| heute-journal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Presented by | Marietta Slomka Christian Sievers Bettina Schausten |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Producer | ZDF |
| Production location | Mainz |
| Running time | Weekdays: 30 minutes Weekends: 15 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF |
| Original release | 2 January 1978 – present |
| Related | |
| heute | |
heute-journal (roughly Today's Journal) is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network.
The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. [1] Originally, it was broadcast at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. on Fridays. It has been broadcast at 9:45 p.m. since 1 January 1984. [2] In 1991, the running time of the programme was extended to 30 minutes. 15-minute editions were added on Saturdays (in 1992) and Sundays (in 2000). The running time of the programme is sometimes extended to one hour, to cover special events or particularly important stories. During football matches, a short edition of heute-journal is generally broadcast during the half-time break, eliminating the second news summary, stock market report and the final report (usually related to science or culture).
The programme usually starts at 9:45pm and runs for 27 minutes, followed by a 3-minute weather forecast. On Fridays it starts at 10:00pm, after the Friday crime drama; on Saturdays it is usually broadcast from 10:45pm.
In contrast to Heute, its early evening counterpart, heute-journal provides in-depth coverage of the news, usually with detailed background information and interviews with politicians, business leaders, experts, and other key people. There is also a daily report from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and a weather forecast. Wolf von Lojewski, a former presenter and managing editor of the programme, once said that while heute will report that a particular politician has resigned, heute-journal will also provide detailed analysis on the reasons for the resignation.
Each edition of heute-journal has two presenters: the main presenter, who introduces most reports and conducts interviews, and the co-presenter, who is part of the editorial team and presents news summaries during the programme. The presenters generally alternate weekly.
The programme is comparable to Tagesthemen broadcast on Das Erste. The programmes' audience is sometimes higher than that of heute.
Initially, the program programme's opening sequence showed the anchors, with a clock overlay and a ticker with headlines of the day. The ticker sound effect was Morse code for "heute".
The programme moved to a new, virtual studio in 2009, and a new opening sequence was added at the same time. The camera panned towards the anchors while the day's headlines, along with the time, were seen in the background; there was no real title sequence.
As of 19 February 2011, a darker background is used than for other heute news programmes. Instead of a 2D world map in the background, five globes are shown. At the start of the sequence, the clock and headlines appear in the foreground, followed by a title sequence, and finally either a zoom to the presenters or a cut to footage of the main story.
As of 25 June 2007, the program is broadcast in 16:9. It is available as a video or audio podcast.
| Presenter | Start date | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Marietta Slomka | 29 January 2001 [3] | Main presenter |
| Christian Sievers | 15 January 2013 | Main presenter (Relief presenter before 2022) |
| Bettina Schausten | 13 July 2020 | Relief presenter |
| Presenter | Years |
|---|---|
| Klaus Bresser | 1978-1983 |
| Dieter Kronzucker | 1978-1980; 1986-1988 |
| Karlheinz Rudolph | 1978-1983 |
| Jochen Schweizer | 1978-1982 |
| Gustav Trampe | 1978-1979 |
| Ingeborg Wurster | 1979-1984 |
| Ruprecht Eser | 1985-1992 |
| Sigmund Gottlieb | 1988-1991 |
| Alexander Niemetz | 1991-2000 |
| Wolf von Lojewski | 1992-2003 |
| Eberhard Piltz | 1993-1997 |
| Helmut Reitze | 1997-2002 |
| Klaus-Peter Siegloch | 2003-2007 |
| Claus Kleber | 2003-2021 |
| Steffen Seibert | 2007-2010 |
| Maybrit Illner | 2010-2012 |
Since 30 June 1986, there has been a co-presenter, or an "editor in the studio", who presents a news summary during the programme.
| Co-presenter | Start date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Gundula Gause | 8 February 1993 | usually with Bettina Schausten |
| Heinz Wolf | 11 January 1999 | usually with Marietta Slomka |
| Hanna Zimmermann | 10 January 2022 | usually with Christian Sievers |
| Co-presenter | Year started | Year left |
|---|---|---|
| Nina Ruge | 1989 | 1994 |
| Bernhard Nellessen | 1992 | 1994 |
| Anja Charlet | 1995 | 2001 |
| Alexander Stock | 1995 | 1997 |
| Michaela Kolster | 2000 | 2000 |
| Caroline Hamann | 2001 | 2002 |
| Barbara Hahlweg | 2003 | 2007 |
| Dunja Hayali | 2007 | 2010 |
| Carsten Rüger | 2015 | 2015 |
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