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Tom Buhrow
German journalist (born 1958)
Tom Buhrow (born 29 September 1958) is a German journalist who served as director general of public broadcaster WDR from 2013 to 2024. In this capacity, he also served as chair of the ARD from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 and from 4 August to 31 December 2022.2
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Born Sep 29, 1958.1
Companies
- Westdeutscher RundfunkChief executive officer Jul 1, 2013 to now16
Early life and education
- 1984University of Bonn magister degree; history, legal science3
- Date not recordedAbteilung für Rheinische Landesgeschichte des Instituts für Geschichtswissenschaft der Universität Bonn3
Buhrow was born in Troisdorf. He studied history and political science in Bonn.
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Career
Occupation: correspondent, editing staff, news presenter, political scientist, historian, broadcasting director, television presenter, presenter.7
- Since 2022Chair, ARD6
- 2020 to 2021Chair, ARD6
- Since 2013Chief executive, Westdeutscher Rundfunk5
- 2006 to 2013Worked at Tagesthemen4
- Since 1992Worked at Tagesschau4
- Since 1986Worked at Aktuelle Stunde4
- Since 1985Worked at Westdeutscher Rundfunk4
- Since 1978Worked at General-Anzeiger Bonn4
- Date not recordedWorked at Tatort: Borowski und der freie Fall4
- Date not recordedWorked at SWR34
In 1978, Buhrow worked at the local newspaper Bonner General-Anzeiger. In 1985, he was trained at the largest television station in North Rhine-Westphalia, WDR. Since 1986 he was the editor, reporter and bureau chief of the shows Aktuelle Stunde and West 3 Aktuell. He then worked as an editor and reporter at the most-seen German nightly news, the Tagesschau.
In 1992/1993, Buhrow became the correspondent of the ARD bureau in Washington D.C. in the midst of the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
Between January 2000 and 2002, Buhrow worked as a correspondent at the ARD bureau in Paris. On 1 July 2002, he took over from Claus Kleber as chief of the ARD bureau in Washington; Kleber went to ZDF as the anchorman for the news programme heute-journal.
On 1 September 2006, Buhrow replaced Ulrich Wickert as the host of the news programme Tagesthemen. He published a book about his years in the United States, Mein Amerika, Dein Amerika (My America, your America).
On 29 May 2013, Buhrow was elected director general (intendant) of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
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Personal life
- BornSep 29, 1958, Troisdorf8
- CitizenshipGermany9
- ResidenceSeligenthal10
- SpouseSabine Stamer Until 201611 12
- Children213
Buhrow was married to his colleague Sabine Stamer, but divorced in April 2020. They have two daughters.
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Awards
- 1999Herbert Quandt Media Prize14
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- 1WikidataTom Buhrow on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataTom Buhrow: spouse, on Wikidata
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- 14WikidataTom Buhrow: award, on Wikidata
- 15WikidataTom Buhrow: IMDb, on Wikidata
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- 17Wikimedia CommonsTom Buhrow photo by Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0