Maximilian Hofmann is a German broadcast journalist who has been the Head of

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& Current Affairs of German broadcaster

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since 2020.

Early life

Hofmann was born in 1974 in Tübingen, West Germany, and grew up in

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. His father is German, his mother was

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, and in his early life he spent summers with his cousins in

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Education

From 2002 to 2003, Hofmann volunteered at

(DW), Germany. From 1998 to 2002, he attended the

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, Germany, and received a Master of Arts in Communication and Journalism, and North American Studies. From 1996 to 1998, he attended CELSA,

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, and received a

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in Communication and Journalism. In 1994, he graduated from Gymnasium bei St. Michael,

, Germany.

Career

Hofmann has been working for Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) since 2005. From 1 August 2014 to January 2020, Hofmann was DW's European Correspondent and the Brussels Bureau Chief in charge of the DW Studio in Belgium, reporting on the

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(EU),

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and

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. On 9 May 2018, Hofmann and ''

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'' moderator

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jointly conducted a French-language TV interview with

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, his first with a German television channel. From 2010 to 2014, Hofmann was as a Senior Correspondent for North America at the DW Studio in

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, United States. From 2005 to 2010, he worked as the Personal Editor for the Managing TV Director of DW in Germany, working on various special projects. From 2008 to 2010, he also worked as the Moderator for the DW ''Clipmania'' and ''Deutsche Beats'' shows. From 2005 to 2007, he worked as a News Anchor for the ''Journal'', a DW news program in Germany. From 2003 to 2005, Hofmann worked as a Television and Radio Reporter for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) in Germany. From 2000 to 2002, he worked as an Anchor for Radio Eins, an rbb station, in Germany. From 1999 to 2000, Hofmann worked as an Anchor for Star FM Radio, a rock station in Germany.

Awards

RIAS Berlin Commission Award

On 30 May 2010, Max Hofmann and Christoph Lanz received the RIAS Berlin Commission New Media Award for their documentary, ''Eingemauert'' or ''Walled In''. This production, first published as a streaming video on the DW website, is an exploration of the nature of the inner German border. This animated reconstruction of the Berlin Wall is an educational work published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

References

External links

Max Hofmann profile
at DW * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofmann, Max 1974 births Living people German broadcast news analysts German investigative journalists German male journalists German male writers German nationalists German opinion journalists German photojournalists German radio journalists German television reporters and correspondents German television presenters German television talk show hosts People from Schwäbisch Hall People from Tübingen 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Photographers from Baden-Württemberg