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Tina Hassel: For her it was the last possible extension
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The editor-in-chief of the ARD capital studio, Tina Hassel, extended until the end of May 2024 and then handed over the post to the Brussels studio manager Markus Preiss.
The directors of ARD decided that, as the public media association announced on Thursday.
The personnel decisions are therefore still subject to committee reservations.
Hassel's current contract expires at the end of May 2022. The 57-year-old has been at the helm of the capital's studio since 2015, which is a shared facility of ARD. According to the information, according to the ARD guidelines, she had the last opportunity to extend the contract by two years. The ARD chairman Tom Buhrow described Hassel as a "profound expert on Berlin's political life". Hassel was also a candidate for the ZDF director election that year; She then withdrew her candidacy in a tight race on election day to clear the way for a majority.
Markus Preiß starts on June 1, 2024. Buhrow said: »I am delighted that we have won this respected ARD journalist for the important task in Berlin: whether as the head of the Tagesschau editorial team in Cologne or as a correspondent in Paris and Brussels - Markus Preiß has always understood how to bring complex topics closer to people on a high journalistic level. "
The 43-year-old studied journalism and political science in Dortmund.
He then worked as a reporter for "Tagesschau" and "Tagesthemen" in Cologne.
This was followed by positions as an ARD correspondent in Brussels, at the ARD Morgenmagazin and as a correspondent in Paris.
Markus Preiß has been the head of the ARD European studio in Brussels since August 2016.
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