Constantin Schreiber

Constantin Schreiber
Schreiber in 2016
Born	(1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 46) Cuxhaven, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupations	News presenter journalist
Known for	Anchorman at the ARD (2017–2025)

Constantin Schreiber (born 14 June 1979) is a German journalist working for German and Arabic language TV stations.

Life

Constantin Schreiber was born in Cuxhaven. ^[1] As a teenager, Schreiber learned Arabic while spending time in Syria. ^[2] He holds a law degree and worked as a journalist for the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star from 2006 to 2007. After that, he was a news correspondent for Deutsche Welle in Dubai and accompanied German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her first trip through the Middle East. ^[3] From 2009 to 2011, Schreiber served as a media consultant for the Middle East at the German Federal Foreign Ministry. ^[4]

Since 2012, Schreiber has worked as a host and Middle East expert for the German TV channel n-tv. ^[5] In addition, he also hosts the German-Arabic TV series SciTech - Our World Tomorrow which is aired on ONTV (Egypt) ^[6] and Sultanate of Oman Television. ^[7]

In January 2017, Schreiber switched to ARD aktuell, where he hosted the early and weekend editions of the Tagesschau , as well as the Nachtmagazin. From March 2017 to December 2020, Schreiber also hosted the NDR program Zapp – Das Medienmagazin as the successor of Inka Schneider. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

In 2017, his German book Inside Islam. Was in Deutschlands Moscheen gepredigt wird. (English translation: Inside Islam – What's Preached in Germany's Mosques) appeared in the German Econ Verlag ^[11] as well as the TV series Moscheereport (English translation: Mosque Report) on tagesschau24. ^{[12] [13]} For the research of these two works, Schreiber and a camera crew visited almost 20 ordinary mosques in Germany and translated their Khutbah . The research was harshly criticized by the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung in March 2017 ^[14] and German radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur in April 2017. ^[15]

In September 2020, it was announced that he and Julia-Niharika Sen  [ de ] would be part of the news team of the 8 p.m. Tagesschau from 2021. ^[16] He read his first 8 p.m. edition on 4 January 2021, ^[17] and he last time hosted in 25 May 2025, because he announced his departure from this news program because he has been assigned a new job on television. ^[18]

Schreiber lives in Hamburg with his wife and two children. ^[19]

Writing

Schreiber is the author of:

• Ausverkauf Deutschland. Wie ausländische Investoren unser Land übernehmen., Econ Verlag, Berlin, 2010. ISBN   978-3-430-20095-0.
• 1000 Peitschenhiebe. Weil ich sage, was ich denke. Ullstein Buchverlag, 2015. ISBN   978-3-550-08120-0.
• Marhaba, Flüchtling! Im Dialog mit arabischen Flüchtlingen. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2016. ISBN   978-3-455-50411-8.
• Inside Islam. Was in Deutschlands Moscheen gepredigt wird. Econ Verlag, Berlin, 2017. ISBN   978-3-430-20218-3.
• Kinder des Koran. Was muslimische Schüler lernen. Econ Verlag, Berlin, 2019, ISBN   978-3-430-20250-3.
• Die Kandidatin. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 2021, ISBN   978-3-455-01064-0.

References

1. "Constantin Schreiber". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
2. "Er ist Berlins heißester Fernseh-Export". B.Z. (in German). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
3. "Fellowships: Mr. Constantin Schreiber". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
4. "Arabienspezialist Constantin Schreiber verstärkt N-TV-Team". n-tv . Retrieved 20 February 2014.
5. "Zur Person: Constantin Schreiber". n-tv . Retrieved 20 February 2014.
6. "Ein Deutscher in Arabien: Moderator mit Exoten-Bonus". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
7. "Ein deutscher Moderator fürs arabische Fernsehen". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 27 December 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
8. "Constantin Schreiber verstärkt ZAPP". nrd.de (in German). 26 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
9. Constantin Schreiber (10 December 2020). "Abschied in Corona-Zeiten. Der Wechsel in die Tagesschau bedeutet für mich leider gleichzeitig: Abschied von @ZappMM". twitter.com (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
10. "ZAPP Sendung". ndr.de (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2023.^{[ dead link ]}
11. "Inside Islam — What is preached in Germany's mosques". fbi-politikschule.at. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
12. "Interview: "Was man versteht, macht weniger Angst"". tagesschau.de (in German). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
13. "der moscheereport. Constantin Schreiber in der Hamburger Al Nour Moschee | tagesschau24". ard.de (in German). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
14. Bax, Daniel (31 March 2017). "Recherche über Moscheen in Deutschland: Gesicht der Misstrauenskultur". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN   0931-9085 . Retrieved 20 April 2021.
15. Güvercin, Eren (10 April 2017). "Kritik an Constantin Schreibers "Inside Islam": Angeprangert, statt den Dialog gesucht". deutschlandfunkkultur.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
16. ""Tagesschau" mit neuem 20-Uhr-Personal und neuem Chefsprecher". meedia.de (in German). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
17. Andreas Schöner (3 January 2021). "Constantin Schreiber aus Cuxhaven ist "Mister Tagesschau"". nord24.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
18. "Constantin Schreiber verlässt die tagesschau". tagesschau.de (in German). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
19. Sven Geißelhardt (16 April 2023). "Constantin Schreiber privat: Hat der Tagesschau-Sprecher Frau und Kinder?". abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2023.

External links

• Constantin Schreiber at perlentaucher.de – das Kulturmagazin (in German)
• Constantin Schreiber at IMDb