- Stephan Strothe
Stephan Strothe is the US-
Correspondent for German news channel N24 as well as other affiliates of theProSiebenSat.1 media group.Journalistic career
Stephan Strothe earned his
Masters Degree studying law and political science at theUniversity of Hamburg ,Germany . During his studies, he worked as afree-lance journalist for theHamburger Abendblatt andNorddeutscher Rundfunk .Television Career
After graduation, Stephan Strothe was offered his first full-time job in the newsroom of
ARD ’sTagesthemen , which, in content and prestige, is comparable to ABC’s Nightline duringTed Koppel ’s tenure. In October of 1984, Stephan Strothe leftARD to work forGermany ’s first commercial TV network,SAT.1 , where he was head of the network’s news department and was later named assistanteditor-in-chief . In 1988, Stephan Strothe openedSAT.1 ’s New York bureau, the first for a German commercial TV network.Since 1991, the bureau of N24 has been located only a few hundred yards away from the
White House inWashington, D.C. . So, when Strothes goes on air, he's not sitting in front of ablue screen but actually has the realWhite House situated in his back.The studio of N24 is connected to
Germany through afibre cable, which allows for more immediate responses than via satellite. The N24 news team in Washington consists, in addition to Strothe, of a producer, an editor as well as a camera man.Documentaries and News Specials
Aside from covering the White House and reporting on hard news on a daily basis for N24, Stephan Strothe is an award-winning producer of documentaries and news specials on a wide variety of subjects - from the landing of the U.S. Marines in Haiti to the debate on gun control and the potential dangers of biological weapons in the hands of terrorists.
Teaching
In addition to his responsibilities in Washington, Stephan Strothe teaches journalism classes in Berlin at the
University of Potsdam and at Washington'sAmerican University .External links
* [http://www.strothe.com/ Stephan Strothe's Homepage]
* [http://n24.sat1.de/tv/studio_washington/english/ Website of the N24 bureau in Washington]
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