Max Hofmann

{{Distinguish|text=German World War I strategist Max Hoffmann or New York auto dealer Max Hoffman}}

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| birthname = Maximilian Hofmann

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| birth_place = Tübingen, West Germany

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| nationality = German

| citizenship = German

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| alma_mater = CELSA, Paris-Sorbonne, Île-de-France, Free University of Berlin, Germany

| occupation = Head of News & Current Affairs Deutsche Welle

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| years_active = 1999–present

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Maximilian Hofmann (born 1974) is a German broadcast journalist who has been Head of News & Current Affairs department at the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle since 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/reporter/max-hofmann/s-37398548 |title=Max Hofmann: How To Cover More Than One Reality |work=Deutsche Welle |first=Max |last=Hofmann |date=26 May 2017 |access-date=18 January 2021}}

Early life

Hofmann was born in 1974 in Tübingen, West Germany, and grew up in Schwäbisch Hall. His father is German, his mother was American, and in his early life he spent summers with his cousins in Indiana.{{cite web

|url=http://www.dw.com/en/layoutpattern/max-hofmann/s-37398548 |title=Max Hofmann - How To Cover More Than One Reality (Video)

|date=1 May 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=1 May 2017}}

Education

From 2002 to 2003, Hofmann volunteered at Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany.

From 1998 to 2002, he attended the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and received a Master of Arts in Communication and Journalism, and North American Studies.

From 1996 to 1998, he attended CELSA, Paris-Sorbonne, Île-de-France, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Journalism.

In 1994, he graduated from {{Interlanguage link|Gymnasium bei St. Michael Schwäbisch Hall|lt=Gymnasium bei St. Michael Schwäbisch Hall|de|Gymnasium bei St. Michael Schwäbisch Hall}}, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.gsm-sha.de/

|title=Gymnasium bei St. Michael, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany |publisher=Gymnasium bei St. Michael, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

|date=2 May 2017 |accessdate=2 May 2017}}

Career

Since 2005, Hofmann has been employed by the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). Hofmann covered the European Union (EU), NATO, the Benelux countries, and France as DW's European Correspondent and Brussels Bureau Chief from August 1, 2014, to January 1, 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.de/br%C3%BCssel-nah-dran-und-authentisch/a-15670327 |title=Brussels, Belgium: Close and Authentic |date=7 May 2014 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=1 May 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212173832/http://www.dw.de/br%C3%BCssel-nah-dran-und-authentisch/a-15670327 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/brussel-at-the-heart-of-european-politics/a-322870

|title=Brussels, Belgium at the Heart of European Politics |date=8 January 2004 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany

|accessdate=1 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/de/max-hofmann/t-18996341

|title=Deutsche Welle - Max Hofmann, Bureau Chief, Brussels, Belgium |date=1 May 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany

|accessdate=1 May 2017}} President Emmanuel Macron gave his first interview to a German television network on May 9, 2018, in a French-language TV interview moderated by Caren Miosga of Tagesthemen.Bernd Riegert (May 9, 2018), [http://www.dw.com/de/macron-mit-der-eu-den-usa-paroli-bieten/a-43725724 Macron: Mit der EU den USA Paroli bieten] Deutsche Welle.

Hofmann worked in the DW Studio in Washington, D.C., as a Senior Correspondent for North America from 2010 to 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/dw-correspondent-max-hofmann-in-washington/av-17274763 |title=Commentary by DW-Correspondent, Max Hofmann, in Washington, D.C. |date=5 December 2013 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=2 May 2017}} From 2005 to 2010, he worked as the Personal Editor for the Managing TV Director of DW in Germany. From 2008 to 2010, he also worked as the Moderator for the DW Clipmania and Deutsche Beats shows.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8LzgSIWEX4

|title=CLIPMANIA: World Wide Video - You are TV |date=9 August 2008 |website=YouTube.com |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=3 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVAeCJCAb8A |title=Deutsche Beats: Volkmar Kramarz und Thomas Anders über Kraftwerk

|date=14 October 2010 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |website=YouTube.com |accessdate=3 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/clipmania-user-generated-content-on-german-public-television/a-3393562 |title=CLIPMANIA: 'User-Generated Content' on German Public Television |date=6 June 2008 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=1 May 2017}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mdr-und-deutsche-welle-erzaehlen-im-magazin--clipmania--die-geschichten-hinter-den-internetvideos-vom-schuhverkaeufer-zum-webclown-15934370 |title=MDR und Deutsche Welle Erzählen im Magazin Clipmania die Geschichten Hinter den Internetvideos (MDR and Deutsche Welle Tell the Stories Behind the Internet Videos in the Magazine Clipmania) |date=15 July 2008 |publisher=Berliner Zeitung, Germany |accessdate=2 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/medien/web-tv-im-mdr-clipmania-zeigt-die-menschen-hinter-den-internetvideos/1279154.html |title=Clipmania Zeigt die Menschen Hinter den Internetvideos (Clipmania Shows the People Behind the Internetvideos) |date=15 July 2008 |publisher=Der Tagesspiegel, Germany |accessdate=2 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.radioszene.de/13338/deutsche-welle-prasentiert-deutsche-beats-%E2%80%93-die-erfolgreichsten-musiker-aus-deutschland.html |title=Deutsche Welle Präsentiert Deutsche Beats – Die Erfolgreichsten Musiker aus Deutschland (DW Presents Deutsche Beats, the Most Successful Musicians from Germany) |date=18 May 2010 |publisher=RADIOSZENE, Germany |accessdate=2 May 2017}}

He worked on many special projects while serving as the personal editor for the managing TV director of DW in Germany from 2005 until 2010. He also served as the moderator for the DW Clipmania and Deutsche Beats shows from 2008 to 2010. He served as a news anchor for DW's news show from 2005 until 2007. Hofmann served as a radio and television reporter for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) in Germany from 2003 until 2005. He served as an anchor for the German rbb station Radioeins from 2000 until 2002. Hofmann served as an anchor for the German rock station Star FM Radio from 1999 to 2000.

Awards

For their documentary Eingemauert or Walled In, Max Hofmann and Christoph Lanz won the RIAS Berlin Commission New Media Award on May 30, 2010. This production examines the characteristics of the inner German border and was initially released as a streaming movie on the DW website. An instructional piece commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, the animated recreation of it was released.{{cite web |url=http://www.riasberlin.org/rcom-award/rcus-award-10.html |title= RIAS Berlin Commission Awards - May 2010 |date=30 May 2010

|work=RIAS Berlin |accessdate=1 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbAUFvh04k

|title="Eingemauert" or "Walled In" |date=30 June 2009 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |website=YouTube.com |first1=Max |last1=Hofmann |first2=Christoph |last2=Lanz |accessdate=2 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/de/wo-ist-die-mauer/a-17848847 |title=Wo Ist Die Mauer? (Where Is The Wall?) |date=13 August 2014 |publisher=Deutsche Welle, Germany |accessdate=2 May 2017}}{{cite AV media |type=DVD |title=Walled in! : What the Cold War Frontier Divided Germany Was Really Like |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=30 May 2010 |oclc = 463463773}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2011/pieces.php?iid=414215&pid=1 |title=New York Festivals - 2011 World's Best Television & Films Winners |date=30 May 2010 |publisher=NEW YORK FESTIVALS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS GROUPS, LLC, USA |accessdate=2 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}