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Born in 1939 in Leipzig |
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| 1953 | |
Flees with his mother to West Berlin |
| 1961 - 1967 |
Studies German and Journalism in Heidelberg, Münster and Munich
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| 1968 - 1972 |
Works as a television reporter, firstly with the network Südwestfunk then with ZDF | |
| 1973 - 1977 |
Studio editor of the ‘heute’ (today) programme on ZDF
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| 1978 |
Moves to the domestic policy editorial office and is director of documentation and reporting from 1984 to 2002 | |
| 1984 | Jakob Kaiser Prize | |
| 1988 | Adolf Grimme Gold Prize | |
| Lives in Wiesbaden |
