Tanit Koch
{{Short description|German journalist}}
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| birth_place = Konstanz, Germany
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| alma_mater = University of Tübingen, University of Cologne, Sciences Po
| occupation = Journalist, political communication advisor
| years_active = 2005–present
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| employer = Axel Springer SE (former), n-tv (former), RTL Germany (former), The New European
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| known_for = First female editor-in-chief of Bild
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Tanit Koch (born 2 August 1977 in Konstanz){{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch - Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000030580 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.munzinger.de}} is a journalist and regular contributor to the British weekly The New European.{{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch Archives |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/contributor/tanit-koch/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=The New European |language=en-GB}} She was the first female editor-in-chief of the German tabloid newspaper Bild.{{Cite news |last=Wagstyl |first=Stefan |date=2016-07-01 |title=The new Bild: Tanit Koch |url=https://www.ft.com/content/75d1b932-3e47-11e6-9f2c-36b487ebd80a |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=Financial Times}}
Early life and education
Koch principally grew up in Bonn, Germany, but spent part of her youth in Dublin, where she went to St Columba’s College, an Irish boarding school. After acquiring the Leaving Certificate, she studied at the universities of Tübingen and Cologne as well as at Sciences Po (Institut d'Études Politiques) in Paris and holds degrees in law and political science.{{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch - Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000030580 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.munzinger.de}}
Career
= Journalism =
Tanit Koch joined Axel Springer SE as a trainee at the Bild politics and business desk in 2005, while attending the company's journalism school.{{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch wird Textchefin bei BILD |url=https://www.axelspringer.com/de/ax-press-release/tanit-koch-wird-textchefin-bei-bild |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.axelspringer.com |language=de-DE}} She worked in several editorial roles, among them bureau chief of Bild
In 2018, Koch left Axel Springer after a power struggle{{Cite web |last=manager |date=2018-02-02 |title=Bild-Chefredakteurin Tanit Koch geht, Julian Reichelt gewinnt Machtkampf |url=https://www.manager-magazin.de/digitales/it/bild-chefredakteurin-tanit-koch-geht-julian-reichelt-gewinnt-machtkampf-a-1191084.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.manager-magazin.de |language=de}} with Bild editor digital, Julian Reichelt, who was sacked in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Reuter |first=Kate Duffy, Dominick |title=A top editor at German tabloid BILD has been fired after he reportedly promoted a junior employee to a high-profile role while having an affair with her |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/julian-reichelt-affair-junior-employee-promotion-bild-axel-springer-2021-10 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} In a farewell email to her colleagues Koch wrote that "when two people don't work in professional harmony" this could be balanced out by compromises for a while. "2017 was marked by this, until my willingness to compromise reached its limits."
In March 2019, Koch was appointed managing director of the German independent news channel n-tv. In addition, she led the digital transformation at RTL Germany as the Editor of its newly created integrated newsroom.{{Cite web |last=NACHRICHTEN |first=n-tv |title=Tanit Koch wird Geschäftsführerin von n-tv |url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Tanit-Koch-wird-Geschaeftsfuehrerin-von-n-tv-article20865987.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=n-tv.de |language=de}} Under her management, ntv was the only German news channel to receive a special TV award for outstanding achievements during the coverage of the Covid pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Fernsehpreis |first=Der Deutsche |title=Sonderpreis |url=https://www.deutscher-fernsehpreis.de/sonderpreis/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024 |language=de-DE}} Koch left her roles in late 2020{{Cite news |last=Grimberg |first=Steffen |date=2020-11-27 |title=Führungsstreit bei Mediengruppe RTL: Tanit Koch ist schon wieder weg |url=https://taz.de/Fuehrungsstreit-bei-Mediengruppe-RTL/!5731646/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |language=de |issn=0931-9085}} but continued to co-host the podcast Die Stunde Null.{{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch |url=https://www.turi2.de/index-2/koepfe/koch-tanit/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=turi2 |language=de-DE}}
During the management buyout of The New European in 2021, the anti-Brexit weekly founded in the aftermath of the EU referendum, Koch formed part of the investor consortium including CNN CEO Mark Thompson and former FT editor Lionel Barber.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=The New European appoints Matthew d’Ancona |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/the-new-european-appoints-matthew-dancona-21843 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=InPublishing |language=en}} Together with Alastair Campbell, Bonnie Greer and Will Self, Koch is a regular contributor to the award-winning paper. She writes the weekly column Germansplaining{{Cite web |title=Tanit Koch Archives |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/contributor/tanit-koch/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=The New European |language=en-GB}} and is a regular commentator on German and European affairs for political talkshows.{{Cite AV media |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/12/12/exp-gps-1212-koch-on-post-merkel-germany.cnn |title=On GPS: Can Merkel’s shoes be filled? |date=2021-12-12 |language=en |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=edition.cnn.com}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG7mGh_aWY8 |title=Unpacking the German election campaign: Tanit Koch and Stefan Kornelius – BBC Newsnight |date=2017-09-23 |last=BBC Newsnight |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZBAKXZxZ-c |title=internationaler frühschoppen: Flucht aus der Ukraine und übers Mittelmeer - Wie soll Europa helfen? |date=2022-12-04 |last=phoenix |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}
= Political communication =
In the 2021 federal election campaign in Germany, Koch served as communications advisor to CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet,{{Cite news |date=2021-06-09 |title=Tanit Koch: Ex-»Bild«-Chefredakteurin wird Wahlkampfberaterin von Armin Laschet |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/tanit-koch-ex-bild-chefredakteurin-wird-wahlkampfberaterin-von-armin-laschet-a-357d3c8c-4e5c-4ac3-ae7d-f1fb63df9ed0 |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}{{Cite web |last=Minkmar |first=Nils |date=2021-06-10 |title=Ex-"Bild"-Chefredakteurin: Laschets Coup |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/tanit-koch-cdu-armin-laschet-wahlkampf-bild-zeitung-1.5318209?reduced=true |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Süddeutsche.de |language=de}} who eventually lost against his SPD competitor Olaf Scholz, the current German chancellor.
Personal life
Koch has been in a relationship with the German actor Oliver Masucci since 2019.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-02 |title=German actor Oliver Masucci and his girlfriend Tanit Koch attend the... |url=https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/german-actor-oliver-masucci-and-his-girlfriend-tanit-nachrichtenfoto/1235638093 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Getty Images |language=de}}
References
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External links
- [https://x.com/tanit?lang=de Tanit Koch] on X
- [https://muckrack.com/tanit-koch Tanit Koch] on the muckrack journalist listing site
- [https://www.turi2.de/index-2/koepfe/koch-tanit/ Tanit Koch] on the turi journalist listing site (German)
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Category:German newspaper journalists
Category:German women journalists
Category:People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin
Category:University of Cologne alumni
Category:University of Tübingen alumni
Category:21st-century German journalists