Jens Riewa

Jens Riewa (born 2 July 1963 in Lübbenau, Brandenburg) is a German television presenter and broadcast news analyst for the Tagesschau, a programme produced by the German broadcaster ARD.

Childhood and youth

Jens Riewa grew up in Lübben.[1] He made his Abitur in Lübben in 1982.

Thereafter he spent a prolonged three years' military service with the National People's Army.

Professional Training

After having given up his studies for technology of the building industry at the Verkehrshochschule in Dresden, he underwent a training for air traffic controller.

Then he has been trained for speaking as well as presenting for the radio at the Berliner Rundfunk for two years.

Career

1988 he passed an application test as broadcast news analyst for the DFF. After that he worked for the youth radio DT 64. Between 1988 and 1991 he participated in radio dramas, features, documentations and commercials.

In 1991 he started working for the ARD Tagesschau as a voice actor. He has been working for the ARD-Tagesschau as a broadcast news analyst since 1994.

In 1994 Dieter Thomas Heck discovered him as television presenter for the Deutsche Schlagerparade, after Birgit Schrowange had given up the presentation of the broadcast after only one year. Riewa also presented the German qualifications for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996 and 1997.[2]

Private life

In 1998 he confirmed he was not gay due to recurring rumor.[3] He succeeded in suing two publishers for 15.000 DM compensation because of them proclaiming his gayness.[4] He had an affair with German singer Michelle in 2002. His confessions about the sexual intercourse with her annoyed his employer ARD, which he regretted, so it did not lead to any consequences.[5][6] In 2004 the ERC Ingolstadt-fan Riewa cried in a German ice hockey game: "Scheiße, Scheiße, Scheiß Iserlohn." commenting on the team of Iserlohn Roosters which earned him even more critical remarks from his employer.[7]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Biography of Jens Riewa (German)
  2. ↑ GQ Biography(German)
  3. ↑ Medien: „Ich bin nicht schwul“ in: Focus 46/1998 (German)
  4. ↑ Hans-Hermann Kotte: Tagesschau-Sprecher Jens Riewa erhält 15 000 Mark Schmerzensgeld: Teure Bemerkung in: Berliner Zeitung, dated 24 October 1998 (German)
  5. ↑ Jens Riewa über Michelle: "Granate im Bett" in: Spiegel Online, dated 8 May 2002(German)
  6. ↑ on stern.de
  7. ↑ in: Die Welt, dated 2 February 2004
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