Kai Diekmann
Kai Diekmann (* June 27, 1964 in Ravensburg, Germany ) is a German journalist. From 1998 to 2000 he was editor of Welt am Sonntag. Since January 2001 he has been editor in chief of the image. He is also editor of the total BILD Group.
- 3.1 arson attack on his car
- 3.2 complaints 3.2.1 the daily newspaper
- 3.2.2 Zapp
- 3.2.3 The postilion
Life and career
Origin
Diekmann was the son of a lawyer, notary and CDU local politician Klaus Diekmann ( b. 1934 ) and the medical-technical assistant Brigitte Diekmann, born Zajic, born in Ravensburg.
He grew up in Bielefeld and attended the Catholic School Marie of the Ursulines. Already as a student he edited the conservative student newspaper Passepartout. In his childhood he received cello lessons.
Military service and studies
After graduating from high school he served from 1983 to 1985 his military service. He initially served in the armored Infantry Company 190 in the Lützow barracks in Münster- Handorf. At his own request he was transferred later to the press office of the First Corps, where he mainly worked as a photographer for the German Army newspaper, Army ',' Navy 'and' Force '.
Diekmann is a reserve officer, and is now the rank of lieutenant.
He then began a study of history, German and politics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, which he, however, some time later broke off. Even as the basic compulsory military service he was a member of the fraternity Münsterer Franconia, a dueling fraternity, in which he began as a so-called military fox. After interim discharge he entered later into the fraternity.
Work as a journalist
His studies he broke off as his professional career in 1985 at the Axel - Springer -Verlag as a volunteer of the School of Journalism Axel Springer in Hamburg - with stops in Bonn and New York - began. There he made his career and was the first publisher in 1987 parliamentary correspondent for picture and picture on Sunday in Bonn.
From 1989 to 1991 he was chief reporter at the appearing in the Burda magazine Bunte. After a brief engagement as a deputy editor for the BZ he joined in 1992 as a political editor for image to Hamburg.
Springer- CEO Jürgen Richter replied Diekmann 1997 Springer - foreign service. According to The Mirror, the publisher boss had bothered to Diekmann good contacts to the Chancellor's Office and at that Springer shareholder Leo Kirch. Then Diekmann took a career break and traveled to Central America in 1997. A little later had to leave the publishing house itself judge.
Under the 1998 ascended in the Springer - Board former picture editor in chief Claus Larass Diekmann was able to continue his career. In 1998 he was editor of Welt am Sonntag, from where he moved on 1 January 2001, the chief editor of the post image. Since 2004 he has also been its editor and currently also editor of the Bild am Sonntag.
In March 2004, the first volume of largely handled by him memoirs of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl appeared.
As editor of the image Diekmann has to answer for the quality of journalistic work of the newspaper. This is in the recent past again increasingly the subject of negative media reports (about image blog and Zapp ). After image is more often than other German media violated basic journalistic principles. The claim that these violations of the guidelines of the Press Code occur frequently, since Diekmann has taken over the post of chief editor of predecessor Udo Robel in 2000 is explained by a significant increase in the absolute number of the complaints of the Press Council over image during this period.
Since 2004, Diekmann sits on the advisory board of the Turkish daily newspaper Hürriyet, which belongs to the media group Dogan. Axel Springer Verlag is a stake of almost 20 percent of the Dogan Dogan TV subsidiary.
Early 2012 Diekmann played a role in the Wulff affair. The former German President, Christian Wulff, had tried to dissuade Diekmann and CEO of Axel Springer Verlag, Mathias Döpfner, of critical reporting, when he threatened them criminal charges.
Blog
In October 2009, Kai Diekmann launched a weblog in which he reported on the blog style of his daily work as a picture editor in chief ( in his view ). It was announced to operate the project for 100 days, after which it was terminated in February 2010.
Controversies
Arson attack on his car
On 22 May 2007 committed Unknown in Hamburg- Harvestehude an arson attack on his private car, an R -Class from Mercedes -Benz, which was destroyed in the process. A militant group under the name of "militant campaign" known later in a letter to the dpa for the attack.
Complain
The daily newspaper
Diekmann sued the daily newspaper ( taz), as taz -author Gerhard Henschel on 8 May 2002 on the satirical side of the truth as a parody claimed to reporting in the image, Diekmann had let himself be in Miami extend his penis with body parts in vain surgically want. Diekmann sued the taz then an injunction and 30,000 euros for pain and suffering because of illegal interference with his privacy rights, defamation and libel. Although the Berlin Regional Court ordered an injunction, but denied a claim for damages because Diekmann as editor in chief of the picture " aware of its economic benefit from the infringement of personal rights other searches " and therefore " less is heavily burdened by the violation of his own personal rights ." He must "assume that those standards that he applies to others, are also of concern for him ." One of appeal, however, was given by the Court of Appeal no chance of success, both sides coated thereupon withdrew their appeal.
After he had been in charge of the anniversary taz to their 25th birthday as " editor in chief for a day ", he was a member of the 2009 Taz cooperative in May.
Zapp
The NDR Zapp media magazine reported in February 2008 on the support of Ole von Beust of Hamburg during the election campaign in 2008 by the image. The magazine cited, among other out that von Beust in the Bild newspaper almost twice as likely to mention was how his Social Democratic challenger Michael Naumann. For this purpose, formulated the media magazine:
" [ ... ] Image - chief Kai Diekmann already caused in the last election campaign that his paper for Ole von Beust drumming. "
Diekmann went against this statement repeated before a court and subject to be both in the first and in the second instance. After the Court of Appeal did not allow for revision, he decided as part of a leave to appeal further action against it.
The postilion
As the chief editor of the satirical blog The postilion, Stefan Sure man, as a parody for his Twitter profile used a picture of Kai Diekmann, he was reprimanded by Diekmann lawyer despite the copyright freedom of the image with a value of 7500 euro. Sure man had to pay a negotiated by his lawyer to a low three -figure sum.
Membership
Diekmann is a member of the Association Atlantic Bridge. He joined the " Young Leaders " program fall in 1995, which was attended by more well-known personalities such as Christian Wulff, Karl- Theodor zu Guttenberg, Cem Özdemir or Döpfner. He was until June 2010 Member of the Management Board of the Atlantic Bridge.
More
Diekmann serves as the inspiration for the town of Ravensburg city in the sub- project, we help Africa.
Parody
In the broadcast on March 12, 2013 Sat.1, applied as a political satire TV movie The Minister, Kai Diekmann is parodied as chief editor Jan Breitman of the fictional newspaper Lightning Courier. Background is an influence and courting the former German MEP, Economic and Defence Minister Karl -Theodor zu Guttenberg and his wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg by Diekmann and the picture newspaper. The figure to Jan Breitman, aka Kai Diekmann was embodied by the actor Thomas Heinze.
Beginning in February 2014 published the JMB publishing " The Kai - Kai Diekmann PICTURE Boss in cartoons, images and numbers " (ISBN 978-3-944342-33-7 ) - a non-authorized, subscribed Biography of the Munich journalist and cartoonist Peter Böhling.
Private
From 1995 to 1997 he was with the journalist Jonica year, a subsidiary of the Hamburg publisher John junior year, married. Since 28 January 2002, he is married to the Picture columnist Katja Kessler, the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, a friend of Diekmann was best man. The couple has four children.
On 8 May 2008 Diekmann was with Leo Kirch, in turn, a witness at the wedding of Helmut Kohl and Maike Richter.
Diekmann is Roman Catholic.
Awards
- 2000: Golden Pen of the Bauer Publishing Group for his work as chief editor of the Welt am Sonntag
- 2002: Golden Pen
- 2002: World Media Award
- 2005: Golden Pen
- 2009: "Media Man of the Year " by the magazine horizon
- 2009: Blogger Newcomer of the Year