Julian Reichelt

File:Düzen Tekkal, Friede Springer, Mathias Döpfner, Kai Diekmann, and Julian Reichelt, June 2019.jpg, Mathias Döpfner, Kai Diekmann and Julian Reichelt on the roof of the US Embassy in Berlin (2019)]]

Julian Reichelt was born in Hamburg in 1980 and grew up in the district of Othmarschen. His mother, Katrin Reichelt, works as a freelance journalist on medical topics including homeopathy. His father, Hans-Heinrich Reichelt, was an editor of the Berlin edition of Bild and works as a freelance journalist. The couple founded a publishing house for medical journalism and GLOBULIX.net, a homeopathy-themed website.{{Cite web |title=Julian Reichelt – Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/julian+reichelt/0/31024.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.munzinger.de}}{{cite web|title=BILD-Chefreporter Julian Reichelt: Von Geschichten, die sein Leben veränderten|periodical=Bild|publisher=|url=https://www.bild.de/politik/2009/der-kriegsreporter-7517852.bild.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=27 February 2009|language=|pages=|quote=}} Reichelt attended Othmarschen Gymnasium, and graduated in 2000.{{cite news|title=Brillantes Schülerinterview mit Bild-Chef Reichelt|periodical=Werben & Verkaufen|publisher=|url=https://www.wuv.de/medien/brillantes_schuelerinterview_mit_bild_chef_reichelt|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Susanne Herrmann|date=15 November 2018|language=|pages=|quote=}} From 2002 to 2003, he worked as a trainee for Bild before completing his training as a journalist at the Axel-Springer-Akademie.[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/fuehrungswechsel-reichelt-hat-bei-der-bild-gruppe-kuenftig-das-letzte-wort-1.3366239 Reichelt hat bei der "Bild"-Gruppe künftig das letzte Wort.] In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 6 February 2017, retrieved 11 November 2017.

Reichelt reported from Afghanistan, Georgia, Thailand, Iraq, Sudan, and Lebanon partly as a war correspondent, and worked as a culinary reporter in 2007.[http://www.reporter-forum.de/index.php?id=22&tx_rfartikel_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=142&cHash=121ced5698a07d7a6192272c74e09ea0 Julian Reichelt], Reporter-Forum, retrieved 25 August 2014. Starting in February 2014, Reichelt served as the editor-in-chief of Bild's digital division as successor to {{ill|Manfred Hart|lt=Manfred Hart|de|Manfred Hart}}.[http://www.axelspringer.de/presse/Manfred-Hart-wird-Chefredakteur-fuer-digitale-Entwicklungsprojekte-bei-BILD-Julian-Reichelt-uebernimmt-Chefredaktion-von-BILD.de_19515289.html Manfred Hart wird Chefredakteur für digitale Entwicklungsprojekte bei BILD/ Julian Reichelt übernimmt Chefredaktion von BILD.de.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403005252/http://www.axelspringer.de/presse/Manfred-Hart-wird-Chefredakteur-fuer-digitale-Entwicklungsprojekte-bei-BILD-Julian-Reichelt-uebernimmt-Chefredaktion-von-BILD.de_19515289.html |date=3 April 2014 }} axelspringer.de, 19 November 2013. In February 2017 he succeeded Kai Diekmann as chairman of the editors-in-chief of Bild.gia: [https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/bild-zeitung-julian-reichelt-wird-vorsitzender-der-chefredaktionen-a-1133306.html Julian Reichelt wird Vorsitzender der Chefredaktionen.] In: Spiegel Online, 6 February 2017, retrieved 11 April 2017.

In August 2015, Reichelt was barred from reporting from the trial of alleged Islamic State fighters at the Higher Regional Court of Celle, after he published unpixellated photos of the defendants, a violation of German privacy law.kue/dpa: [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/gericht-schliesst-bild-reporter-von-is-prozess-aus-13733638.html "Bild"-Reporter von IS-Prozess ausgeschlossen.] In: faz.net. 4 August 2008.

In February 2016, the German Press Agency criticized Bild´s misrepresentation of Russian military operations in Syria, after it published an article headlined "Putin and Assad bomb on". The Agency accused Bild of untruthfully claiming that Russia had broken a ceasefire. Reichelt claimed that the Agency had "made itself the stooge of Kremlin propaganda".[http://www.presserat.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Thema_des_Monats/Entscheidung-0160_16.pdf Entscheidung des Beschwerdeausschusses 1 in der Beschwerdesache 0160/16/1-BA.] In: {{ill|Deutscher Presserat|de}}. 7 June 2016, retrieved 11 April 2017 (PDF).{{cite web|title=Presserat weist Vorwürfe von Bild.de-Chef Reichelt zurück: "Geht in eine gesinnungspolitische Richtung" › Meedia|url=http://meedia.de/2016/06/17/presserat-weist-vorwuerfe-von-bild-de-chef-reichelt-zurueck-geht-in-eine-gesinnungspolitische-richtung/|website=meedia.de|date=17 June 2016}}

In March 2021, a report by Spiegel announced that Reichelt would have to face an in-house investigation. Among other things, it described a "Reichelt system", where Reichelt used his position within the tabloid to conduct illicit relationships with younger female employees, among other accusations. In response, Bild publisher Axel Springer SE released a statement explaining that it was investigating "accusations of abuse of power in connection with consensual relationships and drug consumption in the workplace."{{cite news|last=Alexander Kissler, Marc Felix Serrao|date=13 March 2021|title=Böse, böser, "Bild"-Zeitung? Bei der Berichterstattung über den Chef von Deutschlands auflagenstärkster Zeitung setzen auch seriöse Medien auf feucht-fröhliche Spekulationen|url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/julian-reichelt-und-die-geruechtekueche-boese-boeser-bild-zeitung-ld.1606163|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|publisher=|pages=|language=|format=|quote=|periodical=Neue Zürcher Zeitung}}{{cite news|last=Peter Weissenburger, Erica Zingher|date=19 March 2021|title=Verfahren gegen "Bild"-Chef Reichelt: Viel größer als Julian|url=https://taz.de/Verfahren-gegen-Bild-Chef-Reichelt/!5756721/|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|publisher=|pages=|language=|format=|quote=|periodical=Die Tageszeitung}} In March 2021, Reichelt acknowledged having "mixed professional and private relationships".

On October 17, 2021, The New York Times published a report on Bild, in connection to Axel Springer SE's recent acquisition of Politico. It summarized claims of a toxic workplace environment at Bild, where young female employees were promoted or demoted within the tabloid based on their responses to Reichelt's advances. The article also revealed that Reichelt had forged divorce papers to win over female employees, and paid at least one employee 5,000 Euros in hush money to not discuss the matter. Following the report, Reichelt was fired from his post as chairman of the editors-in-chief.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/business/media/axel-springer-bild-julian-reichelt.html At Axel Springer, Politico's New Owner, Allegations of Sex, Lies and a Secret Payment], The New York Times, retrieved 17 October 2021.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXFTd_DlRNk Hintergründe zur Entlassung Julian Reichelts als "Bild"-Chef], Tagesschau (ARD) auf Youtube, 19 October 2021.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/business/media/axel-springer-bild-julian-reichelt.html Axel Springer removes a top editor after a Times report on workplace behavior], The New York Times, 18 October 2021.

From July 2022, Reichelt began the show “"Achtung, Reichelt!” on YouTube. The show, along with other projects of Reichelt's is financed by Frank Gotthard, a businessman with close ties to the CDU.{{Cite news |last=Nowak |first=Peter |date=2023-02-24 |title="Achtung, Reichelt!" auf Youtube: Der schwarze Kanal |language=de |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |url=https://taz.de/!5914322/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0931-9085}}

"Achtung, Reichelt!" is also distributed on Nius, likewise financed by Gotthard, and as a podcast. Several of Nius' reporters were formerly employed at Bild.{{Cite news |last=Gürgen |first=Malene |date=2023-07-18 |title=Rechtes Medienportal "Nius": Grundprinzip verdrehte Fakten |language=de |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |url=https://taz.de/!5945019/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0931-9085}}

• Axel-Springer-Prize for young journalists in the category Supraregional / National Contributions for his report from Afghanistan "You can kill us, but never defeat us", published in two parts on 12 and 13 October 2007 in Bild (2008).{{Cite web |url=http://archiv.axel-springer-preis.de/08-axel-springer-preis.html |title=Axel-Springer-Preis 2008: Preisträger Print. |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716190626/http://archiv.axel-springer-preis.de/08-axel-springer-preis.html |url-status=dead }}
• In 2018, Reichelt was awarded the "Golden Potato", a parody award for journalists who "present a distorted image of race relations in the immigration nation of Germany".[https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/julian-reichelt-bekommt-goldene-kartoffel-ein-meister-der.1013.de.html?dram:article_id=431335 Ein Meister der Panik-Schlagzeile]. In: Deutschlandfunk. 23 October 2018. Konstantina Vassilou-Enz im Gespräch mit Vladimir Balzer. Reichelt attended the ceremony but turned down the award, claiming that the word "potato" had become a term of racial abuse against ethnic Germans.[https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/lakonisch-elegant-5-traurige-kartoffeln-reden-wir-ueber.3717.de.html?dram:article_id=432685 #5 Traurige Kartoffeln – Reden wir über Rassismus?]. In: Deutschlandfunk. 8 November 2018.

• {{cite book | last=Reichelt | first=Julian | title=Kriegsreporter ich will von den Menschen erzählen |publisher=Fackelträger | publication-place=Köln | date=2010 | isbn=978-3-404-61669-5 | oclc=663506893 | language=de}}
• {{cite book | last1=Reichelt | first1=Julian | last2=Meyer | first2=Jan | title=Ruhet in Frieden, Soldaten! wie Politik und Bundeswehr die Wahrheit über Afghanistan vertuschten |publisher=Fackelträger | publication-place=Köln | date=2010 | isbn=978-3-7716-4466-6 | oclc=646132879 | language=de}}

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