Tina Hassel

Tina Hassel in the studio, 2017

Tina Hassel (born 11 May 1964) is a German broadcast journalist. Since July 2015 she has been director of the capital studio of ARD, the German public broadcasting association.

Early life and education

Born in Cologne,[1] Hassel studied at the universities of Cologne and Bordeaux and earned a Magister degree in Germanic studies, history and political science.[2]

Career

While still a student, Hassel began working for radio and TV stations in Germany and France.[3][4]

Hassel worked at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) from 1990 to 1994, initially as a volunteer and then starting in 1992 as an editor and presenter. From 1994 to 1999, she was the Brussels and then Paris correspondent of WDR's parent organization ARD. From November 2001 to May 2012, she was a presenter on Weltspiegel [de], the world news program on ARD's Das Erste TV channel. In addition, in December 2001 she became foreign head at WDR. She then headed ARD's studio in Washington, DC from July 2012 to June 2015.[3][4][5]

On 1 July 2015, Hassel succeeded Ulrich Deppendorf as director and chief television editor at the ARD capital studio in Berlin, the first woman to hold the position. In this capacity, she is along Matthias Deiß also the presenter of Bericht aus Berlin (Report from Berlin).[3][6] Among others, she has interviewed Prime Minister Theresa May (2018)[7] and Chancellor Angela Merkel (2020,[8] and 2021).[9]

In 2021 Hassel ran for the election of ZDF director, but when it became clear that she lacked the necessary votes, she withdrew her candidacy.[10]

Criticism

In January 2018, while reporting for ARD on the Alliance 90/The Greens party convention, Hassel tweeted in a manner that was criticized as lacking in neutrality. Michael Hanfeld [de] of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung characterized the tweets as "a salvo of delighted squeals",[11] Alexander Will in Nordwest-Zeitung [de], as part of a "massive media flanking action" for the party,[12] and Jochen Bittner [de] of Die Zeit took her to task for lacking the "professional, dispassionate distance" that ought particularly to be demonstrated by publicly financed, government-supported media.[13] Hassel rejected the accusation that the tweets had been insufficiently neutral.[14]

Personal life

Hassel is married and has three children.[1] She is a patron of Kinderhospiz Bethel, a children's hospice in Bielefeld,[15] and is a member of Atlantik-Brücke.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tina Hassel privat: Von Washington nach Berlin! So lebt die ARD-Redakteurin ", News.de, 25 September 2017, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  2. ^ "Tina Hassel: Sender, Westdeutscher Rundfunk" ARD, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  3. ^ a b c "Tina Hassel neue Studioleiterin in Berlin", Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1 July 2015, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  4. ^ a b "Tina Hassel: Leiterin und Chefreporterin des ARD Studio Washington", Kress.de, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  5. ^ "Personalien: Tina Hassel übernimmt Leitung des ARD-Studios Washington", press release, WDR, 9 May 2012 (in German).
  6. ^ Uwe Mantel, "Tina Hassel löst Deppendorf im Hauptstadtstudio ab", DWDL.de, 9 April 2014, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  7. ^ Tina Hassel, ARD Berlin, im Interview mit Premierministerin Theresa May Tagesschau, 17 February 2018.
  8. ^ Merkel im ARD-Interview: "Täten wir nichts, wären die Schulden größer" Tagesschau, 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ Merkel im ARD-Interview: "Wir wollen das Maximum an Impfstoffen" Tagesschau, 2 February 2021.
  10. ^ Rathmann, Axel Martens, Monika (2 February 2023). "Wissen Sie manchmal mehr, als Sie sagen dürfen?". SZ Magazin (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "[eine] Salve von Juchz-Meldungen", Michael Hanfeld, "Stimmungsmache", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 29 January 2018 (in German).
  12. ^ "massive[r] mediale[r] Flankenschutz", Alexander Will, "Grüner Bettel", Nordwest-Zeitung, 29 January 2018, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  13. ^ "jene professionell-nüchterne Distanz", Jochen Bittner, "Versucht's mal mit Nüchternheit", Fünf vor acht opinion column, Die Zeit, 1 February 2018, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  14. ^ Alexander Becker, "'Wie soll das vom Social Team der Grünen getoppt werden?': die euphorischen Parteitags-Tweets der ARD-Journalistin Tina Hassel", Meedia, 29 January 2018, retrieved 1 February 2020 (in German).
  15. ^ "Tina Hassel wünscht Geborgenheit", Kinderhospiz Bethel, retrieved 2 February 2020 (in German).
  16. ^ Jahresbericht 2011/2012, Atlantik-Brücke, archived from the original on 18 May 2019; p. 46 (in German).