Richard Gutjahr (; born 1973 in Bonn) is a German TV presenter and blogger. He is known for covering the terror attacks in Nice and Munich in mid-2016 with a mobile phone, and he "explained how basic mobile technology allowed him to cover the two attacks".
Training and affiliations
Gutjahr is an alumnus of the German School of Journalism in Munich where he studied from 1993-1998. During this time he also studied political science and communications studies at LMU Munich.Bayrische Landeszentrale für neue Medien: Kurz-Vita Richard Gutjahr (PDF; 33 kB), retrieved, 10 Mayi 2012 He completed his studies with a degree in journalism. He took part in an exchange of the Centre de formation des journalistes of Paris and between 1998 and 1999 in a semester program of the American University in Washington, D.C.Richard Gutjahr: Xing-Profil , retrieved, 10 May 2012
From 1992 to 1996, he worked as a news editor, live reporter and presenter for Radio Gong, followed by a stint at Bayern 3 from 1996 to 1999.Richard Gutjahr: Radio , Retrieved, 10 May 2012 For the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Gutjahr worked as a freelancer and cartoonist. From January 1999, he spent five months as an intern for the CNN office in Washington. He subsequently worked for the national German public television channel Das Erste and its regional outlet for Bavaria, Bayerischer Rundfunk, where, among other things he hosted a program called "Live aus dem Alabama", a live broadcast from a popular concert venue.
Gutjahr currently works for Bayerischer Rundfunk, hosting the late night edition of Rundschau, Rundschau Nacht (Rundschau Night).Richard Gutjahr, DJV-Fachtagung, retrieved, 10 May 2012Wer präsentiert die Rundschau-Sendungen? In spring 2012, Gutjahr developed and hosted a social media TV format; called Rundshow, it ran from 14 May to 7 June 2012, with alternating co-hosts, including Daniel Fiene, Sascha Lobo and Sandra Riess. He also writes a weekly column since mid-2010 in the Abendzeitung.Richard Gutjahr: Von einem, der auszog, das Bloggen zu lernen In: t3n, 21. Februar 2012. Retrieved, 10 May 2012. He also writes for other newspapers, including the Berliner TagesspiegelLobbyismus: Mein persönliches Wurst-Erwachen, Tagesspiegel vom 26. Februar 2013, retrieved, 26 July 2013. and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.Israelische Piratenpartei: Schmuggler von Ideen, FAZ vom 13. September 2012, retrieved, 26 July 2013.
Coverage of the Egyptian Revolution Gutjahr traveled to Cairo during the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and used social media for reporting, when all he could use was his smartphone, because the internet had been blocked by the Egyptian regime.Richard Gutjahr: Unterwegs nach Kairo, 30. January 2011, retrieved, 10 May 2012
Web platform against lobbyists Gutjahr was a co-initiator of LobbyPlag, a web platform aimed at publicizing the influence of lobbyists on politicians in connection with the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.Blogpost, retrieved, 26 July 2013. The research results, which may prove among other things that parliamentarians have written off large parts of their bills from lobbies, made international headlines.Blogpost , retrieved, 26 July 2013.
In Nice and Munich On 14 July 2016 Gutjahr was on vacation in Nice, when the city was struck by a terrorist attack He reported on Twitter and in the ARD night magazine (Nachtmagazin) and the Bayerischer Rundfunk. He made available to the WDR German television network a video that apparently shows the beginning of the attack; he explicitly objected to publishing the material on social networks, because he wanted to leave it to professional journalists to decide which images should be shown. Video Video
On 22 July 2016 Gutjahr was reporting live for the national news program Tagesschau and other media about the shooting rampage at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum in Munich. Originally en route to the Bayerischer Rundfunk, he said that he was alerted by his daughterWDR Interview Richard Gutjahr 1LIVE Talk | 07.09.2016 | at 19:16 min about the incident and arrived as one of the first reporters at the scene.
His coincidental presence at events gave rise to conspiracy theories, alleging his presence at both events could not have been a coincidence. Gutjahr has pressed charges against those who make the allegations,Sueddeutsche Zeitung 6 September 2016 | Streit mit Youtube | Richard Gutjahr kämpft seit dem Münchner Amoklauf gegen VerschwörungstheorienWDR Interview Richard Gutjahr 1LIVE Talk | 07.09.2016 | at 29:52 min which he sees mostly motivated by antisemitism against his wife considering the often antisemitic nature of the hostilities.Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 17 January 2018 | F.A.Z. Einspruch zum Hören | Wie fühlt es sich an, Zielscheibe einer Troll-Armee zu werden? Siegmund Gottlieb, the German chief editor of the "Bayerischer Rundfunk", voiced his support.Sueddeutsche Zeitung 6 September 2016 | Streit mit Youtube | Brei aus Unterstellungen und Halbwissen A German court ultimately ruled against Gutjahr.Gerhard Wisnewski 22 July 2018 | Wisnewski Wins | Judicial Disaster For Nice and Munich Reporter Gutjahr
Personal life Gutjahr has been married to former Israeli Knesset member and ex-intelligence officerThe Embassy of Israel to the United States, Einat Wilf page , retrieved 28 Mar. 2019 Einat Wilf since 2007. They have a son, born in 2010. Gutjahr also has a daughter, born in 1994.
Awards Jointly with Rundschau editorial director Peter Marten Gutjahr received the Ernst Schneider Award for Business Journalism in 2006.Ernst-Schneider-Preis: Preisträger (PDF; 53 kB), retrieved, 10 May 2012 The newspaper Die Zeit named him in early 2012 the Networked Journalist of the Year 2011; Medium Magazin (media magazine) called him the 2011 "Newcomer of the Year".Franziska Bulban, Alexandra Rojkov, Ulrich Stock, Heinrich Wefing, Falk Lüke, Jutta Schein, Evelyn Finger, Stefan Schmitt, Karsten Polke-Majewski, Khue Pham: Unsere Internet-Top-Ten, zeit.de, 3. Januar 2012, retrieved, 10 May 2012 In 2013, the Grimme Institute honored Richard Gutjahr for his personal achievement. It was the first time in the history of the Grimme Online Awards that such a prize was given to an individual."Grimme" , retrieved, 26 July 2013.
Writings G! book: 50 ausgewählte Blogposts von Gutjahrs Blog, epubli 2012,
References
External links Blog of Richard Gutjahr Gonzo-Journalismus – Interview by dctp Interview in t3n Magazin (2012)