ARD-aktuell


ARD-aktuell has been the central television newsroom of the ARD since 1977.
ARD-aktuell is a joint institution of the ARD. It is located at the NDR in Hamburg-Lokstedt. The basis of the work of ARD-aktuell is an administrative agreement of all nine ARD institutions, in which the organization of the editorial office and the basic structure of the programs are defined.
ARD-aktuell produces Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, Nachtmagazin and the news broadcast of the television channel tagesschau24. All formats are broadcast live. At ARD-aktuell, about 300 employees work in editorial and production. The editorial board is divided into two major areas: a planning team develops the program ideas and organizes contributions and live connections. The broadcasting team is responsible for the content of the broadcasts.

Editors of ARD-aktuell

Since October 2019 Marcus Bornheim is the chief editor of the newsroom, which must be elected by the ARD directors with a two-thirds majority.
EditorsYears
Dieter Gütt1978–1980
Edmund Gruber1981–1988
Henning Röhl1988–1991
Gerhard Fuchs1991–1993
Ulrich Deppendorf1993–1998
Bernhard Wabnitz1999–2005
Kai Gniffke2006–2019
Marcus Bornheim2019–present