Stephan Klapproth (born 1958) is a Swiss journalist, television presenter and professor, who was from 1993 to 2015 the popular anchorman of the Swiss national evening news shows ''

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''. He also teaches journalism at the Universities of Fribourg, Neuchâtel and Zürich.

Early life and education

Klapproth was born in

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Canton of Luzern The canton of Lucerne (german: Kanton Luzern rm, Chantun Lucerna french: Canton de Lucerne it, Canton Lucerna) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton (as of ) is . , the populati ...

. His mother is a journalist and his father a German language teacher. Born and raised in Luzern, he has two sisters and two brothers. He studied political science, economics and contemporary history with complementary studies in jurisprudence, and graduated in political science at the

Université de Genève The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

in 1981. He worked as research and teaching assistant at his alma mater on the research area decision-making processes in the Swiss domestic politics in 1982/83.

Radio and television

One year later, he started working as reporter and editor for the ''Radio Genève Information'', and for the ''Swiss Radio International'' in Bern where he moderated the popular information magazine '' Echo der Zeit'' from 1986 to 1992, in the beginning as correspondent, among others during the revolutions in Slovakia and Romania in 1989, later as chief editor of ''Echo der Zeit''. Starting in 1993 Stephan Klapproth became the

anchorman A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

of the evening news show ''

'' of the Swiss national television

Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; "Swiss Television") is the German-language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It has its head office in Zürich. ...

SRF. On occasion of special broadcasts he travelled many countries, among others Klapproth hosted the live special broadcast of ''10vor10'' on occasion of the

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terror attacks, and the US presidential elections in 1992 and 2012. While moderating ''10vor10'', in 2002 he participated also some episodes of '' Sternstunde Philosophie'' and ''Reporter'' for

SRF. From 2002 to 2004 Klapproth was also host of the entertainment show ''QUIZ today'', a quiz on current political events, but the audience rating statistics were low, therefore the show was cancelled by the Swiss television channel SRF 1. In 2005 Klapproth was awarded with the Swiss TV Award as the most popular television presenter. The prize money of CHF 20,000, he stated to donate to the charity ''Goutte d'eau'' which is fighting against child trafficking and prostitution in Asia, those ''exemplary orphanages have impressed me on a visit to Cambodia''. For 21 years Stephan Klapproth commonly was called ''Mr. 10vor10'', and he left the daily crew on 4 September 2015, moderating in all about 2000 shows. He still moderates ''10vor10'' specials, and the cultural program ''Sternstunde Philosophie'' since January 2015.

Mr. 10vor10

'', a current affairs show on German-speaking Swiss public television channel

SRF 1 SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 Dece ...

, started on 20 August 1990, and Stefan Klapproth joined the moderation team in 1993. His decision to leave the ''10vor10'' team, Klapproth explained to the SRF officials: ''I was for the radio in revolutionary Bucharest, flew for television in an experimental aircraft through Africa, hosted by the first five hours as the world on 11 September 2001 did not know what happened ic..I would have never dreamed when I was immersed at the university with passion in the political philosophy...''

Journalism and teachings

Klapproth teaches television and radio journalism at the Universities of

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () o ...

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

and

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

. He is also active as a lecturer and conducts economic symposiums and political discussions. Since high school and during his studies, Stephan Klapproth also writes as a freelance journalist for various newspapers.

Personal life

Stephan Klapproth silently married in 2008. He loves canoeing and is an accomplished private pilot, but lacking time to fly.

Awards

* 2005 Swiss TV Award as most popular television presenter.

References

External links

''Stephan Klapproth'' on the website of the Swiss television SRF
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