''Presseclub'' is an information show aired weekly on sunday from 12:03 to 12:45 on

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Content

In ''Presseclub'', four to five journalists discuss current topics. In contrast to its predecessor show, Presseclub is more related to topics in Germany, foreign journalists are rarely invited. The audience then has 15 minutes to ask questions by telephone. This interactive part of the show called "Presseclub Nachgefragt" ("Presseclub Asked") is only aired on Phoenix and WDR 5. The program is generally characterized by a calm, conversational atmosphere.

History

''Presseclub'' was first aired on December 27, 1987 on Das Erste. On November 12, 1989, Presseclub was broadcast live from East Berlin on the subject of the topic "DDR – Land zwischen Aufbruch und Umbruch" ("GDR - Land between New Beginnings and Upheaval"), making it the first West German television program from the GDR. Since October 2002, if Presseclub on Das Erste is canceled due to a direct sports broadcast, a new edition of the international morning pint has been running every Sunday afternoon on Phoenix under the direction of various Phoenix moderators.{{Cite web, title=Chronik der ARD {{! "Internationaler Frühschoppen" im Ersten, url=http://web.ard.de/ard-chronik/index/1645?year=1953&month=8, access-date=2020-08-19, website=web.ard.de A total of 150 Presseclub episodes were produced, 141 of which include the Presseclub Nachgefragt part.

Moderation

The moderators were/are: * 1987–1988:

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Dieter Thoma Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma was not the first known ski jumper in the family: his uncle Georg Thoma wa ...

* 1988–2001: Gerhard Fuchs (successor of Schmidt-Holtz) * 1993–late 2006:

Fritz Pleitgen Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen (21 March 1938 – 15 September 2022) was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen b ...

(successor of Thoma) * 2001–October 14, 2007:

Peter Voß Peter Voß (29 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was a German film actor. Partial filmography * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) - Rekrut Dirmoser * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) - Edward Whymper * ''Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin'' ( ...

(successor of Fuchs) * 2005–2013

Monika Piel Monika Piel (born 9 April 1951 in Bensberg) is a German television journalist and radio journalist. Life and career Piel studied Business economics in Cologne. Afterwards she studied Jura and Oriental Studies without graduating. During her ...

(Nachfolgerin von Pleitgen) * since September 2007:

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(successor of Voß) * since 2008:

Jörg Schönenborn Jörg or Joerg () is a German name, equivalent to George in English. * Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver * Jörg Frischmann, German Paralympian athlete * Jörg Haider, Austrian politician * Jörg Andrees Elten (also Swami Satyananda), Germ ...

* 2008–2016:

Tina Hassel Tina Hassel (born 11 May 1964) is a German broadcast journalist. Since July 2015 she has been director of the ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, capital studio of ARD (broadcaster), ARD, the German public broadcasting association. Early life and education B ...

(representative) * 2012–2019:

Sonia Seymour Mikich Sonia Seymour Mikich (born 13 July 1951 in Oxford) is a German TV journalist. Education After studying political sciences, sociology, and philosophy from 1972–1979 at the RWTH Aachen University. She worked as research associate with the instit ...

(representative) * since 2018:

Ellen Ehni Ellen Ehni (born 1973 in Heidelberg) is a German journalist. At Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) she heads the programme group for business and law. Life and career Ehni studied German and French law at the University of Cologne, University of Paris ...

(successor of Mikich) * since July 2020:

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External links

Official website
(in German)
Presseclub
on

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References

Das Erste original programming