Armin Wolf
{{Short description|Austrian journalist}}
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| birth_place = Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
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| known_for = Anchorman at the ORF
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Armin Wolf ({{IPA|de|ˈaːɐ̯mɪn vɔlf|lang}}; born 19 August 1966) is an Austrian journalist and television anchor. In 2017 Politico Europe called him "one of Europe’s most skilled (and feared) political journalists".{{cite web|title=Politico 28 - class of 2018. The 28 people who are shaping, shaking and stirring Europe.|url=https://www.politico.eu/list/politico-28-2018-ranking/armin-wolf/|website=politico.eu|publisher=Politico s.p.r.l.|accessdate=21 December 2017|location=Brussels}} He was named "European Journalist of the Year 2019" at the Prix Europa media contest.{{cite web |title=Smiling Faces at PRIX EUROPA 2019 |url=https://www.prixeuropa.eu/s/Press-release_PE-winners-2019.pdf |website=Press Contact & Material |publisher=Prix Europa / Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg RBB |access-date=26 August 2021 |location=Berlin |format=PDF |date=11 October 2019}}
Early life and education
Born in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Wolf took his Matura at a business school in Innsbruck.{{cite web |last1=Weissenberger |first1=Eva |title=Hoch hinaus |url=https://www.falter.at/print/F2003_11_1.php |website=www.falter.at |publisher=Falter Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621021908/http://www.falter.at/print/F2003_11_1.php |archive-date=21 June 2012 |location=Vienna |language=German |date=12 March 2003}}{{cite web |title=Armin Wolf: Der bekannte ORF-Moderator und Gesicht der "Zeit im Bild" im Porträt [Armin Wolf, a portrait of the well-known ORF presenter and the face of Zeit im Bild] |url=https://www.news.at/a/armin-wolf |website=www.news.at |publisher=VGN Digital GmbH |access-date=26 April 2024 |location=Vienna |language=German |date=2 August 2023}} He graduated from the University of Vienna with a master's degree and from the University of Innsbruck with a doctorate in political science. In 2010 he earned an MBA degree at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership at Steinbeis University in Berlin.
Career
Wolf began his broadcasting career in 1985 as a freelance reporter for ORF, Austria's public broadcasting company. In 1987 he moved to Vienna as a reporter and editor for foreign affairs at ORF's premier radio station Ö1. In 1991/92 he was based in Washington D.C. as U.S. correspondent. From 1995 to 2002 he was political editor, chief correspondent and managing editor of various TV news programs at ORF.
Since 2002, Wolf has been presenting ORF's news show ZIB 2, presently alternating with Martin Thür and Marie-Claire Zimmermann. ZIB 2 is being broadcast Mondays through Fridays and has a market share of up to approximately 30 percent. In 2018, he interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin.Vincenzo Capodici (June 5, 2018), [https://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/dann-stellen-sie-doch-keine-fragen/story/23327727 «... dann stellen Sie doch keine Fragen»] Basler Zeitung.
In addition, Wolf has published three books on political communication and taught courses in political science at the universities of Vienna and Innsbruck.
Recognition
For his interviews Wolf has been distinguished with several awards, e.g. Austria's "Journalist of the Year" 2004 and 2018 and four Romy awards as Austria's most popular TV anchor in 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2019. For Austria's most popular Twitter account he was elected "Onliner of the Year" in the Media category by visitors to the web site werbeplanung.at and by visitors to werbeplanung.at's Facebook page in 2011. He was elected "Communicator of the Year" 2012 by visitors to the web site of the Public Relations Association Austria.{{cite web|title=KommunikatorIn des Jahres [Communicator of the Year]|url=https://prva.at/preise/kommunikatorin-des-jahres|publisher=Public Relations Verband Austria - Vereinigung österreichischer Kommunikationsfachleute (PRVA) [Public Relations Association Austria]|accessdate=21 December 2017|location=Vienna|language=German|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403041959/https://prva.at/preise/kommunikatorin-des-jahres|url-status=dead}} Prestigious German awards include the following:
- 2019 – {{ill|Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien|de}} (Leipzig) {{cite web|URL = https://www.leipziger-medienstiftung.de/de/medienpreis/preis-f%C3%BCr-die-freiheit-und-zukunft-der-medien/preistr%C3%A4ger/armin-wolf/| title = Armin Wolf, 2019 laureate of the Prize for Freedom and Future of Media|language=German|access-date=19 June 2021}}
- 2018 – Grimme-Preis (Special Award)
- 2016 – Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis
Personal life
Wolf lives with his wife, Austrian journalist Euke Frank (editor-in-chief of the magazine Woman),{{Cite web|title=Armin Wolf und Euke Frank: "First Twitter Couple"|url=https://www.diepresse.com/1277694/armin-wolf-und-euke-frank-first-twitter-couple|date=2012-08-12|website=diepresse.com|language=de|access-date=2021-07-07}} and her two children in Vienna. From 2001 to 2004 he was married to ORF presenter Birgit Fenderl.
Wolf's great-grandfather was mountaineer and canon lawyer {{ill|Viktor Wolf von Glanvell|de}}.{{Cite web|title=We miss u ❤ {{!}} Interview mit Armin Wolf: "Ich mache nichts Besonderes"|url=https://www.barfuss.it/leute/%E2%80%9Eich-mache-nichts-besonderes%E2%80%9C|date=2014-08-19|website=barfuss.it|language=de|access-date=2021-07-07}}
References
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This article is based in part on material from the German Wikipedia
External links
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- [https://about.me/arminwolf Armin Wolf] on about.me
- [https://www.arminwolf.at Wolf's blog] (in German)
- [https://www.arminwolf.at/cv-english/ Biography] on Wolf's Blog (in English)
- [http://der.orf.at/unternehmen/who-is-who/tv/wolf102.html Biography] on the ORF website (in German)
- {{Facebook|arminwolf.journalist|Armin Wolf}} (in German)
- {{Twitter}} (in German)
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Category:Austrian television presenters
Category:ORF (broadcaster) people
Category:Mass media people from Innsbruck