Thomas Bellut
Thomas Bellut | |
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| Occupation | Director (German: Intendant) of the public TV channel Second German Television (ZDF) |
| Predecessor | Markus Schächter |
| Successor | Incumbent |
Thomas Bellut (born 8 March 1955 in Osnabrück) is a German journalist. Since March 2012, he is the director (German: Intendant) of the public TV channel ZDF.
Early life and education[]
After graduating from the school Antonianum in Vechta in 1974, Bellut studied Political Science, History and Journalism at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1975 to 1982. During his studies he was a scholar of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, finishing his studies with a PhD.
Career[]
Before Bellut transferred to the TV channel ZDF in Mainz, he worked from 1983 to 1984 at the newspaper in Münster.[1]
At the ZDF channel Bellut was an editor of the Länderspiegel (lit. Federal State Mirror) TV magazine and ZDF correspondent in Berlin. He then became an assistant to the program director responsible for shows like Familienmagazin (Family Magazine) and Reiselust (Wanderlust). After that, he was editorial director for special programs and the magazine blickpunkt (focal point). From 1997 he headed the main editorial department for domestic policy and presented specials and election broadcasts, like the Politbarometer, , and the talk show Was nun, ..? (What now, ..?)[1]
From 2002 to 2012 Bellut was Program Director of the ZDF channel.[1] On 17 June 2011 he was elected as successor of as ZDF Director. He is in office since 14/15 March 2012.[2] As ZDF Director, Bellut has also been a member of the Global Task Force for Public Media, an initiative of the Public Media Alliance, since its founding in September 2019.[3]
Other activities[]
- Arte, Ex-Officio Vice President of the General Assembly[4]
- Aktion Mensch, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board[5]
- Deutsche Sporthilfe, Member of the Foundation’s Council (since 2015)[6]
- German Coordinating-Council for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Organizations, Member of the Board of Trustees
- German Foundation for Monument Protection, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
- International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP), Member of the Board of Trustees[8]
- Reporters Without Borders Germany, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
- Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Stiftung Lesen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees[10]
- Welthungerhilfe, Member of the Board of Trustees[11]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Official page of Thomas Bellut".
- ^ Mainz bleibt auch mit neuem Intendanten Mainz, Die Zeit, 14 March 2012
- ^ "Weltweites Bündnis öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunkanstalten angesichts der Corona-Pandemie". Die Medienkorrespondenz. May 25, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Thomas Bellut Arte.
- ^ Supervisory Board Aktion Mensch.
- ^ Thomas Bellut und Timotheus Höttges im Stiftungsrat Deutsche Sporthilfe, press release of September 1, 2015.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Foundation for Monument Protection.
- ^ Board of Trustees (2016–2019) International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP).
- ^ Board of Trustees Reporters Without Borders Germany.
- ^ Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.
- ^ Board of Trustees Welthungerhilfe.
External links[]
- Thomas Bellut at IMDb
- Official page of Thomas Bellut at zdf.de
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- German television presenters
- German television journalists
- German broadcast news analysts
- 20th-century German journalists
- 21st-century German journalists
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Osnabrück
- ZDF people