted to simply reading the daily dispatches, they can develop a vital, personal style compared to their colleagues at "Tagesschau", although they are still required to be neutral and objective.

Ulrich Wickert was replaced on September 1 2006 with Washington D.C. bureau chief Tom Buhrow.

*Klaus Stephan
*Barbara Dickmann
*Klaus-Peter Siegloch
*Ulrike Wolf
*Ulrich Deppendorf
*Edmund Gruber
*Wolf von Lojewski
*Günther von Lojewski
*Günther Müggenburg
*Ernst-Dieter Lueg
*Sabine Christiansen
*Hanns Joachim Friedrichs
*Gabi Bauer
*Ulrich Wickert, July 1991 - August 2006
*Anne Will, April 2001 - June 2007
*Tom Buhrow, since September 1, 2006
*Caren Miosga, since July 16, 2007

External links

* [http://www.tagesthemen.de/ Official site] (in German)
* [http://www.tagesthemen.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID2958354_TYP6_THE_NAVSPM1_REF1_BAB,00.html Wikipedia.de: Alle bilden alle] - Report by Tagesthemen on the German-language Wikipedia (in German)
* [http://www.tagesthemen.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID2958276_TYP1_NAVSPM2~2958354_REF1,00.html Interview: "Kontrollinstanz sind die Nutzer selbst"] - Interview by "Tagesthemen" with Wikipedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kurt_Jansson Kurt Jansson] (in German)
* [http://www.sbznet.de/?rubrik=kultur&thema=03-10-21-01 Interview with Ulrich Wickert: "Bunt und locker flockig reicht nicht"] (in German, by [http://www.sbznet.de sbznet.de] )

References

This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia.