Jo Brauner

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Jo Brauner
Born
Joachim Brauner

(1937-11-29) 29 November 1937 (age 86)
Nationality German
Occupation(s) Journalist, Talk show

Joachim "Jo" Brauner (born 29 November 1937) is a German former news anchorman and journalist.

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Life

During the Second World War, Brauner was evacuated in January 1945 with his mother and three siblings from Breslau (Wroclaw) to Saale area in Thuringia. In 1958 he took a state exam to be a school teacher of German leanguage in the Pedagogical Institute of Leipzig. In August 1958 he escaped from East Germany via West Berlin to the Federal Republic of Germany. In the following years he worked in Hamburg, among others, in a graphic arts institute, and later as a clerk in an insurance company.

In 1964, Brauner applied to be a speaker at NDR and was accepted into radio. In 1974 he became spokesman for the German main news-programm Tagesschau of ARD-aktuell and remained so for 30 years - until his retirement in 2004. [1]

On 9 October 2004 Brauner was on ARD for the last time, ending a thirty-year career working for the newscast. As part of the ARD-theme week 2008, he spoke on 21 April 2008 in the ARD television once again on recurring messages every half hour on the news.

As a football fan, Brauner was a longtime announcer at HSV and at the annual event, the International Tennis Championships for men and women at Hamburg Rothenbaum.

Brauner was also news anchor at "TV AOK Health vigo" format. Since November 2009, Brauner is an official sponsor of the Bethel Children's hospice for dying children. [2]

Personal life

Brauner has been married since 1969 and has two daughters.

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References

  1. tagesschau.de. "Interview mit Jo Brauner: "Die Sendung ist meine Heimat"". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. Jo Brauner für das Kinderhospiz Bethel (German)